Dancin’ Shoes: Nike Puts 52 Teams In Women’s Tourney

THE DAILY offers our annual breakdown of the shoe and apparel brands worn by the 64 teams in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, which begins Saturday. Schools are listed by region in their seed order. Of the 64 teams, 52 sport the Nike swoosh or Jordan logo on their shoes, down from 56 last year. Eleven teams wear adidas shoes, up from seven in ’05. Reebok, which had one team last year, is left out this year, while New Balance makes an appearance in the women’s bracket with Harvard (THE DAILY).

DALLAS			FRESNO
	TEAM	SHOE/APPAREL		TEAM	SHOE/APPAREL
1)	North Carolina	Jordan/Jordan	1)	Connecticut	Nike/Nike
2)	Purdue	Nike/Nike	2)	Stanford	Nike/Nike
3)	Georgia	Nike/Nike	3)	LSU	Nike/Nike
4)	Texas A&M	Nike/Nike	4)	North Carolina State	Nike/Nike
5)	George Washington	Nike/Nike	5)	Baylor	Nike/Nike
6)	Iowa State	Nike/Nike	6)	Xavier	Nike/Nike
7)	Georgia Tech	Nike/Russell	7)	Old Dominion	Nike/Nike
8)	California	Nike/Nike	8)	New Mexico	Nike/Nike
9)	Notre Dame	adidas/adidas	9)	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Nike/Nike
10)	DePaul	Nike/Nike	10)	Florida State	Nike/Nike
11)	Washington	Nike/Nike	11)	West Virginia	Nike/Nike
12)	Boise State	Nike/Nike	12)	Chattanooga	Nike/Nike
13)	Texas-Arlington	Nike/Nike	13)	Robert Morris	adidas/wilson
14)	Belmont	Nike/Nike	14)	North Carolina-Asheville	Nike/Sports Belle
15)	Oral Roberts	Nike/Rawlings	15)	Idaho State	Nike/Nike
16)	Prairie View A&M	Nike/Russell	16)	Maryland-Baltimore County	adidas/adidas
DAYTON			GREENSBORO
	TEAM	SHOE/APPAREL		TEAM	SHOE/APPAREL
1)	Tennessee	adidas/adidas	1)	Duke	Nike/Nike
2)	Maryland	Nike/Nike	2)	Vanderbilt	Nike/Nike
3)	Oklahoma	Nike/Nike	3)	Arizona State	Nike/Nike
4)	Ohio State	Nike/Nike	4)	Rutgers	Nike/Nike
5)	Middle Tennessee State	Nike/Nike	5)	Michigan State	Nike/Nike
6)	Marquette	Nike/Nike	6)	Louisville	adidas/adidas
7)	Mississippi	Nike/Nike	7)	Bowling Green	adidas/adidas
8)	Pittsburgh	adidas/adidas	8)	Temple	Nike/Nike
9)	James Madison	Nike/Russell	9)	Nebraska	adidas/adidas
10)	Texas Christian	Nike/Nike	10)	Oklahoma State	Nike/Nike
11)	Louisiana-Lafayette	adidas/adidas	11)	BYU	Nike/Nike
12)	Gonzaga	Nike/Nike	12)	Delaware	Nike/Speedline
13)	Marist	Nike/Russell	13)	East Carolina	Nike/Nike
14)	Southeast Missouri State	Nike/Russell	14)	Cal-Riverside	adidas/adidas
15)	Harvard	New Balance/New Balance	15)	Delaware State	Nike/Russell
16)	Drake	adidas/adidas	16)	Holy Cross	Nike/Nike