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Dancing Days: Nike Supporting 51 Teams In Women's Tourney
Published March 18, 2011
Fifty-one of the 64 teams in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament sport the Nike swoosh or Jordan Brand logo on their shoes, down slightly from 52 teams in last year’s event, according to THE DAILY's annual breakdown of shoe and apparel brands worn by tournament teams. Eight teams wear adidas shoes, down from 10 last year. Gardner-Webb is the sole team wearing New Balance. Nike/Jordan jerseys are worn by 47 teams. Under Armour jerseys and shoes are worn by four teams, up from just one last year. Schools are listed by region in their seed order. See Tuesday’s issue of THE DAILY for the breakdown for the men's tournament (THE DAILY).
PHILADELPHIA |
SPOKANE | ||
| TEAM | SHOE/APPAREL | TEAM | SHOE/APPAREL |
| 1) Connecticut | Nike/Nike | 1) Stanford | Nike/Nike |
| 2) Duke | Nike/Nike | 2) Xavier | Nike/Nike |
| 3) DePaul | Nike/Nike | 3) UCLA | adidas/adidas |
| 4) Maryland | Under Armour/Under Armour | 4) Kentucky | Nike/Nike |
| 5) Georgetown | Nike/Nike | 5) North Carolina | Jordan/Jordan |
| 6) Penn State | Nike/Nike | 6) Iowa | Nike/Nike |
| 7) Iowa State | Nike/Nike | 7) Louisville | adidas/adidas |
| 8) Kansas State | Nike/Nike | 8) Texas Tech | Under Armour/Under Armour |
| 9) Purdue | Nike/Nike | 9) St. John's | Nike/Nike |
| 10) Marist | Nike/Nike | 10) Vanderbilt | Nike/Nike |
| 11) Dayton | Nike/Nike | 11) Gonzaga | Nike/Nike |
| 12) Princeton | Nike/Nike | 12) Fresno State | Nike/Nike |
| 13) St. Francis (Pa.) | Nike/Nike | 13) Hampton | Nike/Russell Athletic |
| 14) Navy | Nike/Nike | 14) Montana | Nike/Nike |
| 15) Tennessee-Martin | adidas/adidas | 15) South Dakota State | Nike/Nike |
| 16) Hartford | Nike/Nike | 16) UC Davis | adidas/adidas |
DAYTON |
DALLAS | ||
| TEAM | SHOE/APPAREL | TEAM | SHOE/APPAREL |
| 1) Tennessee | adidas/adidas | 1) Baylor | Nike/Nike |
| 2) Notre Dame | adidas/adidas | 2) Texas A&M | adidas/adidas |
| 3) Miami (Fla.) | Nike/Nike | 3) Florida State | Nike/Nike |
| 4) Ohio State | Nike/Nike | 4) Michigan State | Nike/Nike |
| 5) Georgia Tech | Nike/Russell Athletic | 5) Green Bay | Nike/Nike |
| 6) Oklahoma | Nike/Nike | 6) Georgia | Nike/Nike |
| 7) Arizona State | Nike/Nike | 7) Rutgers | Nike/Nike |
| 8) Marquette | Nike/Nike | 8) Houston | Nike/Nike |
| 9) Texas | Nike/Nike | 9) West Virginia | Nike/Nike |
| 10) Temple | Under Armour/Under Armour | 10) Louisiana Tech | Under Armour/Under Armour |
| 11) James Madison | Nike/Nike | 11) Middle Tennessee State | Nike/Nike |
| 12) Bowling Green | adidas/adidas | 12) Arkansas-Little Rock | Nike/Nike |
| 13) Central Florida | Nike/Nike | 13) Northern Iowa | Nike/Nike |
| 14) Gardner-Webb | New Balance/Uniforms Express | 14) Samford | Nike/Russell Athletic |
| 15) Utah | Nike/Nike | 15) McNeese State | Nike/Nike |
| 16) Stetson | Nike/Nike | 16) Prairie View A&M | Nike/Russell Athletic |
