2011 Ultimate College Basketball Tournament: Northeast Seeds & 1st Round Games

In preparation for the 2011 Ultimate Tournament, I’d like to the reveal the seeds and the first round matchups for the Northeast Region. The 43 teams in the Northeast Region are:

1. Pittsburgh Panthers

2. Kentucky Wildcats

3. West Virginia Mountaineers

4. Vanderbilt Commodores

5. Gonzaga Bulldogs

6. Butler Bulldogs

7. Memphis Tigers

8. Washington State Cougars

9. Oklahoma State Cowboys

10. Iona Gaels

11. Valparaiso Crusaders

12. Morehead State Eagles

13. Indiana State Sycamores

14. Wisconsin—Milwaukee Panthers

15. Wright State Raiders

16. Furman Paladins

17. Texas Tech Red Raiders

18. Utah Utes

19. California—Santa Barbara Gauchos

20. Ohio Bobcats

21. Massachusetts Minutemen

22. Wisconsin—Green Bay Phoenix

23. Loyola—Maryland Greyhounds

24. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

25. Virginia Military Institute Keydets

26. Lehigh Mountain Hawks

27. Cornell Big Red

28. Maine Black Bears

29. Winthrop Eagles

30. Missouri—Kansas City Kangaroos

31. Tennessee State Tigers

32. Eastern Kentucky Colonels

33. Savannah State Tigers

34. Holy Cross Crusaders

35. Eastern Washington Eagles

36. Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

37. Samford Bulldogs

38. Northern Illinois Huskies

39. Southeast Missouri Redhawks

40. Delaware State Hornets

41. Sacramento State Hornets

42. Western Illinois Leathernecks

43. Central Arkansas Bears

Now I’d like to present the First Round matchups for the Northeast Region.  All of the first round games will be played at the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

No. 43 Central Arkansas vs. No. 22 Wisconsin—Green Bay

No. 42 Western Illinois vs. No. 23 Loyola—Maryland

No. 41 Sacramento State vs. No. 24 Tennessee Tech

No. 40 Delaware State vs. No. 25 Virginia Military Institute

No. 39 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 26 Lehigh

No. 38 Northern Illinois vs. No. 27 Cornell

No. 37 Samford vs. No. 28 Maine

No. 36 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 29 Winthrop

No. 35 Eastern Washington vs. No. 30 Missouri—Kansas City

No. 34 Holy Cross vs. No. 31 Tennessee State

No. 33 Savannah State vs. No. 32 Eastern Kentucky