2011 Ultimate College Basketball Tournament: Northwest Seeds and First-Round Games

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

1. Brigham Young Cougars
2. Syracuse Orange
3. Kansas State Wildcats
4. Xavier Musketeers
5. Clemson Tigers
6. UCLA Bruins
7. Boston College Eagles
8. Texas-El Paso Miners
9. Colorado State Rams
10. California Golden Bears
11. Fairfield Stags
12. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
13. Rhode Island Rams
14. Iowa State Cyclones
15. Creighton Bluejays
16. Air Force Falcons
17. American Eagles
18. Detroit Titans
19. Miami Ohio Redhawks
20. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
21. Southern Methodist Mustangs
22. Davidson Wildcats
23. Nevada Wolf Pack
24. Pennsylvania Quakers
25. North Florida Ospreys
26. Texas-San Antonio
27. St. Francis (NY)
28. DePaul Blue Demons
29. Texas Southern
30. California State-Northridge
31. Loyola Marymount Lions
32. Elon Phoenix
33. Gardner-Webb Bulldogs
34. North Carolina A&T Aggies
35. High Point Panthers
36. New Hampshire Wildcats
37. Army Black Knights
38. North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans
39. Manhattan Jaspers
40. Alabama A&M Bulldogs
41. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
42. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
43. Alcorn State Braves

Now I’d like to reveal the first-round games in the Northwest Region.  One note: all of these games will be played at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.

#43 Alcorn State vs. #22 Davidson

#42 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville vs. #23 Nevada

#41 Louisiana-Monroe vs. #24 Pennsylvania

#40 Alabama A&M vs. #25 North Florida

#39 Manhattan vs. #26 Texas San-Antonio

#38 North Carolina-Greensboro vs. #27 St. Francis (NY)

#37 Army vs. #28 DePaul

#36 New Hampshire vs. #29 Texas Southern

#35 High Point vs. #30 California State-Northridge

#34 North Carolina A&T vs. #31 Loyola Marymount

#33 Gardner-Webb vs. #32 Elon