Here are the dummy brackets as I see them through February 4, 1999:
WEST REGION:
Michigan State (2) vs. Louisiana Tech (15)
Syracuse (7) vs. Arkansas (10)
Temple (6) vs. UNLV (11)
North Carolina (3) vs. N. Arizona (14)
Kansas (5) vs. North Carolina State (12)
Miami (FL) (4) vs. New Mexico State (13)
Ole Miss (8) vs. Gonzaga (9)
Stanford (1) vs. whoever comes from the Southland ( most likely
Texas-San Antonio) (16)
EAST REGION:
Maryland (2) vs. Lafayette (15)
Tennessee (7) vs. Florida State (10)
Miami (OH) (6) vs. Alabama-Birmingham (11)
Wisconsin (3) vs. Old Dominion (14)
Ohio State (5) vs. Oklahoma State (12)
Florida (4) vs. Butler (13)
Xavier (8) vs. SW Missouri State (9)
UConn (1) vs. whoever comes from the Big South (16, probably Winthrop
[okay, exactly WHERE IS Winthrop?])
SOUTH REGION:
Auburn (2) vs. Northeast champ (if St. Francis of Brooklyn NY or
Maryland-Baltimore County) or
Alcorn State (if Northeast sends someone else) (15)
UNC-C***te (7) vs. Texas (10)
Minnesota (6) vs. Tulsa (11)
St. Johns (3) vs. Samford (14)
UCLA (5) vs. College Of Charleston (12)
Indiana (4) vs. Penn or Princeton (13)
George Washington (8) vs. Rutgers (9)
Duke (1) vs. Alcorn State (unless Northeast sends someone other than
UMBC or St. Fran (NY)) (16)
MIDWEST REGION:
Kentucky (2) vs. American East Champ (slight edge to Drexel over Maine,
Hofstra and Delaware) or
Mid-Continent Champ (if other than Valparaiso) (15)
Utah (7) vs. Villanova (10)
Washington (6) vs. Murray State (11)
Iowa (3) vs. Mid-Continent Champ (if Valparaiso) or American East Champ
(if Valpo falls) (14)
Purdue (5) vs. Evansville (12)
Arizona (4) vs. Siena (13)
Missouri (8) vs. Toledo (9)
Cincinnati (1) vs. whoever comes from the MEAC (slight edge to South
Carolina State over
Coppin State and Morgan State) (16)
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