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Final Four – March Madness – College NCAA Basketball Tournament 2011

(above 5th & 6th Graders — Upward Basketball — #33 up against #33)

2011 NCAA Teams

Teams by School Name — Division I
(Team pages listed in second position, when available)

Credit to Rivals.com

America East
Albany
Binghamton
Boston U.
Hartford
Maine
UMBC
New Hampshire
Stony Brook
Vermont

Atlantic 10
Charlotte | NinerReport.com
Dayton | FlyerHoops.net
Duquesne | OnTheBluff.com
Fordham
Geo. Washington
La Salle
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Richmond | SpiderNation.com
Saint Louis
St. Bonaventure
St. Joseph’s
Temple | OwlScoop.com
Xavier | Musketeerscoop.com

Atlantic Coast
Boston Coll. | EagleAction.com
Clemson | TigerIllustrated.com
Duke | Devils Illustrated
Florida St. | Warchant.com
Georgia Tech | JacketsOnline.com
Maryland | TerrapinTimes.com
Miami (FL) | CaneSport.com
North Carolina | CarolinaBlue.com
N.C. State | TheWolfpacker.com
Virginia | CavsCorner.com
Virginia Tech | HokieHaven.com
Wake Forest | DeaconsIllustrated.com

Atlantic Sun
Belmont
Campbell
E. Tennessee St.
Fla Gulf Coast
Jacksonville
Kennesaw St.
Lipscomb
Mercer
North Florida
S.Car. Upstate
Stetson

Big 12
Baylor | SicEmSports.com
Colorado | BuffStampede.com
Iowa St. | CycloneReport.com
Kansas | JayhawkSlant.com
Kansas St. | GoPowercat.com
Missouri | PowerMizzou.com
Nebraska | HuskersIllustrated.com
Oklahoma | SoonerScoop.com
Oklahoma St. | OStateIllustrated.com
Texas | Orangebloods.com
Texas A&M | AggieYell.com
Texas Tech | RedRaiderSports.com

Big East
Cincinnati | BearcatReport.com
Connecticut | UConnReport.com
DePaul | TheDemonsDen.net
Georgetown | HoyaReport.com
Louisville | CardinalSports.com
Marquette | MarquetteWatch.com
Notre Dame | IrishIllustrated.com
Pittsburgh | Pantherlair.com
Providence
Rutgers | ScarletNation.com
Seton Hall | PirateCrew.com
South Florida | USFBullsEYE.com
St. John’s | RedStormReport.com
Syracuse | CuseConfidential.com
Villanova | VUSports.com
West Virginia | WVSports.com

Big Sky
Eastern Wash. | EagSports.com
Idaho St.
Montana
Montana St.
Northern Arizona
Northern Colorado
Portland St.
Sacramento St.
Weber St.

Big South
Charleston Sou.
Coastal Carolina
Gardner-Webb
High Point
Liberty
Presbyterian
Radford
N.C. Asheville
Virginia Military
Winthrop

Big Ten
Illinois | OrangeandBlueNews.com
Indiana | Peegs.com & Inside Indiana
Iowa | HawkeyeReport.com
Michigan | TheWolverine.com
Michigan St. | SpartanMag.com
Minnesota | GopherIllustrated.com
Northwestern | WildcatReport.com
Ohio St. | BuckeyeGrove.com
Penn St. | BlueWhiteIllustrated.com
Purdue | GoldandBlack.com
Wisconsin | BadgerBlitz.com

Big West
Cal Poly
CSU Fullerton
CSU Northridge
UC Riverside
Long Beach St.
Pacific
UC Davis
UCSB
UC Irvine

Colonial Athletic
Delaware
Drexel
George Mason
Georgia St.
Hofstra
James Madison
N.C. Wilmington
Northeastern
Old Dominion
Towson
VCU
William & Mary

Conference USA
East Carolina | PirateIllustrated.com
Houston | CougarsDen.com
Marshall | HerdNation.com
Memphis | TigerSportsReport.com
Rice | OwlSportsWatch.com
SMU | PonyPride.com
Southern Miss | BigGoldNation.com
Tulane | TheWaveReport.com
Tulsa | InsideTulsaSports.com
UAB | BlazerSportsReport.com
UCF | UCFSports.com
UTEP | MinerDigs.net

Horizon League
Butler
Cleveland St.
Detroit
Wis. Green Bay
Loyola Chicago
Wis. Milwaukee
Ill. Chicago
Valparaiso
Wright St.
Youngstown St.

Independents
CSU Bakersfield
Chicago St.
Houston Baptist
Longwood
New Orleans
N.J.I.T.
N.C. Central
North Dakota
Savannah St.
Seattle
SIU Edwardsville
South Dakota
TX Pan American
Utah Valley

Ivy League
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale

Metro Atlantic Athletic
Canisius
Fairfield
Iona
Loyola (MD)
Manhattan
Marist
Niagara
Rider
Siena
St. Peter’s

Mid-American
East
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent St. | KentSportsReport.com
Miami (OH)
Ohio

West
Ball St.
Cent. Michigan | ChippewaCountry.com
East. Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
W. Michigan | BroncoBlitz.com

Mid-Eastern
Bethune-Cookman
Coppin St.
Delaware St.
Florida A&M
Hampton
Howard
MD Eastern Shore
Morgan St.
Norfolk St.
N.C. A&T
S. Carolina St.

Missouri Valley
Bradley
Creighton | TheBluejayCafe.com
Drake
Evansville
Illinois St.
Indiana St.
Missouri St.
Northern Iowa
Southern Ill.
Wichita St.

Mountain West
Air Force
BYU | CougarNation.com
Colorado St. | GoldandGreenNews.com
New Mexico | Loboland.com
San Diego St. | AztecSportsReport.com
TCU | PurpleMenace.com
UNLV | Rebel-Net.com
Utah | UteZone.com
Wyoming | GoWyoGo.com

Northeast
Bryant
Central Conn. St.
Fair. Dickinson
Long Island
Monmouth
Mount St. Mary’s
Quinnipiac
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis (NY)
St. Francis (PA)
Wagner

Ohio Valley
Austin Peay
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Kentucky
Jacksonville St.
Morehead St.
Murray St.
SE Missouri St.
Tennessee St.
Tennessee Tech
Tenn-Martin

Pacific-10
Arizona | GOAZCATS.com
Arizona St. | ASUDevils.com
California | BearTerritory.net
Oregon | Duck Sports Authority
Oregon St. | BeaverBlitz.com
Stanford | CardinalReport.com
UCLA | BruinBlitz.com
USC | USCFootball.com
Washington | UDubSports.com
Washington St. | CougZone.com

Patriot League
American
Army | GoBlackKnights.com
Bucknell
Colgate
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy

Southeastern
East
Florida | GatorBait.net
Georgia | UGASports.com
Kentucky | CatsPause.com
South Carolina | GamecockCentral.com
Tennessee | VolQuest.com
Vanderbilt | VandySports.com

West
Alabama | TideSports.com
Arkansas | HawgSports.com
Auburn | AuburnSports.com
LSU | TigerBait.com
Mississippi | RebelGrove.com
Mississippi St. | BulldogBlitz.com

Southern
North
Appalachian St. | MountaineerIllustrated.com
Chattanooga
Elon
N.C. Greensboro
Samford
Western Carolina

South
Charleston
Citadel
Davidson
Furman
Georgia Southern
Wofford

Southland
East
Central Arkansas
Lamar
McNeese St.
Nicholls St.
Northwestern St.
SE Louisiana

West
Sam Houston St.
Stephen F. Austin
TAMU Corpus Christi
Texas St.
TX Arlington
UTSA

Southwestern Athletic
Alabama A&M
Alabama St.
Alcorn St.
AR Pine Bluff
Grambling St.
Jackson St.
Miss. Valley St.
Prairie View A&M
Southern
Texas Southern

Summit
Centenary
IPFW
IUPUI
North Dakota St.
Oakland
Oral Roberts | ORUEaglesNest.com
South Dakota St.
Southern Utah
Mo. Kansas City
Western Ill.

Sun Belt
East
Florida Intl. | PantherRage.com
Florida Atlantic | OwlsBurrow.com
Middle Tenn. St. | GoMiddle.com
South Alabama
Troy
West. Kentucky | InsideHilltopperSports.com

West
Arkansas St.
AR Little Rock
Denver
LA Lafayette
LA Monroe | WarhawkReport.com
North Texas | TheMeanGreenReport.com

West Coast
Gonzaga
Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine
Portland
St. Mary’s
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Clara

Western Athletic
Boise St. | Blue-Turf.com
Fresno St. | RedWaveReport.com
Hawaii
Idaho
Louisiana Tech | BleedTechBlue.com
Nevada | WolfPackChat.com
New Mexico St. | CrimsonIllustrated.com
San Jose St.
Utah St.

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Athletes and Race

College and professional athletes are a huge part of today’s society. There are multiple channels dedicated to all sports, all the time. Fame, money, and big egos are all big parts of the sports culture. With the money and fame comes the microscope. Everything they do or don’t do is always under close scrutiny.

            As Lapchick says on page 456 after people hear that an athlete was in a fight people ask, “What makes football or basketball players more inclined to get into fights?” The average white fan just assumes that it’s always the athletes getting in trouble and most people think black when they think of football and basketball. Since the 70’s and 80’s the NBA and the NFL have been becoming more and more black dominated sports. There are not many white American born players in the NBA anymore. The running backs and the receivers in the NFL are almost all black. These positions are the most important outside of the quarterback. The quarterback position now is about half white and half black.

            On page 460 Lapchick gives us the stat that 53% of white male Division 1 athletes graduate compared to 37% of black male athletes. The numbers are equally the same for women athletes. One of the many reasons for this, I believe, is that more black athletes go pro before they graduate. There aren’t many white college players who are good enough to go pro early. A good example of that is this year for march madness there are two outstanding freshman who could go to the NBA this summer and probably won’t go back to finish their education. They are both black and could probably be the top two picks in this summer’s draft. Their names are Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. There are not even near as many white college athletes that would be able to turn pro by this summer.

            Whenever some people see a black athlete they think that that person is going to a strip club or club or just causing trouble. That is the very small minority of athletes and even white athletes do the same things. It frustrates me when people make assumptions about all athletes like that. I recently had the pleasure of meeting and talking with former NFL great Irv Cross (picture on cover page). He is currently the CEO of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Minnesota. Seeing him do the things he was doing with people and meeting and greeting everyone. It didn’t matter if they were young or old, white or black; he was telling everyone about how they can help change the lives of today’s youth. If people could just see more and more of these good examples they might change their way of thinking. If there were more celebrities and athletes like Irv Cross getting involved in their community it would make a real difference.

            On page 461, Lapchick says that, “On average the media reported a story about a new sports figure with a drug problem every two weeks.” I find this to be just about right on. Players get busted in airport searches, traffic stops and in their lockers. Millions and millions of people use drugs every day. Its big news when athletes make mistakes, just like when a movie star spews racial slurs or cuts off their hair or leaves their kid on top of their car. When famous people mess up us as Americans love to see it and the media loves to show it.

            In conclusion, I feel that athletes are targets. Some people are jealous and want what they have and others are just plain mean. Either way, athletes and celebrities have to be on their best behavior all the time. If you are a black athlete you especially better not get into trouble because there are some people out there that will love to take advantage of your mistake.

Works Cited

http://www.volunteersolutions.org/uwcmn/org/219155.html

Gallagher, Charles. Rethinking the Color Line McGraw Hill Publishing, 2007

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