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    Selection Sunday is ... Sunday! That means we must begin the time-honored tradition of Deadspin's patent-pending NCAA Tournament Preview Capsules.

    Once again, we would like to showcase three interesting tidbits about each school participating in the men's basketball tournament that begins ... holy crap ... next week! However, no single human could possibly hold all that knowledge, so we must outsource it to you, the experts. If you would like to contribute, send an email to me with the subject: "Tourney Capsule — FAVORITE TEAM NAME" only don't actually write FAVORITE TEAM NAME in all caps or I will hate you. Write the school's name and give a reason or two why you should be trusted to represent that team to the world.

    Below is a list possible/probable entrants. This is obviously a fluid enterprise, so do not complain about omissions/errors or I will hate you even more than the guy who writes in all caps. Here is a link to last year's work if you need a refresher. Good luck.

    * means the team has an automatic bid. X means they are spoken for.

    America East
    Vermont
    Binghamton

    Atlantic Coast
    North Carolina
    Wake Forest
    Duke
    Florida St.
    Clemson
    Boston Coll.
    Miami (FL)
    Maryland
    Virginia Tech

    Atlantic Sun
    *E. Tennessee St.

    Atlantic 10
    Xavier
    Dayton X
    Rhode Island
    Temple

    Big East
    Louisville
    Pittsburgh
    Connecticut
    Villanova
    Marquette
    Syracuse X
    West Virginia
    Providence

    Big Sky
    Weber St.
    Portland St.

    Big South
    *Radford X

    Big Ten
    Michigan State X
    Illinois X
    Purdue
    Ohio St.
    Penn St.
    Wisconsin

    Big 12
    Kansas X
    Oklahoma
    Missouri
    Texas A&M
    Kansas St.
    Oklahoma St.
    Texas

    Big West
    CSU Northridge
    Pacific

    Colonial Athletic
    *VCU

    Conference USA
    Memphis
    Tulsa
    UAB

    Horizon League
    Butler
    * Cleveland St.

    N.J.I.T.

    Ivy League
    *Cornell

    Metro Atlantic Athletic
    *Siena

    Mid-American
    Buffalo X
    Bowling Green X
    Akron X

    Mid-Eastern
    Morgan St.

    Missouri Valley
    Creighton
    *Northern Iowa

    Mountain West
    BYU
    Utah
    New Mexico
    San Diego St.

    Northeast
    Robert Morris

    Ohio Valley
    *Morehead St.

    Pacific-10
    Washington
    UCLA
    Arizona St.
    California
    Arizona

    Patriot League
    American

    Southeastern
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
    Florida
    LSU
    Auburn

    Southern
    *Chattanooga
    Davidson

    Southland
    Stephen F. Austin
    Nicholls St.
    Sam Houston St.

    Southwestern Athletic
    Alabama St.
    Jackson St.

    Summit
    *North Dakota St.

    Sun Belt
    *West. Kentucky

    West Coast
    *Gonzaga
    St. Mary's

    Western Athletic
    Utah St.
    Nevada


    Send an email to Dashiell Bennett, the author of this post, at dashiell@deadspin.com.