Time To Rev Up The NCAA Tourney Previews Again

Longtime readers — or at least those who have been with us for a year or longer — will remember last year, when we introduced the world's only reader-created NCAA tournament previews. Well, that thing is a mother to put together — essentially, three presumably fascinating facts about all 65 teams in the tournament — so we figured we'd better start putting together this year's now, before we fall too far behind.

So, if you have a team you know better than anyone else, now's the time to tell us. After the jump is a list of teams we're tentatively counting as in the dance — using ESPN's invaluable Drive To 65 page — and who has signed up to write each of them. If you're interested in an open team, email us and let us know why you're the most qualified. The list below will be updated repeatedly as we get closer to the tournament, which, we think you can agree, might be our favorite singular sporting event.

Once a team as clinched a spot in the dance, we'll put them in bold, so check back for open teams. This is a mammoth enterprise, so the earlier we have people signing up and turning 'em in, the better.

And thanks. Just a few weeks away now ...

NCAA Tournament Capsules [Deadspin] The Enormous 2006 Deadspin NCAA Tournament Preview [Deadspin] (PDF)

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NCAA TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS

1. Air Force - Adam Sivits 2. Albany - Tom Doyle 3. Appalachian State - Seth Stratton 4. Arizona - Benjamin Bacon 5. Belmont — Greg Lindsay 6. Boston College - Brian Scheid 7. Brigham Young - Joel Baughman 8. Butler - Bulldog Lounge 9. Central Connecticut State — Josh Blosveren 10. Creighton - Christopher Wachal 11. Davidson - Matt Pitzer 12. Drexel - Dan Kois 13. Duke - Matt DeTura 14. Eastern Kentucky - Arie Bram 15. Florida - Dan Shanoff 16. Florida A&M - Nation Of Islam Sports Blog 17. George Washington - Andrea Reiher 18. Georgetown - Jamie Mottram 19. Gonzaga - Nate Odle 20. Holy Cross - Eric Angevine 21. Illinois - Will Leitch 22. Indiana - Trent Apple 23. Jackson State - Nation Of Islam Sports Blog 24. Kansas - Pete Gaines 25. Kansas State - Travis Hudson 26. Kentucky - Matt Jones 27. Long Beach State - Rick Chandler 28. Louisville — flubby 29. Maryland - Awful Announcing 30. Marquette - Brian Saperstein 31. Memphis - Jay Busbee 32. Miami of Ohio - Matt Sussman 33. Michigan State — Jason Kent 34. Missouri State - Evan Fisk 35. Niagara - Eric Clingersmith 36. Nevada - PJ Connolly 37. New Mexico State - Will Leitch 38. North Carolina - Brian Styers 39. North Texas - Mike Bruno 40. Notre Dame - Rakes Of Mallow 41. Ohio State - Anton Golden 42. Oral Roberts - Will Leitch 43. Oregon - Dan Rubenstein 44. Pittsburgh - Unsilent Majority 45. Pennsylvania — Dan Kois 46. Purdue — Boiled Sports 47. Stanford - Rick Chandler 48. Southern California - Tim Grierson 49. Southern Illinois - Will Leitch 50. Syracuse - Sean Keeley 51. Tennessee — Holly Anderson 52. Texas - Whitney Pastorek 53. Texas A&M - Mitch Martin 54. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Eric Angevine 55. Texas Tech — Jason Warble 56. UCLA — Trevor Gribble 57. UNLV - David Fucillo 58. Vanderbilt - Angelo Grasso 59. Villanova — Mike Metzger 60. Virginia - Rob Iracane 61. Virginia Commonwealth - Patrice Evans 62. Virginia Tech - Brad Hinshelwood 63. Washington State - Ted Murray 64. Weber State - Jen Philion 65. West Virginia — The Mighty MJD 66. Winthrop - John Redcorn 67. Wisconsin — Sam McClone 68. Wright State - Scott DeMange 69. Xavier - Scott DeMange