SI's Field of 68

While Sports Illustrated, whose college basketball preview issue hits news stands tomorrow, is far and away the best sports magazine, I've always thought it was a bit off the mark when it came to college sports. And that has nothing to do with the fact that SI doesn't have UConn making the NCAA tournament this season. I probably wouldn't pick them, either (though I wouldn't say it's impossible -- not by any stretch).

Anyway, here's SI's field of 68 for this year's tourney. Quinnipiac and Fairfield in; UConn out.

1. Duke
2. Michigan State
3. Kansas State
4. Villanova
6. Ohio State
7. Kansas
8. Baylor
9. Florida
10. North Carolina
11. Illinois
12. Butler
13. Syracuse
14. Gonzaga
15. Washington
16. Purdue
17. BYU
18. Missouri
19. Kentucky
20. Temple
21. Georgetown
22. Virginia Tech
23. Tennessee
24. Memphis
25. Wisconsin
26. Texas
27. N.C. State
28. San Diego State
29. Old Dominion
30. Wichita State
31. Florida State
32. Mississippi State
33. Richmond
34. Vanderbilt
35. Minnesota
36. New Mexico
37. West Virginia
38. Georgia
39. UNLV
40. Marquette
41. Arizona
42. Maryland
43. Xavier
44. Dayton
45. Arizona State
46. Murray State
47. Seton Hall
48. Notre Dame
49. UCLA
50. Utah State
51. Creighton
52. Northwestern
53. Ohio
54. UCSB
55. Weber State
56. Fairfield
57. Wofford
58. Oakland
59. North Texas
60. Lipscomb
61. Harvard
62. Morgan State
63. Quinnipiac
64. Texas State
65. American
66. Jackson State
67. Maine
68. Coastal Carolina