Forget the reasoning, the RPI and the rankings. Forget the logical explanations. For a quick glance at the 64 teams we think will help put the madness into March, skim the list below.

Oh, and if you want to know how we came up with ESPN.com's bracket forecast, click here.

AND THE INVITATION GOES TO ...
SEED	EAST	MIDEAST	MIDWEST	WEST
1	Connecticut	Tennessee	Duke	LSU
2	Purdue	Texas	Kansas State	Texas Tech
3	Mississippi State	North Carolina	Villanova	Stanford
4	Ohio State	Rutgers	Vanderbilt	Penn State
5	Georgia	Louisiana Tech	Arizona	Boston College
6	Colorado	South Carolina	Minnesota	Utah
7	George Washington	Virginia Tech	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Arkansas
8	Xavier	Notre Dame	Illinois	UC Santa Barbara
9	Georgia Tech	Virginia	Saint Joseph's	Old Dominion
10	Chattanooga	New Mexico	DePaul	Charlotte
11	TCU	Oklahoma	Cincinnati	Pepperdine
12	Tulane	Washington	Colorado State	Michigan State
13	Austin Peay	Western Kentucky	Creighton	Liberty
14	Maine	Holy Cross	Manhattan	Harvard
15	Jackson State	Weber State	Toledo	Hampton
16	Central Florida	St. Francis (Pa.)	UT-San Antonio	Valparaiso

Charlie Creme was a writer and editor at Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook for 11 years. He can be reached at cwcreme@hotmail.com, or click here to send him a question about his bracket projections.