Just plain scary. That's the Huskies with Charlie Villaneuva and Andrew Bynum. A front line? How about 6-10 Josh Boone, 6-11 Hilton Armstrong and 7-0 Bynum. Athletic wing men? How about Villanueuva and Rudy Gay? Scorers off the bench? Denham Brown and Rashad Anderson are capable of 30-point games. Point guard? Marcus Williams is among the nation's best. Coaching? Jim Calhoun's bust is on display at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Just plain scary.

Tulsa is celebrating as the Golden Eagles make their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 22 years, and the party may continue past the first round. Junior Caleb Green (21 points, 9 rebounds) patrols the paint and is one of the nation's best kept secrets. Double team Green at your own risk. Three-point specialists Ken Tutt and Chris Riouse have been deadly and Larry Owens is playing his best ball of the season.

Without Bogut, the Utes (14-15) had a dismal record, but lost six games by a combined 20 points. With the 7-foot #1 overall draft pick in the lineup, Utah -- a team that already led the conference in rebounding margin -- wins a fair share of those games and easily contends for the MWC title. Throw in sophomore guard transfer who led the team in scoring (13.4 points) while shooting 46.1% from three-point range and the Utes approach the 29-6 record and Sweet Sixteen run they had in 2005.

Coach Kelvin Sampson has guided his Sooners to nine straight 20-win seasons. His teams don't have superstars – no NBA first round picks since 1989 and only one current player (Edward Najera) – but they play together on both ends of the court. Four of the starting five averaged double-figures in points, led by senior forward Taj Gray (14.4 plus 7.7 rebounds). Guard Terrell Everett ranked fifth with 6.6 assists per game. Martin Neal is one of only five players in the country's top 20 in three-point field goals (3.4 per game) and percentage (43.1).

As they showed in the Big 10 Tournament, Iowa is a battle tested mature squad – their top six players are upperclassman – and that translated into the school's first undefeated home mark (17-0) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Steve Alford's guys like to grind it out in the halfcourt set, playing the inside outside game with the Hawkeyes' all-time leading rebounder Greg Brunner on the inside and sharpshooters Jeff Horner (13.7 points) and Adam Haluska (13.8 points) operating from downtown.

The slipper still fits. The Salukis won the feisty MVC title to clinch their fifth consecutive NCAA tourney appearance. Small forward Jamaal Tatum (15.1 points) and first team all-conference shooting guard Tony Young (40% 3-pt) paces a relatively thin squad that allowed 56.2 points per game (fourth in the nation) with a cheap-suit man defense.

They've been solidly mediocre, but Iguodala would go a long way toward making them a serious threat. What they lack is a superstar they can rely on for offense in crunch time. Hassan Adams is a solid second option, but only if Lute Olsen lets him play after off the court troubles. Mustafa Shakur is too inconsistent and Marcus Williams is a freshman. Enter Iguadala, a lock down defender with a variety of ways to score. With an experienced coach like Olsen, the Wildats would be poised to make a deep run in the tournament.

If you don't think much of the MVC, consider Bradley the Beast of the Least. Led by forward Marcellus Sommerville who led the team in scoring (15.8 points) and not-so-secret weapon Patrick O'Bryant, a 7-foot, true center with NBA potential, Bradley defeated MVC rivals Southern Illinois, Wichita State, and Creighton, plus No. TK Iowa by 28 points.

Center Glen "Baby Shaq" Davis and his un-Shaq like .840 free-throw percentage anchored a balanced LSU squad that had four players average in double figures. SEC Freshman of the Year Tyrus Thomas and sidekick Tasmin Mitchell formed the nation's best frosh tandem, while Darrel Mitchell's buttery outside touch (17.3 points., 41% 3-PT) kept opponents from clamping down on Thomas and Davis.

Though Aztecs have one of the nation's toughest inside players in Marcus Slaughter (17 points, 11 rebounds), their tournament success will hinge on the outside shooting of guards Brandon Heath, Kyle Spain and John Sharper. Heath has come up big all season, and was a one man show in the Mountain West finals against Wyoming, scoring six points in the final 1:22 to bring home the hardware. Can he repeat the performance on the nation's biggest stage?

The Longhorns won 25 games by coming at you in waves on both ends of the court. They led the nation in scoring margin (17.7 points), and ranked second in rebound margin (10.0), while holding opponents to a .376 field goal percentage (third best in the country). The imposing frontline is PJ Tucker (team-best 16.1 points, 9.0 rebounds) and LaMarcus Aldridge, who led the Big 12 in field-goal percentage (.605) and ranked in the top two in rebounds (8.9) and blocks (2.0). Their strong bench would get a boost from CJ Miles, whom the Utah Jazz are grooming as the backcourt running mate of Deron Williams.

The Musketeers had high hopes returning all five starters from last year's team, but in February, senior PG Dedrick Finn was kicked off the team and leading scorer and rebounder Brian Thorton (64% FG) broke an ankle and was shelved for the year. Still, the Musketeers, who led the A-10 in defensive FG percentage (.393) put together an improbable four wins in four days for the conference title, their third in five years.

West Virginia (20-9) finished third in the deadly Big East, led by its steady quartet of Kevin Pittsnogle (19.4 points, 5.8 rebounds), Mike Gansey, (17.4, 5.6), Johannes Herber (9.6, 3.6) and Patrick Beilein (7.9, 2.2), West Virginia ranked second in the nation in three pointers (10.1), and hit 34.6 percent overall. The Mountaineers are also one of the smartest teams, leading the nation in fewest fouls and ranking second in fewest turnovers. Their quirky motion offense and unorthodox 1-3-1 zone defense caused headaches for nearly every team they faced.

The Golden Bears have a chance of doing damage, but 6-10, 250-pound center Leon Powe and point guard Ayinde Ubaka are maddeningly inconsistent. Powe put up 13 double-doubles, but doesn't look comfortable after a major knee injury last season and he has a tendancy to disappear from games he should be dominating. Ubaka (14 points, 4 assists) tended to follow a "good game, bad game" pattern.

Despite boasting one of the nation's better starting fives -- senior guard Gerry McNamara ranks among the top players in the country in three-pointers, free throws and assists per game -- Syracuse has lived on the bubble all season. The addition of 'Melo, who currently ranks in the NBA's top 10 in twelve statistical categories including points (26.2), and Andray Blatche, whom the Wizards project as another Rasheed Wallace sans the mental breakdowns, gives the Orange the best front line in the country.

The Bruins are headed to their first NCAA Tournament, thanks to leading scorer Justin Hare, who put the team on his back against Lipscomb in the Atlantic Sun Tournament championship game. Hare raised his game and scored a career-high 32 points. Combined with junior guard Josh Goodwin, who ranked eighth in the country in three-point field goal percentage (.460), and Boomer Herndon, who was in the top 20 in FG percentage (.593), the Bruins averaged 81.7 points per game (eighth-best) while shooting 50-percent from the field (fourth).