TennesseeRhett
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I mentioned this years ago when I was a student at UT (04-08), but I am often surprised at how many teams from our state make the tourney. In addition to UT, you often see Belmont, Vandy, Memphis, Austin Peay, Lipscomb, ETSU and MTSU make the dance, to say nothing of the womens teams. I believe my senior year there were 6 teams from our state in the mens tournament, which was tied with california and indiana for the most that year. Yet you never hear about basketball in Tennessee the way you do in other states, but our borders host many strong and proud programs, and thats pretty cool. I bleed orange and always wish for UT success above all else, but as a Tennessean I really do enjoy seeing all programs from the state do well.