#148/341 - DePaul Blue Demons

Same as my last post, we have another big conference school that has been slightly off the national radar for quite some time. DePaul hasn't made a tournament appearance in over a decade and to my mind they are one of the schools that I remember playing on the first day of the old Big East Tournament.

What's strange to me is how they can be consistently inept despite their proximity to the city of Chicago, which has always been a hotbed of basketball talent.

#147/341 - South Carolina Gamecocks

It's usually a challenge to find big name, or at least big conference, schools when their basketball program isn't up to snuff. The Gamecocks haven't been to the Big Dance since 2004 but do have a few NIT titles to their credit.

#146/341- USC Upstate Spartans

Okay time to drop some knowledge bombs. So there are what I'll call, directional college names. Western Michigan, Northern Illinois, names that tell you roughly what part of that state the colleges are located in. But what do you when your state already has one? I mean the name, "Southern North Carolina" is just strange. Hence, South Carolina got creative and used the word "Upstate" instead of Northern. Hence, USC Upstate or, the University of South Carolina Upstate.

But what about East/West? Well North Carolina already took East Carolina and Western Carolina, so South Carolina used Coastal Carolina for their Easterly school.

#145/341 - Pacific Tigers

Another lucky ebay find, with rich vibrant colors and a distinguished font. The Pacific Tigers have had success in the big dance including three straight appearances from 2004-06. The first two saw them pull first round upsets while the third saw them take Boston College to a memorable 3 Overtime game before falling.

#144/341 - Northwestern Wildcats

The most elusive of the BigTen schools and the country's hub for journalistic studies, the Northwestern Wildcats. If I'm being honest I hate this jersey. It looks ugly and needs to be replaced, but it's the best I've found thus far.

#143/341 - East Carolina Pirates

This is just a weird looking jersey. It's square-shaped, and is big enough for width but the length is short. I don't know if this was made for a fat child but it's mine now.

#142/341 - Nebraska Cornhuskers

I have officially joined the ranks of Team Nebrasketball.