Filling The Brackets

60 SAM HOUSTON STATE | SOUTHLAND | 2 | Forward Ryan Bright & Co. open the season with a 29-game nonconference home winning streak.

61 HAMPTON | MEAC | 5 | Forward Mike Freeman, who shot 67.8% as a freshman, will help get the Pirates to the NCAAs for the fourth time in eight years.

62 EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ATLANTIC SUN | 2 | Division�II juco National Player of the Year Kevin Tiggs joins conference player of the year, Courtney Pigram.

63 LOYOLA (MD.) | MAAC | 4 | Four years after going 1-27, Greyhounds seek second-ever NCAA berth behind Gerald Brown, nation's third-leading returning scorer.

64 WAGNER | NORTHEAST | 4 | Weapons aplenty: four double-digit scorers, plus return of forward Durell Vinson (15.2 ppg in '05-06) from yearlong suspension.

65 GRAMBLING | SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC | 4 | Point guard Andre' Ratliff and forward Anthony Williams lead the Tigers into their new on-campus gym.