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So what are the real upsets? When it comes to college sports, it's all about the Benjamins. Here, then, are the first round matchups with the participating schools' 2005-06 athletic budgets. "Differences" are based on the high seed's budget. As always, expense data from the "Office of Postsecondary Education.":http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/

Fun facts:

Of the 32 first-round matchups, the lower seed has a larger budget in seven games.
In the two matchups with high mid-major seeds (#Southern Illinois v. Holy Cross and Butler v. Old Dominion), the lower seeded school has a higher athletic budget.
Wow, wouldn't it be cool if Central Connecticut State found a way to win? Ohio State has nearly 18 times the money to spend, the first round's largest disparity.
When Northwestern State beat Iowa last year in a No. 14 over No. 3 upset, the budget difference was 14X in favor of Iowa.

Thursday
" (1) North Carolina [$53.7m] vs. (16) Eastern Kentucky [$9.3m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66355 ... budget difference: 5.76X
" (1) Ohio State [$101.8m] vs. (16) Central Connecticut State [$5.6m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66363 ... budget difference: 17.96X
" (2) UCLA [$52m] vs. (15) Weber State [$6m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66354 ... budget difference: 8.67X
" (2) Georgetown [$23.6m] vs. (15) Belmont [$6.6m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66360 ... budget difference: 3.55X
" (3) Pittsburgh [$33.1m] vs. (14) Wright State [$8.7m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66352 ... budget difference: 3.79X
" (3) Washington State [$27.2m] vs. (14) Oral Roberts [$8.1m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66358 ... budget difference: 3.35X
" (3) Texas A&M [$61.4m] vs. (14) Pennsylvania [$23.3m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66362 ... budget difference: 2.63X
" (4) Maryland [$46.2m] vs. (13) Davidson [$8m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66350 ... budget difference: 5.78X
" (5) Butler [$9.6m] vs. (12) Old Dominion [$13.9m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66349 ... budget difference: 0.69X
" (6) Duke [$49.8m] vs. (11) Virginia Commonwealth [$11.9m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66351 ... budget difference: 4.16X
" (6) Vanderbilt [$40.3m] vs. (11) George Washington [$15.7m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66357 ... budget difference: 2.56X
" (6) Louisville [$45.1m] vs. (11) Stanford [$60m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66361 ... budget difference: 0.74X
" (7) Indiana [$39.4m] vs. (10) UMPFN [$8.8m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66353 ... budget difference: 4.48X
" (7) Boston College [$51.7m] vs. (10) Texas Tech [$53.3m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66359 ... budget difference: 0.97X
" (8) Marquette [$19.5m] vs. (9) Michigan State [$66.7m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66356 ... budget difference: 0.29X
" (8) Brigham Young [$30.2m] vs. (9) Xavier [$10.7m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66364 ... budget difference: 2.79X

Friday

" (1) Florida [$78.1m] vs. (16) Jackson State [$5.5m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66365 ... budget difference: 14.06X
" (1) Kansas [$47.5m] vs. (16) Niagara [$7.4m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66380 ... budget difference: 6.37X
" (2) Wisconsin [$62.8m] vs. (15) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi [$5.3m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66370 ... budget difference: 11.77X
" (2) Memphis [$27.1m] vs. (15) North Texas [$13.8m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66379 ... budget difference: 1.96X
" (3) Oregon [$44.6m] vs. (14) Miami (Oh.) [$20.5m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66368 ... budget difference: 2.18X
" (4) Southern Illinois [$9.7m] vs. (13) Holy Cross [$12.1m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66373 ... budget difference: 0.80X
" (4) Texas [$83.6m] vs. (13) New Mexico State [$12.2m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66375 ... budget difference: 6.86X
" (4) Virginia [$92.6m] vs. (13) Albany [$10.3m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66377 ... budget difference: 8.91X
" (5) Virginia Tech [$45.1m] vs. (12) Illinois [$41.4m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66372 ... budget difference: 1.09X
" (5) Southern California [$65.4m] vs. (12) Arkansas [$47.1m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66374 ... budget difference: 1.39X
" (5) Tennessee [$66.1m] vs. (12) Long Beach State [$10.1m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66376 ... budget difference: 6.52X
" (6) Notre Dame [$55.4m] vs. (11) Winthrop [$7.7m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66367 ... budget difference: 7.12X
" (7) Nevada-Las Vegas [$23.6m] vs. (10) Georgia Tech [$43.4m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66369 ... budget difference: 0.55X
" (7) Nevada [$19.4m] vs. (10) Creighton [$10.6m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66378 ... budget difference: 1.83X
" (8) Arizona [$38.4m] vs. (9) Purdue [$50.1m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66366 ... budget difference: 0.77X
" (8) Kentucky [$57.1m] vs. (9) Villanova [$21.4m]":http://bbstate.com/games/66371 ... budget difference: 2.66X

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