NEW ORLEANS — The NCAA Tournament brackets have already been somewhat messed up. The $5 for-entertainment-only office pools have been shaken.

Underdogs are advancing to the second round and Wisconsin — a team from last season's Final Four — is packing its bags for home. Welcome to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

But don't be surprised if more upsets occur, Florida men's basketball coach Billy Donovan said. The Gators head man said with players jumping hardship to the NBA and injuries occurring late in the season, lesser-known teams will be making more of an impact in the tournament.

"People will always talk about upsets, but as a coach, I have seen these teams on tape. Some of these teams are very impressive," Donovan said. "These teams in the non-power conferences come in with veteran players, juniors and seniors with a lot of experience, while some of the rest of us lose kids to the NBA."

In the first day of this year's tournament, sixth-seeded Wisconsin and No. 5 seed Ohio State have been upset by Georgia State and Utah State, respectively. With all the parity that surrounds college basketball today, Donovan said, a fan shouldn't put to much emphasis on where teams are seeded.

Western Kentucky men's basketball coach Dennis Felton doesn't put much emphasis on his squad's No. 14 seed, either. Felton said just because some teams don't get the same national media attention as others, that doesn't mean they don't have the talent to compete.

"The idea of an underdog is way overblown now and everybody is getting an opportunity to see that if they pay attention," he said. "There are a lot of great basketball teams that don't appear nightly on television and don't play in one of the top five or six conferences."

Temple head coach John Chaney, who won the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament, said fans love to see the underdogs and that might be why people hype those teams so much. Coming into today's game as the No. 11 seed against Texas, Chaney finds his Owls squad in an unfamiliar setting.

"They like to see some of the guys that are reported to be winners in this business lose," he said. "I love to see the guys who work their tails off, the unknowns become the knowns."