NCAA Top 50 (11/8)

NCAA Top 50 (10/26)

NCAA Top 50 (10/21)

These rankings are retroactive to 10/21 and do not consider this week's games.

Bowl Eligible Teams

In order of clinching win, as of 10/16:

Alabama (6-0, 3-0)
Iowa (6-0, 2-0)
Boise State (6-0, 1-0)
Cincinnati (6-0, 2-0)
Pitt (6-1, 3-0)

Currently 17 teams with 5 wins.

NCAA Top 50 (10/13)

NCAA Top 50 (10/4)

NCAA Top 50 (9/30)

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My NCAA Bracket

Final Bracket Projections

First, here are my rankings after last night's games:

Rank	LW	Team	Conference
1	1	Pitt	Big East
2	2	North Carolina	ACC
3	7	Louisville	Big East
4	5	Memphis	Conference USA
5	3	Connecticut	Big East
6	4	Oklahoma	Big 12
7	6	Villanova	Big East
8	8	Marquette	Big East
9	10	Duke	ACC
10	13	Missouri	Big 12
11	9	Michigan State	Big 10
12	11	Wake Forest	ACC
13	24	Syracuse	Big East
14	12	Kansas	Big 12
15	14	Washington	Pac-10
16	15	Gonzaga	West Coast
17	19	Purdue	Big 10
18	20	Arizona State	Pac-10
19	22	West Virginia	Big East
20	18	UCLA	Pac-10
21	26	Florida State	ACC
22	16	Xavier	Atlantic 10
23	23	California	Pac 10
24	17	Clemson	ACC
25	25	Boston College	ACC
26	27	Butler	Horizon
27	24	Texas	Big 12
28	29	Illinois	Big 10
29	32	Utah	Mountain West
30	31	Davidson	Southern
31	35	San Diego State	Mountain West
32	36	Tennessee	SEC
33	28	Dayton	Atlantic 10
34	39	Ohio State	Big 10
35	30	LSU	SEC
36	34	BYU	Mountain West
37	40	Wisconsin	Big 10
38	41	Cleveland State	Horizon
39	52	Maryland	ACC
40	38	Penn State	Big 10
41	42	Michigan	Big 10
42	37	Arizona	Pac-10
43	44	Siena	MAAC
44	45	St. Mary's	West Coast
45	43	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley
46	48	UNLV	Mountain West
47	46	Providence	Big East
48	33	South Carolina	SEC
49	50	Utah State	WAC
50	47	Creighton	Missouri Valley

Last 4 Team in: Maryland, Penn State, Michigan, Arizona
First 4 Teams out: St. Mary's, UNLV, Providence, South Carolina

Other notable bubble teams in: San Diego State, BYU, Wisconsin
Other notable bubble teams out: Creighton, Illinois State, George Mason, Virginia Tech, Auburn, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Miami (FL), Minnesota, Florida, Kansas State, Kentucky, Texas A&M, New Mexico


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Seed Projections:

1 seeds --> Pitt, UNC, Louisville, Memphis
2 seeds--> UConn, Oklahoma, Villanova, Marquette
3 seeds--> Duke, Missouri, Michigan St., Wake Forest
4 seeds--> Syracuse, Kansas, Washington, Gonzaga
5 seeds--> Purdue, Arizona St., West Virginia, UCLA
6 seeds--> Florida St., Xavier, California, Clemson
7 seeds--> BC, Butler, Texas, Illinois
8 seeds--> Utah, Davdson, San Diego State, Tennessee
9 seeds--> Dayton, Ohio State, LSU, BYU
10 seeds--> Wisconsin, Cleveland St., Maryland, Penn State
11 seeds--> Michigan, Arizona, Siena, Northern Iowa
12 seeds--> Utah State, Mississippi State, Temple, VCU
13 seeds--> USC, Western Kentucky, Radford, UT-Chattanooga
14 seeds--> Portland St., Binghamton, East Tennessee St., Akron
15 seeds--> Stephen F. Austin, Morgan St., North Dakota St., Robert Morris
16 seeds-->American, Cornell, Morehead St., Cal State-Northridge, Alabama St.

3/11 Rankings & Bracket Projection #2

Rank	LW	Team	Conference	Seed
1	1	Pitt	Big East	1
2	3	North Carolina	ACC	1
3	2	Connecticut	Big East	1
4	5	Oklahoma	Big 12	1
5	4	Memphis	Conference USA	2
6	6	Villanova	Big East	2
7	7	Louisville	Big East	2
8	8	Marquette	Big East	2
9	9	Michigan State	Big 10	3
10	11	Duke	ACC	3
11	15	Wake Forest	ACC	3
12	12	Kansas	Big 12	3
13	10	Missouri	Big 12	4
14	21	Washington	Pac-10	4
15	22	Gonzaga	West Coast	4
16	24	Xavier	Atlantic 10	4
17	14	Clemson	ACC	5
18	25	UCLA	Pac-10	5
19	13	Purdue	Big 10	5
20	20	Arizona State	Pac-10	5
24	23	Texas	Big 12	6
22	26	West Virginia	Big East	6
23	27	California	Pac 10	6
24	29	Syracuse	Big East	6
25	30	Boston College	ACC	7
26	32	Florida State	ACC	7
27	17	Butler	Horizon	7
28	18	Dayton	Atlantic 10	7
29	31	Illinois	Big 10	8
30	19	LSU	SEC	8
31	16	Davidson	Southern	8
32	40	Utah	Mountain West	8
33	39	South Carolina	SEC	9
34	43	BYU	Mountain West	9
35	34	San Diego State	Mountain West	9
36	42	Tennessee	SEC	9
37	35	Arizona	Pac-10	10
38	45	Penn State	Big 10	10
39	38	Ohio State	Big 10	10
40	36	Wisconsin	Big 10	10
41	49	Cleveland State	Horizon	11
42	NR	Michigan	Big 10	11
43	NR	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	11
44	47	Siena	MAAC	11
45	28	St. Mary's	West Coast	12
46	NR	Providence	Big East	12
47	37	Creighton	Missouri Valley	12
48	33	UNLV	Mountain West	NIT
49	41	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	NIT
50	50	Utah State	WAC	12

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Seeds 13-16:

Rank	LW	Team	Conference	Seed
NR	NR	VCU	Colonial	13
NR	NR	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	13
NR	NR	Radford	Big South	13
NR	NR	UT-Chattanooga	Southern	13
NR	NR	Portland State	Big Sky	14
NR	NR	East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	14
NR	NR	Miami (OH)	MAC	14
NR	NR	Binghamton	America East	14
NR	NR	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	15
NR	NR	North Dakota State	Summit	15
NR	NR	Robert Morris	Northeast	15
NR	NR	American	Patriot	15
NR	NR	Cornell	Ivy	16
NR	NR	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	16
NR	NR	Morgan State	MEAC	16
NR	NR	Long Beach State	Big West	16a
NR	NR	Alabama State	SWAC	16b

Last 4 Teams IN:
#42 Michigan, #45 St. Mary's, #46 Providence, #47 Creighton

First 4 Teams OUT:
#48 UNLV, #49 Illinois State, NR George Mason, NR Maryland

Other notable bubble teams I have in the NIT (in order from best to worst):

Virginia Tech	ACC	NIT
Miami (FL)	ACC	NIT
Minnesota	Big 10	NIT
Florida	SEC	NIT
Auburn	SEC	NIT
Oklahoma State	Big 12	NIT
Kentucky	SEC	NIT
Texas A&M	Big 12	NIT
Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	NIT
Kansas State	Big 12	NIT
Old Dominion	Colonial	NIT
Temple	Atlantic 10	NIT
Notre Dame	Big East	NIT
New Mexico	Mountain West	NIT
Georgetown	Big East	NIT
Baylor	Big 12	NIT
Vanderbilt	SEC	NIT
Wisconsin-Green Bay	Horizon	NIT
Cincinnati	Big East	NIT
Mississippi State	SEC	NIT
Nevada	WAC	NIT
Northwestern	Big 10	NIT
UAB	Conference USA	NIT
Boise State	WAC	NIT

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Bracket Projection #1

Here is an early look at who's in and who's out. First the 31 automatic qualifiers:

Conference	Automatic Bids
ACC	UNC
America East	Vermont
Atlantic Sun	E. Tennessee St.
Atlantic 10	Dayton
Big East	Connecticut
Big Sky	Weber State
Big South	VMI
Big Ten	Michigan State
Big 12	Oklahoma
Big West	Long Beach State
Colonial	VCU
Conference USA	Memphis
Horizon	Butler
Ivy	Cornell
MAC	Buffalo
MAAC	Siena
MEAC	Morgan State
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa
Mountain West	Utah
Northeast	Robert Morris
Ohio Valley	Austin Peay
Pac 10	UCLA
Patriot	American
SEC	LSU
Southern	Davidson
Southland	Texas A&M-C.C.
Summit	North Dakota State
SWAC	Alabama State
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky
West Coast	Gonzaga
WAC	Utah State

And now the 34 at-large teams (according to my rankings):

Conference	At-Large
ACC	Duke, Clemson, Wake Forest, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Boston College
America East
Atlantic Sun
Atlantic 10	Xavier
Big East	Pitt, Villanova, Louisville, Marquette, West Virginia, Syracuse, Georgetown
Big Sky
Big South
Big Ten	Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State, Minnesota
Big 12	Missouri, Kansas, Texas
Big West
Colonial	George Mason
Conference USA
Horizon
Ivy
MAC
MAAC
MEAC
Missouri Valley	Illinois State
Mountain West	UNLV, San Diego State, BYU
Northeast
Ohio Valley
Pac 10	Arizona State, Washington, Stanford, Cal
Patriot
SEC	Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee
Southern
Southland
Summit
SWAC
Sun Belt
West Coast	St. Mary's
WAC

Last 8 Teams IN:
Syracuse, South Carolina, George Mason, Georgetown, Boston College, Illinois State, Tennessee, BYU

Last 8 Teams OUT:
Cincinnati, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami (FL), Kentucky, WI-Green Bay, Baylor

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Now, a lot will change over the next few weeks, so here is a look at previously unmentioned teams capable at making a tournament run...

1. Creighton (20-6, 10-4, RPI: 60) This team is one of the hottest in the country and have a long tournament history out of the Missouri Valley.
2. Cleveland State (18-8, 9-5, RPI: 86) A big early season win AT Syracuse, plus a deep run in their conference tourney could give the Horizon Conference a rare at-large bid.
3. Arizona (17-8, 7-5, RPI: 53) Five big wins over San Diego State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Washington, and just recently UCLA, should provide a convincing argument to make the NCAA tourney.
4. UAB (16-8, 6-3, RPI: 32) Buried beneath the discussion of Memphis' 51-game Conference-USA winning streak is a very respectable UAB team. Their only key win is against Arizona, but they have had a tough schedule which should make them tournament ready if selected.
5. USC (15-8, 6-5, RPI: 42) Inconsistent...yes. Underachieving...yes. However, this team has high potential and can match up against anyone. USC, not Arkansas, almost handed Oklahoma their first loss of the season. They lost that game 73-72. A few head-scratching losses makes you wonder if that was a fluke or if they can be much better than they are.

RPI Rankings used from RPIRatings.com and are valid for games played through Feb. 9th. I highly recommend visiting this website due to their impressive accuracy through the years. Definitely one of my favorite college basketball websites.

Friday the 13th NCAA BB Ranks

These rankings are valid through all games played through Friday, 2/13. Next updated will rankings will hopefully be Thursday, 2/19.

Rank	LW	Team	Record
1	1	Oklahoma	(24-1, 10-0)
2	2	Connecticut	(23-1, 11-1)
3	5	North Carolina	(22-2, 8-2)
4	6	Pitt	(22-2, 9-2)
5	9	Michigan State	(20-4, 10-2)
6	3	Duke	(20-4, 7-3)
7	12	Clemson	(21-3, 6-3)
8	7	Butler	(22-2, 13-1)
9	13	Dayton	(22-3, 8-2)
10	21	Memphis	(21-3, 9-0)
11	4	Wake Forest	(18-4, 5-4)
12	14	UCLA	(19-5, 8-3)
13	8	Xavier	(20-4, 8-2)
14	18	Villanova	(20-5, 8-4)
15	10	Louisville	(18-5, 9-2)
16	15	Marquette	(20-4, 9-2)
17	27	Missouri	(21-4, 8-2)
18	20	Davidson	(21-4, 14-1)
19	23	Illinois	(20-5, 8-4)
20	26	Florida State	(19-5, 6-3)
21	16	Purdue	(18-6, 7-4)
22	24	Kansas	(19-5, 8-1)
23	25	Arizona State	(19-5, 8-4)
24	29	Ohio State	(17-5, 7-4)
25	48	Washington	(18-6, 9-3)
26	19	Gonzaga	(18-5, 9-0)
27	11	Texas	(16-7, 5-4)
28	32	Virginia Tech	(16-7, 6-3)
29	35	LSU	(20-4, 8-1)
30	17	Minnesota	(19-5, 7-5)
31	40	West Virginia	(17-8, 6-6)
32	22	St. Mary's	(19-5, 6-4)
33	28	Florida	(19-5, 6-3)
34	42	UNLV	(18-6, 6-4)
35	43	San Diego State	(17-6, 7-3)
36	34	Stanford	(15-7, 4-7)
37	44	Northern Iowa	(18-7, 12-2)
38	41	California	(18-6, 7-4)
39	31	Syracuse	(18-7, 6-6)
40	NR	Utah State	(24-1, 12-0)
41	45	South Carolina	(17-5, 6-3)
42	46	VCU	(18-7, 11-3)
43	30	George Mason	(16-8, 9-5)
44	36	Georgetown	(13-9, 4-6)
45	49	Boston College	(18-8, 6-5)
46	NR	Illinois State	(20-5, 9-5)
47	NR	Tennessee	(15-8, 6-3)
48	NR	BYU	(18-5, 6-3)
49	NR	Siena	(20-6, 14-1)
50	NR	Utah	(17-7, 8-2)

Utah is #1!!!

FINAL 2008 RANKINGS.....

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	5	Utah	(13-0, 8-0)
2	1	Florida	(13-1, 7-1)
3	6	USC	(12-1, 8-1)
4	2	Texas	(12-1, 7-1)
5	3	Oklahoma	(12-2, 7-1)
6	11	TCU	(11-2, 7-1)
7	16	Mississippi	(9-4, 5-3)
8	4	Alabama	(12-2, 8-0)
9	8	Boise State	(12-1, 8-0)
10	7	Texas Tech	(11-2, 7-1)
11	9	Penn State	(11-2, 7-1)
12	10	Ohio State	(10-3, 7-1)
13	14	Oregon	(10-3, 7-2)
14	18	Georgia	(10-3, 6-2)
15	19	Virginia Tech	(10-4, 5-3)
16	15	Oklahoma State	(9-4, 5-3)
17	22	Oregon State	(9-4, 7-2)
18	21	Iowa	(9-4, 5-3)
19	12	Cincinnati	(11-3, 6-1)
20	23	California	(9-4, 6-3)
21	36	Tulsa	(11-3, 7-1)
22	20	Pitt	(9-4, 5-2)
23	25	Missouri	(10-4, 5-3)
24	29	Nebraska	(9-4, 5-3)
25	35	Arizona	(8-5, 5-4)
26	27	West Virginia	(9-4, 5-2)
27	17	BYU	(10-3, 6-2)
28	48	LSU	(8-5, 3-5)
29	24	Ball State	(12-2, 8-0)
30	31	Rutgers	(8-5, 5-2)
31	13	Georgia Tech	(9-4, 5-3)
32	32	Maryland	(8-5, 4-4)
33	33	Florida State	(9-4, 5-3)
34	37	Kansas	(8-5, 4-4)
35	40	Rice	(10-3, 7-1)
36	26	Boston College	(9-5, 5-3)
37	30	Michigan State	(9-4, 6-2)
38	28	East Carolina	(9-5, 6-2)
39	39	Northwestern	(9-4, 5-3)
40	38	North Carolina	(8-5, 4-4)
41	49	Connecticut	(8-5, 3-4)
42	34	Clemson	(7-6, 4-4)
43	47	Wake Forest	(8-5, 4-4)
44	43	Miami (FL)	(7-6, 4-4)
45	NR	Houston	(8-5, 6-2)
46	NR	Kentucky	(7-6, 2-6)
47	NR	Vanderbilt	(7-6, 4-4)
48	NR	South Florida	(8-5, 2-5)
49	41	North Carolina State	(6-7, 4-4)
50	42	Buffalo	(8-6, 5-3)