2012-13 NCAA Basketball Rankings - Vol. IX

Below are my rankings through games played on Sunday, March 3rd:

Rank	Last	Team	Record	Conference
1	2	Gonzaga	(29-2, 16-0)	West Coast
2	1	Indiana	(25-4, 13-3)	B1G
3	5	Georgetown	(23-4, 13-3)	Big East
4	6	Louisville	(24-5, 12-4)	Big East
5	7	Kansas	(25-4, 13-3)	Big 12
6	4	Duke	(25-4, 12-4)	ACC
7	3	Florida	(23-5, 13-3)	SEC
8	10	Oklahoma St.	(22-6, 12-4)	Big 12
9	11	Miami	(23-5, 14-2)	ACC
10	8	Michigan St.	(22-7, 11-5)	B1G
11	9	Michigan	(24-5, 11-5)	B1G
12	13	New Mexico	(25-4, 12-2)	Mountain West
13	14	Ohio St.	(21-7, 11-5)	B1G
14	27	Marquette	(21-7, 12-4)	Big East
15	18	Saint Louis	(23-5, 12-2)	Atlantic 10
16	12	Wisconsin	(20-9, 11-5)	B1G
17	22	Pitt	(23-7, 11-6)	Big East
18	23	VCU	(23-6, 11-3)	Atlantic 10
19	24	Kansas St.	(24-5, 13-3)	Big 12
20	15	Syracuse	(22-7, 10-6)	Big East
21	21	St. Mary's	(26-5, 13-2)	West Coast
22	30	Minnesota	(20-9, 8-8)	B1G
23	29	UCLA	(22-7, 12-4)	PAC-12
24	19	Notre Dame	(22-7, 10-6)	Big East
25	17	Colorado St.	(22-7, 9-5)	Mountain West
26	26	UNLV	(21-7, 9-5)	Mountain West
27	16	Arizona	(23-6, 11-6)	PAC-12
28	37	Creighton	(24-7, 13-5)	Missouri Valley
29	20	Memphis	(25-4, 14-0)	Conference-USA
30	25	Butler	(22-7, 9-5)	Atlantic 10
31	28	San Diego St.	(20-8, 8-6)	Mountain West
32	36	Oregon	(23-6, 12-4)	PAC-12
33	34	Illinois	(21-9, 8-8)	B1G
34	44	North Carolina	(21-8, 11-5)	ACC
35	32	Oklahoma	(19-9, 10-6)	Big 12
36	39	Virginia	(20-9, 10-6)	ACC
37	43	Missouri	(21-8, 10-6)	SEC
38	38	Cincinnati	(19-9, 8-8)	Big East
39	35	Iowa St.	(19-10, 9-7)	Big 12
40	46	Boise St.	(20-8, 8-6)	Mountain West
41	48	Cal	(19-9, 11-5)	Pac-12
42	31	Wichita St.	(24-7, 12-6)	Missouri Valley
43	45	Middle Tennessee St.	(27-4, 19-1)	Sun Belt
44	33	Connecticut	(19-10, 9-8)	Big East
45	50	NC State	(21-8, 10-6)	ACC
46	40	Colorado	(19-9, 9-7)	PAC-12
47	49	Louisiana Tech	(26-3, 16-0)	WAC
48	N/A	La Salle	(20-7, 10-4)	Atlantic 10
49	42	Kentucky	(20-9, 11-5)	SEC
50	41	Villanova	(18-12, 9-8)	Big East

Dropped From Rankings: #47 Akron

Teams Rising:

• +13 Marquette (21-7, 10-4)
• +10 North Carolina (21-8, 11-5)
• +9 Creighton (24-7, 13-5)
• +8 Minnesota (20-9, 8-8)
• +7 Cal (19-9, 11-5)

Teams Falling:

• -11 Arizona (23-6, 11-6)
• -11 Wichita St. (24-7, 12-6)
• -11 Connecticut (19-10, 9-8)
• -9 Memphis (25-4, 14-0)
• -9 Villanova (18-12, 9-8)

Of the 68 NCAA Tournament teams, there are 37 at-large bids. This week, I consider teams in the Top 39 as 'Locks'. Of those teams, 10 are conference leaders and 29 are at-large locks. The next 16 at-large teams (excluding ineligible UConn) are in my opinion bubble teams (First 8 in, next 8 out).

• Bubble Teams IN: Boise St., Cal, Wichita St., NC State, Colorado, La Salle,Kentucky, Villanova
• Bubble Teams OUT: Baylor, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Iowa, Mississippi, Maryland, Denver
• Below the Bubble NIT Teams: Temple, BYU, Evansville, Southern Miss, Massachusetts, Xavier, Stanford, Arizona St.