2012-13 NCAA Basketball Rankings - Vol. X

There are still four conference championships left, but with today being Selection Sunday, here are my rankings through games played on Saturday, March 16th:

 

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

Dropped From Rankings: #41 Cal, #43 Middle Tennessee St., #44 UConn, #47 Louisiana Tech, #49 Kentucky

Teams Rising:

• +11 NC State (24-10, 11-7)
• +9 Memphis (30-4, 16-0)
• +9 Belmont (26-6, 14-2)
• +7 Oregon (26-8, 12-6)
• +7 Mississippi (25-8, 12-6)

Teams Falling:

• -10 Minnesota (20-12, 8-10)
• -10 Cal (20-11, 12-6)
• -8 Oklahoma (20-11, 11-7)
• -8 Middle Tennessee St. (28-5, 19-1)
• -7 UCLA (24-9, 13-5)

Of the 68 NCAA Tournament teams, there are 37 at-large bids. This week, I consider teams in the Top 40 as 'Locks'. Of those teams, 11 are conference leaders/winners 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: Virginia, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Villanova, Temple, Colorado, Iowa, La Salle
• Bubble Teams OUT: Maryland, Alabama, Tennessee, Middle Tennessee St., Kentucky, Cal, Baylor, Southern Miss
• Below the Bubble NIT Teams: Massachusetts, Arizona St., Stanford, Ohio, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas, Xavier, Denver

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Projected Seeds

16 (First Four) -  Liberty, North Carolina A&T, Southern, James Madison

16 - LIU-Brooklyn, Albany

15 - Pacific, Western Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Northwestern St.

14 - Harvard, Iona, New Mexico St., South Dakota St.

13 - Valparaiso, Montana, Bucknell, Davidson

12 (First Four) - La Salle, Iowa, Colorado, Temple

12 - Villanova, Akron

11 - Mississippi, Oklahoma, Belmont, Virginia

10 - Missouri, Wichita St., Boise St., Cincinnati

9 - Illinois, San Diego St., NC State, Iowa St.

8 - Minnesota, Arizona, UCLA, North Carolina

7 - Colorado St., St. Mary's, Butler, Oregon

6 - UNLV, Creighton, Notre Dame, Pitt

5 - Memphis, Marquette, VCU, Kansas St.

4 - Syracuse, Saint Louis, Michigan, Oklahoma St.

3 - Michigan St., Wisconsin, New Mexico, Georgetown

2 - Ohio St., Duke, Miami, Florida

1 - Kansas, Indiana, Louisville, Gonzaga