Another great weekend of college basketball just passed, and we are exactly 6 days and 5 1/2 hours away from Selection Sunday. With three teams already punching their ticket to the big dance, there are many conference championship games left and many, many bubble teams needing help. Today I am going to get into my power rankings while tomorrow my bubble teams. Enjoy!
1. North Carolina - Another impressive win over the Dukies yesterday keeps the Tarheels #1 on my list. I think that they locked a 1 seed yesterday, no matter what they do in the ACC Tournament.
2. Pittsburgh - The sweeping of Uconn should shut the Husky fans yappers for a little while. We all know how the Panthers are at MSG, but what is going to happen come tourney time.
3. Louisville - They had the weakest Big East schedule out of every team in their conference. But they still won the nation's best pound for pound BCS conference.
4. Memphis - Is it wrong to think that this team is bound for another 30 win season and a 1 seed in the tournament? I don't think it is. Calipari must have rolled more balls out for practice this season.
5. Uconn - Still has the possibility of a 1 seed with an impressive outing at MSG. If Syracuse wins the opening round game, the Husky/Orangemen matchup will be interesting.
6. Michigan St - I done told you about the Spartans. Quite possibly could finish the season as a 1 seed by winning the Big Ten tourney. Are currently winners of 8 of their last 9 games.
7. Duke - Despite the loss at Chapel Hill Sunday, the Blue Devils did their job the last two weeks by defeating Maryland, Va Tech, and FSU. 2 seed still in the future.
8. Wake Forest - Winners of 4 in a row since the tough loss at Duke heading into the ACC tournament. Is their a more exciting player in the NCAA then Jeff Teague?
9. Oklahoma - I think that out of all the possible scenario for who is getting a 1 seed, the Sooners will lock one up with the Big 12 conference title this weekend.
10. Washington - Did anyone really think that the Huskies would win the Pac-10 regular season title? If you said that you did, your a liar. Jon Brockman is finally stepping it up.
11. Kansas - Even though the loss to Texas Tech was not impressive to say the least, the victory the Longhorns on the other had was very impressive.
12. Xavier - You can't really look that closely to the loss to Richmond. Coach Sean Miller has his Musketeers team playing the best team ball in the nation as of late.
13. Missouri - How scary is this team? Well, for one nobody follows them enough. And two, DeMarre Carroll is the best player in the nation that nobody talks about.
14. Villanova - I said this once and I'll say it again. Coach Jay Wright is the best coach in the nation. They need to do well at MSG to at least get a 3 seed though, because you don't want a 4 or 5 seed.
15. UCLA - I wrote during my last power rankings that this team hasn't peaked yet. Well they finished the year running off 4 straight wins, is now the time. I think that the Bruins are finally here!
16. LSU - Still not sold on anything or anybody in the SEC. But I have finally caught a couple of their games and the Tigers are really, really athletic.
17. Gonzaga - The Zags go for another WCC title tonight. A team with three players averaging over 13 ppg is as impressive as their 35 point victory over a solid Santa Clara team.
18. Syracuse - Have been the most impressive Big East team as of late. It is very hard to find a team in the NCAA with 5 players averaging double figures in points per game.
19. Butler - It is hard to believe that this team is doing this well with a 32 year-old coach and a team that relies heavily on their freshmen and sophomores.
20. Clemson - Yea they are still in my top 20 despite losing 3 out of their last 4 games. But think of this, do you have any feeling that this team can still win the ACC tournament then you just proved my argument for them.
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