Headlines
- Tennessee grabs a #1 seed with a win at Alabama
- Gonzaga moves into lock status with a win at St. Mary’s
- Providence drops out of the field after losing at home to Villanova
- Drake moves into the field – for now
Top Seeds
Tennessee leapfrogs Arizona, for now, with their win at Alabama. The last #1 seed is still between Tennessee, Arizona, and North Carolina and will come down to the conference tournaments.
Bubble Watch
Let me start with this. Gonzaga is in. They are a lock and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Colorado State is moving towards lock territory. I think they would get in even if they lose their last game – but I wouldn’t advise it.
After Colorado State, I rank them:
- Villanova – big win at Providence
- St. John’s – idle
- Virginia – looked terrible against Duke, hanging by a thread
- Utah – blowout win over Cal
- New Mexico – lost at Boise, not a bad loss per se, but any loss at this point is damaging
- Drake – good win vs. Bradley
- Seton Hall – blown out at UConn
- CUT LINE IS HERE
- Providence – damaging home loss to Villanova
- Colorado – beat Stanford, who isn’t any good
- Wake Forest – yet another road loss at VT
- Pitt – blowout road win over BC
- Iowa – making a late push after a quality win at Northwestern
ACC Watch
- Wake Forest is in big trouble. Their loss to Virginia Tech brings their record away from home to 3-11 on the season, and one of the three wins was against Towson. Beating Georgia Tech and Clemson is a must, and I’m not sure even that will be enough.
- Virginia looked terrible, again, against Duke. I still think they will get in if they beat Georgia Tech in their last game, but a quality win in the tournament would help.
- Pitt is alive, but I still think they need to win out AND get a flashy win in the tournament.
- Nobody else has a shot.
Elevator Report
Team | Prior Seed | New Seed | Recent Result (Opponents NET, Quad) |
Arizona | 1 | 2 | W 103-83 vs. Oregon (NET 65, Quad 2) |
Tennessee | 2 | 1 | W 81-74 at Alabama (NET 7, Quad 1-A) |
Kansas | 2 | 3 | L 82-74 at Baylor (NET 13, Quad 1-A) |
Iowa St. | 3 | 2 | W 60-52 at UCF (NET 66, Quad 1-B) |
Alabama | 3 | 4 | L 81-74 vs. Tennessee (NET 5, Quad 1-A) |
Creighton | 4 | 3 | W 89-75 vs. Marquette (NET 14, Quad 1-A) |
Kentucky | 4 | 5 | W 111-102 vs. Arkansas (NET 120, Quad 3) |
BYU | 5 | 4 | W 87-75 vs. TCU (NET 38, Quad 2) |
St. Mary’s | 6 | 7 | L 70-57 vs. Gonzaga (NET 17, Quad 1-B) |
South Carolina | 7 | 6 | W 82-76 vs. Florida (NET 33, Quad 2) |
Northwestern | 7 | 9 | L 87-80 vs. Iowa (NET 57, Quad 2) |
Nevada | 7 | 8 | W 74-66 vs. Fresno State (NET 213, Quad 4) |
Nebraska | 7 | 8 | W 67-56 vs. Rutgers (NET 91, Quad 3) |
Mississippi St. | 8 | 9 | L 78-63 at Auburn (NET 6, Quad 1-A) |
Texas | 8 | 7 | W 81-65 vs. Oklahoma State (NET 115, Quad 3) |
Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | W 81-70 at West Virginia (NET 144, Quad 3) |
Boise State | 9 | 8 | W 89-79 vs. New Mexico (NET 28, Quad 1-B) |
TCU | 9 | 10 | L 87-75 at BYU (NET 12, Quad 1-A) |
Gonzaga | 10 | 7 | W 70-57 at St. Mary’s (NET 16, Quad 1-A) |
Virginia | 10 | 11 | L 73-48 at Duke (NET 9, Quad 1-A) |
Villanova | 11 | 10 | W 71-60 at Providence (NET 63, Quad 1-B) |
Providence | 11 | Out | L 71-60 vs. Villanova (NET 26, Quad 1-B) |
Drake | Out | 11 | W 74-66 vs. Bradley (NET 60, Quad 2) |
- Purdue, UConn, Houston, Tennessee
- Arizona, North Carolina, Iowa State, Marquette
- Kansas, Baylor, Creighton, Duke
- Alabama, Illinois, Auburn, BYU
- Kentucky, Clemson, San Diego State, Wisconsin
- Dayton, South Carolina, Washington State, Florida
- Gonzaga, Texas Tech, Texas, St. Mary’s
- Nevada, Boise State, Nebraska, Utah State
- Northwestern, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Oklahoma
- TCU, Florida Atlantic, Colorado State, Villanova
- St. John’s, Virginia, Utah, New Mexico, Drake, Seton Hall
- Indiana State, Princeton, James Madison, Grand Canyon
- McNeese State, Samford, Vermont, UC Irvine
- Louisiana Tech, College of Charleston, Akron, High Point
- Oakland, Morehead State, Eastern Washington, Colgate
- Lipscomb, Quinnipiac, South Dakota St., Merrimack, Norfolk State, Southern
Last Four Byes: Colorado State, Villanova, St. John’s, Virginia
Last Four In: Utah, New Mexico, Drake, Seton Hall
First Four Out: Providence, Colorado, Wake Forest, Pitt
Next Four Out: Iowa, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech
And Then The Next Four After That: Ohio State, Richmond, Ole Miss, Syracuse
And How About Four More for Good Measure: Memphis, Kansas State, Oregon, Appalachian State