1 Seeds:

Auburn (2-0), Duke (2-0), Florida (2-0), Houston (2-0)

2 Seeds:

Alabama (1-1), Tennessee (1-1), Wisconsin (1-0), Texas Tech (2-0)

How about that Wisconsin offense? Pretty damn good right? Wisconsin proved they belong at the top of the Big Ten with a trouncing at Purdue without their best bench player. Unfortunately, the best in the Big Ten is still worse than the top four SEC teams. As a whole, the SEC might be .500 in conference play, but an upper echelon has separated themselves from the pack. Auburn is hands down the best basketball team in the country while Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee are fighting for second. Duke had a rebound week much to my chagrin. And I am still high on Houston after an impressive win at Arizona. I expect them to win out while the SEC will stack a couple of losses, pushing Houston up from the 8 the NCAA Basketball Committee put them at.

** As a side note, I am nervous about Wisconsin going into this week. Greg Gard has had teams this well-regarded before, only to collapse at the end of the season. Please god let this team be different **

3 Seeds:

Texas A&M (2-0), Purdue (0-2), Iowa State(2-0), Michigan (2-0)

4 Seeds:

 St John’s (1-1), Kentucky (1-1), Arizona (0-2), Maryland (2-0)

Many people would argue that Texas A&M should be higher than a 3 seed. I honestly could see them dropping lower. They haven’t done much outside of beat up on lower-seeded SEC teams as of now. They have a crazy tough schedule coming up and could prove me wrong, but until then, I will be cold on the Aggies. Purdue and Arizona had rough weeks but have a good enough resume to keep them from sinking too far in the seeding. Maryland and Michigan keep winning and proving themselves as top-tier Big Ten teams. St John’s and Kentucky both had an impressive win coupled with a disappointing loss, keeping them on the 4 seed line.

5 Seeds:

Gonzaga (2-0), Marquette (1-0), Kansas (1-1), Michigan St (1-1)

6 Seeds:

Clemson (2-0), Mizzou (2-0), UCLA (1-1), Louisville (2-0)

Clemson, Louisville, and Mizzou continue to impress, continuing their momentum going forward. UCLA finally won a game while in the Eastern Time Zone. In two weeks we’ll get to see them attempt to grab one in the Central Time Zone as well. Michigan State and Kansas had up and down weeks, but overall see their seeding go down with the losses outpacing the wins. Like I said last week, this is one of the worst Gonzaga teams in the last decade. But they are still Gonzaga. Pencil them in at the 5 seed line unless they do the unthinkable and lose a West Coast conference game.

7 Seeds:

Illinois (1-1), St Mary’s (2-0), Miss St (1-1), Baylor (1-1)

8 Seeds:

Ole Miss (1-1), Texas (1-1), Creighton (0-2), Oregon (2-0)

I will admit, I was way higher on Illinois than I should have been last week. This seed line is a combo of correcting my mistake and penalizing them for falling to a Michigan State team that has fallen off in the past two weeks. Texas pushed themselves off the bubble for now by beating Kentucky. They still have a couple of games left that could make or break their resume. Mississippi State won the basketball Egg Bowl and got a bump over Ole Miss. Creighton meanwhile was in a bit of a freefall this week, losing to St John’s and a UConn team that’s looking not so great.

9 Seeds:

VCU (1-0), UConn (1-1), New Mexico (2-0), Memphis (1-1)

10 Seeds:

Vanderbilt (0-2), Ohio State (1-1), Utah State (1-1), BYU (2-0)

Speaking of UConn, how the mighty have fallen. Their loss to Seton Hall is easily the worst loss of anyone on this list this week. They have a long way to go to make it back to respectability. VCU and Memphis keep themselves above the cut line for now, but don’t have a lot of wiggle room should they lose their conference tourneys. New Mexico beat out Utah State for best of the Mountain West in a close game. BYU is climbing after beating a red-hot Kansas State team that seemed destined to will themselves into the bubble. Lastly, Vanderbilt fell flat in a week they could have made a statement with a win.

11 Seeds:

Nebraska (1-1), West Virginia (0-2), San Diego State (2-0), Arkansas (1-1), Xavier (2-0), Wake Forest (1-1)

Nebraska, West Virginia, and Arkansas did nothing to move them out of the bubble either way, while Wake Forest almost lost their spot on the bubble. They get the nod over SMU after their head-to-head match even though I believe SMU is the better team. San Diego State and Xavier had solid weeks and are benefiting from some separation in the SEC.

12 Seeds:

UC San Diego (2-0), Drake (1-1), Yale (2-0), McNeese (2-0)

13 Seeds:

GCU (2-0), Akron (2-0), Arkansas St (1-1), Liberty (1-1)

14 Seeds:

High Point (2-0), Lipscomb (2-0), South Dakota State (2-0), Samford (1-1)

15 Seeds:

Towson (2-0), Milwaukee (2-0), Bryant (2-0), Central Conn St (2-0)

16 Seeds:

Montana (2-0), Quinnipiac (2-0), Norfolk St (1-0), SEMO (2-0), Southern U (1-1), American (2-0)

Nothing too crazy here. Quinnipiac replaces Merrimack after Merrimack went 0 for 2 this week. SEMO replaces Little Rock after beating them 57 – 45 over the weekend. While UNCW has a better NET, Towson is leading the conference and has a quad 2 win while UNCW has none. There are arguments for JSU over Liberty, Troy over Arkansas St, and Bradley over Drake. Until I see a drastic change in standings/NET, I will be sticking to my guns.

First 4 out:

SMU (1-1), UC Irvine (2-0), Georgia (0-2), George Mason (2-0)

Next 4 out:

North Carolina (1-1), Villanova (1-1), Cincinnati (1-1), Oklahoma (0-2)

UC Irvine and George Mason are both good teams but won’t make the tournament unless they win their respective conference tournaments. Georgia and Oklahoma are both bad teams that only get consideration because of how good the SEC is. Villanova pushed themselves onto the bubble by beating St Johns, but couldn’t hold the momentum going into their game against Providence. Indiana, San Francisco, and Boise State are other teams to watch on the bubble.

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This article was written by Jordan Longseth and edited by Hayden Breene.