| PROJECTED NCAA TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS |
| Syracuse |
Chicago |
Austin |
Albuquerque |
| 1 |
North Carolina (24-3)* |
1 |
Illinois (28-0)* |
1 |
Kansas (21-4)* |
1 |
BC (23-2)* |
|
|
Kansas' (No. 1 RPI) comeback win over Oklahoma State averted a slide to the No. 2-row.
|
|
| 2 |
Oklahoma St. (20-5) |
2 |
Duke (21-4) |
2 |
Kentucky (22-3)* |
2 |
Wake Forest (24-4) |
|
|
Kentucky's big road win at Alabama should help keep it among the top two seeds.
|
|
| 3 |
Gonzaga (22-4)* |
3 |
Syracuse (24-5) |
3 |
Arizona (24-5) |
3 |
Washington (23-4)* |
|
|
Arizona or Washington could still move up if one of the two wins the Pac-10 tournament.
|
|
| 4 |
Michigan St. (20-5) |
4 |
Louisville (24-4)* |
4 |
Connecticut (19-6) |
4 |
Alabama (21-6) |
|
|
The Huskies have won seven of their last eight to move up from what was once a No. 6- or 7-seed.
|
|
| 5 |
Cincinnati (22-6) |
5 |
Utah (24-4)* |
5 |
Wisconsin (18-7) |
5 |
Charlotte (21-4) |
|
|
Charlotte has a chance to win C-USA and usurp both Louisville and Cincy if it beats the Cardinals.
|
|
| 6 |
Villanova (19-6) |
6 |
LSU (17-8) |
6 |
Pacific (23-2)* |
6 |
Oklahoma (21-6) |
|
|
Thanks to a last-second tip-in against Alabama, the Tigers have officially graduated from bubble status.
|
|
| 7 |
Florida (18-7) |
7 |
Texas Tech (17-8) |
7 |
Pittsburgh (18-7) |
7 |
Southern Ill. (23-6)* |
|
|
The slumping Panthers (three losses in a row) better be careful -- their RPI is a dreadful 64th.
|
|
| 8 |
Bubble Team
Notre Dame (16-9) |
8 |
Mississippi St. (20-8) |
8 |
DePaul (18-7) |
8 |
Bubble Team
Texas (19-7) |
|
|
The depleted 'Horns have won four of five, but must finish with the Oklahoma schools.
|
|
| 9 |
Bubble Team
Iowa St. (15-10) |
9 |
Bubble Team
UCLA (16-9) |
9 |
Bubble Team
Maryland (16-10) |
9 |
Nevada (22-5)* |
|
|
Losses to Texas A&M and Nebraska dropped the Cyclones all the way to a dangerous 79th in the RPI.
|
|
| 10 |
Bubble Team
Stanford (16-10) |
10 |
Bubble Team
St. Mary's (24-7) |
10 |
Bubble Team
Georgia Tech (16-9) |
10 |
Bubble Team
G. Washington (18-6) |
|
|
After a near upset of Duke, the Yellow Jackets got a much-needed road win at fellow bubble team Miami. |
|
| 11 |
Miami of Ohio (17-8)* |
11 |
Vermont (21-6)* |
11 |
Bubble Team
UTEP (23-7) |
11 |
Bubble Team
West Virginia (18-8) |
|
|
The once-forgotten Mountaineers completed a sweep of Pittsburgh and have won at LSU and N.C. State.
|
|
| 12 |
Bubble Team
Northern Iowa (20-9) |
12 |
Bubble Team
Georgetown (16-9) |
12 |
Bubble Team
Wichita St. (19-7) |
12 |
Bubble Team
Minnesota (19-9) |
|
|
The MVC, home of Northern Iowa and Wichita State, could send as many as four and as few as one.
|
|
| 13 |
Holy Cross (22-5)* |
13 |
Old Dominion (25-5)* |
13 |
St. Joe's (15-10)* |
13 |
UW-Milwaukee (22-5)* |
|
|
How badly did John Bryant's controversial injury affect St. Joe's? They lost to 5-20 Rhode Island.
|
|
| 14 |
Winthrop (24-5)* |
14 |
Oral Roberts (22-6)* |
14 |
Davidson (20-7)* |
14 |
PENN (17-8)* |
|
|
With no conference tourney in the Ivy League, the Quakers have sealed the first invite.
|
|
| 15 |
SE Louisiana (20-7)* |
15 |
Denver (18-9)* |
15 |
Niagara (18-9)* |
15 |
Portland St. (19-8)* |
|
|
A loss to Rider cost Niagara an outright MAAC title, but it has the top seed in the league tourney.
|
|
| 16 |
 
Coppin St (13-13)*/
Ala. A&M (14-11)* |
16 |
Gard.-Webb (14-11)* |
16 |
Tenn. Tech (17-10)* |
16 |
F. Dickinson (17-11)* |
| Their bubbles burst |
Miami (16-10)
The once-solid 'Canes have lost seven of their last 11 to fall to 7-8 in the ACC.
Marquette (17-9)
Without Travis Diener, the Eagles (6-8 in C-USA, 1-4 vs. RPI top 25) barely stand a chance.
Creighton (19-10)
The Bluejays actually swept Wichita State and Northern Iowa but are much lower (78) in the RPI.
Texas A&M (18-7)
The Aggies have several good wins (Texas, Texas Tech, Iowa State), but none were on the road.
Others considered: Buffalo (18-7), New Mexico (21-6), Houston (18-10), Indiana (14-11) and N.C. State (16-11).
* Denotes projected automatic berth. Teams in CAPS have clinched automatic berth.
|
|
