Weekly Seed Report
Posted: Tuesday February 16, 1999 02:50 PM
The question of the week: What on earth has happened to
Cincinnati? The Bearcats, who looked like a lock for a No. 1
seed only two weeks ago, fell to a No. 3 by virtue of three
straight road losses, to DePaul, Marquette and Saint
Louis -- hardly the Murderers' Row of the RPI. The Cats are no
longer No. 1 even in their own division of Conference USA.
The other surprise move was by Wisconsin, which bolted from out
of the seeds all the way to a No. 3. The most discussed move,
however, never took place. Opinion was fairly divided over
whether the NCAA Selection Committee will put Auburn in the
South and Connecticut in the West. For now, our voters, by a
narrow margin, left them where they were a week ago.
| EAST |
1. Duke (25-1)
2. St. John's (20-6)
3. Ohio State (19-6)
4. UCLA (17-7)
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| SOUTH |
1. Connecticut (22-1)
2. Maryland (22-4)
3. Arizona (18-4)
4. Utah (20-4)
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| MIDWEST |
1. Michigan State (22-4)
2. Kentucky (20-6)
3. Cincinnati (21-4)
4. Miami (17-5)
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| WEST |
1. Auburn (24-1)
2. Stanford (20-5)
3. Wisconsin (21-5)
4. North Carolina (19-7)
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Issue date: February 22, 1999
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