The busy week of college basketball has ended with a number of questions answered and still others needing more time. Any doubts to Kentucky's ability to make a long run in the tournament were answered by their rout of Florida and solid win at an upset-minded Vandy. They look like the top seed to me. Syracuse, who has something to say about that, did what they had to do in holding off a game Georgetown squad and then pulling away from Connecticut. We will know more about the Orange tonight when they take on Louisville. The rest of the teams battling for top seeds have spent the past few weeks switching places with each other. Down this week? Ohio State, North Carolina, Baylor (especially Baylor) and Florida. Up? Duke, Michigan State and Kansas. Each week brings new challenges and the Jayhawks need to win at KSU tonight, MSU has both Wisconsin and Purdue on the slate this week and Duke has an improved NC State club scheduled for later this week.
The rest of the nation's best teams also have a month to improve their standing. It is difficult to understand why Temple and Wichita State remain unranked but they just need to keep winning. Of course what the polls say and what the eventual seedings look like are usually two different things. It will be interesting to see how the tournament committee deals with the large number of very good teams hailing from second tier conferences. Who deserves a higher seed, Florida State or Gonzaga?
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