Here's the latest top 20 from Ken Pom, along with the top team in each region:
1st: Connecticut (5)
2d: Iona (78)
3d: Rutgers (27)
4th: Maryland (17)
5th: Duke (36)
6th: Alabama (3)
7th: Arkansas (15)
8th: Tennessee (6)
9th: W. Virginia (20)
10th: Purdue (4)
11th: Marquette (11), Iowa St. (19)
12th: Kansas (7), Creighton (12), Kansas St. (18)
13th: Houston (1), Texas (9), Baylor (14)
14th: Arizona (10)
15th: Gonzaga (13)
16th: UCLA (2), Saint Mary's (8), San Diego St. (16)
And that would give us the following matchups for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, along with records and AP top 20 rankings:
Wednesday:
Duke (20-8) v. (18) Connecticut (21-7)
(2) Alabama (24-4) v. (11) Tennessee (20-8)
Maryland (19-9) v. (3) Kansas (23-5)
Rutgers (17-10) v. (4) UCLA (23-4)
Thursday:
(10) Marquette (22-6) v. (12) Gonzaga (23-5)
Arkansas (19-9) v. (7) Arizona (24-4)
Iona (20-7) v. W. Virginia (16-12)
(5) Purdue (24-4) v. (1) Houston (26-2)
Congratulations, Vanderbilt, on winning at UK last night.
ReplyDeleteTerrific bounce-back win for UK over Arkansas yesterday.
ReplyDeleteSEMO goes to the NCAA tournament--check out HP Twitter for last terrific seconds (in the EVV!) of OVC final against Tennessee Tech.