The March to March is still underway in the college basketball world as conference tournaments begins this week and most conferences conclude their regular season this week.
Remember, every single game of the NCAA Tournament will be played in the state of Indiana at a few different sites, but we know the Final Four and National Championship games (April 3 & 5) will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium (home of the fixed 2015 National Championship game).
This is my third edition of where I think teams will be seeded if the tournament started today. Of course, there’s still plenty of regular season games and conference tournament games where teams can improve their resume and move up or move down.
Disclaimer: These aren’t my final predictions of where I think teams will finish in terms of seeding. These are my seeds if the tournament started today, March 2.
In my seeding, it goes in order from top to bottom in terms of who I think the No. 1 team is on that seed line and who the No. 4 team is on that seed line.
Remember, there are four play-in games.
Here’s where I have everyone seeded entering play today (March 2):
1. Gonzaga
1. Michigan
1. Baylor
1. Ohio State
2. Iowa
2. Illinois
2. West Virginia
2. Alabama
3. Houston
3. Villanova
3. Creighton
3. Arkansas
4. Kansas
4. Florida State
4. Purdue
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma State
5. Florida
5. Colorado
5. Tennessee
6. BYU
6. Clemson
6. USC
6. Wisconsin
7. Virginia
7. Oregon
7. Missouri
7. Texas Tech
8. San Diego State
8. Oklahoma
8. Maryland
8. UConn
9. UCLA
9. St. Bonaventure
9. Virginia Tech
9. Louisville
10. Loyola-Chicago
10. LSU
10. Xavier
10. Georgia Tech
11. Wichita State
11. VCU
11. Drake
11. Saint Louis
12. Boise State
12. North Carolina
12. Seton Hall
12. Rutgers
12. Colgate
12. Western Kentucky
13. Toledo
13. UC Santa Barbara
13. Wright State
13. Winthrop
14. Belmont
14. Liberty
14. South Dakota State
14. Abilene Christian
15. Furman
15. Weber State
15. Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
15. Grand Canyon
16. James Madison
16. Wagner
16. Texas State
16. Siena
16. Norfolk State
16. Prairie View A&M
First Eight Out (In Order):
- Colorado State
- Utah State
- Richmond
- Michigan State
- Southern Methodist
- St. John’s
- Louisiana Tech
- Stanford
Make sure and comment in the comment section on where you’d have teams seeded if the tournament started today. I’d love to hear your thoughts!