The Avenue Power Seeds

After a week in which Duke stayed dominant, LSU lost to Vandy, Baylor lost to A&M and UConn and Maryland looked good, much has changed within the top 16 seeds of the NCAA tourney. Here are the predictions prior to conference tourney's which start this weekend:

The 1's
Duke (The national title is their's to lose. No one else should touch them.)
Tennessee (The second best team, and probably the only one with a chance as of now to upset Duke.)
North Carolina (Ivory Latta isn't the same as she was last year and neither is Larkins. Wouldn't want to be playing them if they go back to playing like they did last season.)
UConn (Quietly moving up to the level of play that could surprise everyone.)

The 2's
Maryland (Playing better as of late. Duke and UNC fans would hate it if they win the ACC Tourney and go on another tear.)
Ohio State (They get the two nod simply because they did dominate the Big Ten. However, they are no where near the top level teams.)
Stanford (Even without Wiggins they have managed to get the job done. With Wiggins back they might be the tourney sleeper.)
Oklahoma (They hit a rough patch, but are still favored for the Big 12 Title. How can you not give a team with Courtney Paris the two nod?)

The 3's
Arizona State (If they win the Pac-10 Tourney they could be the two and Stanford the three.)
Georgia (If this team comes together they have enough talent to play with the 1's.)
Texas A&M (Looking good late in the season.)
George Washington (Undefeated A-10 season impressive considering Temple was better than expected and Xavier is an NCAA team as well. Will be threatened in the A10 Tourney on Xavier's homecourt. If they lose there, they fall to a 4.)

The 4's
Vanderbilt (Impressive win over LSU and they were a 3. Embarrassing loss to Tennessee and they are a 4.)
LSU (It pains me to put them this low because I think they are much better, but two losses in a row to Tennessee and Vandy leaves me no choice.)
Purdue (If they can win the Big Ten Tourney, they could go to a three.)
Baylor (Kim Mulkey's team should be a four even in winning the Big 12 Tourney, which I think is unlikely anyhow. They are young and inconsistent.)