Thursday, March 8, 2007

The Avenue's Power Seeds

With only the Big 12 Championship left in doubt, which may have little effect on the top 16 teams, here are where I think teams will be placed:
The 1's:
Duke (The overall one seed and favorite to win it all, even following the loss to NC State, which did, however, show chinks in the armour.)
North Carolina (ACC Tourney Champs playing well entering the tournament.)
Tennessee (Loss to LSU in SEC Tourney where Parker scored only four points shows some problems, but their entire body of work is just too good.)
UConn (Yet another top seed who lost in their league tournament, but still a solid one.)
The 2's:
Maryland (The defending champions are the two seed none of the one's want to see in their bracket. Basically, they are the fifth one seed.)
Stanford (Looking solid, healthier and playing like the Final Four contender they were expected to be.)
Vanderbilt (This team won the SEC Tournament and worked there way up to the two line.)
LSU (Certainly with all the drama going on surrounding Pokey Chatman this team will either fall apart or band together. They have the talent and just beat Tennessee.)
The 3's:
Oklahoma (Improved since their midseason slump. Will drop if they lose to Baylor in semis)
Purdue (Big Ten Tourney Champs)
Arizona State (Dangerous team that just could never prove it, especially against Stanford. Still solid)
Texas A&M (Big 12 Co-Champs. A loss to Iowa State tonight would likely drop them to a four.)
The 4's:
Ohio State (Poor Buckeyes are suffering from injuries and because of it, lost the Big Ten Tourney and have dropped fast.)
NC State (A dangerous and inspired team that knocked Duke from the unbeatens. Hottest team right now.)
Rutgers (Second hottest team that knocked UConn from the Big East Championship foothold.)
George Washington (Colonials could have been a solid three, then blew it to Saint Joe's.)

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