This weekend's results give us some shape to the forthcoming NCAA tournament, which looks like as wide-open a bracket as we've seen for awhile. Today one pundit claimed there were 15 teams that could run the 6-game table and end up national champs. Maybe.
But here's our "top line" (four one seeds), confirmed by the weekend's games: Gonzaga, Duke, IU, & Louisville.
IU's one-point win at Michigan today showed something, if just grit. Michigan's record at home was awesome; IU hadn't played particularly well the last two weeks. To squeeze out a big win matters. Michigan looks like a good 2 or maybe even a very high 3, but IU is the class of the Big Ten, unless they lose Friday in the tourney.
Duke's tearing apart of a hot Tar Heel team says something. Maybe the ACC isn't top-notch this year, but how is, other than the Big 10? The Big 12 is good, but then Kansas loses to Baylor. Uh huh. The Big East is good, but are they deeper than Louisville, Georgetown and...Marquette. Even if Georgetown is for real.
Thus Gonzaga's high status.
And no one is too excited about the SEC.
Kentucky won Saturday. It probably puts them in the tourney.
Virginia beat Maryland in overtime today. Good-bye Terps.
Temple beat VCU, the best team in their conference, and that's the win Temple needs to be in.
LaSalle is in.
Who's that leave?
We are on Valpo watch. And Minnesota death-watch. If the Gophers can't beat Purdue on Thursday, their chances of making the field slide, especially if more teams like Liberty win the conference tournaments.
More later this week.
Congrats to IU & Dbrolaws everywhere...it's been a long time since you've held the Big 10 trophy.
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