The teams listed below have played nearly 300 total games, providing a pretty good sample size to assess them. Yet in most cases, each respective season now depends on what happens in two or three games in the days ahead. Such is the mid-major existence, when three days in March can either confirm or erase four months of work.
So for one last time before the NCAA tournament, let's get to the rankings.
1. Drake (23-4, 16-0 Missouri Valley)
Drake coaches and players couldn't help but bemoan how poorly they played in a recent MVC road game at Indiana State.