With college basketball’s regular season drawing to a close, the jockeying for tournament seeding now begins in earnest. How the top teams in the nation fare in their respective conference tournaments will solidify their claim to a favorable seed and, in doing so, improve their shot at a national title.
Who are we kidding? You know all this. You know what’s at stake. The chief takeaway is that UNC is now ranked two spots above that team from Durham and is eyeing a one seed and their choice of regional site (either the East or the South). Here is the latest AP Top 25:
AP Top 25
- Gonzaga (41) 29-2
- Virginia (23) 28-2
- UNC 26-5
- Kentucky 26-5
- Duke 26-5
- Michigan State 25-6
- Texas Tech 26-5
- Tennessee 27-4
- LSU 26-5
- Michigan 26-5
- Houston 29-2
- Florida State 25-6
- Purdue 23-8
- Nevada 28-3
- Kansas State 24-7
- Virginia Tech 23-7
- Kansas 23-8
- Buffalo 28-3
- Wisconsin 22-9
- Wofford 28-4
- Maryland 22-9
- Auburn 22-9
- Marquette 23-8
- Cincinnati 25-6
- Villanova 22-9