For the second straight year, the NCAA Selection Committee got together early to release a public top 16 seeded teams a month ahead of Selection Sunday. While some may say this is a publicity stunt to garner early hype for March Madness (it is), this early list was actually very informative last year; In Monday’s Eye on College Basketball Podcast, Gary Parrish mentions that 15 of the 16 teams stayed in that top grouping with only Virginia dropping out.
If you haven’t read Hoya Suxa’s post on Syracuse’s team sheet yet, DO IT.