Originally posted on Monday, February 7, 2005.

There are only about 5 weeks left in the season and the scramble is about to begin. The bubble is quite large already this year. Teams near the cut-off point are stacking up and a number of teams are from the non-major conferences, leading me to believe that we will see a number of surprise tournament. This week begins the Tournament Predictions for this season. You can see them here and check out all the commentary at Sitting Courtside. Don't be afraid to write in and let me know how you feel.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
North Carolina
19-2
196.27
1
2
Illinois
23-0
182.23
2
3
Louisville
18-3
150.21
3
4
Duke
17-2
147.91
4
5
Washington
18-3
144.63
6
6
Oklahoma State
16-3
144.38
8
7
Kentucky
17-2
142.61
5
8
Kansas
18-1
135.96
10
9
Florida
14-5
135.43
14
10
Wake Forest
19-3
134.28
11
11
Michigan State
15-4
130.62
9
12
Cincinnati
17-5
130.01
7
13
Arizona
19-4
127.08
17
14
Oklahoma
17-4
123.54
12
15
Syracuse
21-2
123.20
13
16
Utah
17-3
122.78
19
17
Mississippi State
17-6
120.57
16
18
Boston College
20-0
120.56
20
19
Connecticut
14-5
120.37
18
20
Villanova
13-5
120.18
15
21
Utah State
17-5
115.98
NR(27)
22
Pittsburgh
15-4
113.17
22
23
Gonzaga
17-4
109.71
NR(30)
24
Texas Tech
14-5
109.70
25
25
Arkansas
15-7
108.14
21

Teams Dropped From The Top 25:
Alabama (LW #23, TW #32), Texas (LW #24, TW #30)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LY
30
Texas
14-6
103.43
24
31
Georgia Tech
13-7
100.01
29
33
Maryland
13-7
97.88
28
45
Iowa
15-6
86.34
40
53
Miami
14-7
79.32
48
55
Clemson
11-10
78.04
56
68
Notre Dame
13-6
67.95
63
69
Pennsylvania
11-7
66.77
79
82
Dayton
13-7
58.85
89
95
UCLA
12-7
52.92
83
108
Ball State
11-7
49.62
103
110
Drexel
12-8
49.06
113
128
Florida State
10-12
42.17
110
135
Indiana
10-10
40.00
129
150
Auburn
11-10
34.66
152
155
Michigan
12-11
33.07
126
175
Purdue
5-15
23.51
164
230
Wofford
6-10
5.09
248

Last Place this week:  Savannah State (0-25) at -165.83. 9th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Butler gained 16.35 points (Beat Wisconsin-Green Bay and Loyola-Chicago)
Biggest Loss this week: Longwood lost 17.70 points (Lost to Appalachian State and Northern Colorado)

Conference rankings this week:  ACC, Big East, Big 12, SEC, Big Ten, PAC-10, C-USA, MVC, WCC, Mountain West, WAC

Enjoy

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