With only 29 days remaining until the best four days on the sports calendar, some of the top teams are starting crack, which is common this time of year. Duke fell to an inferior Wake Forest squad, Kansas lost a tough game to an underrated Texas team, Stanford lost to ASU in OT, and Georgetown got dominated by Syracuse. Even Memphis struggled with the mighty Blazers of UAB on Saturday, winning in the game's final seconds. This has been a resurgent year for two conferences that have been down--the PAC 10 and Big 12. The PAC 10 is easily the toughest conference and will probably get seven teams in (which ever team finishes at .500 or better between Cal, Oregon, and Washington will make seven). The Big 12 is remarkably competetive and the resurgence at Baylor after probation is nothing short of amazing. To me, the conference that I have overlooked the most is the Big East. There is not a single team in this conference that anyone would think could advance past the Sweet 16 at this point in the season, but is deep in potential tournament teams. Currently, this behemoth conference has 10 potential NCAA teams (Villanova is a longshot, but is within two games of .500 in conference play). It is difficult to take this conference too seriously because of its size, it really is two conferences, but it is easily the second best conference after the PAC 10.
The Top 5 teams as of right now:
1. Memphis
2. UNC
3. Kansas
4. Tennessee
5. UCLA
Others teams worth watching include Texas, Butler, Duke, and Stanford. Two great games on Saturday: Drake at Butler and the potential game of the year, Tennessee at Memphis.
My projection: UNC over Kansas
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