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Rabu, 07 Maret 2012

NCAA Tournament Selection Chairman: Kentucky, Syracuse Have NCAA Edge

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CBSSports.com wire reports

Even the chairman of the tight-lipped NCAA selection committee can't deny this simple fact: Heading into this week's conference tournaments, there's Kentucky and Syracuse, and then everybody else.

In a teleconference to preview Sunday's release of the NCAA tournament pairings, committee chairman Jeff Hathaway all but handed two of the four top seeds to the Wildcats and Orange, each of whom entered their conference tournaments with a record of 30-1.

"I think we all agree that if the season ended today, we know who the two best teams are," he said Wednesday. "If you're looking at 3 and 4 on the first line and the entire second line, we have the same handful of teams in mind but where they would be laced will be a tremendous debate."

Though Hathaway, the former athletic director at defending national champion Connecticut, did not get specific, among those lumped into consideration for the other top seeds are Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio State and Michigan State.

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Rankings updated (03/05/2012)
Rank	Teams (first-place votes)	Schedules/Results	Points	Prev
1	Kentucky (31) Overall: 30-1 Conference: 16-0 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		775	1
2	Syracuse Overall: 30-1 Conference: 17-1 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		744	2
3	Kansas Overall: 26-5 Conference: 16-2 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		703	4
4	North Carolina Overall: 27-4 Conference: 14-2 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		690	6
5	Missouri Overall: 27-4 Conference: 14-4 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		620	8
6	Duke Overall: 26-5 Conference: 13-3 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		604	3
7	Ohio State Overall: 25-6 Conference: 13-5 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		575	11
8	Michigan State Overall: 24-7 Conference: 13-5 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		540	5
9	Marquette Overall: 25-6 Conference: 14-4 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		537	7
10	Murray State Overall: 30-1 Conference: 17-1 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		526	9
11	Baylor Overall: 25-6 Conference: 12-6 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/08 vs. Kansas State 12:30 PM EST	422	10
12	Wisconsin Overall: 23-8 Conference: 12-6 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		417	15
13	Michigan Overall: 23-8 Conference: 13-5 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		397	16
14	Georgetown Overall: 22-7 Conference: 12-6 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		369	12
15	Indiana Overall: 24-7 Conference: 11-7 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/08 vs. Penn State 1:55 PM EST	287	20
16	Wichita State Overall: 27-5 Conference: 17-3 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		241	14
17	Florida State Overall: 21-9 Conference: 12-4 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		199	22
18	St. Mary's Overall: 26-5 Conference: 15-2 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/05 vs. Gonzaga 9:00 PM EST	198	21
19	Florida Overall: 22-9 Conference: 10-6 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		187	13
20	UNLV Overall: 25-7 Conference: 9-5 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/08 Wyoming 11:30 PM EST	181	17
21	San Diego State Overall: 24-6 Conference: 10-4 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/08 vs. Boise State 3:00 PM EST	165	23
22	Creighton Overall: 28-5 Conference: 17-4 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		164	24
23	Notre Dame Overall: 21-10 Conference: 13-5 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		134	19
24	Temple Overall: 24-6 Conference: 13-3 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster		112	25
25	Gonzaga Overall: 25-5 Conference: 14-3 Statistics \| Schedule \| Roster	03/05 vs. St. Mary's 9:00 PM EST	80	26
Others Receiving Votes: Louisville (22-9) 60; New Mexico (24-6) 26; Iowa State (22-9) 24; Memphis (23-8) 24; Drexel (27-5) 21; Virginia (22-8) 18; Kansas State (21-9) 11; Mississippi State (21-10) 8; Saint Louis (24-6) 6; Nevada (25-5) 3; Virginia Commonwealth (27-6) 3; Harvard (26-4) 2; Middle Tennessee (25-6) 1; Montana (23-6) 1