Before or around the time every season begins, we like to attempt to take our turns being the national pundits and make a few predictions of our own. In this post you will find our Preseason Top 25's, below, and our NCAA Tournament predictions from the Sweet Sixteen onwards after the jump. There will probably be plenty of points of contention. I can already see some now with both of our rankings and tournament projections. We'd love to see some of our readers chip in and offer up their Top 10 or 25 teams or even their Final Four when it is all said and done. The great thing about this post is that it can be erased once March rolls around...or even next week just in case our Top 25's get blown up! We hope you enjoy...
Rank |
Zach B |
Everydayezag |
| 1 | Kansas | Kansas |
| 2 | Texas | Texas |
| 3 | Villanova | Villanova |
| 4 | Purdue | West Virginia |
| 5 | Michigan State | North Carolina |
| 6 | Kentucky | Michigan State |
| 7 | West Virginia | Butler |
| 8 | North Carolina | Tennessee |
| 9 | Butler | Mississippi State |
| 10 | Tennessee | Kentucky |
| 11 | Michigan | Purdue |
| 12 | Connecticut | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Cincinnati |
| 14 | Duke | Duke |
| 15 | California | Connecticut |
| 16 | Mississippi State | Washington |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | Georgetown |
| 18 | Ohio State | Cal |
| 19 | Washington | Ohio State |
| 20 | Illinois | Clemson |
| 21 | Georgetown | Michigan |
| 22 | Maryland | Gonzaga |
| 23 | Gonzaga | Oklahoma |
| 24 | Dayton | Siena |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | Dayton |
continue reading after the jump for our tournament predictions...
EDZ's Tourney Predictions from Sweet Sixteen onward (there is no order to the teams or pairings, just our guesses about what teams will be there)
Sweet Sixteen |
Elite Eight |
Final Four |
National Title |
Champion |
| Kansas | ||||
| Texas | ||||
| Georgetown | ||||
| Cincinnati | ||||
| Kentucky | Kansas | |||
| Georgia Tech | Texas | |||
| Butler | Cincinnati | Kansas | ||
| Villanova | Butler | Texas | Kansas | |
| Clemson | Villanova | Georgetown | Villanova |
Villanova |
| Kansas St. | Kansas State | Villanova | ||
| Mississippi St. | Mississippi St. | |||
| Michigan St. | Georgetown | |||
| Gonzaga | ||||
| North Carolina | ||||
| Connecticut | ||||
| Siena |
Zach B's Tourney Predictions from the Sweet Sixteen onward...
Sweet Sixteen |
Elite Eight |
Final Four |
National Title |
Champion |
| Kansas | ||||
| Texas | ||||
| Villanova | ||||
| Purdue | ||||
| Michigan St. | Kansas | |||
| Kentucky | Texas | |||
| West Virginia | Villanova | Texas | ||
| Butler | Purdue | Purdue | Texas |
Texas |
| Oklahoma | Kentucky | Villanova | Villanova | |
| Mississippi St. | West Virginia | West Virginia | ||
| Washington | Oklahoma | |||
| Maryland | Siena | |||
| Siena | ||||
| Notre Dame | ||||
| North Carolina | ||||
| Syracuse |
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