2-26 Official Committee Meeting:

With it being just one week before official business starts, the at large ballot, while still unofficial, is starting to become a better indicator of how things will go down. Here are the ballot results from tonight's meeting.

The following teams were unanimously named:
Boston College
Connecticut
Duke
Florida
Georgetown
George Washington
Gonzaga
Illinois
Iowa
LSU
Marquette
Memphis
Michigan
Michigan State
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Texas
UCLA
Villanova
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

These teams also received enough votes to be on the at large board:
Kansas
Nevada
Wichita State

Three teams fall one vote short:
Arizona
Missouri State
Northern Iowa

The following teams also received multiple votes:
Alabama
Arkansas
Bucknell
Creighton
George Mason
Kentucky
Syracuse

One of the major points of the discussion were two of the at large candidates from the Colonial, UNC-Wilmington and Hofstra. While some were in the camp that Hofstra should likely be in because of a 38 RPI, their SOS of 157 really damaged their cause in other's eyes, myself included. A debate ensued over the New RPI, which clearly favors the mid-majors because of the emphasis on road wins, and some committee members believe that their RPI's are inflated, especially the two Colonial teams.

It was widely believed that Indiana greatly helped their cause with today's win over Michigan State. Indiana would likely now be part of the Field of 65, but face a no-win situation at rival Purdue this week.

With the 1 seeds barring unforeseen circumstances being Duke, UConn, Villanova and Memphis, a debate over the top seed emerged. The two main candidates, who have very similar profiles, are Texas and Ohio State. Texas looked very good last night in their big win over Kansas, but still have three 15+ losses on their resume. Meanwhile, while Ohio State does not quite have the quality of wins, their consistency all season, along with leading a very good Big Ten helps their cause. Now if Memphis were to drop a couple of games late, this discussion could heat up even more.