Selection Sunday Stumpers

As Matt posted below, the mock committee has our top 40 seeded and the bottom 5 seeded. That leaves just 20 spots to seed and we will go through and thoroughly debate the S-Curve rankings for any possible changes.

Here are some of the topics we debated this weekend...

-The final No. 1 seed

The mock committee all agrees that there are six deserving No. 1 seeds, but the prevailing thought was that Ohio State because of being the No. 1 team in the nation's No. 1 rated conference according to the RPI, has earned the nod slightly over Memphis or Texas. It was helped that they got to the Big Ten Tournament finals today, although we voted on the first four lines of the S-Curve on Friday night. However, because Ohio State beat Indiana, the committee has elected, for now, to keep them as the No. 1

-The final at-large bid

Here are the at-large bids. Currently, there are 37 teams listed but at least 3 spots open up today because of teams on our list earning an automatic bid. That will even the list down to 34 teams. There will be a 4th spot open up if Florida beats South Carolina in the SEC Championship... that's where the debate ensues. We currently have Creighton taking that final spot over Michigan, Houston and Florida State, but there is still a debate over Creighton and Michigan for the last spot. It's possible we may vote Michigan in as the final team given the injury situation and some of their losses coming less than full strength.

(* denotes playing for conference championship)
1. Duke*
2. Ohio State*
3. Texas*
4. Florida*
5. Boston College*
6. Iowa*
7. Kansas*
8. Alabama
9. Arizona
10. Arkansas
11. Bradley
12. California
13. Connecticut
14. George Washington
15. Georgetown
16. Illinois
17. Indiana
18. Kentucky
19. LSU
20. Marquette
21. Michigan State
22. North Carolina
23. North Carolina State
24. Northern Iowa
25. Oklahoma
26. Pittsburgh
27. Tennessee
28. Texas A&M
29. UAB
30. Villanova
31. Washington
32. West Virginia
33. Wichita State
34. Wisconsin

Also in (waiting on the guaranteed spots to open up)

Cincinnati
Missouri State
Seton Hall

Creighton or Michigan will get the spot if South Carolina does not upset Florida