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These rankings represent where I have the top 45 teams standing after all the conference tournaments (besides the Big 10 finale), just hours before the selection show is aired.  The only possible change that could take place is Ohio St. moving up one spot ahead of New Mexico by winning, or moving down one place below Kansas St. if they were to get blown out by Minnesota, and ONLY if they lost in that fashion. Otherwise even with a loss they would stay where I have them currently ranked.  I may have teams left off my rankings that get an at-large bid, or others on there that don't garnish a bid, but this is how I rank them heading into post-season play.  Previous ranking in ()

1. Kansas 32-2 (1)
2. Kentucky 32-2 (2)
3. Syracuse 28-4 (3)
4. Duke 29-5 (5)
5. West Virginia 27-6 (9)
6. New Mexico 29-4 (6)
7. Ohio St. 26-7* (7)
8. Kansas St. 26-7 (12)
9. Tennessee 25-8 (8)
10. Purdue 27-5 (4)
11. Baylor 25-7 (14)
12. Pittsburgh 24-8 (10)
13. Temple 29-5 (17)
14. Villanova 24-7 (11)
15. Michigan St. 24-8 (13)
16. Butler 28-4 (18)
17. Wisconsin 23-8 (16)
18. Georgetown 23-10 (28)
19. Gonzaga 26-6 (15)
20. Texas A&M 23-9 (20)
21. Maryland 23-8 (21)
22. Richmond 26-8 (25)
23. Vanderbilt 24-8 (22)
24. Xavier 24-8 (24)
25. Notre Dame 23-11 (26)
26. Marquette 22-11 (27)
27. Texas 24-9 (23)
28. UNLV 25-8 (29)
29. BYU 29-5 (19)
30. Oklahoma St. 22-10 (30)
31. Northern Iowa 28-4 (41)
32. UTEP 26-6 (32)
33. Washington 24-9 (40)
34. California 23-10 (35)
35. Georgia Tech 22-12 (49)
36. Louisville 21-12 (36)
37. Florida St. 22-9 (33)
38. St. Mary's 26-5 (NR)
39. San Diego St. 25-8 (NR)
40. Virginia Tech 23-8 (34)
41. Missouri 22-10 (31)
42. Mississippi St. 23-11 (NR)
43. Mississippi 21-10 (38)
44. Cornell 27-6 (44)
45. Wake Forest 19-10 (37)
46. Clemson 21-10 (39)
47. Minnesota 21-12* (NR)
48. Rhode Island 23-9 (NR)
49. Florida 21-12 (43)
50. Memphis 23-9 (45)

Just Outside: Arizona St., Illinois

*= Big 10 Championship (Ohio St./Minnesota) not included

This is the final week of rankings before the major conference tournaments take place! I'm definitely feeling the madness!  For this I have extended the rankings all the way to 50.  AP, CP, TPP, Gary Parrish ranking, Pomeroy ranking, CBS RPI and Strength of Schedule have been includeded for teams 1-28 as well as all relevant rankings through #32. All other relavant rankings, POM, RPI and SOS will be added later for remainder of Top 50.  Previous rank in ()

1. Kansas 29-2 (1)                  AP-1, CP-1, TPP-1, GP-1, POM-2, RPI-1, SOS-8
2. Kentucky 29-2 (3)              AP-2, CP-2, TPP-2, GP-2, POM-9, RPI-3, SOS-38
3. Syracuse 28-3 (2)              AP-3, CP-3, TPP-3, GP-3, POM-4, RPI-4, SOS-12
4. Purdue 26-4 (5)                 AP-6, CP-5, TPP-7, GP-11, POM-10, RPI-11, SOS-50
5. Duke 26-5 (6)                     AP-4, CP-4, TPP-4, GP-4, POM-1, RPI-2, SOS-7
6. New Mexico 28-3 (7)         AP-8, CP-8, TPP-6, GP-9, POM-40, RPI-7, SOS-62
7. Ohio St. 24-7 (9)                AP-5, CP-7, TPP-5, GP-6, POM-6, RPI-29, SOS-66
8. Tennessee 23-7 (10)          AP-15, CP-13, TPP-16, GP-16, POM-27, RPI-13, SOS-22
9. West Virginia 24-6 (11)      AP-7, CP-6, TPP-8, GP-5, POM-7, RPI-5, SOS-2
10. Pittsburgh 24-7 (12)        AP-16, CP-16, TPP-15, GP-14, POM-26, RPI-10, SOS-10
11. Villanova 24-6 (8)            AP-10, CP-10, TPP-11, GP-7, POM-15, RPI-9, SOS-23
12. Kansas St. 24-6 (4)          AP-9, CP-9, TPP-9, GP-8, POM-11, RPI-6, SOS-5
13. Michigan St. 24-7 (13)     AP-11, CP-11, TPP-10, GP-10, POM-23, RPI-25, SOS-48
14. Baylor 24-6 (22)              AP-21, CP-20, TPP-17, GP-17, POM-12, RPI-8, SOS-18
15. Gonzaga 26-5 (15)          AP-18, CP-14, TPP-19, GP-20, POM-48, RPI-36, SOS-119
16. Wisconsin 23-7 (17)        AP-13, CP-18, TPP-13, GP-12, POM-3, RPI-16, SOS-27
17. Temple 26-5 (18)            AP-17, CP-17, TPP-14, GP-13, POM-25, RPI-15, SOS-61
18. Butler 27-4 (19)              AP-12, CP-12, TPP-12, GP-22, POM-30, RPI-17, SOS-86
19. BYU 28-4 (20)                 AP-14, CP-15, TPP-21, GP-24, POM-5, RPI-23, SOS-110
20. Texas A&M 22-8 (21)      AP-23, CP-24, TPP-22, GP-18, POM-21, RPI-11, SOS-6
21. Maryland 23-7 (23)         AP-19, CP-19, TPP-18, GP-19, POM-8, RPI-19, SOS-20
22. Vanderbilt 23-7 (14)        AP-20, CP-23, TPP-20, GP-15, POM-32, RPI-22, SOS-25
23. Texas 23-8 (16)              AP-30, CP-29, TPP-28, GP-23, POM-14, RPI-26, SOS-37
24. Xavier 23-7 (25)             AP-24, CP-27, TPP-24, GP-26, POM-19, RPI-21, SOS-45
25. Richmond 24-7 (26)        AP-27, CP-31, TPP-26, GP-NR, POM-46, RPI-24, SOS-67
26. Notre Dame 21-10 (NR)   AP-31, CP-NR, TPP-33, GP-NR, POM-47, RPI-59, SOS-53
27. Marquette 20-10 (24)     AP-31, CP-NR, TPP-NR, GP-NR, POM-22, RPI-58, SOS-52
28. Georgetown 20-9 (28)    AP-22, CP-22, TPP-23, GP-21, POM-20, RPI-14, SOS-1
29. UNLV 23-7 (30)                           CP-34, POM-36, RPI-47, SOS-103
30. Oklahoma St. 21-9 (31)          AP-36, CP-34, POM-42, RPI-28, SOS-30
31. Missouri 22-9 (27)                      TPP-35, POM-13, RPI-38, SOS-40
32. UTEP 24-5 (33)               AP-25, CP-21, TPP-25, GP-25, POM-39, RPI-40, SOS-116
33. Florida St. 22-8 (36)
34. Virginia Tech 23-7 (40)
35. California 21-9 (35)
36. Louisville 20-11 (37)
37. Wake Forest 19-9 (38)
38. Mississippi 21-9 (39)
39. Clemson 21-9 (32)
40. Washington 21-9 (41)
41. Northern Iowa 28-4 (45)
42. Arizona St. 22-9 (43)
43. Florida 20-11 (34)
44. Cornell 27-6 (44)
45. Memphis 23-8 (NR)
46. St. Mary's 25-5
47. Utah St. 25-6
48. Seton Hall 18-11
49. Georgia Tech 19-11
50. UAB 23-7

Just missing the cut: Mississippi St., South Florida, Rhode Island, Dayton, San Diego St.

Here are my Top 40 rankings from 3/1/2010... I realize there have been 3 days worth of games since then, but I figured it was probably better to get them up late than not at all for a second straight week.  I was without interenet for about 10 days... UGH  Unfortunately, I was also without cable or TV of any kind and therefore did not get to see any basketball or highlights.  All I was able to do was read scores on my phone, listen to 2 KU games (and completely miss their loss to Oklahoma St, but I suppose that was the one to miss), and listen to some sports talk radio.  I got the cable hooked back up as well as my high speed internet and should be back for the remainder of the season.  Starting next week, I will once again include my ratings index but for this week I will only included my rankings.  Enjoy... Previous ranking in ()

1. Kansas 27-2 (1)
2. Syracuse 27-2 (4)
3. Kentucky 27-2 (2)
4. Kansas St. 24-4 (5)
5. Purdue 24-4 (3)
6. Duke 25-4 (6)
7. New Mexico 27-3 (8)
8. Villanova 23-5 (7)
9. Ohio St. 23-7 (10)
10. Tennessee 21-7 (13)
11. West Virginia 22-6 (9)
12. Pittsburgh 22-7 (11)
13. Michigan St. 22-7 (14)
14. Vanderbilt 22-6 (19)
15. Gonzaga 24-5 (16)
16. Texas 22-7 (12)
17. Wisconsin 21-7 (17)
18. Temple 24-5 (20)
19. Butler 26-4 (23)
20. Brigham Young 26-4 (15)
21. Texas A&M 20-8 (18)
22. Baylor 22-6 (24)
23. Maryland 21-7 (28)
24. Marquette 19-9 (31)
25. Xavier 21-7 (35)
26. Richmond 22-7 (21)
27. Missouri 21-8 (22)
28. Georgetown 19-8 (25)
29. Mississippi St. 21-8 (30)
30. UNLV 22-7 (32)
31. Oklahoma St. 20-8 (37)
32. Clemson 20-8 (29)
33. UTEP 22-5 (36)
34. Florida 20-9 (NR)
35. California 20-9 (NR)
36. Florida St. 20-8 (38)
37. Louisville 19-10 (40)
38. Wake Forest 18-8 (27)
39. Mississippi 19-9 (NR)
40. Virginia Tech 21-7 (26)

No's 41-50: (No particular order)
Washington 19-9
Georgia Tech 19-9
Northern Iowa 25-4
Arizona St. 20-9
Cornell 25-6
Rhode Island 20-7
UAB 23-5
St. Mary's 24-5
Notre Dame 19-10
Dayton 19-9

I was without internet and did not post my rankings for 2/22/2010, but am doing so today (3/4) anyways so that anyone that stumbles acrossed this can go back and see my rankings for any given week from the time I began creating them through present.  Rankings from 2/15/2010 are shown in () Enjoy!

1. Kansas 26-1 (1)
2. Kentucky 26-1 (2)
3. Purdue 23-3 (3)
4. Syracuse 25-2 (5)
5. Kansas St. 22-4 (6)
6. Duke 23-4 (7)
7. Villanova 22-4 (4)
8. New Mexico 25-3 (10)
9. West Virginia 21-5 (14)
10. Ohio St. 21-7 (9)
11. Pittsburgh 21-6 (20)
12. Texas 21-6 (11)
13. Tennessee 20-6 (19)
14. Michigan St. 21-7 (15)
15. Brigham Young 25-3 (16)
16. Gonzaga 22-5 (8)
17. Wisconsin 20-7 (12)
18. Texas A&M 19-7 (17)
19. Vanderbilt 20-6 (18)
20. Temple 22-5 (21)
21. Richmond 22-6 (26)
22. Missouri 20-7 (31)
23. Butler 25-4 (24)
24. Baylor 20-6 (22)
25. Georgetown 18-7 (23)
26. Virginia Tech 21-5 (25)
27. Wake Forest 18-7 (13)
28. Maryland 19-7 (35)
29. Clemson 19-7 (30)
30. Mississippi St. 19-8 (29)
31. Marquette 17-9 (33)
32. UNLV 20-7 (27)
33. Northern Iowa 24-3 (NR)
34. Rhode Island 20-6 (32)
35. Xavier 19-7 (37)

Here are my rankings for the week starting 2/15/2010.  For a rankings and ratings index, I have including each team in my top 25's AP, Coaches, TPP and Gary Parrish rank. Pomeroy ranking, CBS RPI and Strength of Schedule are included as well (Accurate through Monday 2/15).  I was originally going to cut it off at 25 this week as there didn't seem to be 10 other teams I wanted to give props to, but after further thought I went ahead and arranged my usual top 35.  Enjoy! My previous ranking is showing in ()

1. Kansas 24-1 (1)                    AP-1, CP-1, TPP-1, GP-1, POM-1, RPI-1, SOS-12
2. Kentucky 24-1 (3)                AP-2, CP-2, TPP-2, GP-2, POM-11, RPI-5, SOS-53
3. Purdue 21-3 (4)                    AP-4, CP-4, TPP-4, GP-5, POM-7, RPI-10, SOS-46
4. Villanova 22-2 (5)                AP-3, CP-3, TPP-3, GP-3, POM-12, RPI-3, SOS-31
5. Syracuse 24-2 (2)                AP-5, CP-5, TPP-5, GP-4, POM-5, RPI-4, SOS-11
6. Kansas St. 20-4 (7)              AP-7, CP-7, TPP-7, GP-6, POM-10, RPI-7, SOS-6
7. Duke 21-4 (9)                       AP-6, CP-6, TPP-6, GP-7, POM-2, RPI-2, SOS-7
8. Gonzaga 21-4 (10)               AP-13, CP-9, TPP-14, GP-15, POM-40, RPI-20, SOS-59
9. Ohio St. 20-6 (16)                AP-9, CP-12, TPP-8, GP-9, POM-9, RPI-30, SOS-82
10. New Mexico 23-3 (15)       AP-12, CP-15, TPP-9, GP-11, POM-33, RPI-9, SOS-49
11. Texas 20-5 (8)                   AP-15, CP-17, TPP-15, GP-13, POM-8, RPI-28, SOS-48
12. Wisconsin 19-6 (12)          AP-14, CP-16, TPP-13, GP-12, POM-3, RPI-18, SOS-16
13. Wake Forest 18-5 (17)      AP-23, CP-25, TPP-20, GP-23, POM-29, RPI-13, SOS-27
14. West Virginia 19-5 (6)       AP-8, CP-8, TPP-10, GP-8, POM-4, RPI-6, SOS-1
15. Michigan St. 20-6 (13)       AP-11, CP-11, TPP-11, GP-10, POM-23, RPI-26, SOS-36
16. BYU 23-3 (19)                   AP-16, CP-14, TPP-18, GP-24, POM-6, RPI-23, SOS-116
17. Texas A&M 18-6 (20)        AP-24, CP-23, TPP-21, GP-17, POM-36, RPI-12, SOS-9
18. Vanderbilt 19-5 (22)         AP-17, CP-19, TPP-16, GP-20, POM-31, RPI-15, SOS-25
19. Tennessee 18-6 (11)         AP-20, CP-18, TPP-24, GP-21, POM-32, RPI-21, SOS-20
20. Pittsburgh 19-6 (23)         AP-19, CP-21, TPP-23, GP-19, POM-28, RPI-13, SOS-8
21. Temple 20-5 (21)              AP-21, CP-20, TPP-19, GP-16, POM-37, RPI-11, SOS-29
22. Baylor 19-5 (27)               AP-22, CP-22, TPP-22, GP-18, POM-15, RPI-17, SOS-22
23. Georgetown 18-6 (14)      AP-10, CP-10, TPP-12, GP-14, POM-17, RPI-8, SOS-2
24. Butler 23-4 (28)                AP-18, CP-13, TPP-17, GP-22, POM-30, RPI-16, SOS-65
25. Virginia Tech 20-4 (32)     AP-27, CP-26, TPP-25, GP-25, POM-24, RPI-50, SOS-161
26. Richmond 20-6 (NR)          AP-25, CP-27, TPP-26, GP-NR, POM-45, RPI-27, SOS-55
27. UNLV 29-6 (18)                 AP-31, CP-30, TPP-30, GP-NR, POM-44, RPI-36, SOS-52
28. California 17-8 (NR)          AP-NR, CP-35, TPP-36, GP-NR, POM-16, RPI-24, SOS-5
29. Mississippi St. 18-7 (NR)   AP-31, CP-NR, TPP-NR, GP-NR, POM-39, RPI-57, SOS-118
30. Clemson 18-7 (NR)            AP-NR, CP-36, TPP-NR, GP-NR, POM-20, RPI-32, SOS-34
31. Missouri 18-7 (31)                     POM-14, RPI-46, SOS-61
32. Rhode Island 19-5 (25)             POM-74, RPI-22, SOS-45
33. Marquette 16-8 (NR)                  POM-18, RPI-57, SOS-54
34. Mississippi 17-7 (29)                  POM-42, RPI-48, SOS-58
35. Maryland 16-7 (30)                    POM-13, RPI-42, SOS-32

Next Ten:
36. Washington 17-8
37. Xavier 17-7
38. Florida St. 17-7
39. Georgia Tech 17-8
40. UTEP 19-5
41. Dayton 17-7
42. Memphis 18-7
43. Oklahoma St. 17-7
44. Arizona St. 18-8
45. Cornell 21-4

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1. Kansas 22-1 (1)                AP-1, CP-1, TPP-1, GP-1, POM-1, RPI-1, SOS-19
2. Syracuse 23-1 (2)            AP-2, CP-3, TPP-2, GP-2, POM-3, RPI-2, SOS-11
3. Kentucky 22-1 (4)            AP-3, CP-2, TPP-3, GP-3, POM-6, RPI-6, SOS-52
4. Purdue 19-3 (7)                AP-6, CP-6, TPP-6, GP-5, POM-10, RPI-11, SOS-38
5. Villanova 20-2 (3)            AP-4, CP-5, TPP-4, GP-4, POM-14, RPI-5, SOS-26
6. West Virginia 19-3 (8)     AP-5, CP-4, TPP-5. GP-6, POM-5, RPI-4. SOS-7
7. Kansas St. 19-4 (9)          AP-9, CP-9, TPP-7, GP-7, POM-9, RPI-7, SOS-2
8. Texas 19-4 (6)                 AP-14, CP-14, TPP-14, GP-13, POM-11, RPI-21, SOS-54
9. Duke 19-4 (11)                AP-8, CP-7, TPP-9, GP-10, POM-2, RPI-3, SOS-4
10. Gonzaga 19-4 (12)         AP-16, CP-11, TPP-16, GP-16, POM-42, RPI-25, SOS-63
11. Tennessee 18-4 (13)     AP-12, CP-12, TPP-15, GP-14, POM-19. RPI-18, SOS-33
12. Wisconsin 18-5 (14)      AP-11, CP-13, TPP-10, GP-9, POM-4, RPI-9, SOS-12
13. Michigan St. 19-5 (5)     AP-10, CP-10, TPP-11, GP-11, POM-20, RPI-14, SOS-31
14. Georgetown 17-5 (10)   AP-7, CP-8, TPP-8, GP-8, POM-16, RPI-8, SOS-1
15. New Mexico 21-3 (15)   AP-15, CP-19, TPP-13, GP-15, POM-39, RPI-10, SOS-45
16. Ohio St. 18-6 (18)          AP-13, CP-16, TPP-12, GP-12, POM-12, RPI-35, SOS-79
17. Wake Forest 16-5 (23)  AP-28, CP-36, TPP-24, GP-25, POM-30, RPI-16, SOS-22
18. UNLV 19-4 (22)              AP-23, CP-25, TPP-19, GP-26, POM-32, RPI-30, SOS-81
19. BYU 22-3 (17)                AP-17, CP-17, TPP-18, GP-NR, POM-7, RPI-22, SOS-107
20. Texas A&M 17-6 (31)     AP-26, CP-27, TPP-23, GP-18, POM-37, RPI-20, SOS-13
21. Temple 19-5  (16)          AP-21, CP-21, TPP-20, GP-17, POM-47, RPI-17, SOS-39
22. Vanderbilt 17-5 (19)      AP-22, CP-24, TPP-21, GP-20, POM-27, RPI-18, SOS-23
23. Pittsburgh 17-6 (21)      AP-25, CP-23, TPP-27, GP-21, POM-33, RPI-23, SOS-14
24. Cornell 20-3 (24)           AP-27, CP-22, TPP-25, GP-NR, POM-52, RPI-49, SOS-174
25. Rhode Island 19-3 (28)  AP-32, CP-29, TPP-29, GP-NR, POM-67, RPI-12, SOS-60
26. Georgia Tech 17-6 (20)  AP-20, CP-20, TPP-28, GP-24, POM-21, RPI-24, SOS-17
27. Baylor 17-5 (29)            AP-24, CP-26, TPP-22, GP-19, POM-15, RPI-28, SOS-28
28. Butler 20-4 (25)             AP-18, CP-15, TPP-17, GP-23, POM-26, RPI-15, SOS-47
29. Mississippi 17-6 (27)     AP-32, CP-33, TPP-30, GP-22, POM-40, RPI-35, SOS-50
30. Maryland 16-6 (NR)       AP-29, CP-32, TPP-32, GP-NR, POM-8, RPI-44, SOS-35
31. Missouri 17-6 (26)               POM-13, RPI-47, SOS-74
32. Virginia Tech 18-4 (36)       POM-35, RPI-65, SOS-189
33. St. Mary's 21-3 (33)            POM-46, RPI-45, SOS-131
34. Northern Iowa 21-2 (34)     POM-48, RPI-12, SOS-91
35. Florida 17-6 (NR)                 POM-43, RPI-48, SOS-68