Tourney seeds: Three bids for MVC?
Selection Sunday is March 11. What would the NCAA tournament bracket look like if it were today? Excluding Thursday's results, Paul Klee gives his top 16 seeds every week:
East
1. Syracuse
2. Kansas
- ESPN.com poll of writers suggested Thomas Robinson would be National Player of Year at this point
3. Marquette
4. Murray State
South
1. Kentucky
2. North Carolina
3. Georgetown
4. San Diego State
- Got a below-.500 record in the Big Ten? This season that could be OK; here's a guess at least one will earn at-large berth
Midwest
1. Missouri
2. Baylor
3. Michigan State
4. Creighton
- MVC should be a three-bid league — if someone other than Creighton or Wichita State wins Arch Madness
West
1. Ohio State
- Now's when Big Ten contenders need to make up ground on first-place Buckeyes, who have Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State up next
2. Duke
3. UNLV
4. Wisconsin
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