2013 NCAA Basketball Tourney Seeds (as of December 9, 2012)

1 Seeds - Duke, Florida, Indiana, Michigan
2 Seeds - Syracuse, Illinois, Louisville, Minnesota
3 Seeds - New Mexico, Cincinnati, Kansas, Arizona
4 Seeds - Ohio State, NC State, Georgetown, Gonzaga
5 Seeds - UNLV, Pittsburgh, Creighton, Wichita State
6 Seeds - California, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Butler
7 Seeds - Temple, Texas A&M, Wyoming, Connecticut
8 Seeds - Mississippi, VCU, North Carolina, Missouri
9 Seeds - Baylor, Michigan State, Charlotte, Notre Dame
10 Seeds - San Diego State, Belmont, Oregon, Miami FL
11 Seeds - Oklahoma/Illinois State, Alabama, LSU, Murray State
12 Seeds - Bucknell, Arizona State/Illinois-Chicago, Middle Tennessee, Colorado State
13 Seeds - Memphis, Florida Gulf Coast, Stephen F. Austin, North Dakota State
14 Seeds - SUNY-Albany, George Mason, Ohio, Pacific
15 Seeds - Wagner, Davidson, Valparaiso, Utah State
16 Seeds - Gardner-Webb/Harvard, Loyola MD, Savannah State/Prairie View A&M, Montana

Last Four IN:  Illinois-Chicago, Arizona State, Illinois State, Oklahoma

First Four OUT:  LaSalle, Iowa, St. Louis, Virginia Tech
Next Four OUT:  St. Mary's, Kentucky, Marquette, Georgia Tech

2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Seeds (as of December 5, 2012)

2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Seeds (as of December 5, 2012)

1 Seeds - Syracuse, Duke, Indiana, Michigan
2 Seeds - Minnesota, Florida, Louisville, New Mexico
3 Seeds - Arizona, Ohio State, Illinois, Gonzaga
4 Seeds - UNLV, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Kansas
5 Seeds - NC State, Wichita State, Oklahoma State, Alabama
6 Seeds - Michigan State, Colorado, Creighton, Connecticut
7 Seeds - Notre Dame, Missouri, North Carolina, San Diego State
8 Seeds - VCU, Wyoming, Colorado State, California
9 Seeds - Mississippi, Xavier, Oregon, Virginia Tech
10 Seeds - Baylor, Maryland, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh
11 Seeds - Bucknell, Boise State, St. Louis, Miami FL
12 Seeds - Kentucky/Temple, Belmont, Ohio, Oklahoma/Butler
13 Seeds - George Mason, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Stephen F. Austin
14 Seeds - Davidson, Florida Gulf Coast, North Dakota State, Pacific
15 Seeds - Vermont, Wagner, Loyola MD, Montana
16 Seeds - Gardner-Webb, New Mexico State/Harvard, Savannah State/Southern, Valparaiso

Last Four IN:  Oklahoma, Butler, Temple, Kentucky

First Four OUT:  Washington, Charlotte, LSU, Murray State
Next Four OUT:  Georgia Tech, Northwestern, St. Joseph's, Wisconsin

2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Seeds (as of December 3, 2012)

1 Seeds - Duke, Florida, Indiana, Michigan
2 Seeds - Syracuse, Minnesota, Louisville, Gonzaga
3 Seeds - Ohio State, Cincinnati, Kansas, Arizona
4 Seeds - Notre Dame, Illinois, New Mexico, Pittsburgh
5 Seeds - San Diego State, North Carolina, Wichita State, Creighton
6 Seeds - Missouri, UNLV, Michigan State, Oklahoma State
7 Seeds - Kansas State, Baylor, Kentucky, Alabama
8 Seeds - Mississippi, Georgetown, NC State, Virginia Tech
9 Seeds - Wisconsin, Maryland, Connecticut, Temple
10 Seeds - Miami FL, California, Colorado, Colorado State
11 Seeds - VCU, Wyoming, Texas, Boise State/Oregon
12 Seeds - Virginia/Iowa State, Middle Tennessee, Ohio, Memphis
13 Seeds - Davidson, George Mason, Bucknell, Murray State
14 Seeds - Loyola MD, Florida Gulf Coast, Valparaiso, North Dakota State
15 Seeds - Harvard, Stephen F. Austin, New Mexico State, Long Beach State
16 Seeds - Wagner/Gardner-Webb, Vermont, Savannah State/Southern, Montana

Last Four IN:  Iowa State, Virginia, Oregon, Boise State

First Four OUT:  Marquette, Illinois State, St. Joseph's, Stanford
Next Four OUT:  Butler, Xavier, Clemson, Tennessee

2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Seeds (as of November 29, 2012)

1 Seeds - Syracuse, Duke, Indiana, Michigan
2 Seeds - Florida, Louisville, Cincinnati, Gonzaga
3 Seeds - Minnesota, Ohio State, Kentucky, Kansas
4 Seeds - North Carolina, Illinois, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh
5 Seeds - Missouri, Alabama, New Mexico, Arizona
6 Seeds - Notre Dame, San Diego State, Michigan State, Creighton
7 Seeds - UNLV, California, Wichita State, NC State
8 Seeds - Colorado, Georgetown, Marquette, Baylor
9 Seeds - St. Joseph's, Kansas State, Connecticut, Mississippi
10 Seeds - Florida State, VCU, UCLA, Wisconsin
11 Seeds - Colorado State, Texas/Tennessee, Maryland, Temple
12 Seeds - Bucknell, Memphis, Oregon/Illinois State, Ohio
13 Seeds - George Mason, Middle Tennessee, Valparaiso, Belmont
14 Seeds - Vermont, Davidson, Loyola MD, North Dakota State
15 Seeds - Harvard, New Mexico State, Stephen F. Austin, Long Beach State
16 Seeds - Florida Gulf Coast, Savannah State/Southern, Long Island/Gardner-Webb, Montana

Last Four IN:  Illinois State, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas

First Four OUT:  Virginia, Stanford, Miami FL, Northwestern
Next Four OUT:  Virginia Tech, Butler, BYU, Oregon State

2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Seeds (as of November 18, 2012)

Looking forward to a great 2012-2013 NCAA basketball season.  Based on games through Sunday, November 18th, here's my first guess at the teams for the 2013 Big Dance:

1 Seeds - Syracuse, Louisville, Ohio State, Indiana
2 Seeds - Duke, Michigan, Florida, Kentucky
3 Seeds - Baylor, North Carolina, Michigan State, Kansas
4 Seeds - Minnesota, Pittsburgh, NC State, Gonzaga
5 Seeds - Missouri, Creighton, Arizona, UCLA
6 Seeds - Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Wisconsin
7 Seeds - VCU, San Diego State, Connecticut, UNLV
8 Seeds - Memphis, Alabama, Cincinnati, Texas
9 Seeds - New Mexico, Colorado, St. Joseph's, Florida State
10 Seeds - California, Illinois State, St. Mary's, Marquette
11 Seeds - Tennessee, Mississippi, Belmont, St. Louis
12 Seeds - Stanford, Wichita State, Illinois, Temple, Ohio, Georgetown
13 Seeds - Bucknell, Drexel, Middle Tennessee, Valparaiso
14 Seeds - Princeton, Davidson, Loyola MD, South Dakota State
15 Seeds - Vermont, Montana, Long Beach State, New Mexico State
16 Seeds - Mercer, Oral Roberts, Long Island, UNC-Asheville, Savannah State, Prairie View A&M

Last Four IN:  Wichita State, Stanford, Illinois, Temple

First Four OUT:  Maryland, Iowa State, Oregon State, Iowa
Next Four OUT:  Murray State, Clemson, Miami FL, Villanova

VERY Early Class of 2013 NCAA Basketball Recruiting Ranking

Reviewed Scout.com's latest recruiting rankings for the Class of 2013, assigning 100 points to the top ranked recruit, 99 points to the second rank, etc.  Since most of the top players are investigating multiple schools at this time, those points are split across multiple universities.

Again, this is VERY early, but here are the rankings based on the top 100 players at this time:

1 - Kansas
2 - North Carolina
3 - Louisville
4 - Florida
5 - UCLA
6 - Kentucky
7 - Ohio State
8 - Texas
9 - Duke
10 - Arizona
11 - Alabama
12 - Arkansas
13 - Baylor
14 - Marquette
15 - Maryland
16 - Memphis
17 - West Virginia
18 - Texas A&M
19 - Purdue
20 - Georgia Tech
21 - Indiana
22 - Michigan
23 - Villanova
24 - UNLV
25 - Illinois
26 - Iowa State
27 - Seton Hall
28 - Virginia
29 - Washington
30 - Penn State
31 - DePaul
32 - Connecticut
33 - Syracuse
34 - NC State
35 - Oklahoma St
36 - Tennessee
37 - Georgetown
38 - Rutgers
39 - Oregon
40 - Missouri
41 - Florida State
42 - Michigan State
43 - Notre Dame
44 - Harvard
45 - Providence
46 - Mississippi
47 - TCU
48 - Cincinnati
49 - South Florida
50 - Colorado
51 - Auburn
52 - California
53 - New Mexico
54 - St. John's
55 - Georgia
56 - Oklahoma
57 - Xavier
58 - Miami, Florida
59 - Pittsburgh
60 - Southern Cal
61 - Virginia Tech
62 - Mississippi St
63 - BYU
64 - Clemson
65 - Temple
66 - San Diego St
67 - LSU
68 - Vanderbilt
69 - South Carolina
70 - Nebraska
71 - Stanford
72 - Boston Coll
73 - Texas Tech
74 - SMU
75 - Wisconsin
76 - Butler
77 - Northwestern
78 - BYU
79 - Kansas State
80 - St. Joseph's
81 - VCU
82 - Washington St
83 - Dayton
84 - Rhode Island
85 - St. Mary's
86 - Wake Forest
87 - Iowa
88 - Minnesota
89 - Pepperdine
90 - Massachusetts
91 - Illinois State
92 - Oregon State
93 - Central Florida
94 - G. Washington
95 - Arizona State
96 - Colorado St
97 - San Francisco
98 - Richmond
99 - Portland
100 - Chicago St
thru 90

2012-2013 Preseason Top 25 (and more) - May 19 2012

Woke up early on a Saturday and wanted to see what the prognosticators were saying regarding this coming season's Top 25.  Took a look at 11 very early listings (CBS, ESPN, CNNSI, NBC, Rivals, CollegeHoopsNet, Sports Bank, Athlon, MercuryNews, Ringer Sports, and BigLead).  Gave 25 points to the top rated team in each poll, 24 to the second rated team, and so on ... and here's where they rank:

1 - Indiana (271) - First or Second in every poll
2 - Kentucky (249)
3 - Louisville (244)
4 - Michigan (209)
5 - Kansas (203)
6 - NC State (201)
7 - North Carolina (188)
8 - Baylor (181)
9 - Florida (180)
10 - Syracuse (178)
11 - Ohio State (164)
12 - Duke (158)
13 - Michigan State (150)
14 - San Diego State (122)
15 - Memphis (114)
16 - Creighton (104)
17 - Arizona (96)
18 - Wisconsin (89)
19 - Gonzaga (68)
20 - Notre Dame (55)
21 - Butler (36)
22 - Texas (33)
23 - Virginia Commonwealth (31)
24 - UCLA (30)
25 - Missouri (30)

Others with more than 10 - Kansas State (27), UNLV (23), St. Louis (22), Cincinnati (21), Marquette (19), Tennessee (17), Maryland (13), Villanova (12)

NOTE:  Many of these listings were completed before some major announcements (Shabazz to UCLA, Amile Jefferson to Duke) so expect significant shift over the summer.