And Down Goes ... 1, 2 and 3!

This weekend produced a number of great games and equally interesting upsets. Number 1 Kansas lost to a game Oklahoma State team that is fighting for its tournament dreams. Despite being the number 1 team this upset failed in comparison to the Kentucky loss. The Wildcats fell on the road against a very good Tennessee team that earlier in the season beat number 1 Kansas in Thompson Bowling Arena. In this game UT got ahead big quickly before superstar John Wall pulled the Wildcats back to a tie with 2 minutes remaining in the game. Then in the Southeast CBS decided to switch to UNC Wake Forest. But from what I saw on Sportscenter later in the night Tennessee finished the game on a strong run to hold off the cats. Today number 3 Purdue fell at home to Michigan State. Of all the top 3 upsets this was the least shocking. The first reason being Michigan States is an extremely talented team. Secondly, Purdue lost their number 2 scorer Hummel to a torn ACL last week. The number 4 and 5 teams, however, took very good care of business. Syracuse handled Villanova in front of 34, 616 people (The largest on campus crowd ever). And the Duke Blue Devils destroyed a Landesburgless UVA squad in Charlottesville.

With the week recap over and the top 5 completely disheveled the new question becomes who are the new number 1 seeds. While you know I am going to give you my new number 1s it is clear that the conference tournaments are going to determine the winners of these seeds. Despite the losses I still believe that Kansas and Kentucky are the best teams in the country and thus believe they will continue to hold onto their seeds. Syracuse by beating Villanova has also placed its name in the running for the best team in the country and it is clear that at the moment they also deserve a number 1 seed. The final number one seed is where things get interesting. Right now Duke, Purdue and Kansas State all have a shot at it. Kansas State has really flown under the radar this season but are extremely talented. This week they head to Allen Field House to take on Kansas, a win here and they would have a very strong case for a number 1. While Purdue put up a fight without Hummel it is highly unlikely that they will be as competitive without him and will most likely have to settle for a 2 or 3 seed. Lastly, we have the Duke Blue Devils. People may call me biased or tell me that the Devils are overrated, BUT this Duke team has the most victories over Top 50 teams in the country and a undefeated finish in the ACC regular season and ACC tournament would most likely rap up the final number 1 seed.