Who will be Number One?

As the NCAA tournament approaches, questions on who will be in or out of the Tournament start to take place. Who will end up as the number one team in the nation? Naturally, there is no undefeated team, but there are also not many teams that have my full confidence in March Madness. The NCAA tournament begins March 16 and many teams still need to make a strong case in the conference tournaments to make the NCAA tournament.

The Kansas Jayhawks control the number one ranking with two losses, and Kentucky holds the number 2 ranking with two losses. But, both teams lost to Tennessee handily shows that neither team can say they will easily go to the Final Four.  After the Week rankings are up, Syracuse will most likely will jump to the number one spot after their dominating victory over Villanova at home.  The Kansas Jayhawks seem to have things in control because they have beaten tough teams in the Big 12 such as Kansas St. and Texas. But what about the rest of the teams? Purdue, Duke, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Kansas St. make strong cases for a successful run at the Final Four.

Purdue just had a devastating loss in Robbie Hummel, a very versatile player for the Boilermakers. The Big East teams are hard to judge because they cannot win away games verses very tough Big East Conference. As for Duke, well let’s just say, they are Duke. Tennessee would make a statement with their two huge wins over #1 Kansas and #2 Kentucky, but most they have lost too many away games to make them more than just a huge threat. Kentucky’s John Wall is a tremendous player no doubt, but I don’t believe he has the maturity to lead his team to a National Championship. Many questions seem to come about as various upsets happen to top ten teams.  I think that Syracuse and Duke will make a strong run, but I also believe that any team is capable of pulling of an upset this year. Who is number one in your eyes?