NCAA Rankings: Accessing the top teams in the Nation

As the NCAA Basketball’s regular season comes to en end and we get ready for the Tournament, for all the betting action that takes place during March Madness, we begin to keep an eye out for changes on the top ten of the polls. The last games of the season are quite important for when it comes to filling in our NCAA Basketball Bracket, as usually it is the games that stay stronger at the end that have more success in the single elimination championship.

 

Early this week, the discussion was started when Kansas was promoted to the No.1 spot in the nation. Just a couple of hours later, the Jayhawks were losing an important game against instate rivals: the Kansas State Wildcats. So that was just about enough to really get the discussion going among some students in Austin, Pittsburgh and Columbus, because, let’s face it: it doesn’t look good when the new No.1 team in the Nation falls 84-68 to a team that had only defeated them twice in the last 45 games.

 

So what could we expect for the next poll? Well, expect good thing to come around for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Sure they lost to the Wisconsin Badgers, but the squad has made a good comeback with an important win over Michigan State. Still, if they want to hold on to the No.1 spot they must survive in West Lafayette on Sunday and hold strong at home vs. Illinois on Tuesday.

Expect some great basketball from the Texas Longhorns as well. We are predicting the guys from Austin, Texas, to end up in the No.2 spot in next weeks rankings. The Longhorns had to bring one their A-game on Saturday against Big 12 rivals, Baylor. At 23-3 for the season, the Longhorns are still a legit option for the postseason. If the Texas defense keeps up the good work, an undefeated Big 12 regular season isn’t so far off.

Pittsburgh continued with its impressive on the road success with a win at Villanova on Saturday. This is even more impressive if you consider that Pitt was playing without their star point guard Ashton Gibbs. Saturday’s road game at St. John’s should be one heck of a battle, so keep an eye out for the betting lines for this game. The Pittsburgh Red Storm has been vicious against ranked teams when playing at Madison Square Garden lately. They could just keep up with that success.