Top 25 - 11/18/19

1. Louisville (4-0)
2. Gonzaga (4-0)
3. Duke (4-0)
4. Michigan State (2-1)
5. Ohio State (3-0)
6. Kentucky (2-1)
7. Virginia (3-0)
8. Arizona (4-0)
9. Kansas (2-1)
10. North Carolina (3-0)
11. Tennessee (3-0)
12. Maryland (3-0)
13. Seton Hall (3-1)
14. Oregon (4-0)
15. Auburn (4-0)
16. Texas Tech (3-0)
17. Texas (4-0)
18. Washington (2-1)
19. West Virginia (2-0)
20. Baylor (2-1)
21. Xavier (4-0)
22. Villanova (2-1)
23. Butler (4-0)
24. Oklahoma (3-0)
25. Michigan (3-0)

Too Early Top NCAA Tournament Seeds

We’re deep in this thing now. It’s almost time to drop the “Too Early” from the title, but not yet.

There were changes at the top based on last week’s results. And there should be more moving forward, as the top seven have separated themselves, but are very, very close to each other.

Here’s a look at my top four seed lines if the NCAA Tournament were to start today:

1 SEEDS:

Duke (15-2) Best win: Virginia, 72-70.

Virginia (16-1) Best win: vs. Wisconsin, 53-46.

Michigan State (17-2) Best win: at Nebraska, 70-64.

Michigan (17-1) Best win: at Villanova, 73-46.

2 SEEDS:

Tennessee (15-1) Best win: vs. Gonzaga, 76-73.

Gonzaga (18-2) Best win: vs. Duke, 89-87.

Kansas (16-3) Best win: vs. Michigan State, 92-87.

Texas Tech (15-3) Best win: at Texas, 68-62.

3 SEEDS:

Houston (18-1) Best win: at Oklahoma State, 63-53.

Wisconsin (12-6) Best win: Michigan, 64-54.

Kentucky (14-3) Best win: vs. North Carolina, 80-72.

North Carolina (15-4) Best win: Gonzaga, 103-90.

4 SEEDS:

Virginia Tech (15-3) Best win: vs. Purdue, 89-83.

Purdue (12-6) Best win: at Wisconsin, 84-80 OT.

Marquette (16-3) Best win: vs. Louisville, 77-74 OT.

Louisville (13-5) Best win: at North Carolina, 83-62.

Dropped Out: Nebraska; Oklahoma; Villanova.

Best of the Rest: Iowa State; Maryland; LSU; Iowa; Villanova; Oklahoma; Nevada; Buffalo; Texas.

Way Too Early Top Seeds

We’ve reached December now, so these rankings are steadily becoming more relevant (Ok, maybe I’m pushing it, but humor me). Still, conference play has begun in the Big Ten and the landscape is starting to take shape to the point where we can start to determine the haves and the have-nots, particularly the haves.

The top three teams look pretty clear, with Duke and Gonzaga having been there from the start and Michigan playing as well as any team in the country. After that, Kansas and Virginia are looking rock solid as usual and Nevada looks like a serious problem (Do not sleep on the Wolf Pack!).

Anything beyond the top 12 teams is murky at best, so rather than give you a meaningless Top 25, let’s look at who would fill the all-important top four seed lines of the NCAA Tournament if it were to start today:

1 SEEDS:

Gonzaga (7-0) Best win: vs. Duke, 89-87.

Duke (7-1) Best win: vs. Auburn, 78-72.

Michigan (8-0) Best win: at Villanova, 73-46.

Virginia (7-0) Best win: vs. Wisconsin, 53-46.

2 SEEDS:

Kansas (6-0) Best win: vs. Michigan State, 92-87.

Nevada (8-0) Best win: at USC, 73-61.

Wisconsin (7-1) Best win: at Iowa, 72-66.

Auburn (6-1) Best win: vs. Arizona, 73-57.

3 SEEDS:

Michigan State (6-2) Best win: vs. Texas, 78-68.

Texas Tech (7-0) Best win: vs. Nebraska, 70-52.

Tennessee (6-1) Best win: vs. Louisville, 92-81.

North Carolina (6-2) Best win: vs. UCLA, 94-78.

4 SEEDS:

Ohio State (7-1) Best win: at Creighton, 69-60.

Virginia Tech (6-1) Best win: vs. Purdue, 89-83.

Nebraska (7-1) Best win: at Clemson, 68-66.

Buffalo (7-0) Best win: at West Virginia, 99-94 OT.

Way Too Early Top Seeds

Yes, it's way too early to predict the top seeds in the upcoming 2019 NCAA Tournament, but it’s also way too early to even talk about a Top 25, for example. So, F it, I’m going to at least play around with the rankings that matter.

Here are my top 4 seed lines for the NCAA Tournament as of today:

1 SEEDS:

Duke (3-0) Best win: vs. Kentucky, 118-84.

Kansas (3-0) Best win: vs. Michigan State, 92-87.

Gonzaga (3-0) Best win: Texas A&M, 94-71.

Michigan (5-0) Best win: at Villanova, 73-46.

2 SEEDS:

North Carolina (4-0) Best win: Stanford, 90-72.

Virginia (3-0) Best win: none.

Auburn (3-0) Best win: Washington, 88-66.

Florida State (2-0) Best win: Florida, 81-60.

3 SEEDS:

Nevada (3-0) Best win: BYU, 86-70.

Tennessee (3-0) Best win: Georgia Tech, 66-53.

Michigan State (3-1) Best win: none.

Virginia Tech (4-0) Best win: Purdue, 89-83.

4 SEEDS:

Kentucky (3-1) Best win: So. Illinois, 71-59.

Wisconsin (3-0) Best win: at Xavier, 77-68.

Purdue (4-1) Best win: vs. Davidson, 79-58.

Texas (4-0) Best win: vs. Arkansas, 73-71 OT.