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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Tony Barnhart’s daily picks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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WHO’S IN
• Notre Dame (20-6, RPI 44): All six of Notre Dame’s losses have been on the road and four of them have been by a total of 12 points. The Irish are still a little shaky because the best team they have beaten on the road was Syracuse (19-8, RPI 64).
WHO’S OUT
• Drexel (19-7, RPI 50): The Dragons have won at Villanova, Creighton, Syracuse, and Hofstra. The Dragons will challenge VCU in the Colonial Tournament.
WHO’S WORRIED
• West Virginia (19-6, RPI 46): The Mountaineers have two big home wins over UCLA and Villanova, but the best team they have beaten on the road was Seton Hall (RPI 134) Monday night. Two big road games coming up tonight at Providence and Feb. 27 at Pittsburgh
• Michigan State (19-8, RPI 33): The Spartans have a brutal four-game stretch to end the season starting with Wisconsin (26-2, RPI 5) tonight. After a home game with Indiana on Saturday, Michigan State goes to Michigan and Wisconsin to close out the regular season.
THE TOP 65
1: Wisconsin (Big Ten champ)
2: Ohio State (at-large)
3: Florida (SEC champ)
4: UCLA (Pac-10 champ)
5: North Carolina (ACC champ)
6: Kansas (at-large)
7: Pittsburgh (Big East champ)
8: Texas A&M (Big 12 champ)
9: Washington State (at-large)
10: Memphis (C-USA champ)
11: Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley champ)
12: Georgetown (at-large)
13: Air Force (Mountain West champ)
14: Butler (Horizon champ)
15: Virginia (at-large)
16: Marquette (at-large)
17: Kentucky (at-large)
18: Virginia Tech (at-large)
19: Duke (at-large)
20: Southern Cal (at-large)
21: Villanova (at-large)
22: Indiana (at-large)
23: Vanderbilt (at-large)
24: Boston College (at-large)
25: Nevada (WAC champ)
26: Louisville (at-large)
27: Stanford (at-large)
28: Tennessee (at-large)
29: UNLV (at-large)
30: Arizona (at-large)
31: Creighton (at-large)
32: Texas (at-large)
33: BYU (at-large)
34: Oklahoma State (at-large)
35: Oregon (at-large)
36: Maryland (at-large)
37: Texas Tech (at-large)
38: Georgia Tech (at-large)
39: Alabama (at-large)
40: Winthrop (at-large)
41: Xavier (Atlantic 10 champ)
42: Santa Clara (West Coast champ)
43: Missouri State (at-large)
44: Michigan State (at-large)
45: VCU (Colonial champ)
46: Purdue (at-large)
47: Notre Dame (at-large)
48: Clemson (at-large)
49: Davidson (Southern champ)
50: West Virginia (at-large)
51: Holy Cross (Patriot champ)
52: Long Beach State (Big West champ)
53: Akron (MAC champ)
54: Vermont (America East champ)
55: Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent champ)
56: TAMU-CC (Southland champ)
57: South Alabama (Sun Belt champ)
58: Penn (Ivy League champ)
59: Marist (Metro Atlantic champ)
60: Austin Peay (Ohio Valley champ)
61: Delaware State (MEAC champ)
62: East Tenn. St. (Atlantic Sun champ)
63: Weber State (Big Sky champ)
64: Jackson State (SWAC champ)
65: Central Conn. (Northeast champ)
BREAKDOWN BY CONFERENCE
• ACC (8): Boston College, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland.
• Big East (7): Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Marquette, West Virginia, Villanova.
• Big Ten (5): Wisconsin, Ohio State, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan State.
• Big 12 (5): Texas A&M, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech.
• COLONIAL (2): VCU, Drexel.
• Missouri Valley (3): Southern Illinois, Creighton, Missouri State.
• Mountain West (3): Air Force, UNLV, BYU.
• Pac-10 (6): UCLA, Washington State, Southern Cal, Oregon, Arizona, Stanford.
• SEC (5): Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama.
(23 Conferences with one bid only.)
• How do you see it?
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