Top Thirty

It is the first Saturday in March and it is time when college basketball is reaching the tipping point.  With that being said, my top thirty teams (nobody cares what I think) going into the final week before the tournament are the following:

1.  Kentucky
2.  Kansas
3.  Syracuse
4.  Duke
5.  Michigan State
6.  Marquette
7.  North Carolina
8.  Missouri
9.  Ohio State
10. Baylor
11. Georgetown
12.  Indiana
13.  UNLV
14.  Temple
15.  Wichita State
16.  Florida
17.  Michigan
18.  St. Louis
19.  New Mexico
20.  Louisville
21.  Colorado State
22.  Southern Miss
23.  Wisconsin
24.  Virginia
25.  California
26.  Vanderbilt
27.  Belmont
28.  Memphis
29.  Alabama
30.  Purdue

This list will change in the events that will unfold in the next seven days.  Some teams will fall from this list, making room for others who rise to the occasion.  It was difficult to find teams on the last five of this list and I may have left teams out that do belong on this list and put teams on this list that do not belong.  Notre Dame is on the fence, where their RPI, Pomeroy, and SOS are all worse than Purdue, even though Notre Dame is ranked in both polls.  Additionally, Purdue is trending as an 8 seed in the tournament, which places them anywhere between the 29th and 33rd positions.  With their recent success such as their big road win at Michigan, they made my list.