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Of course there is still some basketball to be played before tournament time, but I took my list of 65 and broke them down into seeds if the tournament were to start today.  Of course, there will be some flip-flopping and shifting, but what's the fun in waiting until we're sure who's in?

Seeds:

1. Memphis, North Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee
2. UCLA, Duke, Texas, UCONN
3. Stanford, Xavier, Wisconsin, Georgetown
4. Louisville, Indiana, Butler, Purdue
5. Michigan St., Washington St., Vanderbilt, Marquette
6. Arizona, Notre Dame, Kansas St. Texas A&M
7. St. Mary’s, Clemson, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh
8. Arkansas, Drake, Florida, Arizona St.
9. Maryland, Gonzaga, Mississippi St., Syracuse
10. West Virginia, BYU, Baylor, Rhode Island
11. Houston, UNLV, New Mexico, South Alabama
12. Ole Miss, Winthrop, Cornell, Davidson
13. Lamar, Western Kentucky, VCU, Boise St.
14. Oral Roberts, Austin Peay, Kent St., CSU Northridge
15. Alabama St., Robert Morris, Illinois St., Hampton
16. American, Portland St. UMBC, Rider, Belmont

March Madness is on the horizon, and in honor of this sacred tradition, I will, in addition to already taking the first Thursday and Friday of games off of school, offer my predictions for the field of 65.  I won't try to make predictions of seeds just yet, but here is my list of 65. 

Conference Champs:

1. America East – UMBC
2. ACC – North Carolina
3. A-10 - Xavier
4. Atlantic Sun - Belmont
5. Big 12 - Kansas
6. Big 10 - Wisconsin
7. Big East - Louisville
8. Big Sky – Portland State
9. Big South­ - Winthrop
10. Big West­ – CSU Northridge
11. Colonial - VCU
12. C-USA - Memphis
13. Horizon ­- Butler
14. Ivy League - Cornell
15. Metro Atlantic - Rider
16. Mid-American – Kent State
17. Mideastern - Hampton
18. Missouri Valley – Drake
19. Mountain West - BYU
20. Northeast – Robert Morris
21. Ohio Valley – Austin Peay
22. PAC-10­ - UCLA
23. Patriot - American
24. SEC - Tennessee
25. Southern  - Davidson
26. Southland - Lamar
27. SWAC­ – Alabama St.
28. Summit – Oral Roberts
29. Sunbelt – South Alabama
30. WAC – Boise State
31. West Coast­ – St. Mary’s

At Large Bids:

32. Duke
33. Clemson
34. Maryland
35. Georgetown
36. UCONN
37. Notre Dame
38. Marquette
39. Pittsburgh
40. West Virginia
41. Syracuse
42. Purdue
43. Indiana
44. Michigan State
45. Texas
46. Kansas State
47. Texas A&M
48. Baylor
49. Oklahoma
50. Houston
51. UNLV
52. New Mexico
53. Stanford
54. Washington State
55. Arizona
56. Arizona State
57. Vanderbilt
58. Florida
59. Mississippi State
60. Ole Miss
61. Arkansas
62. Rhode Island
63. Gonzaga
64. Western Kentucky
65. Illinois State