Despite earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Men’s Tournament, the UConn Huskies are only the No. 5 (AP)/6 (ESPN) team in the land. Their Big East brethren the Louisville Cardinals are the tops in men’s basketball finishing on top of both polls.
Obviously the media and coaches think a little more of the Memphis Tigers than the selection committee did as the Tigers finished at No. 3 in the AP Poll and No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today Poll.
Awful Announcing has your game times and announcers for the first two rounds of the NCAA Men’s Tournament. And remember if you need help making your picks, take a look at Bracket Brains for some help.
| AP Top 25 | PVS | ESPN/USA Today | PVS |
| 1. Louisville (45) 28-5 1740 | 5 | 1. Louisville (14) 28-5 752 | 5 |
| 2. North Carolina (11) 28-4 1654 | 1 | 2. Memphis (11) 31-3 728 | 3 |
| 3. Memphis (11) 31-3 1621 | 4 | 3. North Carolina (6) 28-4 727 | 1 |
| 4. Pittsburgh (3) 28-4 1585 | 2 | 4. Pittsburgh 28-4 692 | 2 |
| 5. Connecticut (1) 27-4 1519 | 3 | 5. Duke 28-6 638 | 8 |
| 6. Duke 28-6 1444 | 9 | 6. Connecticut 27-4 621 | 4 |
| 7. Oklahoma 27-5 1281 | 6 | 7. Michigan State 26-6 569 | 6 |
| 8. Michigan St. 26-6 1257 | 7 | 8. Oklahoma 27-5 541 | 7 |
| 9. Missouri 28-6 1131 | 14 | 9. Missouri 28-6 505 | 15 |
| 10. Gonzaga 26-5 1060 | 12 | 10. Gonzaga 26-5 488 | 12 |
| 11. Villanova 26-7 1049 | 10 | 11. Wake Forest 24-6 429 | 9 |
| 12. Wake Forest 24-6 997 | 8 | 12. Villanova 26-7 402 | 13 |
| 13. Syracuse 26-9 903 | 18 | 13. Kansas 25-7 400 | 11 |
| 14. Kansas 25-7 874 | 11 | 14. Washington 25-8 389 | 10 |
| 15. Washington 25-8 751 | 13 | 15. Syracuse 26-9 373 | 20 |
| 16. Florida St. 25-9 667 | 22 | 16. Florida State 25-9 293 | 22 |
| 17. Purdue 25-9 643 | 24 | 17. UCLA 25-8 243 | 14 |
| 18. UCLA 25-8 491 | 15 | 18. Purdue 25-9 231 | 24 |
| 19. Arizona St. 24-9 381 | 23 | 19. Arizona State 24-9 212 | 23 |
| 20. Xavier 25-7 351 | 19 | 20. LSU 26-7 192 | 16 |
| 21. LSU 26-7 292 | 20 | 21. Clemson 23-8 132 | 18 |
| 22. Butler 26-5 284 | 16 | 22. Xavier 25-7 124 | 19 |
| 23. Marquette 24-9 277 | 21 | 23. Butler 26-5 104 | 17 |
| 24. Clemson 23-8 264 | 17 | 24. Marquette 24-9 80 | 21 |
| 25. Utah 24-9 150 | NR | 25. Utah State 30-4 40 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||
| West Virginia 89, Southern Cal 64, Illinois 63, Ohio St. 53, BYU 32, Mississippi St. 31, Utah St. 28, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 11, Oklahoma St. 9, N. Iowa 7, Temple 7, Siena 5, Texas A&M 4, Va. Commonwealth 3, Auburn 2, American U. 1. | Illinois (24-9) 37; Ohio State (22-10) 31; Utah (24-9) 26; Southern California (21-12) 24; West Virginia (23-11) 22; Brigham Young (25-7) 7; Saint Mary’s (26-6) 6; Temple (22-11) 5; Texas (22-11) 4; Mississippi State (23-12) 3; Tennessee (21-12) 3; Siena (26-7) 2. | ||
| Dropped out | Dropped out: | ||
| BYU 25. | Illinois 25. | ||
