February 8 seeding update

It was a quiet Friday.  The only change is that Iona pulled ahead of Canisius in the MAAC, so the Gaels enter the field as a #15, UCSB is back up to #14 (where I should have left them, incidentally), and Canisius drops out.

I'm also reexamining the battle for the last #2 spot, between Duke, San Diego State, and Cincinnati, who moved up a little with their win over UConn.  I'm leaving it status quo for now, but it's hard to compare Duke's volume of big wins but also two shaky losses to San Diego St.'s lone loss to Arizona but only three games against the RPI top 50.  Both have better wins than Cincinnati, but the Bearcats played a tougher schedule than SDSU and have two losses to Duke's 5.  I still think Cincinnati is third of that group, but things could change this weekend.  

Seed bands for February 8:

#1: Arizona, Syracuse, Kansas, Michigan St.
#2: Florida, Villanova, Wichita St., Duke
#3: San Diego St., Cincinnati, Iowa St., Michigan
#4: Creighton, Wisconsin, Texas, Iowa
#5: Ohio St., Kentucky, Louisville, Virginia
#6: Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. Pittsburgh, UCLA
#7: Massachusetts, St. Louis, Gonzaga, Connecticut
#8: VCU, Memphis, North Carolina, George Washington
#9:  New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas St., California
#10: Arizona St., Southern Methodist,  Florida St., Xavier
#11: Minnesota,  Stanford, Tennessee, Providence*, Missouri*
#12:  Oregon*,  Baylor*, Southern Miss., Harvard, Toledo
#13: North Dakota St., Green Bay, Mercer, Delaware
#14: Georgia State, Belmont, Stephen F. Austin, UC Santa Barbara
#15:  Iona, American, North Carolina Central, Stony Brook
#16: Utah Valley,  Robert Morris*, Weber State, Davidson*, Southern*, Coastal Carolina*

* Denotes teams in first-round (play-in) games