#1 Seeds

Just a a couple of precious weeks until Selection Sunday and the #1 seeds couldn't be more up in the air.

Injuries are riddling top 10 teams, and the top contenders now head into conference tournaments and crucial end of the season road games.

That said - here is my projected number 1 seeds. This is not if the season were to end today, but rather, how I project the #1 seeds ending up on selection sunday:

1 East: UNC

North Carolina wins the ACC regular season, and even with a loss in the ACC Championship game, they are a number 1.

1 West: Memphis

The Tigers will benefit from a weak C-USA and winning out the rest of their games. While teams lie UConn and Pitt get beat up in Big East Tourney play, Memphis cruises to a Number 1 seed.

1 South: Oklahoma

The Sooners get their POY candidate back and tear up the Big 12. Number 1 seed, Check. Next Stop: Championship.

1 Midwest: Michigan State

This spot, in my opinion is the trickiest. If Pitt, UConn, or Louisville win the Big East, they'll be looking at this position. But if another team (like a Marquette) makes a run, this spot is open for the taking. In my opinion, Michigan Stat will win both the regular season and conference tourney championship in the Big Ten. Having done so in the top ranked conference by the RPI, the committee will award them a #1 seed.

Oddly enough, this leaves the Big East without a #1 seed. That means we'll likely see up to 4 Big East schools (Pitt, UCONN, Louisville, and Marquette) with 2 seeds. I don't think, however, that Marquette will get a 2 by virtue of their gauntlet of a schedule in the stretch run that will surely give them 2 or 3 losses (UCONN, @Louisville, @ Pitt, Syracuse)