2008-09 Final Rankings

NCAA Basketball is 6 days away! Last year was a very entertaining year, with Michigan State taking out some big-time teams on the way to the Final Four in its home state. When all was said and done, North Carolina won the NCAA Tourney. Although they've since lost many players to the NBA, as always, they restock and retool. With the season less than a week away, here were the final standings of the 2008-09 season, based on the culmination of both the regular season, conference tourneys, and March Madness. I have included their relative power rating, with the #1 team (in this case, North Carolina) assigned a 100.00 rating and other teams compared to the top team.

#1 No. Carolina 100.00
#2 Memphis 94.74
#3 Louisville 92.94
#4 Michigan State 89.67
#5 Connecticut 89.42
#6 Duke 86.90
#7 Pittsburgh 85.71
#8 Villanova 85.32
#9 Missouri 83.52
#10 Oklahoma 83.45
#11 Kansas 80.30
#12 Syracuse 80.25
#13 Purdue 76.67
#14 Gonzaga 75.82
#15 Xavier 75.70
#16 Washington 75.62
#17 UCLA 73.40
#18 LSU 73.07
#19 Arizona State 72.78
#20 We. Virginia 71.80
#21 Penn State 70.18
#22 Wake Forest 70.17
#23 Marquette 69.35
#24 Texas 69.15
#25 Creighton 68.65
Others: Oklahoma State, Baylor, San Diego State, Tennessee, Utah, Texas A&M, Arizona, Siena, Illinois, Florida State, USC, Butler, Auburn, Tulsa, Florida

PPI and Prem's Bracket

PPI Sweet 16: Louisville, Wake Forest, Kansas, Michigan St., UConn, Washington, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Villanova, Duke, No. Carolina, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Oklahoma

Prem's Sweet 16: Louisville, Utah, West Virginia, Michigan State, UConn, Washington, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, UCLA, Duke, No. Carolina, Gonzaga, Arizona St., Oklahoma

PPI Elite 8: Louisville, Michigan State, UConn, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Duke, No. Carolina, Oklahoma

Prem's Elite 8: Louisville, Michigan State, UConn, Memphis, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Gonzaga, Oklahoma

PPI Final 4: Louisville, Memphis, Duke, No. Carolina

Prem's Final 4: Michigan State, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma

PPI Championship: Memphis vs. UNC

Prem's Championship: Memphis vs. Oklahoma

PPI Winner: Memphis
Prem's Winner: Memphis

Fact of the Day

Mr. Anderson (my cat pictured on left), that was aptly named after Rashad Anderson, UConn sharpshooter, has only once been under the same roof as me to witness a UConn NCAA victory (2005 - UConn vs. Central Florida). We will attempt to end this streak today in the game vs. Chattanooga at 3:00 PM.