The top four seeds are pretty safe despite all the losses during the past week. Those four teams needed to lose multiple games down the stretch in order for them to lose their top spots. Oklahoma gets a pass considering the nation's top player, Blake Griffin, didn't play against two tournament quality teams.
Louisville has the best shot at a top seed if the Cardinals can win out, and that includes the Big East Tournament.
If any of the two seeds make a major slip down the stretch, the winner of the Border War between Kansas and Missouri could snag one of those seeds.
It's hard to believe that the winner of the Pac-10 and the winner of the SEC won't do any better than a four and a five seed. LSU could eventually move up to a four seed if it can win the SEC Tournament.
Although Butler is a seven seed, the Bulldogs could easily drop completely out of the tournament with a loss against Cleveland State Saturday and a loss in their conference tournament. In the past, Butler has ended up being seeded a few seed lines lower than expected. If that trend continues this year, two more losses in the Horizon League might actually be enough to completely knock them out of the tournament.
Siena and Creighton have positioned themselves to maybe, just maybe, garner an at-large bid if they lose their conference tournaments, but both have to win out until then.
Bracket and Bubble Breakdown after the page break.
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