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March Madness 2018 seed predictions: Kansas rises to No.1, Purdue falls

By Andrew Hammond

LAWRENCE, KS - FEBRUARY 19: Devonte' Graham #4 of the Kansas Jayhawks celebrates a basket against the Oklahoma Sooners in the second half at Allen Fieldhouse on February 19, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KS - FEBRUARY 19: Devonte' Graham #4 of the Kansas Jayhawks celebrates a basket against the Oklahoma Sooners in the second half at Allen Fieldhouse on February 19, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON, TX – FEBRUARY 15: Cincinnati Bearcats guard Jarron Cumberland (34) drives the ball to the basket during the basketball game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and Houston Cougars on February 15, 2018 at H
HOUSTON, TX – FEBRUARY 15: Cincinnati Bearcats guard Jarron Cumberland (34) drives the ball to the basket during the basketball game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and Houston Cougars on February 15, 2018 at H /

No. 3 Seeds

9.   Texas Tech (22-5) (South-Atlanta)

10.  Ohio State (22-7) (Midwest-Omaha)

11.  Cincinnati (23-4) (West-Los Angeles)

12.  Gonzaga (25-4) (East-Boston)

The No. 3 seed line is filled with missed opportunities and teams who may have tapped out their seeding potential.

This past weekend saw Texas Tech, Ohio State, and Cincinnati all suffer losses to tourney-bound teams which is nothing to really chide them for, however, each team sees a lot of major damage done to potential conference title hopes. However, both Ohio schools have lost two games in a row while the Texas Tech Red Raiders loss to Baylor sets up a huge Big 12 showdown with Kansas this coming Saturday.

Aside from Gonzaga who seems to be set as a three seed at this point, Ohio State, Cincy, and Tech have to climb uphill if they want a shot at reaching the two or even the top seed line. Ohio State will have one of the first shots at rebounding from their losses as the Big Ten tournament is looming a week earlier than usual.

Games of note this week

February 21st

Texas Tech at Oklahoma State

Texas Tech needed to beat Baylor on Saturday to maintain their lead and now they’ve got to go to Stillwater to keep pace with Kansas, life in the Big 12 is not fun.

February 22nd

Gonzaga at San Diego

A sneaky good mid-week trip to San Diego awaits the Bulldogs.

February 24th

Kansas at Texas Tech

If Tech can survive Stillwater, then they’ve got Kansas at home. Good luck!

Gonzaga at BYU

Gonzaga stays on the road but this time at BYU who is looking to make it three teams from the West Coast Conference in the NCAAs.

February 26th

Texas Tech at West Virginia

At Oklahoma State, Kansas at home and now a trip to West Virginia. Have I said that life in the Big 12 is not easy?

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