By: Charlie Polk

We all know by now that Syracuse, Kansas, and Kentucky are locks for #1 seeds in the upcoming 2010 NCAA Basketball tournament. The thing no one seems to know is who will secure that final top spot. Duke and Kansas State were the next teams in line and they both lost this past week. Purdue just lost their superstar Robbie Hummel and are now expected to go in decline mode the rest of the way. That leaves Ohio State as the next most likely candidate. The Buckeyes do possess Evan Turner who appears to be the front-runner for Player Of The Year. The problem is that I’ve never heard of a seven loss team getting the elusive #1 seed. Granted, most of their losses were to good competition. They did falter though by 22 at Wisconsin and then lost to a Michigan team that currently boasts a losing record. My pick for the fourth #1….. New Mexico They’re led by former Iowa coach and IU great Steve Alford. He’s guided the Lobos to 27-3 overall mark. The three losses were all to teams with winning records. The only eyebrow raiser was losing to a 19-12 Oral Roberts University squad. ORU is not exactly a quality loss, but seven wins above .500 is nothing to sneeze at either. We’re heading into the big conference tournaments next week and I fully expect that some more opinions will change on who should claim the fourth and final top spot. The one thing that I do know for sure is it’s going to be pure madness!