| Parrish's Top 25 (and one) | ||||||||
| ALL | CONF | |||||||
| Rk | School | Pvs | W-L | W-L | Last Week | This Week | ||
| 1 | Duke | 4 | 35-5 | 16-3 | ||||
| Mike Krzyzewski won his fourth national title with a 61-59 victory against Butler. | ||||||||
| 2 | Butler | 22 | 33-5 | 20-0 | ||||
| The Bulldogs won 25 straight before losing in the championship game. | ||||||||
| 3 | West Virginia | 5 | 31-7 | 16-5 | ||||
| The Mountaineers won the Big East tournament thanks to Da'Sean Butler, who tore his ACL in the Final Four. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kansas | 1 | 33-3 | 18-1 | ||||
| The Jayhawks were the Big 12 regular season champs, Big 12 tournament champs and overall No. 1 seed. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kentucky | 2 | 35-3 | 17-2 | ||||
| The Wildcats were the SEC regular season champs and SEC tournament champs. | ||||||||
| 6 | Syracuse | 3 | 30-5 | 15-4 | ||||
| The Orange won the Big East regular season title but lost to Butler in the Sweet 16 after losing Arinze Onuaku in the Big East tournament. | ||||||||
| 7 | Michigan State | 10 | 28-9 | 14-5 | ||||
| Tom Izzo led the Spartans to a share of the Big Ten title and their sixth Final Four in 12 years. | ||||||||
| 8 | Kansas State | 8 | 29-8 | 13-6 | ||||
| KSU won 29 games -- including a double OT thriller against Xavier -- before falling to Butler in the Elite Eight. | ||||||||
| 9 | Baylor | 17 | 28-8 | 12-6 | ||||
| The Bears went from being picked 10th in the Big 12 to finishing in the Elite Eight. | ||||||||
| 10 | Purdue | 11 | 29-6 | 15-5 | ||||
| The Boilermakers won two games in the NCAA tournament despite losing Robbie Hummel to a torn ACL. | ||||||||
| 11 | Tennessee | 16 | 28-9 | 13-6 | ||||
| Bruce Pearl led the Vols to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. | ||||||||
| 12 | Ohio State | 6 | 29-8 | 17-4 | ||||
| CBSSports.com Player of the Year Evan Turner took the Buckeyes to the Sweet 16, where they lost to Tennessee in a nail-biter. | ||||||||
| 13 | Northern Iowa | NR | 30-5 | 18-3 | ||||
| The MVC champs ended Sherron Collins' career in the second round of the NCAA tournament. | ||||||||
| 14 | Xavier | 26 | 26-9 | 15-3 | ||||
| Jordan Crawford enhanced his national reputation by leading the Musketeers to the Sweet 16. | ||||||||
| 15 | Cornell | NR | 29-5 | 13-1 | ||||
| The Ivy League champs won two games in the NCAA tournament before falling to Kentucky. | ||||||||
| 16 | St. Mary's | NR | 28-6 | 13-3 | ||||
| Omar Samhan posted huge numbers in the first two rounds and proved to be one of the nation's better big men. | ||||||||
| 17 | Villanova | 7 | 25-8 | 13-6 | ||||
| Once thought to be on track for a one seed, the Wildcats lost six of their final nine games. | ||||||||
| 18 | Wisconsin | 12 | 24-9 | 13-6 | ||||
| Bo Ryan participated in his ninth straight NCAA tournament. | ||||||||
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 25-9 | 13-6 | ||||
| Jamie Dixon took an unheralded roster and molded it into a team that was ranked most of the season. | ||||||||
| 20 | New Mexico | 9 | 30-5 | 15-3 | ||||
| The Lobos won the MWC regular-season title before losing to Washington in the second round of the NCAA tournament. | ||||||||
| 21 | Texas A&M | 18 | 24-10 | 12-6 | ||||
| Mark Turgeon signed an extension after the season that suggests he's planning to stay in the Big 12. | ||||||||
| 22 | Maryland | 19 | 24-9 | 13-4 | ||||
| Greivis Vasquez led Maryland to a share of the ACC title while and was named the ACC Player of the Year. | ||||||||
| 23 | Gonzaga | 20 | 27-7 | 13-3 | ||||
| Mark Few once again won the WCC title, once again opted to stay in the WCC. | ||||||||
| 24 | Temple | 13 | 29-6 | 17-2 | ||||
| The Owls won 29 games before losing to Cornell in the first round of the NCAA tournament. | ||||||||
| 25 | Brigham Young | 24 | 30-6 | 14-4 | ||||
| Jimmer Fredette put 37 on Florida on the NCAA tournament's first day. | ||||||||
| 26 | Washington | NR | 26-10 | 14-7 | ||||
| The Huskies beat Marquette and New Mexico to move into the Sweet 16. | ||||||||
Grand Re-Opening
Check out the brand new CBSSports.com Shop Shop now