College Basketball Rankings - Week 18 Top 25

       Here are this weeks College Basketball Top 25 rankings by Joey the NCAA Basketball Cat Analyst. Joey Baloney the Cat is getting excited for the NCAA Tournament just around the corner. This season, the NCAA Selection Committee again has given us a small glimpse in February of the Tourney team rankings up to that point. Most are split on whether this is good or bad but for the crazy zealous fans this is exactly what they crave and desire. Teams are jockeying and fighting to be higher seeds and also there are many teams on the bubble and have to wait until Selection Sunday to see if they are in or not. Virginia retains the #1 spot, followed by Xavier and Gonzaga. Michigan State drops to the #4 spot and Duke is at #5. This week will be exciting as the college basketball season comes to a close as the rest of the conference tournaments are played and then onto the NCAA Tournament.  March Madness is almost here and as it was last year, Joey again will pick his 64 teams and His bracket selections.  Last Year Joey finished an amazing 55-8 including having the 3 of the the Final 4 picked correctly as well as the Championship winner  Stay tuned this year to see how He does again.
     Come Sunday night, the NCAA Selection Committee will announce all this years teams. March Madness will officially begin and the Brackets will soon be filled out. It will be an exciting 3 weeks of College Basketball, lets just hope there aren't anymore bombshells as it relates to the FBI investigation into the corruption scandal until after the Championship Game.
   
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NCAA Tournament #1 seeds are ; Virginia, Duke, Villanova, Xavier
                                  #2 seeds are; Purdue, Michigan State, Cincinnati, North Carolina
                                  #3 seeds are; Michigan, Gonzaga, Auburn, Tennessee

Joey's CBB Top 25 for Week 18:

1.  Virginia
2.  Xavier
3.  Gonzaga
4.  Villanova
5.   Michigan State
6.   Duke
7.   Cincinnati
8.   Michigan
9.   Purdue
10. Kansas
11. Tennessee
12. North Carolina
13. Wichita State
14. Auburn
15.  Arizona
16. West Virginia
17. Texas Tech
18. St. Mary's
19. Nevada
20. Ohio State
21. Clemson
22. Rhode Island
23. Houston
24. Miami (Fla.)
25. Florida
Others receiving votes;  Kentucky, St. Bonaventure, Creighton, NC State, TCU, Loyola-Chicago, Virginia Tech,  New Mexico State,  Arkansas, Nebraska, Texas A&M,  Boise State
            

Joey, NCAA Cat Analyst after His week 18 CBB Top 25 Rankings