What's All The Fuss About Being No.1?

No.1 in College Basketball Doesn't Matter

This past weekend the Ohio St. Buckeyes lost to the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, ending their undefeated season. All the talk on Saturday and Sunday was who would be the new number 1. Would it be Kansas or Texas or maybe even Pitt. I'm here to say that in college basketball being ranked no.1 really doesn't matter. March Madness sorts out who is the best team and that is totally fine by me.

Just to give you some perspective on how the number one ranking in the polls you can look at last years Final Four teams. Duke, West Virginia, Michigan St. and Butler were ranked from 6th to 13th and they were the last four standing. For most of the year, these teams were playing the best. That's why the rankings and polls really does not matter. The only benefit the rankings provide is seeding.

The rankings give people something to talk about and bragging rights from week to week. They also give a good gauge on who is improving throughout the year. What you really want to look at to determine who is hot going into March Madness is by who played the best in their conference tournament and their last 5 regular season games.

The month of Febraury will seperate the contenders from the pretenders. The rankings don't reflect a teams determination, discipline and defense. These are the areas that reflect how good a team really is. Not a ranking in a paper.