Playing the curve

This is the point in the season when I, as the Power Rankings guy, feel marginalized. All anyone wants to talk about is seeds, seeds, seeds. So if you can, pretend that this is my elaborate S-curve through the top four lines of the bracket. And if that's not possible, then just bear with me and try to enjoy the blurbs: these are the final Power Rankings of 2007-08. By the time the major-conference tourneys begin next week, I'll have moved on to blogging ...

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ON THE CUSP, TIER 1:

Indiana (25-5): Are the Hoosiers limping toward the finish line, or was that disaster in East Lansing an anomaly?

Michigan State (23-6): Could make a push at a No. 4 seed with a deep run in the Big Ten tournament.

Butler (27-3): Bubble teams are big fans of the Bulldogs in the Horizon Tourney.

Marquette (22-7): That was quite the meltdown late against Georgetown