| Parrish's Top 25 (and one) |
| ALL | CONF | |
| Rk | School | Pvs | W | L | W | L | Last Week | This Week |
| 1 | Kansas | 7 | 37 | 3 | 16 | 3 | | |
| | Mario Chalmers' overtime-forcing 3-pointer was the key moment in the Jayhawks' national title run. |
| 2 | Memphis | 3 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 0 | | |
| | It was a great season for the Tigers, but their collapse in the title game will taint things forever. |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1 | 36 | 3 | 17 | 2 | | |
| | It's never wise to fall behind 40-12 in the national semifinals. |
| 4 | UCLA | 4 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 2 | | |
| | Defense wins championships, sure. But it helps to have a little offense, too. |
| 5 | Texas | 6 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 4 | | |
| | From losing Kevin Durant to finishing in the top 5 isn't a bad 12-month span for the Longhorns. |
| 6 | Louisville | 11 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | | |
| | The Cards looked like one of the best teams in the nation until they ran into North Carolina. |
| 7 | Tennessee | 2 | 31 | 5 | 15 | 3 | | |
| | The Vols need to get their point guard situation settled before next season, somehow. |
| 8 | Xavier | 12 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 3 | | |
| | The Musketeers were rolling until they were outclassed by UCLA in the Elite Eight. |
| 9 | Davidson | NR | 29 | 7 | 23 | 0 | | |
| | The Stephen Curry Show was the story of the NCAA tournament until the final weekend. |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 9 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 2 | | |
| | Bo Ryan should be commended for the job he did after losing Alando Tucker and Kammron Taylor. |
| 11 | Stanford | 13 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 6 | | |
| | Turns out, this was the last season at Stanford for the Lopez twins and Trent Johnson. |
| 12 | Georgetown | 8 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 4 | | |
| | Roy Hibbert's decision to return for his senior season didn't turn out to be so smart, did it? |
| 13 | Purdue | 14 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 4 | | |
| | The Baby Boilermakers turned Purdue into contenders a year before most expected it to happen. |
| 14 | Butler | 15 | 30 | 4 | 18 | 2 | | |
| | The Bulldogs were that close to knocking off Tennessee and advancing to the Sweet 16. |
| 15 | Washington State | 18 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 8 | | |
| | Tony Bennett took Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver about as far as he could take them. |
| 16 | West Virginia | NR | 26 | 11 | 13 | 8 | | |
| | The Mountaineers rode Joe Alexander into the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. |
| 17 | Michigan State | 22 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 7 | | |
| | The Spartans own the label as the best team to ever be down 50-20 at the half of an NCAA tournament game. |
| 18 | Duke | 5 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 4 | | |
| | The Blue Devils were great until they dropped three of their final five games of the season. |
| 19 | Notre Dame | 10 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | |
| | Luke Harangody became a star this season en route to earning Big East Player of the Year honors. |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | NR | 27 | 10 | 14 | 8 | | |
| | That Jamie Dixon was able to hold Pitt together despite injuries was an impressive coaching job. |
| 21 | Marquette | 21 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 8 | | |
| | Tom Crean's final year at Marquette ended with a loss to Stanford in the second round of the NCAA tournament. |
| 22 | Western Kentucky | NR | 29 | 7 | 19 | 2 | | |
| | Darrin Horn got the Hilltoppers to the Sweet 16, then got out in a hurry. |
| 23 | Drake | 23 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 3 | | |
| | Drake was the surprise of this season, even with a first-round loss in the NCAA tournament. |
| 24 | Connecticut | 16 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 6 | | |
| | The Huskies were one of the biggest disappointments of the NCAA tournament. |
| 25 | Mississippi State | 25 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 5 | | |
| | The Bulldogs ran away with the SEC West title and nearly caught Memphis in the NCAA tournament. |
| 26 | Villanova | NR | 22 | 13 | 10 | 10 | | |
| | The Wildcats went from being the last team in the field to making the Sweet 16. |
