St. Johnsplenda806's Ballot for Week 2 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, November 16, 2015 at 1:07AM EST
RankTeamReason
1 University of Virginia Logo Virginia only major loss is Darion Atkins, returning 76% of minutes played from a 29-3 team
2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina similar to UVA, returning 86% minutes played from a sweet 16 team
3 Duke University Logo Duke best recruiting class in the country
4 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky I like Duke's recruiting class just a bit more
5 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State I can't tell if this team is so underrated that they're now overrated, or if their now overrated-ness has made them underrated again
6 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma best backcourt in the country? I'm Ron Burgundy?
7 University of Kansas Logo Kansas would be top-5 with Cheick Diallo
8 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Can't help but feel the Terps are a bit overrated, still have something to prove before I'd annoint them Top 5
9 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana if they can play something vaguely resembling a competent defense, Hoosiers final four isn't hard to imagine
10 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State RONNNNNN BAAAKERRRRRR
11 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
12 University of Utah Logo Utah the most underrated team in CBB last year, dont see them hanging outside the T10 for long
13 Villanova University Logo Villanova no more Jayvaughn Pinkston or Darrun Hilliard is a big loss on both sides of the ball
14 Baylor University Logo Baylor maybe the most well balanced team in CBB
15 University of California, Berkeley Logo California
16 Vanderbilt University Logo Vanderbilt
17 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga don't see them replicating quite the same success from last year
18 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati
19 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State death, taxes, Tom Izzo T25 preseason
20 Butler University Logo Butler BIG EAST MASTER RACE
21 Purdue University Logo Purdue "WTF we're behind Butler???.........but ahead of Notre Dame? yeah we can live with that". Indiana college hoops shall be a treat this year
22 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame thank you for Jerian Grant. signed, a Knicks fan.
23 University of Michigan Logo Michigan NJIT #nvr4gt
24 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU after Michigan the next 10-15 teams are virtually a tossup at this point
25 Valparaiso University Logo Valparaiso fuck it why not