Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 |
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Win over Duke gets them to #1 |
2 |
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Win over Kansas gets them to #2 |
3 |
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Unlike the Top 2, hasn't had a true quality win yet, but they're a good team and Georgetown is no cupcake. |
4 |
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Another quality team who has yet to be truly tested. |
5 |
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See #4 |
6 |
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Ditto |
7 |
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Loss to Michigan State hurts them, but not much. |
8 |
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Second best team in the Big 12, which is a competitive conference. They could go far. |
9 |
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Another good decent team. |
10 |
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Lost to UK by 11, which wouldn't drop them too much by itself. Then they barely beat VCU and Georgetown, who they should easy handle. |
11 |
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I don't care if it's a road game, you need to beat George Washington if you want to stay in the Top 10 |
12 |
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Good team out of Big 10, possible sleeper |
13 |
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I like this Notre Dame team. They have a potential to go far this year. |
14 |
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That loss to UNI hurts a lot. Let's see if it's just a fluke. |
15 |
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Good team out of Pac-12, a real sleeper. |
16 |
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Wins over Utah and Butler - impressive. |
17 |
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Strong wins against bad teams. Will move up if they play well in Atlantis. |
18 |
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Impressive win over Virginia, but some other games were too close. |
19 |
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Quality Big 10 team, another sleeper out of there |
20 |
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They beat Michigan. That counts for something. |
21 |
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Good team out of SEC, don't forget about them just because of Kentucky |
22 |
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Don't forget about the Mountaineers either. |
23 |
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Blown out all opponents but none were good teams. Butler game in a couple weeks is first real test. |
24 |
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Win over UNC is huge, but to be ranked higher, they can't lose to Colorado State. |
25 |
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Win over Wisconsin is impressive still a week later. Don't ignore them just yet. |