University of Virginia Logogrubberbeb's Ballot for Week 16 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 1:32AM EST
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1 Villanova University Logo Villanova Xavier on the road will be their last real test of the regular season. If they can clinch that one, I think they lock down the overall #1.
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Took care of business with Oklahoma St., and good win at Kansas State. Probably going to win the Big 12 again, but it's not over yet..
3 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma Texas tech wasn't a bad loss, and the win at West Virginia almost erases it.
4 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Essentially a bye week, but the 2nd half of Monday's game against NC State was very dominating. 4 hard games remaining.
5 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State While I am a Virginia fan, I think I speak for everybody when I say that MSU tops my list of teams I don't want to face in the tourney.
6 Xavier University Logo Xavier Hopefully gaining some consistency with two good wins this week. One last chance to dethrone the #1 coming up.
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina The Duke ending was simply bad coaching. But the Miami crucifixion I think makes up for it. Tar Heels can still be scary.
8 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Bad upset loss to Penn State. Basically just have to take care of business to secure the B1G though.
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona All of a sudden, Arizona seems to be in a place to snatch the Pac12 from Oregon. A win at Utah would virtually seal it.
10 University of Louisville Logo Louisville Picked up a couple of solid home wins this week, but like the rest of the top of the ACC, they have some tough games left.
11 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State Baylor isn't a bad loss. Feel a little dirty moving them up this much, but they had a better week than teams right below them.
12 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland Melo Trimble still not finding himself spells trouble. Lost in one of the season's bigger upsets, but it happens. 2 hard road games left.
13 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Maybe they would have won without that technical, or maybe they still would have lost. Either way, it wasn't a bad game.
14 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Unfortunately haven't been able to completely deliver in the biggest games this year. Will have to improve to make a good tourney run.
15 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Miami was favored to lose to UNC. They weren't favored to be absolutely crucified.
16 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Maybe they've found their feet again. Still some time to recover before the rough LA finish to the season.
17 Duke University Logo Duke Even if winning @ UNC was mostly UNC's fault, it was still a very good win. Louisville loss is understandable.
18 University of Dayton Logo Dayton The road loss to St. Joe's was an understandable, quality loss. The home loss to St. Bonaventure? Not so much.
19 Baylor University Logo Baylor I was ready to count them out, but then this week happened. Still have to play KU, Oklahoma, and WV again though, so we'll see.
20 Purdue University Logo Purdue Managed to cut the IU deficit down significantly at the end, but couldn't seal it. They better find themselves soon.
21 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Almost blew the Purdue game at the end, but they were dominant for most of it.
22 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU UConn isn't a bad loss. SMU does seem to be riding their undefeated momentum still though.
23 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M Maybe shouldn't have gotten the Kentucky win, but they seem to have at least stopped the bleeding.
24 University of Connecticut Logo UConn Not many quality wins, but also not many bad losses. Who's ready for another UConn title run??
25 University of California, Berkeley Logo California Call me crazy, but for some reason I think Cal has turned a corner. Don't want to see them again in March.