newportnik's Ballot for Week 3 of 2016-17
Submitted on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 11:35PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
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Great win against Purdue, not sure when they'll be tested next |
| 2 |
Kentucky
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Great win against MSU. 2 cupcakes before this gets really interesting: ASU, UCLA, Valpo, UNC, Louisville, all coming up |
| 3 |
Duke
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Loss to Kansas, but still dispensed of a solid Rhode Island team without their full strength. Not 100% where to rank them w/ injury concerns |
| 4 |
North Carolina
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Excited to see them play Indiana, crushed a very good mid-major in Chattanooga |
| 5 |
Kansas
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Have them a slot ahead of Indiana despite losing the head to head. Kansas's 2 wins are very solid, beating Duke and a good Siena team |
| 6 |
Indiana
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Might be under ranking them since they have one of the better wins so far against Kansas |
| 7 |
Virginia
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Defense looks great, but losing Nichols hurts. Also never seen a team with a 99.7% win probability on KP, which UVA has against Grambling |
| 8 |
Louisville
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Crushed a top-100 William & Mary squad…ODU will be another decent game before some cupcakes |
| 9 |
Syracuse
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Handled Monmouth pretty easily, and put up a ridiculous 1.61 PPP against Holy Cross |
| 10 |
Arizona
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Possibly getting Trier back is huge, and they have a good win against MSU. |
| 11 |
Saint Mary's
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Really impressed with their road win at Dayton. I think this is a legit top-15 team for the rest of the year |
| 12 |
Michigan
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Racked up some solid neutral site wins against Marquette and SMU, and get a tough road test this week at South Carolina |
| 13 |
Xavier
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No huge wins (2 close ones actually), but they haven't played anyone below KP 140 and are 5-0, 3-0 on neutral court. Not easy |
| 14 |
Oregon
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Losing to Baylor away isn't a killer, but they didn't look good. Georgetown will be a good test |
| 15 |
Florida
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Like Xavier, the wins don't blow you away, but I give them credit for scheduling and beating good mid/low major teams |
| 16 |
Wisconsin
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I know they lost a road game, but I'm not really impressed with this team so far. 2 wins against sub-300 teams isn't much of a resume |
| 17 |
Baylor
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Good wins against Oregon and FGCU with a chance to get another nice one against VCU this week |
| 18 |
Gonzaga
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| 19 |
Miami (FL)
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| 20 |
Creighton
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| 21 |
West Virginia
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| 22 |
Purdue
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| 23 |
Wichita State
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| 24 |
Butler
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| 25 |
Michigan State
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Also considered: UCLA, Cincinnati, Rhode Island, Dayton |