1hive's Ballot for Week 5 of 2016-17
Submitted on Monday, December 5, 2016 at 9:58AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
 Baylor
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Wins over Xavier, Louisville, Oregon, MSU, VCU. I can't fault anyone who has Villanova #1 but I personally like Baylor a bit more. |
| 2 |
Villanova
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Jumped by Baylor just because of quality of wins. Nova definitely is a great teams so I understand having them #1 |
| 3 |
Kansas
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| 4 |
Indiana
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Willing to overlook that IPFW loss. Wins over KU and UNC is right up there with Baylor for best resume in the nation |
| 5 |
Duke
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| 6 |
North Carolina
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| 7 |
UCLA
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UCLA should be higher but I'm not sure who I can put them over. Huge win @ Rupp. Bruins look legit |
| 8 |
Kentucky
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| 9 |
Gonzaga
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| 10 |
Louisville
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Baylor loss doesn't look so bad anymore. Cards have one of the best defenses in the nation, as usual |
| 11 |
Creighton
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Jays keep on chugging along |
| 12 |
Butler
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Butler still undefeated on the young season with wins over Arizona and NU. Pretty damn solid |
| 13 |
West Virginia
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Enormous win over UVA at JPJ. I was low on WVU all offseason but apparently I was wrong. Press Virginia is legit. |
| 14 |
Virginia
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| 15 |
Purdue
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Only losses are to Nova and Louisville, both ranked ahead of them. Still a talented squad |
| 16 |
Oregon
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| 17 |
Arizona
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| 18 |
Xavier
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Xavier looked pretty mediocre against Baylor. Even though it's @ my #1 team, still moving X down a lot because of how poor they looked. |
| 19 |
Wisconsin
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| 20 |
Cincinnati
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| 21 |
Saint Mary's
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| 22 |
Florida
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| 23 |
Notre Dame
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| 24 |
South Carolina
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Waiting for news on Thornwell |
| 25 |
Syracuse
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