JamesBCrazy's Ballot for Week 14 of 2016-17
Submitted on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 5:00PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
 Villanova
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To preemptively respond to those who question Villanova at #1, my reasoning is that they've played a much tougher schedule. |
| 2 |
Gonzaga
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If Gonzaga beat St. Mary's decisively, they're moving up. Until then, though, I can't justify them as #1. |
| 3 |
Louisville
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| 4 |
Kansas
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| 5 |
Baylor
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| 6 |
UCLA
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| 7 |
Wisconsin
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| 8 |
North Carolina
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UNC did not look very impressive if you only look at the scoreline, but they're still a solid team and the ND win justifies a but of a bump. |
| 9 |
Virginia
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| 10 |
Saint Mary's
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71-27. No, that's not a typo. Now let's hope that they don't lose by that much against Gonzaga. |
| 11 |
Kentucky
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| 12 |
Florida State
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The Seminoles stumbled a bit against mostly top-25 opposition. Against lower-tier ACC opponents since then, they're 2-2. |
| 13 |
Florida
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Even when Florida wins decisively over a top-10 team they end up a spot behind FSU. |
| 14 |
Arizona
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This is probably still too low even with the loss, but I'm acknowledging I was underrating this team. The Pac-12 is weird this season. |
| 15 |
Cincinnati
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| 16 |
West Virginia
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| 17 |
Butler
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| 18 |
Oregon
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It appears I was a bit hasty in dropping Oregon after the Colorado loss. |
| 19 |
Purdue
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Instead of talking about Purdue, I'll congratulate Rutgers for becoming the third-worst D1 basketball school in the state of New Jersey. |
| 20 |
Creighton
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| 21 |
South Carolina
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| 22 |
SMU
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| 23 |
Duke
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Grayson Allen keeps this team ranked, even when he's on an ego trip. |
| 24 |
Xavier
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| 25 |
Northwestern
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Northwestern gets the pity point again. I think they're finally going to make it - PlayoffStatus gives them a 95% chance. |