soccernamlak's Ballot for Week 13 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 29, 2018 at 4:35AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
Another consistent week for Villanova. A strong W against PROV behind Paschall's 17. Close game but a W against Marquette. Brunson had 31. |
| 2 |
Virginia
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They humiliated Clemson, holding them to 16 points in 28 minutes. Defense prevailed in close one w/ Duke. 1st win in Durham since 1995 |
| 3 |
Purdue
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Solid shooting (>60%) in win against Michigan. Edwards had 30. The win against Indiana was school record 17th straight. Maryland up next. |
| 4 |
Michigan State
|
A tough week for MSU in public eye. 3Ws though: against Illinois, Wisconsin, and Maryland. This makes Izzo's 7th straight 20W season. |
| 5 |
Xavier
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One game this week, and it was a win against Marquette despite Howard shooting near 50% for 33. SJU and GTWN up next. |
| 6 |
Cincinnati
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A good win against Temple behind Clark's 17/10 game. Clark went 18/9 in win vs. Memphis for 12th straight victory. UCONN next. |
| 7 |
Duke
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Despite an okay shooting night, Duke walked pass Wake. Bagley had 30/10 in loss to Virginia. Big issue: turnovers. Duke had 16, VA only 5. |
| 8 |
Arizona
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Got revenge in win against Colorado - Trier had 23. Ristic had 23 in win against Utah, making all of his 3 pt attempts. WSU next. |
| 9 |
Texas Tech
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Came from 15 down and rallied to win against OKST. Evans was key factor in that game and against SC for another win (had 31). |
| 10 |
Oklahoma
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A strong win against Kansas behind Young's 26. But then loss to Alabama. Baylor and Texas upcoming games this week. |
| 11 |
Kansas
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A tough loss to Oklahoma (Mykhailiuk had 24), but opened up a big first half lead to win against TAMU. KSU and OKST this week. |
| 12 |
Auburn
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Haper had 21 in win against Missouri. Heron shot 80% for 21 points against LSU. MISS and VAN are next. |
| 13 |
Gonzaga
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After 1st conf. loss, Perkins had 17 and Gonzaga wins against Santa Clara. Tillie had 27/7 against Portland for W. Also W vs SF. USD up next |
| 14 |
Wichita State
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After b2b losses, Morris had 19 to help the Shockers beat UCF. Against TSLA Reaves hit 7 3 pointers to help with W. Temple is next. |
| 15 |
Saint Mary's
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A good win against BYU. Landale had 32/14. Team shot >50% from field. Ford tied his career high of 20 against Portland for 16th straight win |
| 16 |
Tennessee
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Almost blew 20pt 2nd half lead, but held on against Vanderbilt. Turner had 20 in win against less stressful Iowa State game. |
| 17 |
Ohio State
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Nebraska win made it 4Ws in 8 days for Ohio State. Bates had 20 despite 50% acc. Crazy end-game gave loss to Penn State (78% from 3) |
| 18 |
West Virginia
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Carter had 16, but shot 33% in loss to TCU. UK came back 17 down w/ Knox's 34 for the second loss this week. Now WV lost 4 of past 5. |
| 19 |
North Carolina
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Oh dear. Got out rebounded, more turnovers, and out shot against VT. And despite 31 from Maye, UNC couldn't close it in OT to NC State. |
| 20 |
Clemson
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They lost to Virginia. Not much more to say than that. A last second layup by Reed (alongside DeVoe's 25) barely gave them W against GT. |
| 21 |
URI
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Berry went 9/12 for 20 in W against Fordham. Matthews had 20 and Robinson buzzer beater 3 for W vs Duquesne. UMASS/VCU next. |
| 22 |
Seton Hall
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Powells had 21 to help the Pirates win against DePaul. Delgado 19 rebounds; all team Big East leader in conf. games now. PROV and VILL next |
| 23 |
Creighton
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Foster had 24/8 for win vs. St Johns, and he hit 5 3s and had 28 in win against Georgetown. Playing Villanova next. |
| 24 |
Arizona State
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Despite Holder's 23, couldn't get pass Utah in OT. Have gone 3-5 in past 8 games. Hodor 22, Evans rained 3s in win against Colorado |
| 25 |
Nevada
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Loss to WYO that went into double OTs. First conference loss of season. Caroline had 29. |