rickym24's Ballot for Week 14 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 5:30PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
(-) The 1A to Virginia's 1B. Wouldn't have a problem with anyone flipping the two. |
| 2 |
Virginia
|
(-) Dominated a bad Cuse team on the road. Will be an easy 1 seed if they keep rolling like this. |
| 3 |
Purdue
|
(-) Almost got Buttgered. Toughest week in a while w/ () OSU at home and on the road against (4) MSU. |
| 4 |
Michigan State
|
(+1) Escaped Bloomington with the W. Need to defend the home court against (3) Purdue, which I think they will. |
| 5 |
Xavier
|
(+2) Barely squeaked by GTown @ home. Another very perplexing win for Xavier. |
| 6 |
Cincinnati
|
(+2) Took care of a good Houston team at home. Have the American all but locked up. |
| 7 |
Duke
|
(-4) St. Johns really took advantage of Duke's inability to defend the ball screen... I hope UNC can do the same on Thursday (probably cant) |
| 8 |
Auburn
|
(+2) They keep on winning and winning and winning. Trending towards a 2 seed if they keep dominating the SEC like this. |
| 9 |
Texas Tech
|
(+4) Squeaked by Texas @home and smacked TCU on the road. Could they be the team to end KU's streak? (Probably not) |
| 10 |
Kansas
|
(-4) Losing to OSU isn't bad, losing to OSU on your home court is bad. Unfortunately for KU that loss overshadows a big road win over KSU. |
| 11 |
Saint Mary's
|
(+5) "Don't lose our way to the top" is full speed ahead until the next GU game. |
| 12 |
Gonzaga
|
(+1) Same as SMC. We'll see if they can return the favor and win on the road against them on Saturday. |
| 13 |
Ohio State
|
(+4) Bounced back by beating Illinois and Indiana, not exactly world beaters. Huge game @ (3) Purdue this week. |
| 14 |
Tennessee
|
(+4) Up to a 5 game win streak. Huge road games @ Kentucky and Alabama this week for the Vols. |
| 15 |
Oklahoma
|
(-4) This is probably a bit harsh on OU but I didn't like what I saw this week at all. Losing @ Texas is fine, barely beating Baylor isn't. |
| 16 |
Arizona
|
(-6) Didn't make it out of the Washington unscathed. Dropped to UW who also beat fellow Arizonian's in ASU. They cant defend 6th graders. |
| 17 |
Clemson
|
(+3) Beat then (25) UNC at home and won @ Wake. Without Grantham as well, pretty impressive for the Tigers. |
| 18 |
URI
|
(+3) UMass & VCU aren't the greatest teams but beating them on the road back to back is still nice. Rams owning the A10. |
| 19 |
West Virginia
|
(-7) Got destroyed by ISU but bounced back to destroy KSU. Maybe that righted the ship? Who knows, WVU is in a weird spot. |
| 20 |
Wichita State
|
(-5) Dropped @ Temple in OT. Cant win games in the American not playing their "A game". Shockers will be alright. |
| 21 |
Michigan
|
(+1) Played ugly against NU and carried it over against Minnesota. Ugly but they escaped with the two wins. |
| 22 |
Miami (FL)
|
(UR) Beat a desperate VT team on the road. Should also beat Wake at home and BC on the road this week. |
| 23 |
Kentucky
|
(-4) Squeaked by Vandy at home when they probably should've lost. Dropping @ Mizzou doesn't really change much for me. |
| 24 |
Nevada
|
(UR) Welcome back Wolfpack. Have bounced back nicely after that heartbreaker @ Wyoming. (Considered - FSU, Creighton, UNC, ASU) |
| 25 |
Creighton
|
(-1) Got smacked by Nova, that happens to everyone. (Considered - UNC, FSU, Butler, Seton Hall) |