Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Virginia | Still #1 for same reasons of last week: more consistency, a greater number of impressive road wins |
2 | Kentucky | Still destined to #1, will be #1 pretty soon if they keep blowing out other teams (regardless of what Virginia does) |
3 | Villanova | |
4 | Duke | Came back and forth four times to decide between Duke and Wisconsin but in the end - really - Duke won @Wis and that settles it. |
5 | Wisconsin | |
6 | Gonzaga | They'll swing from #3-4 to #8-9 depending on what other teams do. Of course if Kentucky and Virginia post 2-3 losses each, things can change |
7 | Kansas | Still think Utah is the better team but at this point they have the slight edge as losing to Zona is worse than losing to Iowa State IMHO |
8 | Utah | They just lost to Arizona but overall their profile is better than Zona (no bad losses, more consistent play) |
9 | Arizona | |
10 | Iowa State | The ball to win in Baylor and taking care of Kansas at home. If Niang makes that shot they are probably #6-7 at this point. But he didn't. |
11 | Notre Dame | Resilient performance vs. Miami as they had to come back with a team that had just upset the Dukies |
12 | Wichita State | Man-handled Evansville, that looked a like a legitimate challenge. On the road. |
13 | North Carolina | |
14 | VCU | |
15 | Louisville | They only lost to good teams but that's the point. There are several teams better than Louisville at the moment. |
16 | Maryland | Demolished MSU. I'm impressed. |
17 | Texas | Back to winning ways. |
18 | West Virginia | Lost to Texas, They belong here for this week. I have feeling they'll keep going up and down every week. |
19 | Stanford | Only two losses since November. One in 2OT @Cal, the other by two points @BYU. Huge matchup with Zona next week. |
20 | Indiana | Keep taking care of business in the B1G and you belong in the top 25 |
21 | Oklahoma | Moody team with top 10 talent IMHO |
22 | Northern Iowa | |
23 | Iowa | Two solid wins in the B1G |
24 | SMU | The Mustangs and Tulsa are emerging as the best teams in an underrated American conference. Tulane, Memphis and Cincy could be top 25 soon. |
25 | Baylor | Next 10 Out: Tulsa, NC State, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Georgia, CSU, Butler, Providence, Wyoming, Dayton |