University of Kansas LogoINeedMoreCreativity's Ballot for Week 6 of 2018-19

Submitted on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 12:54AM EST
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1 University of Michigan Logo Michigan Top resume in the country and would be favored on a neutral court against all except maybe Duke. March savior Jordan Poole is looking good.
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Still a top resume, but at some point they'll stumble into a L instead of a W. And no, I didn't have UM pass KU, I had them ranked 1 last wk
3 Duke University Logo Duke Would be favored against any other team in the country on a neutral court. Consistently destroying teams. One loss to Zags isn't that bad
4 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga The top four are very close. Head to head result vs Duke is only one data point. Could be #1 w/o a couple miscues and w/o UM kicking ass
5 University of Nevada, Reno Logo Nevada Great neutral court win vs Ariz St. Beautiful basketball they're playing. They don't turn it over and they have a top resume.
6 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Slightly worse resume than Nevada.
7 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Amazing win at Florida. Yes, Florida is 5-4, but the most accurate predictive metrics think Florida is hard to beat (a top 20 team).
8 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin Lost a tough game at Marquette, but still one of the best resumes in the country. Both losses were close.
9 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee They have one of the best wins in the country. They look great. But the rest of their resume isn't better than teams like UW and Mich St.
10 Auburn University Logo Auburn Only blemish is a loss vs Duke, but they look to be playing fantastic basketball.
11 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Tech still looks great, Tennessee and Mich St just passed tech with those top tier wins.
12 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma #7 and #11 resume according to WAB and SOR. If they haven't passed your eye test, it might be bc only 2 of their 9 games were played at home
13 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Their win at Cincy is looking even better right now. Chris Holtman continuing to do great things.
14 Florida State University Logo Florida State
15 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Logo Virginia Tech
16 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina Resume is so-so, but they look decent in my eye test of the games they've played.
17 Mississippi State University Logo Mississippi State All their good wins are either on neutral courts or away. No crazy good wins, but neutral vs St Mary’s and Clemson and at Dayton are decent
18 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Logo Nebraska Still a good resume, and passes my eye test. James Palmer is a man. One of the better offensive performances in the country vs Creighton
19 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State I actually thought they did pretty good vs Nevada. As a KU fan I'm worried for when we play. Still a pretty good resume
20 University at Buffalo Logo Buffalo Fantastic resume, with one of the best wins in the country all year, @ WVU. I'm slowly moving Buffalo up. No bad games yet for the bulls.
21 University of Houston Logo Houston Good wins vs Oregon, at BYU, and at OKST. Surprised with the success after the departure of Rob Gray, one of the better CBB players Ive seen
22 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana Great win vs Louisville. No bad losses (@ Arkansas, Duke) and a lot of decent wins (Marquette, NW, @PSU, Lousville)
23 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Perfect since a forgivable loss to Ohio St. No one plays better ugly basketball than Mick Cronin's teams
24 Marquette University Logo Marquette Amazing win vs UW. Slightly better resume than Iowa
25 St. John's University Logo St. John's Undefeated, but against weak teams. And no, UK doesn't belong in the top 25: #70,#69 in WAB, SOR; Their best wins are #95 UNCB and #114 SIU.