SleveMcDichael4's Ballot for Week 9 of 2018-19| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
Duke
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Not gonna try to write many explanations this week because, well, pretty much nothing happened. |
| 2 |
Michigan
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| 3 |
Virginia
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| 4 |
Tennessee
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| 5 |
Gonzaga
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They look excellent, have beaten the #1 team, and are probably gonna dominate the WCC for the fifty billionth straight year. |
| 6 |
Kansas
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The loss to Arizona State is looking worse, and I'm just more confident in Gonzaga at this point. |
| 7 |
Texas Tech
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| 8 |
Michigan State
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| 9 |
Auburn
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| 10 |
Marquette
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| 11 |
Nevada
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Utah win was refreshing, even if they and the rest of the Pac-12 are, at best, the 7th best conference this season. |
| 12 |
North Carolina
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I wasn't even that hard on them after the Kentucky loss and I'm already starting to think I was too hard. Probably better than you think. |
| 13 |
Virginia Tech
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Still a "we'll see" team going into ACC play. |
| 14 |
Nebraska
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| 15 |
Kentucky
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Alright, turns out the Wildcats are actually good. Not declaring them elite again yet, but they're firmly ranked. |
| 16 |
NC State
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| 17 |
Oklahoma
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| 18 |
Mississippi State
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I took a closer look at their résumé and realized I actually like it way better than Wisconsin's or Ohio State's. |
| 19 |
Wisconsin
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The only tough thing this week was figuring out how far to drop Wisconsin. It was initially four, then MsSt and UK jumped them. WKU is fine. |
| 20 |
Ohio State
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| 21 |
Florida State
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Jumped Buffalo and Indiana because I'm beginning to feel better about their good wins, but I'm still not top-10 sold. I just don't get it. |
| 22 |
Indiana
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| 23 |
Buffalo
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| 24 |
Cincinnati
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| 25 |
Houston
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The only team I dropped was Arizona State, and I replaced them with these guys, my first team out last week. |