needaboat4's Ballot for Week 15 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 9:59AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
|
I know they won't shoot that well every night or even most nights, but if they even shoot half as well... oof |
| 2 |
Tennessee
|
no knock on Tennessee but duke won at Virginia |
| 3 |
North Carolina
|
The blue bloods (UNC and UK specifically) have returned. Unfortunately. |
| 4 |
Virginia
|
I'm conflicted here as it was a statistically absurd night for Duke, but they did lose at home by quite a bit. Only drop one though. |
| 5 |
Gonzaga
|
I was really high on Gonzaga going into the season, but its unfortunate they never have any conference opportunities to push themselves up |
| 6 |
Kentucky
|
That stint of Kentucky being bad was nice, but I guess we can't have nice things so. |
| 7 |
Michigan
|
Have some offensive struggles, but they have individuals who can go off (Poole, Teske, Iggy) and a PG to take them through the tough times. |
| 8 |
Marquette
|
Markus Howard is good at basketball, and the Hauser boys are slightly less good but still good |
| 9 |
Houston
|
Beat top-25 Cincinnati |
| 10 |
Purdue
|
Little bit of a homer move, but the biggest knock against Purdue before was its lack of depth, and the stat sheet has never been more spread |
| 11 |
Nevada
|
Same as Gonzaga |
| 12 |
Michigan State
|
Hot take: Illinois is a tournament team that played too hard of a schedule, the loss still doesn't look great, but the skid has stopped. |
| 13 |
Kansas
|
Close loss @Kstate |
| 14 |
LSU
|
Beat two really good teams in Mississippi State and Auburn |
| 15 |
Texas Tech
|
They may not win the Big 12, but can they help dethrone Kansas?? or will they eat every other team and lose to KU by 20? Who knows? |
| 16 |
Louisville
|
I'm pretty impressed with the job Mack has been able to do in a program everyone thought was dead in the water. |
| 17 |
Villanova
|
I'm sure the wildcats will look forward to their rematch with Marquette in their own house |
| 18 |
Wisconsin
|
They won @Minnesota and lost on the road to a team ranked higher |
| 19 |
Maryland
|
Despite my love for Tim Miles, beating Nebraska is getting less and less impressive... still it was in Pinnacle so |
| 20 |
Iowa State
|
losing at home = oof |
| 21 |
Virginia Tech
|
I got the displeasure of watching V-tech without Justin Robinson... let's just say, Buzz really needs him to come back |
| 22 |
Buffalo
|
I like Buffalo, but same as Gonzaga and Nevada, all their conference games can do is lower their stock. |
| 23 |
Iowa
|
Some days I love Iowa, some days I hate Iowa... I'm not sure |
| 24 |
Washington
|
Continues to steam roll through an albeit weak PAC-12, but being 10-1 in a (used-to-be)-major conference is no joke. |
| 25 |
Kansas State
|
Beating Kansas is big time and there's a real chance they could dethrone them. |