oncearunner's Ballot for Week 16 of 2018-19| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Duke
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Tier 1A That Lville game made me think less of duke, but not enough to drop them. |
| 2 |
Virginia
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Great road win @ UNC, could stand to bury ND a bit more at home |
| 3 |
Gonzaga
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| 4 |
Tennessee
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tier 1b Loss @ Rupp is one thing, but that was a murder. 1 loss was basically the only thing keeping them above zaga or UVA |
| 5 |
Kentucky
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Loss vs LSU and clapping Tenn at home is mostly a wash on the week, but Michigan did worse so they move up. |
| 6 |
Michigan
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| 7 |
Michigan State
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| 8 |
Houston
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Tier 2 Win vs Lsu continues to age well, picked up a nice win vs Uconn |
| 9 |
North Carolina
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Now 5-5 in Q1 with the Lville split and VT win looking worse |
| 10 |
LSU
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Big win @ Rupp, but need to show more consistency. That Arkansas home loss is rough as is that close call with Georgia |
| 11 |
Nevada
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| 12 |
Marquette
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Should have had them above nova last week. Nice win @depaul |
| 13 |
Kansas
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Tier 3 The big 12 never changes |
| 14 |
Purdue
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that maryland loss, while expected, was uglier than it should have been |
| 15 |
Florida State
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Taking care of business while others lose. No big wins so no huge jump, but they showed consistency |
| 16 |
Villanova
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| 17 |
Wisconsin
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I probably had them 2 spots too high last week and a loss vs MSU, while not too bad, still hurts |
| 18 |
Iowa State
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| 19 |
Texas Tech
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Efficiency metrics are cool and all but you've still got a losing Q1 record and do pretty poorly on the road |
| 20 |
Iowa
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still shaky on the road |
| 21 |
Kansas State
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| 22 |
Maryland
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Very solid win against purdue, still bad away from home |
| 23 |
Virginia Tech
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Tier 4 |
| 24 |
Buffalo
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Toledo game was pretty ugly, but 2 very solid wins this week. Harris needs to wake up and they need to start out stronger |
| 25 |
Louisville
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Ceiling is ~#5 . Your floor is playing like a 15 seed losing their lead on a 2... but actually worse. Worst choke I've ever seen. |