brvheart's Ballot for Week 17 of 2018-19| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
Gonzaga
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Weak schedule. Has basically played no one since UNC and TN at the beginning of December, which they lost both. |
| 2 |
Virginia
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| 3 |
Michigan State
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Huge win @Michigan. |
| 4 |
Houston
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| 5 |
Marquette
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They have only lost to St. Johns since losing to Kansas by 9 on November 21st. |
| 6 |
Nevada
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| 7 |
North Carolina
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Easily beat Duke on the road w/o Zion. |
| 8 |
Duke
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Totally different team without Zion. If he's out long-term, they will drop significantly. Struggled against unranked Syr before pullin away |
| 9 |
Kentucky
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| 10 |
Tennessee
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| 11 |
Texas Tech
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Destroyed Kansas. |
| 12 |
Michigan
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| 13 |
LSU
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Two OT games this week. Went 1-1, but they beat TN by 2 at home, which is nice. |
| 14 |
Cincinnati
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| 15 |
Purdue
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| 16 |
Kansas State
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| 17 |
Florida State
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Lost by almost 20 @UNC. |
| 18 |
Virginia Tech
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| 19 |
Maryland
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| 20 |
Buffalo
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| 21 |
Wofford
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| 22 |
VCU
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| 23 |
Washington
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Only lost by 2 AT Gonzaga earlier in the year. Most of their losses were close. |
| 24 |
Iowa State
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I really hate being an ISU fan. I didn't want to even rank them this week, since they lost twice. However, it was by a combined 7 pts... |
| 25 |
Wisconsin
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^^^^ to two tourney teams. |