Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Virginia | tier 1 = |
2 | Gonzaga | = |
3 | North Carolina | Tier 2 +1 |
4 | Tennessee | Essentially negated their blowout loss to kentucky with a blowout win. would be nice to see an sec tournament matchup +2 |
5 | Duke | -2 |
6 | Michigan | Tier 3 fairly large dropoff between 5 and 6, but michigan is definitely a championship contender +4 |
7 | Kentucky | -2 |
8 | Texas Tech | shaky game against osu but have put together a win streak that might end Kansas' reign of terror. +3 |
9 | Virginia Tech | Duke is always a marquee win and makes VT's resume look much better +5 |
10 | LSU | Tier 4 I think LSU will win the SEC tournament and get a 2 seed in the Tournament. Naz Reed is the truth. +2 |
11 | Houston | Home win streak comes to an end, but it comes against a top 25 team. I still think this team can make a deep run. -4 |
12 | Michigan State | Closs loss but to a mediocre Indiana team. Their game against Michigan saturday will indicate how legit this team is. -4 |
13 | Purdue | Tier 5 +2 |
14 | Buffalo | +2 |
15 | Kansas | This team continues to stay near the top even with injuries and skeptics +2 |
16 | Marquette | 20+ turnovers can't happen. The villanova loss isn't that harmful but the creighton loss is. -7 |
17 | Cincinnati | Tier 6 +1 |
18 | Wofford | +2 |
19 | Kansas State | -6 |
20 | Florida State | +2 |
21 | UCF | Tier 7 Enormous road win against Houston, this team could have a top 4 seed with a good finish to the season +8 |
22 | Nevada | @utah state is not a bad loss, but their home win against them is still their best win. |
23 | Villanova | After a 3 game losing streak, they come out and knock off marquette. if they can find a 3rd scoring option, they have a chance in march NR |
24 | Auburn | Big win against miss st. keeps them atop the second tier of the SEC +7 |
25 | VCU | Wisconsin, Belmont, NMSU, Maryland, Miss St., Utah State, Iowa |