Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Duke | So this week's rankings come with the tournament field being announced, so they don't matter as much. |
2 | Virginia | I think this might be a little more of a power rankings approach rather than resume based (but of course both are taken into account) |
3 | Gonzaga | Healthy Zion has returned for Duke and looked dominant. They have to be seen as 1 with him |
4 | North Carolina | Virginia also has a quite good argument for 1- incredible efficiency metrics, possibly highest KenPom going into tourney ever? |
5 | Tennessee | UNC very proven |
6 | Michigan State | Tennessee starts this group of 4, who would be my 2 seeds |
7 | Kentucky | MSU looking good, winning the conference reg season and tourney. Tough loss of Ahrens, could be a rallying point? |
8 | Michigan | Not much to say about UK. Michigan looks very good defensively but seems to have an offensive lapse in big games |
9 | Texas Tech | Tough out in conference tourney, but body of work and defense are impressive |
10 | Houston | |
11 | Florida State | |
12 | LSU | |
13 | Purdue | |
14 | Kansas State | |
15 | Kansas | |
16 | Virginia Tech | |
17 | Auburn | |
18 | Buffalo | |
19 | Cincinnati | |
20 | Iowa State | |
21 | Wofford | |
22 | Wisconsin | |
23 | Nevada | |
24 | Villanova | |
25 | Maryland | honorable mentions: miss. st, marquette, utah st, louisville |