Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Michigan State | Lost to Kentucky, but shot poorly from 3 and had several players in foul trouble and still kept it close. Great win over seton hall |
2 | Louisville | Lot of good pieces and have been dominant against crappy competition so far |
3 | Virginia | Defense has been dominant and the win over Syracuse was impressive |
4 | Gonzaga | Dominant win over Texas A&M puts them at 4 for now |
5 | Kansas | Not thrilled with Kansas, but they have dominated weak competition and probably beat Duke without the turnovers |
6 | Duke | Shaky game against Georgia State drops them behind kansas. Offense is a concern, but defense looks very good |
7 | Ohio State | Good wins over Cincinnati and Nova. One of the best resumes in the country, though eye test puts them behind Duke for now |
8 | Arizona | Huge win over Illinois and big wins over every other team they've played |
9 | Seton Hall | Myles Powell is a stud and the defense looks great. |
10 | Kentucky | Tough loss to Evansville, but the defensive performance against MSU keeps them top 10 for now |
11 | Maryland | Nothing special so far, but a ton of returning talent and no bad performances yet |
12 | Oregon | Good win over a strong memphis team |
13 | North Carolina | Cole Anthony is great, but I doubt the pieces around him and think his efficiency will suffer against good teams |
14 | Texas Tech | I was a doubter to start and I'm still not sold on this team, but they've done everything you can ask of them so far |
15 | Tennessee | Good win over a solid Washington team |
16 | Utah State | Haven't watched them yet, but a bunch of comfy wins over bad teams so far |
17 | Texas | Win over a decent Purdue team and took care of business otherwise |
18 | VCU | Haven't watched yet, but beat a solid LSU team, which outweighs the shaky win at North Texas |
19 | Penn State | Good win over Georgetown and blow outs vs the scrubs. People are sleeping on this team |
20 | Memphis | This ranking is assuming Wiseman manages to regain eligability |
21 | Wisconsin | Big win over Marquette and close game vs St Mary's |
22 | Evansville | Undefeated and beat Kentucky. I'll wait and see |
23 | DePaul | No iffy wins and a good victory over Iowa |
24 | Baylor | I like the pieces and the 3 point shooting vs Washington seems like a fluke |
25 | Xavier | Missouri State win makes me iffy on this team |