Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Duke | Tier 1- Beat decent Cal and Gtown teams this week to take the 1 spot +1 |
2 | Louisville | -1 |
3 | Michigan State | Tier 2 +1 |
4 | Virginia | Their defense is holding but the offense has looked terrible. We'll see how it plays out -1 |
5 | Ohio State | for some reason thought their game against nova last week was on the road, but they stay put even with that. nova moves up = |
6 | Maryland | Not much movement this week as we get an eerily calm week of college basketball = |
7 | Gonzaga | Tier 3 +1 |
8 | Oregon | oregon has looked pretty damn good in the games of theirs that i've seen. metrics look good too +1 |
9 | North Carolina | also have looked pretty bad their last two games. -2 |
10 | Kansas | = |
11 | Texas Tech | = |
12 | Seton Hall | Realllllly looking forward to their game against Oregon next week = |
13 | Utah State | Tier 4- gritty win against LSU +3 |
14 | Arizona | = |
15 | VCU | +2 |
16 | Baylor | big win for baylor against villanova. both teams look sweet sixteen caliber NR |
17 | Kentucky | iffy showings and an evansville implosion drops them a few spots -2 |
18 | Memphis | I think this team has the chance to play well enough without wiseman. excited to see how they do NR |
19 | Michigan | Tier 5- They've looked phenomenal, even if its been against bad teams sans creighton NR |
20 | Auburn | +1 |
21 | San Diego State | +1 |
22 | Arkansas | Arkansas looks like a defensive juggernaut under eric musselman. excited to see how they play NR |
23 | Colorado | NR |
24 | Tennessee | NR |
25 | DePaul | Oklahoma, Penn State, Butler, WVU, Xavier, Temple, Villanova, Oklahoma, VT, Wisconsin are top 35. plenty of other teams deserve mentions |