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Tier 1- This team has looked ridiculously good and deserves to be top 5 in every poll +18 |
2 |
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some ridiculous movements after a ridiculous week of college basketball. resumes are being built right now. = |
3 |
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good wins against decent teams in temple and harvard, and a dominant win against marquette +3 |
4 |
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+1 |
5 |
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it's really hard call this team elite with its offense, but its defense is making it possible -1 |
6 |
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Tier 2- big week in maui for the jayhawks, with a win in a great game vs dayton. +2 |
7 |
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haven't looked bad in a game and they've been playing increasingly impressive opponents. hot take but i like what ive seen +14 |
8 |
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even with the loss to michigan, they hold their ground with a win against oregon +1 |
9 |
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Won against oregon, but a blowout loss to michigan is a rough one. these three teams are exciting to watch -2 |
10 |
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even with a 2 loss week, the ducks proved that they belong after a win against seton hall and two close losses against unc and the zags -2 |
11 |
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Tier 3- here we have teams that don't really belong this high but probably don't deserve to be any lower. +9 |
12 |
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Their loss wouldn't look nearly as bad if it weren't for virginia tech collapsing immediately after -9 |
13 |
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I mean come on. you can't lose to stephen f austin at home and expect to stay ranked high. didnt look great against winthrop either -12 |
14 |
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didn't look great against pepperdine or penn, but closing games is important and wins are wins = |
15 |
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Tier 4- went to maui and went 2-1 with their one loss coming to kansas. this team should be good. NR |
16 |
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beat a decent NCST team. +2 |
17 |
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not playing great offensively but its never easy to go on the road and win in OT. +5 |
18 |
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didn't play this week :[ -2 |
19 |
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they haven't looked like the same team since their loss to evansville, who promptly collapsed after knocking off kentucky -2 |
20 |
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Tier 5- played an almost perfect game against ole miss. +6 |
21 |
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WVU has a bunch of decent wins and bob huggins can always lead a team. +8 |
22 |
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+1 |
23 |
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don't have bad losses but their wins are borderline at best. the closeness of their losses is keeping them ranked -11 |
24 |
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+1 |
25 |
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tennessee, saint mary's, butler, utah state, Penn state, Indiana, Xavier, Temple, Villanova, Liberty round out top 35 |