adamjthomas11's Ballot for Week 10 of 2019-20
Submitted on Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 8:32PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Gonzaga
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Better quality loss (Michigan rather than Stephen F. Austin) |
| 2 |
Duke
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| 3 |
Kansas
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Good quality win over West Virginia past week |
| 4 |
Auburn
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Need to beat better teams to jump Kansas |
| 5 |
Baylor
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| 6 |
Butler
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Baylor has head-head |
| 7 |
Oregon
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Oregon has better resume (although San Diego St. did beat Utah St., the Aggies aren’t what everyone expected this year) |
| 8 |
San Diego State
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| 9 |
Michigan State
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Beat Michigan by more and both have similar caliber losses (one to UK, one to a good ACC team, and one to a fluctuating top 25 team) |
| 10 |
Louisville
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All losses to top 25 teams unlike Ohio St. |
| 11 |
Ohio State
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Two losses to unranked teams (one at home) |
| 12 |
Florida State
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| 13 |
Dayton
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Competitive in both losses to Colorado and Kansas (and only lost by a combined 8 points, both in OT, one to a buzzer beater (Colorado)) |
| 14 |
Maryland
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Lost to a Myles Powell-less Seton Hall team (pushing them just below Dayton) |
| 15 |
Memphis
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| 16 |
Villanova
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| 17 |
Michigan
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Only team to beat Gonzaga; have four losses but you can’t ignore what they did do to Gonzaga and a North Carolina team w/ Cole Anthony) |
| 18 |
Kentucky
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| 19 |
Virginia
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| 20 |
Marquette
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Dismantled Villanova (do have a bad loss to Creighton and Wisconsin but Wisconsin beat Ohio St. and Creighton looks like a tournament team) |
| 21 |
Penn State
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| 22 |
West Virginia
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| 23 |
Texas Tech
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| 24 |
Wichita State
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Head-head over Arkansas due to quality of loss (Arkansas- WKU, Wichita- West Virginia |
| 25 |
Colorado
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Lost to Oregon St but have two wins against very quality teams including against 4 Oregon this week (even if it was controversial) |