H0b5t3r's Ballot for Week 17 of 2019-20
Submitted on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 6:37PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kansas
|
Had them 4th last week, they beat my #1 and my #s 2 and 3 lost |
| 2 |
Baylor
|
Close loss to a good Kansas team, hard to drop them that much |
| 3 |
Dayton
|
Good wins @VCU and vs Duquesne, teams above them losing didn't hurt |
| 4 |
Kentucky
|
They had an uneventful week and the teams above them lost |
| 5 |
Creighton
|
Generally have been playing well, only recent bad loss seems to be Providence which seems to be common in the BE so maybe not that bad? |
| 6 |
Gonzaga
|
Generally a great team that'll probably be top 5 next week but they need to be moved down for losing to a bad BYU |
| 7 |
San Diego State
|
See: Gonzaga |
| 8 |
Maryland
|
Hard to drop them far for losing to a good OSU while a bunch of other ranked teams are losing to unranked ones. |
| 9 |
Penn State
|
Generally solid team, loss to an inconsistent Illinois hurt them but teams below them being questionable stopped them falling far |
| 10 |
Louisville
|
Second best team in the ACC. The ACC is bad this year |
| 11 |
Seton Hall
|
These next four have mixed but overall positive records. All seem like they will be in good positions come March |
| 12 |
Iowa
|
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| 13 |
Villanova
|
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| 14 |
Auburn
|
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| 15 |
Duke
|
Best team in the ACC but the loss to NCSU means they need to drop |
| 16 |
Illinois
|
On one hand they might be a contender, on the other they lost to Rutgers. Sad slide whistle. |
| 17 |
West Virginia
|
They're good but they haven't had a real win since the 5th |
| 18 |
Marquette
|
I kept Marquette where I had them last week because there wasn't anyone good enough to replace them |
| 19 |
Oregon
|
They lost to ASU so they fell a bit. They're the best team in the Pac-12. The Pac-12 isn't good. |
| 20 |
Houston
|
See: Marquette |
| 21 |
Butler
|
They are generally playing well and are helped by a weak top 25 |
| 22 |
Ohio State
|
See: Butler |
| 23 |
LSU
|
They look like they could be good, Quality losses to Auburn and Kentucky, embarrassing losses to Alabama and Vanderbilt |
| 24 |
URI
|
Probably the best basketball team in the A10 with a Ram mascot that plays in New England |
| 25 |
Northern Iowa
|
I hope the 1 point they receive in this weeks user poll will push them into the tournament |