quan1754's Ballot for Week 18 of 2019-20
Submitted on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 8:57PM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kansas
|
After beating last week´s #1 team in Baylor, Kansas has added 2 more wins this week against Oklahoma State and Kansas State. |
| 2 |
Gonzaga
|
Gonzaga has ended their crazy season with a 29-2 record, and clinches the WCC regular season championship. |
| 3 |
Dayton
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Dayton looks better and better every day, with 2 wins this week, they improve to 27-2, and 16-0 in conference play. |
| 4 |
San Diego State
|
After losing their first game of the season to UNLV last week, they respond with 2 convincing wins, and finishes the season 28-1. |
| 5 |
Baylor
|
After looking like the best team in the country, they have lost 2 of their last 3, including a upset loss to TCU, this loss will drop them. |
| 6 |
Kentucky
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Kentucky is now on an 8 game winning streak, including an impressive resume booster win against Auburn. That win gave them the SEC 1 seed. |
| 7 |
Seton Hall
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Seton Hall is looking better and better every day. Improving to 13-3 in the BIG East, they are in firm control of the 1 seed right now. |
| 8 |
Florida State
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Although, Florida State did beat Louisville at home on Monday, they lost by 1 to a gritty Clemson team, fair to only drop them 2 spots. |
| 9 |
Oregon
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Oregon is tied with UCLA in first place of the PAC 12, although they only played 1 game this week, winning it, they go up 5 spots. |
| 10 |
Maryland
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Even though Maryland lost a heartbreaker to Michigan State by 12, they still have a 1 game lead over MSU in the Big Ten, also beat Minn. |
| 11 |
BYU
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BYU has shown why they are ranked. They went 2-0 this week in a flash. They go up 6 spots because of how impressive they´ve been lately. |
| 12 |
Louisville
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Louisville went 1-1 this week, losing to Florida State on the road, but bounced back to beat Virginia Tech by 16 at home. |
| 13 |
Villanova
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Villanova went 1-1 this week. They lost to a Providence team this past Saturday by 4, after beating St John´s on Wednsday. |
| 14 |
Creighton
|
Even though Creighton destroyed Butler last week, they got destroyed by a sub 500 St. John´s team on Sunday. |
| 15 |
Michigan State
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MSU will move up 3 spots because they went 2-0 this week, both teams being Top 25 foes. They improve on their 3 game winning streak. |
| 16 |
Auburn
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Auburn will only move down 1 spot because they beat Ole Miss at home, and barely lost to Kentucky at rupp, where they don´t lose. |
| 17 |
Ohio State
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This is the Ohio State team we seen when they were number 2 in the country. They are getting better and better. Winning 5 of 6 games. |
| 18 |
Iowa
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Even though Iowa lost to Michigan State, they bounced back to beat Penn State. They now have won 4 of their last 6 games. |
| 19 |
Duke
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Duke has fallen apart. They have lost 3 of their last 4, including a OT loss to Wake Forest, and a 2 point loss to Virginia. |
| 20 |
Illinois
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Illinois is on a 4 game winning streak, and playing their best basketball at the right time, they´ll be added to the Top 25. |
| 21 |
Virginia
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Virginia is hot right now, they are 3rd in the ACC after beating 7th ranked Duke by 2 at home. They are on a 6 game winning streak. |
| 22 |
Butler
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Butler has worked their way back in after defeating DePaul 60-42, getting revenge after losing earlier in the year to them. |
| 23 |
Stephen F. Austin
|
SFA deserves some credit. They are 26-3, with just 1 conference loss. They have no bad losses, and they also beat Duke on the road. |
| 24 |
Wisconsin
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Wisconsin is hot right now. They have won 6 straight to improve to 19-10. They have beaten 2 Top 25 teams during that stretch. |
| 25 |
ETSU
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ETSU is 27-4. They are one of the best mid majors in the country, and they have shown they can beat bigger competition, like LSU. |