Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Gonzaga | At this point there's no debate who the top 2 teams are, it's just a matter of personal preference. I believe the Zags have been better |
2 | Baylor | Second best team in the country |
3 | Iowa | Encouraging to see they don't have to rely on Garza all the time. Lethal offensive team that beat a good UNC team |
4 | Michigan State | Took care of business |
5 | Houston | Beat SC and play a good quality team in Alabama this week. Not sure if they're top 5 good but I'll leave them here for now |
6 | Villanova | Killed GT in the 2nd half and are on a good streak after the VT loss. Play UVA this week |
7 | West Virginia | Detroyed Richmond. This team is legit and is top 10 at the very least |
8 | Texas | Took care of business |
9 | Kansas | Beat a really good Creighton team, their offense looked much improved. |
10 | Creighton | Heartbreaking loss against KU. This team just needs to play better defense if they want to be real contenders |
11 | Tennessee | Haven't been quite dominant but they've won their games regardless. Need to see more from them |
12 | San Diego State | Have defeated two solid teams so far in UCLA and ASU. They're for real. |
13 | Texas Tech | Struggled against ACU but still won. They need to get quality wins and KU is a good opportunity to start |
14 | Missouri | Undefeated and have beat Illinois and Oregon. Mizzou can be a sneakily dangerous team come March |
15 | Illinois | Great win against Duke but they blew it against Mizzou. Still a top tier team |
16 | Florida State | Beat a good IU and FLA team. |
17 | Wisconsin | Beat a solid RI team. |
18 | Rutgers | Took down Syracuse but I just need to see more of them to warrant moving them higher |
19 | Michigan | Beat a solid Penn St. team. Dickinson is so good. Their resume just needs to improve |
20 | North Carolina | They played good vs Iowa but were just outplayed. This UNC team is good and one of the better ACC teams (although not saying much) |
21 | Clemson | Beat a solid Alabama squad and have some quality wins under their belt which are better than teams behind them |
22 | UCLA | Have looked alot better with Juzang and Smith. This is a top 25 team to me |
23 | Virginia | They have been meh, not sure how much longer they can keep it up |
24 | Louisville | They've looked good but haven't beaten quality opponents besides WKU yet |
25 | Duke | They haven't looked good in either of their high matchup games. They need someone who can create shots |