OwenProGolfer's Ballot for Week 20 of 2021-22| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kansas
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Postseason polls are dumb. |
| 2 |
North Carolina
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The tournament is over, there are no games left, everyone already knows the results. |
| 3 |
Baylor
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At this point, a poll is useless. |
| 4 |
Providence
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So I don't see any reason why one methodology is better than another at this point. |
| 5 |
Duke
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There are so many ways you can go with a postseason poll. |
| 6 |
Creighton
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You could treat tournament games the same as any other game, but this seems pretty dumb and can lead to weird results, |
| 7 |
San Diego State
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like the champion not being #1. |
| 8 |
UCLA
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Nobody cares about the regular season anymore, so why consider it at all? |
| 9 |
Texas Tech
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So since I have been given the opportunity to submit a pointless ballot, I am going to do it as dumbly yet sensibly as possible. |
| 10 |
South Dakota State
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Teams are ranked based on total tournament transitive point differential from the national champion. |
| 11 |
Akron
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For example, Duke lost to UNC by 4 who lost to Kansas by 3, so their score is 7. |
| 12 |
Villanova
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OT games count as a 0.5 point margin regardless of the final score. |
| 13 |
Arkansas
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The first tiebreaker is round reached. |
| 14 |
Michigan State
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The next tiebreaker (only needed to tiebreak SDSU and Akron) is number of games in the transitive loss path to the champion. |
| 15 |
Davidson
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Is this a terrible poll? Yes. Do I care? No. |
| 16 |
Notre Dame
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Have a great offseason everyone, can't wait till November when we get to do it all again. |
| 17 |
Rutgers
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| 18 |
Vermont
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| 19 |
New Mexico State
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| 20 |
Houston
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| 21 |
Gonzaga
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| 22 |
St. Peter's
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| 23 |
Kentucky
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| 24 |
Michigan
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| 25 |
Cal State Fullerton
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