Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Kentucky | Best Team in the nation, 3 pg lineup with the new rules is devastating on offense and defense |
2 | Michigan State | Not far behind Kentucky, playing a hell of a schedule. Pulled out a win against a fantastic Providence team & Kris Dunn |
3 | Maryland | A different person seems to be stepping up every game for these guys |
4 | Duke | Explosive offense, only loss is to the best team in the country. Grayson Allen can score with the best of them. |
5 | Kansas | Like Duke lost a tough one in the Champions classic to MSU. Since has looked good especially against UCLA and Vandy |
6 | Oklahoma | Buddy Hield and the crew looking like they could challenge Kansas for that Big 12 title |
7 | Villanova | Villanova doing what they seem to always do early on in the season, just win. |
8 | North Carolina | They need Paige back as quick as possible. |
9 | Iowa State | Have played a pretty lax schedule so far, but haven't had a hickup so far. Niang and Morris avg. 88 a game, still playing uptempo. |
10 | Cincinnati | Had a great week, and although the scoring has dropped back down they still look impressive. Really athletic. |
11 | Purdue | I have my reservations about this team but they keep performing well and keep moving up slowly for me. |
12 | Virginia | Since the GW loss they've looked a lot better. Brogdon needs to be efficient for them to go deep. |
13 | Providence | Kris Dunn is the best player in College basketball. Pair him with Ben Bentil and look out big east. |
14 | Syracuse | Syracuse usually has one good 3 point shooter surrounded by a bunch of long athletes. This year they have 4 capable shooters and look good |
15 | Arizona | Tough loss to a good providence team. Not so much a knock on arizona but more about how good providence is. |
16 | Texas A&M | Daniel House is going to give a lot of teams fit. One of the better scorers in the SEC, watch out for him. |
17 | Oregon | Still undefeated and putting up a lot of points. Looks like they have been able to replace joseph young |
18 | Gonzaga | Had a tough loss to a good Texas A&M team. |
19 | West Virginia | Great defensive team but have the same concerns about this team when they aren't forcing turnovers that were there last year. |
20 | Miami (FL) | This team has a lot of experience. Lost a heart breaker at the buzzer, this is a seasoned team that will bounce back. |
21 | SMU | Playing good team basketball right now. Once Moore comes out of his shooting slump this team can be really explosive. |
22 | Indiana | Lost two tough ones in the tourney this past week. They have to tighten up their D, but when they are hitting from deep talk about scary. |
23 | UConn | Two tough losses by a total of 6 points. They'll bounce back and should battle it out with Cincy and SMU for the American championship. |
24 | Butler | Haven't helped or hurt themselves since the Miami loss. |
25 | GW | Almost pulled off another big upset against Cincy. Patricio Garino is shooting the lights out, nearly 60% from the field and 70% from three |