Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Michigan State | The rankings I use are Massey, since I hate KenPom's algorithm. Currently KenPom has Virginia #2, even though they have zero top 50 wins. |
2 | Villanova | Their best wins are #85 Long Beach St and #86 William & Mary. No one should be taking KenPom seriously. |
3 | Oklahoma | So any rankings you see here will be Massey only. Massey also has Virginia too high (computers love defense), but at least it's not #2. |
4 | Purdue | Undefeated. Extremely solid win on the road at Pitt. |
5 | Iowa State | Undefeated. |
6 | North Carolina | Two top 50 wins and one top 50 loss; but they were missing a key player and seem to be very strong now. |
7 | Xavier | Undefeated. |
8 | West Virginia | Undefeated. |
9 | Kansas | two top 50 wins, one top 50 loss. |
10 | Kentucky | One top 50 win, one top 50 loss; but their win is against Duke. So they edge them out; even though Duke might be better. |
11 | Duke | They have the loss to UK, and then two top 50 wins against VCU and Georgetown. |
12 | SMU | Undefeated. |
13 | South Carolina | Undefeated. |
14 | GW | |
15 | Providence | |
16 | Maryland | Someone tell me Maryland's best win? 4-3 Georgetown? I guess it is, since that's their only top 50 win. (and they beat them by 4 at home) |
17 | Arizona | Did enough to stay ranked this week. The computers love Gonzaga, so they are getting a big bump from that victory on the road. |
18 | Vanderbilt | |
19 | Baylor | Only won by 2 at home to Vanderbilt |
20 | Colorado | Only loss is to Iowa State by 6 points. |
21 | Virginia | Zero top 50 wins. Best wins were William & Mary and Long Beach St. If they don't beat WVU this week, I won't be ranking them next week. |
22 | Saint Mary's | Undefeated. Top 50 team according to Massey. |
23 | Little Rock | Undefeated. |
24 | Houston | Undefeated. |
25 | Louisville | Louisville only lost to MSU by 4, however, that was their only game of the season against an opponent ranked higher than #167! (North FL) |