North Carolina State University LogoClaudeLemieux's Ballot for Week 6 of 2015-16

Submitted on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 12:04AM EST
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1 University of Oklahoma Logo Oklahoma LW 3 - http://www.soonersports.com/fls/31000/projects/14mbb-hield/images/love-mobile.jpg
2 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State LW 1 - Technically fell a spot, but I've always been higher on Oklahoma. I think Buddy Hield has more around him than Denzel
3 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State LW 4 - The fightback down 20 with 12 to go, and 8 with 2 to go spoke volumes about that team and Hilton Magic
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas LW 5 - Just doing their thing. I wonder how the MSU game with Cheick would have gone...
5 Villanova University Logo Villanova LW 2 - The huge margin against (1) Oklahoma was more a result of a very foolish negative feedback loop than actually being a terrible team.
6 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky LW 6 - Maybe the best backcourt in America? Still not sure, but it seems like it's getting there
7 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland LW 8 - That was a good win over UConn. Sheed is looking really good so far
8 University of Virginia Logo Virginia LW 10 - That was both really good & really bad for Virginia - it shows how great with Perrantes they can be, but how confused they look w/o
9 University of Arizona Logo Arizona LW 9 - A 36 point win over a "P5" conference has to be worth...well...something, right?
10 Xavier University Logo Xavier LW 14 - Hahahahah damn Xavier you scurry.
11 Duke University Logo Duke LW 11 - I think they've been #11 in my poll all year, and for some reason I just can't see any reason to move them up yet.
12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina LW 7 - UNC fans salty at refs after the ACCCG and that final call @Texas has been an...interesting...twist on how Tobacco Road usually works
13 Purdue University Logo Purdue LW 12 - I know they moved down, but I honestly can't figure out how exactly that happened. They're quite fucking good, don't take me wrong.
14 Southern Methodist University Logo SMU LW 15 - Coach Brown is the COY for how he's getting a team with no postseason to play some high quality ball.
15 Providence College Logo Providence LW 25 - I've been sleeping on them for too long - only warning sign is that the depth isn't quite there to handle Dunn-less games...
16 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati LW 13 - Mick Cronin should probably be able to coax some more out of this team come conference play
17 Baylor University Logo Baylor LW 18 - Yeah they lost to Oregon, so why are they higher? Because...uhhh...shuttup. Huge fan of Prince, though. Everything about him!
18 University of Louisville Logo Louisville LW 19 - Looked good in a loss to MSU, and shaping up to be a better-than-anticipated UK-UL game in a few weeks' time
19 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) LW 23 - Bouncing back strongly from a very very weird loss
20 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga LW 17 - This team is aggrevating, part 1
21 Vanderbilt University Logo Vanderbilt LW 16 - This team is aggrevating, part 2
22 University of Oregon Logo Oregon LW 20 - I need to watch more UO games, honestly.
23 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia LW 24 - Press Virginia had a strong showing against UVa, but they're not quite there yet. Still played enough to warrant a bump up
24 Butler University Logo Butler LW UR - A strong team with a strong loss to Miami where they looked better than the margin. Should probably be higher, and I'll rectify that
25 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M LW 22 - Still not sure how to feel about this team. Some of the wins are losing luster, but the team still seems quite good