Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Oklahoma | 2 narrow escapes propel them up. 2 tough road games this week, wouldn't be surprised to see a new #1 next week. |
2 | North Carolina | Lots of parity this year and hard to tell who the best team is, but I think UNC may be the most talented. |
3 | Villanova | Good |
4 | Kansas | Tough road loss against WVU, but winning on the road to a top 10 team ain't easy. |
5 | Xavier | |
6 | Iowa | Not the team from Iowa I expected to be up at the beginning of the season. But they are playing some damn good basketball. |
7 | SMU | pony up |
8 | West Virginia | Very nearly knocked off 1 and 2 in the same week. Good depth to the team makes the D killer |
9 | Maryland | Lost against a hot shooting UofM team but crushed it in the next game. Great, talented team, but don't always play to own level. |
10 | Texas A&M | Winning, climbing. |
11 | Michigan State | Izzo just had to slow things down a bit so he didn't use up all the mojo before March |
12 | Arizona | Rankings from here to 20 are a clusterfuck. I feel there's a large number of teams. This tier of good teams seems all really close |
13 | Baylor | Good wins aren't looking as good anymore.. But we'll see. |
14 | Purdue | Here's the thing- a large number of teams lost and some should drop from said losses, which allows Purdue to jump way back up here |
15 | USC | Best team in LA (well, other than the Clips) |
16 | Butler | mmhmm |
17 | Indiana | www.tomcreanbuyout.com |
18 | Louisville | SHUT DOWN one of top offensive teams in Pitt |
19 | Pitt | |
20 | Providence | Bentil and Dunn need some help |
21 | Miami (FL) | Miami did the cool thing by losing to Clemson |
22 | Virginia | Need to learn how to win away games |
23 | Iowa State | Tough road loss to Texas, bounced back with a convincing win at Kansas State. |
24 | Duke | Ranking Duke and Kentucky was difficult. Both looked mediocre this week. |
25 | Kentucky | Honorable mentions: Clemson, Valpo, Saint Mary's, Ark-LR, Wichita State |