OldManEllus's Ballot for Week 5 of 2016-17
Submitted on Monday, December 5, 2016 at 1:06AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
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| 2 |
Duke
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Getting Tatum and Bolden back is major. |
| 3 |
Kansas
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| 4 |
Baylor
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Not sure if they're truly better than UK and UNC or will be at the end of the year, but their resume is hard to deny. |
| 5 |
Kentucky
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| 6 |
North Carolina
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| 7 |
UCLA
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Both IU and UCLA moved up, but UCLA jumped IU due to their road win at UK being more impressive than Indiana's home win vs UNC. |
| 8 |
Indiana
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| 9 |
Gonzaga
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I was conflicted with how to rank UCLA, IU, and Gonzaga. Gonzaga had a nice week but I felt the need to bump UCLA and IU higher. |
| 10 |
Virginia
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| 11 |
Saint Mary's
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| 12 |
Louisville
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| 13 |
West Virginia
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| 14 |
Wisconsin
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| 15 |
Creighton
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| 16 |
Oregon
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| 17 |
Arizona
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| 18 |
Xavier
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| 19 |
Cincinnati
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| 20 |
Purdue
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Despite quality loss to Louisville, they moved up due to other teams such as Syracuse and ISU having bad weeks. |
| 21 |
Butler
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| 22 |
Iowa State
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| 23 |
South Carolina
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| 24 |
Florida
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| 25 |
Notre Dame
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