Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Villanova | (1) Impressive win vs ND |
2 | Kansas | (2) BIFM |
3 | Duke | (3) |
4 | Baylor | (4) |
5 | Kentucky | (6) |
6 | North Carolina | (5) Close win at home vs Tennessee, but it is finals week,so understandable. |
7 | Gonzaga | (7) |
8 | Indiana | (9) |
9 | Louisville | (10) |
10 | Virginia | (11) |
11 | UCLA | (14) Another good win vs Michigan. Ohio State at a Neutral site this weekend. |
12 | Creighton | (12) |
13 | Wisconsin | (13) |
14 | West Virginia | (15) |
15 | Purdue | (16) |
16 | Xavier | (8) Tough loss at Colorado by 2 |
17 | Arizona | (19) |
18 | Butler | (18) Losing at Indiana State by 1 isn't good, but rebounded with a win vs Cincy. |
19 | South Carolina | (20) |
20 | Oregon | (24) |
21 | Florida State | (UR) Beat a good Florida team and would be undefeated if they didn't give up a last second basket to Temple |
22 | Wichita State | (UR) Going for the sweep of the Sooner state if they can beat Ok State |
23 | Saint Mary's | (17) Bad loss at home vs UT Arlington. |
24 | Notre Dame | (UR) Close loss to Villanova and others in the poll losing will bring ND into the poll |
25 | USC | (UR) Others considered: Providence, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Ohio State |