pantherhawk17's Ballot for Week 7 of 2016-17| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Villanova
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No reason to change the top of my rankings. |
| 2 |
Kansas
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| 3 |
Duke
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| 4 |
UCLA
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| 5 |
Kentucky
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| 6 |
North Carolina
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A one possession loss to UK isn't anything worth dropping UNC. In fact, I moved both UNC and UK ahead of Baylor. They just look better. |
| 7 |
Baylor
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Dropped through no fault of their own. Baylor is a question mark for me. I'm confident they aren't one of the best 5 teams though. |
| 8 |
Gonzaga
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Big gap between Baylor and Gonzaga in my rankings, but this team is very good. Great balance. |
| 9 |
West Virginia
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I still want to see this team against another quality opponent. They beat the KenPom #3 offense but their OppO is still 345th. |
| 10 |
Louisville
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Nothing significant to note. |
| 11 |
Virginia
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| 12 |
Butler
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Impressive win against Indiana in the Crossroads Classic. |
| 13 |
Wisconsin
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Nothing significant to note. Jumped by Butler. |
| 14 |
Indiana
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Loss to Butler wasn't great. Indiana continues to have a very mixed bag of results, but this isn't a bad loss by any means. |
| 15 |
Purdue
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Great adjustments against Notre Dame to make that comeback. I'm not sure they can deal with great opposing guards, yet, but who can? |
| 16 |
Creighton
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Probably should have lost to Oral Roberts (winless vs. D1) at HOME. Woof. Still undefeated, but not exactly unblemished. |
| 17 |
Arizona
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Looked good against Texas A&M. I didn't see the second half and it did get closer, but I liked what I saw. This team has improved. |
| 18 |
Notre Dame
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A close, neutral site loss to a similarly ranked team shouldn't drop Notre Dame much. In fact, I didn't move them at all. |
| 19 |
Oregon
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I still don't know about this team. But we haven't had many opportunities to learn much lately. Still just kind of holding here. |
| 20 |
Cincinnati
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Nothing significant to note. Moved up due to Xavier's drop. |
| 21 |
USC
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I'm not convinced USC is really this good. But give them credit for winning their games. I don't anticipate this being a Top 3 Pac 12 team. |
| 22 |
Saint Mary's
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Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others. |
| 23 |
Florida
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Moved up a few spots due to losses of others. And they get a home game this week! |
| 24 |
Florida State
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Moved up a couple spots due to losses of others. FSU was first team out last week. |
| 25 |
Xavier
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Pretty uninspiring performances against Utah and Wake at home. |