Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Gonzaga | |
2 | Villanova | |
3 | Kansas | |
4 | Arizona | |
5 | Louisville | Really like the way this team has played over the last month with the only loss against a team they don't match up well with (UVA) |
6 | North Carolina | They really impressed me with how they demolished UVA |
7 | Oregon | |
8 | UCLA | Great offense and quality win this week, but still not as sold on them as an elite team as some people seem to be |
9 | Duke | One of the hottest teams in the country and not a team I would want to play going forward |
10 | Florida | Worried about the Egbunu injury, but still on a nice winning streak and have some depth to hopefully overcome. Big week ahead |
11 | Kentucky | Playing well of late. Excited to see them match up with the Gators this week |
12 | Baylor | Two loss week has me questioning how elite Baylor is; although hard to fault a two point loss at KU |
13 | Purdue | Sorry Purdue, I like you too much right now to put you at 15 |
14 | West Virginia | Elite talent but play down to their competition too much which could make a deep tourney run challenging |
15 | Wisconsin | Interesting week losing to Mich while also knocking off Wisconsin to stay on top of the BIG standings |
16 | Cincinnati | |
17 | SMU | |
18 | Virginia | Two loss week; yet it was against two elite teams, so still hard to judge |
19 | Florida State | Can they buy a road win? |
20 | Notre Dame | |
21 | Maryland | Strong win on the road against NU. Hard to fault them for losing in Madison |
22 | Wichita State | Just destroying teams of late. |
23 | Creighton | |
24 | Saint Mary's | |
25 | Dayton | Next 5: MTSU, Butler, VCU, Oklahoma St, Northwestern |