pantherhawk17's Ballot for Week 3 of 2017-18
Submitted on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 10:15PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
|
Good performance vs. MSU. A sleepy performance Friday night. Duke still seems like the easy pick here. |
| 2 |
Arizona
|
Haven't really seen Arizona in a game that we can take anything away. We will kind of get that against NC State. Kind of. |
| 3 |
Kansas
|
Won ugly vs. UK when they weren't make shots - answering a big question of how reliant on shooting they will be (not as much as feared). |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
Nova moves up and has looked great. Strongly considered moving them higher but all opponents are equal to much worse than all of KU's. |
| 5 |
Michigan State
|
Concerns about turnovers and shooting are carrying over from last year. I'm still skeptical but not dropping them a ton for losing to Duke. |
| 6 |
Florida
|
Looked great against 2 bad teams. Not much to learn here, but I think they are probably the best team in the SEC. |
| 7 |
Wichita State
|
Two dominant wins, Charleston is terrible either. Only questions will be how Wichita State deals with high level teams - will have to wait. |
| 8 |
Kentucky
|
Kentucky looked better against KU than expected in some ways. I'm keeping them where I had them last week because of that. |
| 9 |
Cincinnati
|
Cincinnati has played 3 low level opponents. So I'm just sticking with my initial thoughts on them. |
| 10 |
Xavier
|
One of the better wins of the year at Wisconsin in a fun game and atmosphere. Moved up from 12 last week. |
| 11 |
Miami (FL)
|
Miami looks good against bad teams. I moved them up, but only a small part due to their own performances. More due to others' poor showings. |
| 12 |
USC
|
I dropped USC a few spots because they don't look great so far and I don't trust them without Melton. |
| 13 |
North Carolina
|
UNC has looked great against UNI and not so good against Bucknell. A slight move by dropping them a spot. |
| 14 |
Texas A&M
|
Texas A&M has looked very good, but it's really just the WVU game. Monday they play an Ok St. team that shouldn't be great. A&M should roll. |
| 15 |
Gonzaga
|
I had Gonzaga at 11 last week largely based on track record. A poor enough showing at home against Utah St. has me questioning that logic. |
| 16 |
Notre Dame
|
I hope we get a Notre Dame - Wichita State Maui match up. If we don't, it would be an upset and a disappointment. |
| 17 |
Minnesota
|
Minnesota impressed me at Providence and I have moved them up accordingly. Jordan Murphy is a stud. |
| 18 |
West Virginia
|
They've played just 1 game, and it was against American, since getting destroyed by Texas A&M. Nervous this is too high still. |
| 19 |
Louisville
|
Not exactly impressive against the likes of Geore Mason and Omaha. What will happen when they play a good team? Down 5 spots. |
| 20 |
Purdue
|
Good road win at Marquette, but I'm not too high on Marquette. Moved up a few spots, though. |
| 21 |
Seton Hall
|
Holding steady at 21. Took a little while, but eventually they imposed their will against a bad Indiana team at home. |
| 22 |
TCU
|
TCU struggled at home against South Dakota and has dropped a few spots. Fisher still playing light minutes coming back from injury, though. |
| 23 |
Virginia
|
Virginia moves into the rankings, but more to do with teams dropping out. Win against VCU was good, but not a must-rank performance. |
| 24 |
Baylor
|
Baylor hasn't played anyone. We'll learn more Monday when they face Wisconsin. |
| 25 |
Texas Tech
|
Texas Tech’s performance against Northwestern was very impressive. That alone is worthy of being ranked, and supplanted Creighton here. |