Gonzaga University Logo206-Ginge's Ballot for Week 3 of 2017-18

Submitted on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 10:42PM EST
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1 University of Arizona Logo Arizona Trier is definitely the early favorite for player of the year, and Arizona looks more composed than pretty much every other team in the NCAA
2 Duke University Logo Duke Grayson Allen is a good basketball player, unfortunately.
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova There are two good Bridges in college basketball right now.
4 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Also, why has nobody made any Miles Bridges jokes, like ever? That name is ripe for the picking
5 University of Kansas Logo Kansas Shot like crap against Kentucky and still won in a game that made me think less of both teams.
6 Wichita State University Logo Wichita State At one point, they were the top team on KenPom this week. Which doesn't mean much this early, but is still a fun fact.
7 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina The PK80 victory bracket will be interesting, since UNC has the "easier" of the two but I think will be less dominant than Duke will be.
8 University of Miami (Florida) Logo Miami (FL) Miami is going to be sneaky good. Yes, I'm stealing this thought from Mark Titus
9 University of Florida Logo Florida I think they're a few clicks behind Duke at this point, so I expect a second-place finish next week. Should get to there pretty easily.
10 Purdue University Logo Purdue Has anyone else noticed how Purdue is just running teams out of the gym right now? Their offense is exploding on a regular basis.
11 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati Does anyone know who else is playing in the Cayman Islands Classic? If Cincinnati doesn't win how far do they fall?
12 Xavier University Logo Xavier I feel like I'm supposed to be more impressed by the Wisconsin win than I actually am. Away wins are hard, but I expected a win here.
13 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky They look like an unorganized mess, but their athleticism is helping their defense look pretty good honestly. A bit of coaching will help.
14 University of Southern California Logo USC I don't trust this USC team yet, but a win at Vanderbilt went a long way towards helping me do so.
15 University of Minnesota Logo Minnesota Another away win that's supposed to impress me, but again, top 15 teams win away games. Not saying they're overrated, they did their job.
16 University of Notre Dame Logo Notre Dame Man, Maui should be great.
17 Texas A&M University Logo Texas A&M They followed up their beating of WVU with a decent showing. I'm moving them up 'cause I was a bit silly putting them below WVU last week.
18 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia I feel like the national scene is beating this team up too harshly for losing their first game in another country.
19 University of Louisville Logo Louisville I'd make a witty joke here but just saying "Rick Pitino" achieves the same effect
20 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga Were having trouble with a MWC team at home for most of the first half, which doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence
21 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Absolutely annihilated a Northwestern team that was viewed highly by people other than me. Those people are usually smarter than I am.
22 Seton Hall University Logo Seton Hall I feel like I'm obligated to keep them here at this point but this is another team I don't entirely trust.
23 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's There's a tournament called the Wooden Legacy? Who's in it? ...oh
24 Baylor University Logo Baylor Haven't screwed it up yet.
25 Creighton University Logo Creighton A bit of a biased selection here, but I don't like UCLA anymore, Missouri is missing its best player, and they did beat Northwestern.