Artravus's Ballot for Week 9 of 2014-15
Submitted on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 2:38AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kentucky
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| 2 |
Duke
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A fantastic road win against Wisconsin and no losses is enough to secure the #2 spot. |
| 3 |
Virginia
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They've proved themselves on the road time and time again, but lack of a signature win stops them from surpassing conference rivals Duke. |
| 4 |
Louisville
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A better loss than Wisconsin sets the two similar resumes apart. |
| 5 |
Wisconsin
|
See above. |
| 6 |
Gonzaga
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Good looking road loss and more solid home wins than most teams keep the Zags in the top 6 despite a signature win. |
| 7 |
Maryland
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A good home win, 2 solid road wins, and no bad losses put this team above Arizona, who has better home wins. |
| 8 |
Arizona
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Arizona needs to prove themselves away from home before I feel good about ranking them higher due to their good home wins. |
| 9 |
Utah
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High margin of victory and a good home win are marred by a home loss to Kansas and a lack of good road wins. |
| 10 |
Villanova
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Loss against a good Seton Hall team still knocks them down a few pegs. |
| 11 |
Texas
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Texas has yet to acquire a signature win, but the same goes for most of the other teams below. Good neutral site wins push them ahead. |
| 12 |
West Virginia
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A difficult win in their first real road test propel WVU above Notre Dame, who has an otherwise very similar resume. |
| 13 |
Notre Dame
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See above. |
| 14 |
Iowa State
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A loss to the Gamecocks on a neutral court really hurts the Cyclones, who otherwise have only 1 good home win and 1 good road win. |
| 15 |
Seton Hall
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Two road losses against a good and a solid team are quickly forgiven when you have back to back very good home wins like the Pirates. |
| 16 |
Kansas
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A bad road loss and a horrible display on a neutral court against Kentucky continue to mar the Jayhawks' many solid wins. |
| 17 |
Wichita State
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With no awful losses and no good wins, the Shockers continue to be one of the most difficult teams to rank. |
| 18 |
North Carolina
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Better losses and more impressive wins give UNC the edge on Oklahoma. |
| 19 |
Oklahoma
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Their losses may be worse than Ohio State's, but they also have better wins thanks to their recent win against Baylor. Advantage Sooners. |
| 20 |
Ohio State
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0 impressive wins makes Ohio State and their decent losses hard to rank. Similar teams lie below, so I give the nod to Thad Matta for now. |
| 21 |
Old Dominion
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Good wins against VCU and LSU make the Monarchs' terrible loss to Illinois State forgivable enough to place in the bottom bit of the top 25. |
| 22 |
LSU
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A road win at WVU and its only losses being at a neutral site to decent teams go a long way in this sea of unimpressive resumes. |
| 23 |
VCU
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Good losses, some solid wins (especially blowing out Cincinatti on the road), and SHAKA SMART! push this team above the trash heap below. |
| 24 |
Arkansas
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They don't have many solid wins, but their losses are forgivable and beat SMU on the road. |
| 25 |
Iowa
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The Hawkeyes have been very inconsistent so far, but with 2 great road wins at UNC and Ohio State, they deserve a spot in the Top 25. |