shaidar9haran's Ballot for Week 11 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, January 15, 2018 at 9:50AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Villanova
|
I can admit where I was wrong, Villanova truly is the most complete team in the country and I'm not sure they lose more than 2 more times. |
| 2 |
Purdue
|
Purdue continued their amazing streak with two A-Level road wins in conference play, their 14 game W streak includes 5 A-Level Wins. |
| 3 |
Virginia
|
Each week I get closer and closer to truly valuing this Virginia team, the offense is more balanced than I thought w/ Hall and Jerome... |
| 4 |
Duke
|
Two easy wins hopefully gave them time to work on some things, the use of White/O'Connell/Robinson was a welcome sight... 'not deep' sure... |
| 5 |
Michigan State
|
This teams best player might be only 6th in minutes and it befuddles me. TOs have killed this team on both ends. |
| 6 |
West Virginia
|
FTA/FGA is never going to be a stat WVU is good in, but they cannot be this bad, 24/28 for TTU is a back breaker. Defend without fouling. |
| 7 |
Oklahoma
|
Trae Young is really good. This team is really good. Could be better on the offensive boards, but they're not missing much to begin with. |
| 8 |
Wichita State
|
Their AAC schedule is backloaded, but this week should at least be interesting with bouts against Houston and SMU |
| 9 |
Texas Tech
|
The Senior-Freshman backcourt is just phenomenal and showed poise, talent, athleticism down the stretch against WVU |
| 10 |
Cincinnati
|
This team is better than people think. The offense has started to catch up to the defense, if they were in a better conference... |
| 11 |
Xavier
|
The gap between Nova and the rest is huge, that said this team is likely the clear #2 . |
| 12 |
Arizona
|
Miller is still too stubborn about his rotations and it's hampering the team, luckily they have more raw talent than anyone to fall back on |
| 13 |
Kansas
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An easier Conference start than most in the B12, Inability to get to the line will hurt them vs. the tough Ds in conference. |
| 14 |
North Carolina
|
This team will win against teams who are less athletic than them, teams without a strong inside D, and will lose against the opposite. Mehq |
| 15 |
Gonzaga
|
Really good and really complete, don't sleep on them though it might be tempting. |
| 16 |
Auburn
|
Just two top 50 victories, but 16-1 is hard to deny, especially with a win already against the best team in the SEC |
| 17 |
Tennessee
|
Bounced back after a rough start to Conference Play, defense has a few things to work on, namely rebounding. |
| 18 |
Arizona State
|
KenPom was right, I'll accept my apology cards in my inbox. The team was shooting at an unsustainable rate and lack of D is still alarming. |
| 19 |
Michigan
|
What a week, pushed Purdue to the brink and beat MSU on the road, showed it could hang with two top 5 squads |
| 20 |
Clemson
|
Even with wins over UL and Miami, still waiting for this team to 'prove it'... Chapel Hill would be a nice way to do that. |
| 21 |
Ohio State
|
6-0 in Conference, KBD looking like a NPOY candidate, no bad losses, but no huge OOC wins either. Perplexing. |
| 22 |
Kentucky
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Average. Average offense, average defense. Average decision making, average rotations. Nothing about this team inspires or really detracts |
| 23 |
Seton Hall
|
A team with this talent and senior leadership should not be getting blown out @ marquette. |
| 24 |
Miami (FL)
|
The talent is still there, I may be ranking them as I preemptively expect them to destroy Duke this week as they're want to do. |
| 25 |
TCU
|
1-4 to start Conference play, all A level games 3 on road, and 3 went to OT, just missing it.Next 5: St. Mary's, Nevada, Creighton, FSU, URI |