rednip_mada's Ballot for Week 9 of 2014-15
Submitted on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 12:51AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Kentucky
|
Easy number one right now. |
| 2 |
Duke
|
No great wins besides Wisconsin. On paper just squeak past Virginia. |
| 3 |
Virginia
|
Toss up between Duke/UVA for 2/3 spot. |
| 4 |
Wisconsin
|
Beat up some good teams, no one great. Duke is very much pretty good and a fine loss. |
| 5 |
Louisville
|
Let a big lead slip at Wake, but no one else deserves a top 5 spot. |
| 6 |
Gonzaga
|
Zags need to find a way to put teams away. Blew 3 big leads last 3 games. |
| 7 |
Villanova
|
Shot poorly and lost to a pretty decent Seton Hall team. That'll happen. |
| 8 |
Utah
|
Murdered some SoCal teams. Look out Arizona. |
| 9 |
Arizona
|
Back on pace after beating ASU convincingly. That win not as impressive at Utah's two though. |
| 10 |
Maryland
|
Spots 10-15 are a mess. Maryland has three pretty good looking wins and only the one respectable loss. |
| 11 |
Kansas
|
Kansas has the better win than Maryland over Utah, but a worse loss to Temple. |
| 12 |
Texas
|
Leading scorer is back. Time to see what a full offense can do along with their great defense. |
| 13 |
Oklahoma
|
So the Big 12 is pretty good. Won some big games pretty convincingly. But a tough loss to Creighton. |
| 14 |
North Carolina
|
No bad losses. Plenty of only okay wins. Need a signature victory. |
| 15 |
Iowa State
|
Live by the three, die by the three. |
| 16 |
West Virginia
|
One loss by one point. No good wins at all though. But they have looked dominant against inferior teams. |
| 17 |
Wichita State
|
Ron Baker has great hair. Good enough reason for number 17? 'Tied' Utah in Salt Lake and looked good against Seton Hall. |
| 18 |
Baylor
|
Acceptable loss at Oklahoma. |
| 19 |
VCU
|
VCU has to be just the worst to play against. So active. So many steals. Three losses to good teams. |
| 20 |
Ohio State
|
No bad losses. Whole lot of balance. Need to beat somebody. |
| 21 |
Notre Dame
|
They do score a lot. Pretty easy when you play their schedule though. |
| 22 |
Butler
|
Three nice looking wins. Two pretty ugly losses. |
| 23 |
Iowa
|
Look really bad when they lose. But kinda pretty okay at times too. UNC and OSU are good wins. Probably overrated. |
| 24 |
St. John's
|
Three tight losses to good teams. But nothing extra positive in the win column. Bad start to conference play. |
| 25 |
Seton Hall
|
Three very major wins. Not sure if they are for real yet. |