Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Virginia | Just as good as Villanova, but doing it against better teams. Sticking by my previous decisions |
2 | Villanova | Offensive powerhouse with new Ws against Seton Hall and Creighton |
3 | Purdue | Staying strong with wins against Maryland and, less impressively, Buttgers |
4 | Michigan State | Ws vs IU and Penn State keep them near where they've been almost all season |
5 | Auburn | This team is great and everybody knows it, but people don't understand JUST how good they are |
6 | Cincinnati | One of the best defenses in the nation, plus a 14 game win streak |
7 | Xavier | Continuing to stay strong, but they almost lost to St. John's and Georgetown |
8 | Texas Tech | Only team in the Big 12 that hasn't suffered a humiliating defeat in a while |
9 | West Virginia | Had a decent rebound week after losing to TCU and UK |
10 | Arizona | Loss to Washington takes them down a peg |
11 | Kansas | HAAAAAA THEY LOST TO OKLAHOMA STATE |
12 | Tennessee | Numbers favor them, Ws vs Ole Miss and LSU, haven't lost since January 17 |
13 | Duke | How the fuck do you lose to St. John's? |
14 | Saint Mary's | Not losing |
15 | Gonzaga | Nice wins vs San Diego and BYU |
16 | Ohio State | Redeemed the Penn State loss |
17 | Oklahoma | Lost to Texas, Trae Young can't do everything |
18 | Clemson | Nice win over UNC. And Wake Forest, I guess |
19 | URI | Come March, this team is a bracket buster for casual fans who don't know how good they are |
20 | Wichita State | How do you lose to Temple |
21 | Michigan | Got some wins, but only against bottom tier barely-even-bubble teams |
22 | North Carolina | Clemson isn't a bad loss, but they are on the downturn overall |
23 | Texas | Win over Oklahoma pushes them up into top 25 |
24 | Butler | Haven't lost since mid-January against Providence. I feel this team has some potential that everyone is ignoring |
25 | Nevada | Everyone keeps writing them off after reaching rankings, but I'm keeping them here |