albusdumblederp's Ballot for Week 16 of 2017-18
Submitted on Monday, February 19, 2018 at 3:02AM EST
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Virginia
|
(LW: 1) [SOR: 1, KenPom: 1] Alone at the top |
| 2 |
Villanova
|
(LW: 2) [SOR: 4, KenPom: 2] Asserted their dominance in the Big East after some dropped them to #3 |
| 3 |
Michigan State
|
(LW: 4) [SOR: 2, KenPom: 6] That Northwestern game was ridiculous...but that's a game that showed what this team was made of. |
| 4 |
Purdue
|
(LW: 3) [SOR: 6, KenPom: 5] 2 single-possession losses to top teams more forgivable than dropping a game to a bad, bad Wisconsin team |
| 5 |
Duke
|
(LW: 6) [SOR: 5, KenPom: 4] |
| 6 |
Xavier
|
(LW: 5) [SOR: 3, KenPom: 12] People really wanted this team to be better than they are. Nova put them in their place. |
| 7 |
North Carolina
|
(LW: 10) [SOR: 9, KenPom: 7] Remember when people had UNC in the 20s? |
| 8 |
Texas Tech
|
(LW: 8) [SOR: 7, KenPom: 8] Really a shame that they dropped that Baylor game - thought they had a good shot at dethroning Kansas |
| 9 |
Cincinnati
|
(LW: 7) [SOR 12, KenPom: 3] Hopefully this will put the fire out on the Cinci is an elite team nonsense. |
| 10 |
Kansas
|
(LW: 11) [SOR: 10, KenPom: 11] Got through WVU under...questionable...circumstances. But still Kansas. |
| 11 |
Auburn
|
(LW: 9) [SOR: 8, KenPom: 10] Had a chance at a #1 seed for a while - but without a strong schedule can't recover from the losses |
| 12 |
Gonzaga
|
(LW: 15) [SOR: 15, KenPom: 9] |
| 13 |
Tennessee
|
(LW: 13) [SOR: 13, KenPom: 16] |
| 14 |
Clemson
|
(LW: 14) [SOR: 11, KenPom: 14] Tough losses don't affect rankings so much |
| 15 |
Wichita State
|
(LW: 23) [SOR: 17, KenPom: 18] |
| 16 |
Ohio State
|
(LW: 12) [SOR: 14, KenPom: 15] It was insane that people had this team in the top 10 last week. If you watch them that's just too high. |
| 17 |
Michigan
|
(LW: 25) [SOR: 16, KenPom: 25] |
| 18 |
West Virginia
|
(LW: 20) [SOR: 20, KenPom: 13] High on them this week. Will probably be down on them next week. That's just how it goes. |
| 19 |
Arizona
|
(LW: --) [SOR: 19, KenPom: 21] Have separated themselves at the top of the Pac-12 |
| 20 |
Nevada
|
(LW: --) [SOR: 21, KenPom: 17] |
| 21 |
URI
|
(LW: 17) [SOR: 18, KenPom: 29] I hate this team. No confidence in them at all and will definitely pick them to go down first round. |
| 22 |
TCU
|
(LW: 22) [SOR: 27, KenPom: 20] |
| 23 |
Creighton
|
(LW: 16) [SOR: 28, KenPom: 27] |
| 24 |
Kentucky
|
(LW: --) [SOR: 23, KenPom: 32] |
| 25 |
Florida State
|
(LW: 21) [SOR: 29, KenPom: 24] |