JamesBCrazy's Ballot for Week 5 of 2018-19
Submitted on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 2:15AM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
 Kansas
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My normal computer ranking (XSRS) only uses current-season information. It's December, so don't expect it to be fully accurate. |
| 2 |
Gonzaga
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Literally 20% of my adjusted ranking is just taken from Kenpom/Sagarin with no adjustments right now. I figure they've got it roughly right. |
| 3 |
Duke
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XSRS makes up another 20% all on its own, leading to large discrepancies when it over/underrates a team. |
| 4 |
Michigan
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Example: Kansas State was 12th on last week's AP and Reddit polls and they lost @ a decent Marquette so they're naturally dropping... |
| 5 |
Virginia
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...but they're 57th (!) in XSRS, which tanks their ranking in the combined rankings I use for my ballot. |
| 6 |
Nevada
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Other discrepancies between Reddit and XSRS: Kansas 1/11, Virginia 4/16, Tennessee 6/17, VT 10/3, Texas Tech 19/7, UK 13/34, Nebraska RV/6. |
| 7 |
Auburn
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Admittedly, the human rankings are a week old, but it's not made to resemble a human poll. That's why I'm not basing my full ranking on it. |
| 8 |
Michigan State
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| 9 |
Virginia Tech
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| 10 |
Tennessee
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Closest ranking differences between two teams were Michigan/UVA and ASU/MS ST. |
| 11 |
North Carolina
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They were both 0.07 points from each other on a 100 point scale. |
| 12 |
Texas Tech
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(For context, UVA was 3.22 points ahead of Nevada, the next team down.) |
| 13 |
Ohio State
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| 14 |
Kentucky
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| 15 |
Purdue
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| 16 |
Wisconsin
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| 17 |
Kansas State
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| 18 |
Florida State
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| 19 |
Iowa
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| 20 |
Nebraska
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| 21 |
Buffalo
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| 22 |
Iowa State
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| 23 |
Texas
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Top XSRS not ranked: 19 Arizona, 20 Indiana, 21 NC State, 22 Cincinnati, 23 Creighton, 24 Utah State, 26 Marquette, 28 UCLA, 29 Louisville. |
| 24 |
Oregon
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| 25 |
Villanova
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Next 10: Indiana, NC State, Arizona, ASU, Miss. State, Creighton, Cincinnati, Clemson, Furman, Maryland. |