MAFIAxMaverick's Week 10 Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Purdue	Showed they can win without Edey at his best. That bodes well for the best team in the country.
2	Houston	Still undefeated. Some challenging games in January will show what this team is made of.
3	Kansas	Have been on fire since their loss early in the season.
4	Tennessee	One of the best teams in the country in my opinion. Their losses are all to teams in the Top 10 that they had to play in three consecutive games.
5	UConn	UConn is the best team in the Big East this season.
6	Kentucky	Great win against Florida to open SEC play.
7	North Carolina	This team is starting to gel. They are scary good.
8	Arizona	Absolutely dismantled two teams that have been in the top 25 conversation this year.
9	Oklahoma	Sooners continue to look like they will be a force in the Big 12 this season.
10	Illinois	Played Purdue to the wire.
11	Duke	Picking up steam.
12	Memphis	Have been on fire since the start of December.
13	BYU	Cougs had a rough second half against Cincy - it will be interesting to see how this squad performs in conference play.
14	Baylor	Strong performances the last few games.
15	Marquette	Am I being tough on Marquette? Maybe. Can't seem to find their rhythm this year. When it's not rebounding, it's missing open looks. Hopefully they can figure it out!
16	Colorado State	Lost to a tough Utah State squad.
17	Wisconsin	A high scoring Badgers team that continues to play good defense. That's a scary combo.
18	San Diego State	Hope that Utah State/San Diego State are neck and neck the whole year.
19	Clemson	Two tough losses in the last two games.
20	Auburn	Demolished Arkansas to open up SEC play
21	Florida Atlantic	This team has been up and down so far this season. The chemistry and leadership is there. Putting themselves in a position to have to win their conference tourney.
22	Creighton	A strong response with wins over Georgetown and Providence after opening up Big East play 0-2.
23	Utah State	Most entertaining game I watched this week. This Utah State squad is dangerous.
24	Seton Hall	Two massive upsets this week.
25	Cincinnati	The Bearcats are a fun team to watch this year. They have an absolute gauntlet of games coming up to open the Big 12.

Overall Rationale

JMU Dukes suffer their first loss of the season. Probably can't lose more than one or two more games and expect to get an at-large. Tough ask. I said they would fall of my Top 25 when they lost and I'm sticking with that because I think the teams listed are all better than them. On the cusp - Ole Miss, JMU