Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | Purdue | |
2 | UConn | survived the road! |
3 | Kansas | deserved to lose at home to TCU |
4 | North Carolina | trendy |
5 | Baylor | totally slept on, congrats on Edgecombe |
6 | Wisconsin | 7 quality wins even if you don't count Virginia, and just one bad loss. Slept on! |
7 | Houston | Not a bad team by any means but a recalibration was necessary. |
8 | Arizona | in a funk. |
9 | Tennessee | classic rick barnes team |
10 | Auburn | metrics love em but baby soft schedule. good win againt a&m |
11 | Marquette | can't quit on them |
12 | TCU | deserved win at Allen Fieldhouse |
13 | Colorado State | Still haven't lost to any bad teams and have wins against 3. |
14 | Kentucky | wins at Florida and UNC but home loss to UNCW |
15 | Dayton | Slept On! 3 good wins and no bad losses. |
16 | Iowa State | Metrics proven right on them but wrong on Houston? Confusing |
17 | Oklahoma | Two humbling losses. |
18 | BYU | Two humbling losses. |
19 | San Diego State | Ran into a buzzsaw at the Pit. Have played at three of the top 10 home environments in the country. |
20 | Illinois | inexcusable loss to UMD. also why did Hawk post that on twitter haha |
21 | Memphis | metrics hate em but they keep winning |
22 | Utah State | Just an early season loss to Bradley away from perfection. Being #41 on KenPom, need a few more good wins to move up. |
23 | Creighton | Still #15 on kenpom, four good wins and just one bad loss at UNLV |
24 | Alabama | #6 on KenPom, 3 solid wins and no bad losses, just a lot of em |
25 | Florida Atlantic | Definitely one of the most talented teams in the country, but their heads are clearly elsewhere. |
Honorable Mention: Northwestern and New Mexico.