RagingLasagna's Week 12 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | Shutting down Creighton makes up for a eked out win over Nova. Will probably be here until they lose |
| 2 | North Carolina | Someone join me in spreading RJ Davis Wooden Award propaganda |
| 3 | Purdue | I don't care how mid Indiana is this year, IU-Purdue on Peacock feels like a war crime |
| 4 | Kentucky | I promise I am not Jon Rothstein bc these are his current Final Four picks (also Big Z seems legit, but call me when he's better than Zydrunas Ilgauskas) |
| 5 | Tennessee | Can't believe we don't get Tennessee-Auburn until Feb. 28 |
| 6 | Houston | I know TV can do some weird things, but this team just looks kinda small idk |
| 7 | Arizona | I miss watching Kaleb Tarczewski play basketball |
| 8 | Kansas | When Billy Boy didn't take the obligatory L to OK State, the country roads felt imminent |
| 9 | Auburn | Bruce Pearl is really doing this huh? |
| 10 | Illinois | 10-12 is a toss up. They all feel like the same team even though they're vastly different |
| 11 | Creighton | I wanna have beers with Ryan Kalkbrenner so bad |
| 12 | Wisconsin | Greg Gardner Minshew |
| 13 | Dayton | REVENGE TOUR |
| 14 | Baylor | They gotta still be legit if Rodney is jumping up and down |
| 15 | Marquette | My eyes tell me this is one of the worst clutch free throw shooting teams in the country |
| 16 | Oklahoma | TIL Porter Moser played at Creighton in the late 80s |
| 17 | Duke | Took 2 L's and only played 1 game (VanDerveer > Mr. K) |
| 18 | Colorado State | I need someone with a PhD to explain the current hierarchy of the Mountain West |
| 19 | New Mexico | Beat Utah State |
| 20 | Texas Tech | Beat the team that beat Iowa State last week |
| 21 | Utah State | Still only 2 losses. I'd say major win if they go 5-3 in their next 8 |
| 22 | Iowa State | Honestly 18-22 you can put in any order. Love having 5 spots in a row occupied by 2 conferences |
| 23 | Princeton | Literally the only team left with 1 loss, I have to rank them |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic | I would like them to start winning games convincingly again in the AMERICAN CONFERENCE |
| 25 | Memphis | Maybe one of the worst weeks any team can have. I'm giving them one last chance |
Overall Rationale
HM: San Diego State, Utah, Alabama, Boise State, Seton Hall