| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|
| 1 |   Houston | You belong here Houston |
| 2 |  Alabama | They’d beat Tennessee by 15 at home |
| 3 |  Kansas | Played the best half of basketball by any team since KSU against Texas |
| 4 |  Purdue | On the brink of panic |
| 5 |  UCLA | Hanging around enough to make the final four |
| 6 |  Virginia | Frauds, just lose and gtfo already |
| 7 |  Marquette | Shaka is so back |
| 8 |  Texas | Texas tech has to the the reason they’re leaving the big 12 right |
| 9 |  Arizona | PAC-12 sucks but tommy lloyd… |
| 10 |  Baylor | The most defensive gaps from a Baylor team in awhile |
| 11 |  Tennessee | This week’s Jekyll and Hyde |
| 12 |  Gonzaga | Just here until St Marys beats them Saturday |
| 13 |  Creighton | It was always creighton wasn’t it |
| 14 |  Miami (FL) | Might be good. Might be not very good. Will see in march |
| 15 |  Indiana | Got hosed at NW but happens to the best of us |
| 16 |  Saint Mary's | Slingshot to #12 engaged |
| 17 |  Kansas State | Market pullback |
| 18 |  UConn | Staying alive is all they need to do |
| 19 |  Northwestern | Might be really good |
| 20 |  Xavier | Same as uconn |
| 21 |  San Diego State | Not convinced they’re good but here we are |
| 22 |  NC State | Kevin keatts might be the real deal |
| 23 |  Providence | One word: patches |
| 24 |  Iowa State | I have never and will never know if this team is any good |
| 25 |  TCU | Mike miles has to take them to the promise land |
