bkervick's Week 16 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | -- 2nd 100 game score of the last 3 weeks Won 2 Big East games by 36 (on the road) and 28 against my former #6 team. |
| 2 | Houston | Up 1. Made easy work of Texas, 99 game score. Their 12th 99+ game score of the year. |
| 3 | Purdue | Down 1. 3 of their worst 5 performances of the year have come in their last 5 games. |
| 4 | Arizona | -- Made easy work of Arizona St, 99 game score. Too big of a gap to catch Purdue in both resume and power, but closed the gap substantially. |
| 5 | Tennessee | Up 3. Played 2 week teams, but rebounded from worst performance of the season last week with 100 and 98 game scores. |
| 6 | Alabama | Up 4. Nice margin home win against Texas A&M. |
| 7 | Kansas | Down 2. Got absolutely demolished on the road at Tech, but bounced back with good road win over Oklahoma. |
| 8 | Marquette | Down 2. Got run out of the building on the road by #1, but good road win over likely tournament team Butler also. |
| 9 | Illinois | Up 2. Picked up a Q1 road win at Maryland in a lighter week. |
| 10 | North Carolina | Down 3. Gave Syracuse only its 2nd Q1 win of the season, and then handled Va Tech at home. |
| 11 | Iowa State | Up 6. Re-adjusted (and I'll still be low). 4 straight 98+ game scores. Top 10 WAB and top 10 most analytics. |
| 12 | Creighton | -- Solid week getting big margin road win at Butler and otherwise handling business. |
| 13 | Auburn | Down 4. Huge margin win over South Carolina, but then dropped a home game to Kentucky by double digits. |
| 14 | Duke | Down 1. 2 quad 2 wins this week by appropriate margins. Got jumped by an Iowa St re-adjustment by me. |
| 15 | Baylor | Down 1. 2 good wins by appropriate margin. |
| 16 | San Diego State | Up 3. 2 really nice double digit Q1 home wins this week. |
| 17 | Dayton | Up 1. Light week, pulled away late from Duqesne to prevent disaster. |
| 18 | Florida | New. Now top 20 on Torvik and top 20 WAB. |
| 19 | Saint Mary's | Up 6. 13 straight wins, though more than half are Q4. Hitting strong margins though. |
| 20 | Texas Tech | Up 2. Took a tough away loss to Iowa St in a chance to really make noise, but put an absolute beatdown on Kansas at home. |
| 21 | Utah State | -- 2 poor game scores this week. Jumped by 3 teams, but chaos above them keeps them flat. |
| 22 | Kentucky | New. Really great double digit win at Auburn and nice margin win against likely tourny team Ole MIss at home gets them back in, |
| 23 | Colorado State | New. Well somebody else had to get in. Top 25 in WAB and top 36 in power metrics gets them in despite loss at SDSU. |
| 24 | Washington State | New. 7 game win streak in a major conference. 26th in WAB and top 40 in the power metrics gets them in. |
| 25 | Wisconsin | Down 5. Losers of 5 of 6, but 4 of the 5 have been on the road and the other was home to Purdue. Was just top 16 in bracket reveal and still 21 in WAB. |
Overall Rationale
Out: South Carolina (from 15). You can't lose by 40 and then a Q3 game in the same week when you already have bad power numbers and not drop more than 10 spots. Indiana State (from 16). Can't lose a Quad 4 game by double digits and not drop more than 10 spots. BYU (from 23) Down to 6-6 in B12 and lost to Ok St. Virginia (from 24). Home loss to mediocre team. Also considered (in no order): Like everyone. Ole Miss, Virginia, BYU, South Carolina, New Mexico, TCU, Northwestern, Indiana St, Michigan St (won't be shocked if they get in next week), Clemson, Miss St, Oklahoma