Rank | Team | Reason |
---|---|---|
1 | UConn | Jumping them over Purdue because Purdue has looked shaky a couple of times now, while UCONN showed no struggle on the road in BE. |
2 | Purdue | |
3 | Kansas | Dominant week for the Jayhawks. |
4 | Houston | Gutsy win on the road. |
5 | Arizona | Huge win over UTK. |
6 | Gonzaga | Thought people wrote them off too week. Pseudo-road win in Alabama is huge, and their losses are looking fine. |
7 | Virginia | |
8 | UCLA | Huge road trip for UCLA, even if I've never seen super high on that UK team. |
9 | Alabama | |
10 | Baylor | |
11 | Tennessee | Feels harsh to have them this low, but they need JJJ back. |
12 | Duke | |
13 | Mississippi State | |
14 | Wisconsin | Great wins and two close losses. |
15 | Marquette | Three losses, all of them close to very good teams, and a blowout over Baylor. |
16 | Illinois | |
17 | Maryland | |
18 | Virginia Tech | I don't think Charleston away is a bad loss. They've done nothing but win outside of that. |
19 | Texas | This team is not the same without Coach Beard, even from just a coaching perspective rather than the "distraction" |
20 | West Virginia | |
21 | Xavier | |
22 | Indiana | |
23 | New Mexico | |
24 | Charleston | Only loss is to UNC, wins over VT and a very good Kent St. team that has yet to lose to a bad team all year. Don't sleep. |
25 | Utah State | Santa Clara and USF are fine, but not super high quality wins. |
My metrics hate Arizona and Tennessee but love Alabama. I reorganized them significantly in this top 25.