bh6891's Week 9 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue | NC: New Year's resolution is to unleash fury on the state of New Jersey |
| 2 | Kansas | NC: New Year's resolution is to establish dominance over every school in the state of Kansas |
| 3 | Houston | NC: New Year's resolution is to beat the "they ain't played nobody" allegations |
| 4 | UConn | NC: New Year's resolution is to get Donovon Clingan healthy |
| 5 | Tennessee | +1: New Year's resolution is to advance far enough to in the tournament to get Rocky Top stuck in the heads of every viewer for eternity |
| 6 | BYU | +1: New Year's resolution is to prove that Kenpom is a genius |
| 7 | Marquette | +1: New Year's resolution is to convince the NCAA to allow the coach to be a sixth defender on the team |
| 8 | Illinois | +1: I don't feel like making a light hearted comment here after recent developments |
| 9 | Arizona | -4: New Year's resolution is to boost the reputation of the Pac 12 in it's swan song by handing out top ten wins every now and then |
| 10 | Kentucky | +1: New Year's resolution is to prove that freshman-heavy teams can still succeed in March |
| 11 | North Carolina | +1: New Year's resolution is to prove that super senior-heavy teams can succeed in March |
| 12 | Colorado State | +1: New Year's resolution is to make it out of the MWC bloodbath with a tournament resume intact |
| 13 | Oklahoma | +1: New Year's resolution is to establish themselves as the best team in the SEC from day one |
| 14 | Memphis | +1: New Year's resolution is to get revenge on those darn owls |
| 15 | Clemson | +1: New Year's resolution is to show that they are actually a basketball school |
| 16 | Ole Miss | +1: New Year's resolution is to prove that Kenpom sucks and should never be taken seriously |
| 17 | James Madison | +1: New Year's resolution is to be the last team standing on the undefeated map |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | -8: New Year's resolution is to dodge the Q4 landmines scattered throughout the AAC |
| 19 | Baylor | NC: New Year's resolution is to get their confidence back for Big 12 play |
| 20 | Duke | +2: New Year's resolution is to fix Mark Mitchell's jumper so that he can be considered a bonafide NBA prospect |
| 21 | Wisconsin | +2: New Year's resolution is to prove that slow and steady really does win the race |
| 22 | Auburn | +2: New Year's resolution is to do something notable enough for u/bh6891 to come up with an actual resolution |
| 23 | Iowa State | +2: New Year's resolution is to introduce the Big 12 newcomers to the house of horrors that is Hilton Colliseum |
| 24 | Providence | NEW: New Year's resolution is to prove that the Dunk is a scarier place to play than the Friar is as a mascot |
| 25 | Creighton | -4: New Year's resolution is to prove that u/bh6891 isn't an idiot for still ranking this team despite having no ranked wins and having lost three of their last four games |
Overall Rationale
Also Considered: Mississippi State, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Gonzaga