Zloggt's Week Post-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UConn | The champs! |
| 2 | San Diego State | The runner-ups! |
| 3 | Miami (FL) | Had the worst loss compared to FAU - but remember, they beat THREE ranked teams to get here! |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | Was a miracle shot away from perhaps being #2...love the story, but yeah, the path was less of a challenge compared to others |
| 5 | Alabama | Still #1 (hey, they beat Houston you know)...and bad loss aside, not much else can be said |
| 6 | Houston | Ditto (except since Alabama beat them once, they remain behind the Tide) |
| 7 | Texas | Did pretty good, and perhaps got unlucky against Miami - making the Elite 8 allows them to stay here though |
| 8 | Gonzaga | Overall good season - and no shame in losing to the eventual champions - probably would've ended up higher had they didn't get so BTFO'd by UConn |
| 9 | UCLA | Probably could've be up more if they beat Gonzaga - but hey, decent result no matter what |
| 10 | Kansas State | Not bad, Wildcats! Could've bumped up a spot or two if they won against MSU in regulation (or make the F4 ofc) |
| 11 | Marquette | MSU loss hurts, but winning the BE Tournament allows for them to finish ahead of Kansas |
| 12 | Kansas | As much as I dislike them, losing Bill Self (hope for a full recovery!) tanked the Jayhawks HARD - it'll be one of the biggest "what-ifs" this year... |
| 13 | Creighton | O M A H A (was impressive - and an unfortunate foul away from finishing MUCH higher) |
| 14 | Tennessee | Barnes had a good tournament for once! Nothing amazing, but still a better result than an early exit - this is a perfect place for them! |
| 15 | Purdue | Reg Season + B1G Tournament results are perhaps the ONLY thing propping them up at this point |
| 16 | Xavier | Was at-risk of dropping a lot had they lost to Kennesaw State - but hey, they didn't! |
| 17 | Arizona | Being P12 Tournament champions is good - but losing to even a good #15 seed IS going to hurt you badly... |
| 18 | Indiana | Miami loss was pretty rough...but I'd say they still can stay up here after all that |
| 19 | Baylor | Maybe I was too harsh dropping them? Maybe...but I suppose that inertia is inevitable after the freefalling they've been through... |
| 20 | Michigan State | Arkansas beating Kansas was perhaps more impressive...but MSU was an OT away from making the Elite Eight, which thus puts them on top |
| 21 | Arkansas | The Razorbacks still did good, of course - not much you can do when the Huskies went god mode all tournament long... |
| 22 | Duke | Maybe too low, but the ACC was largely in a down year (and other teams stepped up), so I can't really do much for a team that could have, but didn't make the second weekend |
| 23 | Virginia | This wouldn't have happened had you simply beat Furman (arguably too big of a drop, but you know...guess they're "exposed") |
| 24 | Saint Mary's | Poll inertia maybe has them too low - after all, their lost was to the champion (and they fared better against them in less neutral ground compared to Gonzaga too...) |
| 25 | Texas A&M | Bit of a pity Top 25 - really should have beaten Penn State, and yet...their overall season still sorta justifies this |
Overall Rationale
Mixture of Tournament Result and Overall Season Result - recent performance is a big factor, but also not everything (at least for many, if not most of these teams)