Official JustBBall.Com Poll (Week 12)

<font color="DarkRed">NCAA Division I:
Official JustBBall.Com Poll
(Week 12)</font>

This is the Official JustBBall.Com Top 25 college basketball poll which comes out every Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, with the number of first-place votes in parentheses and total points outside the parentheses. Team records are through the date the poll was released:

1) Conneticut - 100 (4)
2) Duke - 96
3) Villanova - 92
4) Texas - 88
5) Memphis - 81
6) George Washington - 80
7) Gonzaga - 77
8) Illinois - 69
9) Pittsburgh - 65
10) Tennessee - 64
11) Ohio State - 57
12) Michigan State - 54
13) Georgetown - 53
14) West Virginia - 47
15) Florida - 39
16) UCLA - 36
17) Michigan - 35
18) Washington - 34
19) Oklahoma - 33
20) Iowa - 22
21) Boston College - 19
22) North Carolina State - 18
23) Bucknell - 12
24) California - 11
25) Iona - 6

Others Receiving Votes:
Wichita State (5), Wisconsin (3), Kansas (3), Nevada (1)

The Board of Selected Members is made up of six quality college basketball writers at JustBBall.Com. All are respected and credible members. The 2005-06 voters who participated this week: C.K., Shapecity, UKOwnstheSEC, and Voodoo Child.

<u>Dropped from Rankings</u>

#24 LSU, #21 Northern Iowa, #15 Indiana

 

Everything looks pretty good except North Carolina State still being in the top 25. Them losing at home to a mediocre Seton Hall team shows me that they aren't worthy of even being ranked.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting UKFan33:</div><div class="quote_post">Everything looks pretty good except North Carolina State still being in the top 25. Them losing at home to a mediocre Seton Hall team shows me that they aren't worthy of even being ranked.</div>

I think that everyone at least thought of dropping them, but at the same time look to MSU's loss to Hawaii or Wisconsin's loss to NDSU: while embarassing losses, it's not the type of thing that should trash a team's season. I think NC State remains the 2nd best team in the ACC, and they'll prove it in the coming weeks.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Schaddy:</div><div class="quote_post">I think that everyone at least thought of dropping them, but at the same time look to MSU's loss to Hawaii or Wisconsin's loss to NDSU: while embarassing losses, it's not the type of thing that should trash a team's season. I think NC State remains the 2nd best team in the ACC, and they'll prove it in the coming weeks. </div>

I get your point, but I wouldn't put Michigan State's loss in the same category as Wisconsin's or North Carolina State's. The Badgers lost because they shot horrific from the field; the Spartans lost because every single one of their players who matters was injured, not to mention Trannon wasn't even with the team yet.

Still, North Carolina State has a pretty solid resume all around. They're 16-4 with wins at Notre Dame, at Alabama, at Boston College, and at home against George Washington and Wake Forest. They came pretty close to winning at Iowa earlier this season too.

 

Pretty good poll, I'd discuss GW but there's no point in bringing that up every week. I'm not sure if Pitt is really #5 good but can't complain about them being ranked there because they've been winning games. They have a tough stretch coming up though.

 

What was it I said in the last one of these? That Washington had dropped a couple of games in the Pac-10 at home and I feared what the road would bring?