1. Illinois 2. Kansas 3. North Carolina 4. Boston College 5. Syracuse 6. Wake Forest 7. Duke 8. Washington 9. Oklahoma State 10. Kentucky 11. Wisconsin 12. Michigan State 13. Louisville 14. Pittsburgh 15. Utah 16. UConn 17. Oklahoma 18. Pacific 19. Villanova 20. Arizona 21. Cincinnati 22. Gonzaga 23. Florida 24. Georgia Tech 25. Texas
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">24. Georgia Tech</div> Seven losses (mostly blowouts, including losses to VA Tech, Maryland, and NC State), one quality buzzerbeater last minute win over a ranked team. So what impresses you about them? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">25. Texas</div> Same thing as Gt.... 6 losses (including a Texas A&M blowout when they were fully healthy)... 1 ranked win.... missing two of their three best player... on an 0-2 skid including a 12 point loss to Iowa State.
Who else deserves to be ranked? I don't think either one of them deserve it, but I don't think there is really anyone outside of the top 25 that is doing anything special. That's why I put both Texas and GT at the last two slots. If there is anyone you can think of that deserves to be there, just tell me because I am having trouble finding somone else....
1) Illinois 2) Boston College 3) Kansas 4) North Carolina 5) Washington 6) Wake Forest 7) Duke 8) Syracuse 9) Kentucky 10) Arizona 11) Louisville 12) Oklahoma State 13) Utah 14) U of the Pacific 15) Michigan State 16) Gonzaga 17) Oklahoma 18) Wisconsin 19) Pittsburgh 20) Texas Tech 21) Vermont 22) Connecticut 23) Villanova 24) Alabama 25) Minnesota
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Who else deserves to be ranked? I don't think either one of them deserve it, but I don't think there is really anyone outside of the top 25 that is doing anything special. That's why I put both Texas and GT at the last two slots. If there is anyone you can think of that deserves to be there, just tell me because I am having trouble finding somone else....</div> Vermont only has three losses. Texas Tech only has five. They were just outside ESPN's rankings last week and then went undefeated this week including a win over Oklahoma.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">2) Boston College </div> I love you.
1.Illinois 2.Boston College 3.North Carolina 4.Kansas 5.Kentucky 6.Wake Forest 7.Duke 8.Louisville 9.Syracuse 10.Oklahoma State 11.Washington 12.Arizona 13.Michigan State 14.Gonzaga 15.Utah 16.Pacific 17.Oklahoma 18.Pitt 19.Wisconsin 20.Connecticut 21.Vermont 22.Texas Tech 23.Villanova 24.Florida 25.Alabama Near Miss: Old Dominion, Wichita State
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">6.Duke 7.Wake Forest</div> Uh... Wake just beat Duke. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">8.Louisville 9.Syracuse</div> Come on, Louisville should have lost to UAB and you jump them ahead of Cuse?
1- Illinois 2- BC 3- Kansas 4- UNC 5- Syracuse 6- Kentucky 7- Wake 8- OK state 9- Duke 10- Mich State 11- Louisville 12- Washington 13- Pitt 14- Arizona 15- Oklahoma 16- Gonzaga 17- Wisconsin 18- Utah 19- Pacific 20- Florida 21- Old Dominion 22- Texas Tech 23- G Tech 24- Wichita State 25- Vermont
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Come on, Louisville should have lost to UAB and you jump them ahead of Cuse?</div> Syracuse should have beaten Pitt. Syracuse should have lost to ND. The fact is, Louisville won. They have won 9 straight on a 20+ average of victory.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Syracuse should have beaten Pitt. Syracuse should have beaten ND. The fact is, Louisville won. They have won 9 straight on a 20+ average of victory.</div> So a freak comeback from top 15 Pitt makes you drop them below Louisville? And they did in fact beat Notre Dame. Louisville has won nine straight on an average of 20+ because they've beaten East Carolina by 51, Marquette by 47, Southern Miss by 45, Tulane by 36, and Tennessee by 23. None of those teams will make the tournament. Granted they've beaten overrated Cincinnati twice, they lost to Houston prior to that. Syracuse still has a better record and more quality wins.
Yet, you were high on that "overrated" Cincinnati earlier this season. Syracuse lost.. Should 'Cuse have won that game? Hell yeah. But guess what? They didn't. They blew a huge lead to Pitt and lost. Freak comeback or not, they lost. Loses drop you in rankings, don't they? Indeed they do. Did Louisville lose, at all this week? No. Cincinnati was ranked, and those two times that Cincinnati was ranked, Louisville beat them. Louisville could easily be a 2 loss team if it was not for the foul at the end of the Kentucky game, but a loss is a loss.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CUSA Fan:</div><div class="quote_post">Yet, you were high on that "overrated" Cincinnati earlier this season. Syracuse lost.. Should 'Cuse have won that game? Hell yeah. But guess what? They didn't. They blew a huge lead to Pitt and lost. Freak comeback or not, they lost. Loses drop you in rankings, don't they? Indeed they do. Did Louisville lose, at all this week? No. Cincinnati was ranked, and those two times that Cincinnati was ranked, Louisville beat them. Louisville could easily be a 2 loss team if it was not for the foul at the end of the Kentucky game, but a loss is a loss.</div> Cincinnati was undefeated when I was high on them. Syracuse didn't lose this week, that was last week. Louisville could be a two loss team, but by that same standard Wofford could be an undefeated team. Fact of the matter is that they have more losses and less wins than Cuse.
1. Illinois 2. Kansas 3. Boston College 4. North Carolina 5. Washington 6. Kentucky 7. Wake Forest 8. Louisville 9. Duke 10. Syracuse 11. Oklahoma State 12. Arizona 13. Michigan State 14. Gonzaga 15. Utah 16. Pittsburgh 17. Pacific 18. UConn 19. Texas Tech 20. Vermont 21. Cincinatti 22. Florida 23. Villanova 24. Wisconsin 25. Alabama
Shard one thing I would fix is Cincinnati. They have been playing some bad basketball. They lost twice alone this week to Louisville and to Charlotte, so ranking them at #15 is a bit too high.
Hey guys, I am so sorry for being MIA. I have been so busy. I hope to resume ranking this week. My apologies.
