Apparently I am somewhat of a homer since my ballot was flagged in the top five for the Coulter/Kos Award, which goes to the blogger with the highest bias rating. So be it.
My first ballot is listed below.
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| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | |
| 2 | Oklahoma | |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | |
| 4 | North Carolina | |
| 5 | Wake Forest | |
| 6 | Louisville | |
| 7 | Clemson | |
| 8 | Michigan St. | |
| 9 | Marquette | |
| 10 | Memphis | |
| 11 | Duke | |
| 12 | UCLA | |
| 13 | Villanova | |
| 14 | Texas | |
| 15 | Xavier | |
| 16 | Butler | |
| 17 | Arizona St. | |
| 18 | Washington | |
| 19 | Kansas | |
| 20 | Purdue | |
| 21 | Illinois | |
| 22 | Gonzaga | |
| 23 | Syracuse | |
| 24 | Utah St. | |
| 25 | Dayton | |
A few notes:
- Sure, Dayton in the top 25 after a loss last week is a stretch -- but they do have a nifty win over an upper division BIG EAST program.
- Duke should have been 0-2 last week, and I voted them as such.
- Purdue is likely better than their ranking.
- Memphis is playing great......oh so quietly.
- I have too many Pac-10 teams in this ballot.
Good first week for the poll. Nice job grabbing some attention by slipping Marquette in a little higher than average. ND fans don't have to worry about that, thus the "Numb Existence."
ReplyDelete"Duke should have been 0-2 last week..."
ReplyDeleteWhat does that mean? They beat Miami. Why would you rank them as if they lost?
Marquette should have been 2-0 last week. Why didn't you vote them as such?
Both teams were 1-1 last week but Marquette didn't lose by 27 points and didn't nearly cough up a home game along the way.
ReplyDeleteMU was 1-1 for the week in two road games...the loss coming thanks to a 10-23 effort at the stripe which, in the context of the season, is a red herring. With a 1-1 week I did vote MU 'as such' -- at #9 rather than as #6.