Sunday, December 27, 2009

W-11 BP65

I hope everybody is having a great holiday break with their family and friends. It's been a slow few games of actual competitive college basketball games, so there aren't a whole lot of changes from last week:

1. KANSAS (BIG 12)
1. KENTUCKY (SEC)
1. PURDUE (BIG TEN)
1. Texas

2. NORTH CAROLINA (ACC)
2. VILLANOVA (BIG EAST)
2. WASHINGTON (PAC 10)
2. West Virginia

3. Tennessee
3. Michigan State
3. Duke
3. Syracuse

4. BUTLER (HORIZON)
4. California
4. Clemson
4. Georgetown

5. UConn
5. Ohio State
5. GONZAGA (WCC)
5. Florida

6. Minnesota
6. NEW MEXICO (MWC)
6. Mississippi State
6. Arizona State

7. DAYTON (ATLANTIC 10)
7. Wisconsin
7. Louisville
7. Kansas State

8. BYU
8. MEMPHIS (CONFERENCE USA)
8. Texas A&M
8. Missouri

9. Vanderbilt
9. Maryland
9. Wake Forest
9. Mississippi

10. Xavier
10. UNLV
10. Cincinnati
10. NORTHERN IOWA (MVC)

11. Baylor
11. Georgia Tech
11. Illinois
11. Miami (Fl)

12. Oklahoma State
12. Temple
12. SIENA (MAAC)
12. UTAH STATE (WAC)

13. VCU (COLONIAL)
13. CORNELL (IVY)
13. KENT STATE (MAC)
13. MURRAY STATE (OVC)

14. WESTERN KENTUCKY (SUN BELT)
14. LONG BEACH STATE (BIG WEST)
14. SAM HOUSTON STATE (SOUTHLAND)
14. COASTAL CAROLINA (BIG SOUTH)

15. OAKLAND (SUMMIT)
15. VERMONT (AMERICA EAST)
15. BELMONT (ATLANTIC SUN)
15. WOFFORD (SOUTHERN)

16. WEBER STATE (BIG SKY)
16. HOLY CROSS (PATRIOT)
16. MORGAN STATE (MEAC)
16. MT SAINT MARY'S (NORTHEAST)
16. JACKSON STATE (SWAC)


Other teams considered, but that missed the cut:
Florida State, NC State, Richmond, Rhode Island, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Michigan, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Old Dominion, Tulsa, Missouri State, Wichita State, San Diego State, Arizona, Washington State, South Carolina

Other teams with a decent shot, but that need to improve their resume:
Boston College, Virginia Tech, Charlotte, Notre Dame, St. John's, South Florida, Penn State, Iowa State, Nebraska, William & Mary, UAB, Southern Miss, UTEP, UW-Green Bay, Wright State, Bradley, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, USC, Alabama, LSU, Portland, Saint Mary's, Louisiana Tech, Nevada

Other teams that I'm keeping my eye on, but that need to dramatically improve their resume:
Virginia, Duquesne, George Washington, La Salle, Saint Joseph's, Saint Louis, DePaul, Providence, Rutgers, Colorado, Pacific, George Mason, Hofstra, Central Florida, Houston, Marshall, Loyola-Chicago, Harvard, Iona, Niagara, Ohio, Creighton, Indiana State, Colorado State, TCU, Utah, UCLA, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Auburn, Georgia, San Diego, Idaho

3 comments:

Rocco said...

Do you have something against Syracuse? First you rank them to finish 9th in the Big East and now you only have them a 3 seed. What is it about beating every team by double figures (including your 2 seed North Carolina) makes them a 3 seed? Just wondering how you come up with the 3 seed. If you have watched basketball only Texas, Kansas, and Kentucky have an arguement for beeing better.

DMoore said...

How have the latest changes for USC (the surprise emergence of Mike Gerrity and their recent notable wins) changed their outlook?

Jeff said...

That's a good question, DMoore, and one that I'm not going to answer well at 1 in the morning. I'm planning on writing up a recap of their win over UNLV either tomorrow or the next day, where I'll go through it in more detail.

But certainly one could make the case that Gerrity has been the most important transfer on this side of Wesley Johnson. He's been terrific. I watched almost that entire game against UNLV, and USC actually looked like (gasp) a Tournament quality team.