Here is my ballot for week three of the CBS Sports College Hoops BlogPoll. Thoughts?: Rank Team Delta 1 Pittsburgh 3 2 Oklahoma 3 Connecticut 2 4 North Carolina 1 5 Memphis 1 6 Louisville 1 7 Michigan St. 2 8 Kansas 1 9 Villanova 1 10 Duke 1 11 Wake Forest 3 12 Marquette 13 Missouri 1 14 West Virginia 1 15 Washington 4 16 Clemson 3 17 Arizona St. 3 18 Purdue 19 Illinois 3 20 Utah 3 21 Florida St. 22 Xavier 4 23 Gonzaga 24 Louisiana St. 25 UCLA 8 Last week's ballot
Some quick notes on my thought process. Pitt has to be #1. They are the only one of the top four that won didn't lose this week, and they knocked off former #1 UConn in the process. I put Oklahoma at #2 because their lss coincided with Blake Griffin's concussion. With UConn and UNC, despite the issues that are obvious for the Huskies, UNC's performance worried me a lot more. No one other than Lawson was effective in the second half or OT, they finished with five assists on the game as a team, and they gave up a 16 point second half lead to an inferior opponent. But more than anything (including Hansbrough's disappearance this year) I am turned off by the fact they cannot stop a good scoring guard - see Tyrese Rice, Jeff Teague, and now Greivis Vazquez.
The rest is fairly straight forward - a bit down on Big Ten teams this week and a bit high on Big XII teams.
Monday, February 23, 2009
College Hoops BlogPoll Week Three |
Dropped Out: Dayton (#21), Butler (#22), Arizona (#25).
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