It’s getting harder and harder to pick a top 25. I had 12 revisions on my ballot before finally throwing up my hands and sending in the best I could do.
I’d like to vote for Kentucky for political reasons. But that can’t be justified. Yet, I think Kentucky can make a splash in the SEC Tournament this week. If UK can somehow reduce its turnovers and get big games from Jodie Meeks/Patrick Patterson, anything’s possible.
But who could expect such a thing?
Anyway, back to this week’s ballot, I haven’t blogged about the ballot in the last few weeks because Kentucky fell out of contention. But since it was the last week of the regular season, here’s this week’s ballot. Voting ends with next week’s ballot. We also vote on three All-American teams, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. I’ll vote for Blake Griffin of Oklahoma as Player of the Year and Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh as Coach of the Year. If Kansas wins the Big 12 Tournament, I may switch to Bill Self.
Here’s this week’s top 25:
1. North Carolina
2. Pittsburgh
3. Connecticut
4. Louisville
5. Memphis
6. Michigan State
7. Oklahoma
8. Wake Forest
9. Duke
10. Kansas
11. Villanova
12. Gongaza
13. Washington
14. LSU
15. Syracuse
16. Missouri
17. Xavier
18. UCLA
19. Florida State
20. Auburn
21. Butler
22. Marquette
23. Clemson
24. Penn State
25. Illinois
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I thinks its funny that(by all means I agree) louisville wins the big east outright but still have 2 teams ranked ahead of them in the top 25. What a strange strange year in college basketball, and the strangest of all is that a Kentucky team that I thought could have made it to the sweet sixteen does not even make the big dance. What can I say how about SPRING FOOTBALL!!!!
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Did you forget that LSU lost TWICE last week to a couple of 10-loss teams?
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