1. Connecticut 33-6
2. Duke 31-6
3. Georgia Tech 28-10
4. Oklahoma State 31-4
6. Stanford 30-2
7. Pittsburgh 31-5
8. Kentucky 27-5
9. Kansas 24-9
10. Texas 25-8
11. Illinois 26-7
12. Gonzaga 28-3
13. Mississippi State 26-4
14. Xavier 26-11
15. Wake Forest 21-10
16. Wisconsin 25-7
17. Alabama 20-13
18. Cincinnati 25-7
19. Syracuse 23-8
20. North Carolina State 21-10.
21. Nevada 25-9
22. North Carolina 21-10
23. UAB 22-10
24. Maryland 20-12
25. Vanderbilt 23-10

Dropped out: No. 18 Arizona, No. 19 Providence, No. 22 Utah State, No. 23 Southern Illinois, No. 25 Michigan State.

Others receiving votes: Southern Illinois (25-5) 37, Memphis (22-8) 34, Providence (20-9) 29, Arizona (20-10) 28, Boston College (24-10) 24, Texas Tech (23-11) 23, Michigan (23-11) 13, Utah State (25-4) 12, DePaul (22-10) 10, Pacific (25-8) 7, Manhattan (25-6) 6, Western Michigan (26-5) 6, Seton Hall (21-10) 5, Air Force (22-7) 4, Central Florida (25-6) 4, Michigan State (18-12) 2, South Carolina (23-11) 2, Louisiana-Lafayette (20-9) 1.

I totally don't agree with it. Xavier wasn't ranked all year, and they have a good what, 3 weeks, and all of a sudden they jump??? I don't think so. Look at their losses and how many teams have a better percentage. Yes, they have one more win than we do, but look how many more losses they have. Same for georgia tech. Great run in the tourney, I'm not gonna take that away from them, but on an overall season, how can you say a 28-10 is better than a 30-2 or a 31-4?? Congrats to those teams that made runs in march, when it was do or die, but more congrats to the teams that won for months on end, as opposed to the span of a few weeks.

Uh, St. Joe's isn't in there?

bearcatgirl Wrote:I totally don't agree with it. Xavier wasn't ranked all year, and they have a good what, 3 weeks, and all of a sudden they jump??? I don't think so. Look at their losses and how many teams have a better percentage. Yes, they have one more win than we do, but look how many more losses they have. Same for georgia tech. Great run in the tourney, I'm not gonna take that away from them, but on an overall season, how can you say a 28-10 is better than a 30-2 or a 31-4?? Congrats to those teams that made runs in march, when it was do or die, but more congrats to the teams that won for months on end, as opposed to the span of a few weeks.

Polls are always based on a "what have you done for me now" idea. They nearly never take into account the entire season, just recent success.

I'll assume St Joe's is #5

Ah, good call.