Iggy's college basketball rankings for 12/26/05

[iggymcfly 0]

Yeah, doing the college basketball rankings wasn't exactly a priority on Christmas day, but it's not Christmas anymore so here they are. Kind of a slow week anyway, with Oklahoma the only Top Ten team that picked up a loss.

 

(previous week's ranking in parenthesis)

 

1. Duke 11-0 (1)

2. Connecticut 9-0 (2)

3. Villanova 8-0 (3)

4. Florida 11-0 (4)

5. Illinois 12-0 (5)

6. Memphis 9-1 (6)

7. Washington 10-0 (7)

8. UCLA 10-1 (8)

9. Gonzaga 9-2 (10)

10. George Washington 8-0 (11)

11. Michigan State 10-2 (12)

12. Ohio State 8-0 (15)

13. Maryland 8-2 (16)

14. Nevada 8-1 (17)

15. Boston College 8-2 (18)

16. Indiana 7-2 (19)

17. Louisville 9-1 (20)

18. Tennessee 6-1 (13)

19. Texas 9-2 (21)

20. Oklahoma 6-2 (9)

21. Indiana State 8-0 (22)

22. Kentucky 8-3 (NR)

23. Bucknell 8-1 (23)

24. Michigan 8-1 (24)

25. NC State 9-1 (NR)

 

Dropped out this week: North Carolina (14), Iona (25)

 

Feel like I'm being kind of harsh toward the Tar Heels considering the USC loss isn't all that bad, but they haven't really done anything outside of the Kentucky win and I think NC State looks to be just a hair better right now.

[Guest Leelee]

Never would be better.

 

We don't need threads on this every week. Especially considering you don't engage in any conversation after posting these things.

[iggymcfly 0]

I almost always engage in conversation. Last week, there weren't any real comments on the rankings except for your one comment on Wisconsin which I'd talked about the previous week.

 

As far as Wisconsin goes, I don't think they deserve to be ahead of teams like NC State or Michigan because they haven't beaten anyone. The only thing on their schedule that could possibly be considered a good win is Marquette, and even that's not very impressive. I'd say Iona's road win over Iowa State was better than a home win over Marquette, and I'd also say that a road loss to Kentucky is better than a road loss to Wake Forest at this point.

 

So while the Badgers are one of the teams under consideration, I'd still put them behind N. Carolina, Iona, and maybe even West Virginia as far as being an actual Top 25 team.

 

If you have any other issues about where the teams are ranked, I'd be more than happy to discuss them. The actual weekly college basketball thread gets too caught up with what everyone's local teams are doing, so I figure it's good to do something to renew the national focus. Believe me, generating discussion is what this thread's all about.

 

(I could have taken the post as an insult, and gotten indignant, but I'm just not in the mood today. Consider it a free pass.)

[cabbageboy 0]

I might switch Washington and Florida. Deep down I know FL has more impressive wins and Washington hasn't even left Seattle yet, but there's something about Billy Donovan in the top 5 that's just....wrong somehow.

 

Not gonna dispute U of L at 17, since quite honestly we're not even a top 40 team at this point. The sad thing is that we'll be about 10-2 or 11-1 when Nova comes to town to annihilate us. Thing is, we've got to win these home games against the scary likes of Nova, UConn, and Pitt (probably giving those teams their first losses). Cause man it gets REAL hard later with road games at Nova, UConn, WVU, Syracuse, Cincy, etc. We're going to get our asses kicked.

Edited December 28, 2005 by cabbageboy

[iggymcfly 0]

Actually, I'm not sure on Florida. Something seems a little fishy about them, like you could totally see them falling apart in SEC play and ending up with 10 or 12 losses, but their resume's solid. They've got road wins over Wake, Syracuse, and Miami, home wins over Syracuse and Florida State, and the vast majority of their wins have come by double digits.