“We’re a blog of many talents, but ranking the top 25 college basketball teams isn’t necessarily one of them.” – Me, Patrick Norton, three weeks ago.
“…Basketbal…” – Also me, last week.
Only nine days remain in the month of February and synonymous with the last few weeks, we’ve seen a few shakeups in the AP Top 25 Poll. This week we saw Scary Jay Wright and Villanova return to the court and dismantle a heavily talented Xavier team. Kansas outscored West Virginia 19-3 in the final three minutes…again. Bob Huggins nearly exploded, but nobody has determined whether the near catastrophe is from the officiating in the Mountaineers loss to the Jayhawks, or if the Caniac Combo finally came back to bite Huggy Bear in the rear. As for the Northwestern? More like “NOOOOO”rthwestern. Purdue? How about Pur-Don’t…
After compiling the rankings of various Student Union contributors, here’s where we stand with the top 25:
- Villanova
- Michigan State
- Virginia
- Xavier
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Texas Tech
- Kansas
- Purdue
- Arizona
- North Carolina
- Cincinnati
- Auburn
- Wichita State
- Clemson
- Ohio State
- Michigan
- St. Mary’s
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Nevada
- West Virginia
- Houston
- Middle Tennessee State
- Florida State
Others Receiving Votes: St. Bonaventure (2), Arkansas (2), Creighton (2), Kansas State (1), Loyola-Chicago (1), USC (1).
This is the least diversity we’ve seen in the results thus far…
