Seth Davis tweets his Top 25 (UM #1)
Three B1G teams in the top five. Surprised to see lil bro this high.
1. Mich
2. Kan
3. Fla
4. Ind
5. MichSt
6. Syr
7. Butler
8. Gonz
9. Ore
10. Ariz
11. Miami
12. Lou
13. Duke
14. UCLA
15. Wich St
16. Creighton
17. OhioSt
18. Wisc
19. NCSt
20. Ole Miss
21. KState
22. New Mex
23. UNLV
24. San Diego St
25. Georgetown
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January 27th, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
But they've also had a ton of close wins - Iowa, Nebraska, PSU, Wisconsin. It's not like all their wins have been convincing. They've basically played to the level of their opposition in every game.
January 27th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
This seems like a huge overreaction to Duke loosing without Kelly and States "moral victory" against IU with Appling fouled out.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
They lost by 30. That's not a loss, that's a massacre. Duke is not a top 5-7 team without Kelly. 13 may be a bit low, sure, but it's his poll and one can't complain too much about it. They should be at 9/10, not a big deal from where they are in Davis' rankings.
Sparty's loss isn't about morality, it was a statement that they are playing very good basketball right now and to deny that would be naive. Again, 5 is probably a bit high but a top 10 estimation of that team right now is legitimate. Positive things can be proven even when a team loses; the same holds true for when a team wins ugly, bad things can be taken away from said loss. Sparty is showing over the past couple weeks that they're getting it together. Which sucks. I was looking forward to some for sure a**-whoopings at the hands of Michigan.
January 27th, 2013 at 11:45 PM ^
But State isn't playing good. They played good against OSU and Indiana, but played like complete ass against Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and PSU. That is 4 out of their last 6 games that they have played pretty poorly. A team that plays down to shitty opponents and has 4 losses on the year doesn't deserve to be in the top 5.
January 28th, 2013 at 7:32 AM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
3-1 would be "incredible"? Why? I think that's likely to happen. I think we'll sweep Ohio and Wisc and win one of the other two (probabyl Sparty).
January 27th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
January 27th, 2013 at 10:08 PM ^
"We're not very good, and we just played a legitimately great team. I'm not sure why people are surprised at the outcome. Michigan is the best team I've seen this year, and it's not close.
Honestly, out of our Top 8, do any of them play in Michigan's Top 8? Maybe Brandon as a bench player? They were better at every single position. Their bench is better. They have a great coach. They have size, quickness, shooting ability, and they share the ball. That is an impressive squad."
January 27th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
Davis knows that MSU lost today, right?
January 27th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
I think it's very well done, probably one of the most sane polls when you looks at all of the teams' performances and current circumstance instead of preseason expectations.
MSU is playing like a top-5 team. They have arguably the best win of anyone in the country vs Kansas.
Miami just pounded Duke by 30 and beat MSU by almost 20 earlier and have a stranglehold on the ACC. Can you really rank Duke ahead of them at this point given Duke is a .500 team without Kelly who's not coming back soon?
Louisville lost three straight games.
Minnesota lost four straight including one to Northwestern, definitely they should drop out.
Florida may be in a weak conference but they are blowing everyone out that they play.
Oregon is at the top of the Pac-12 pecking order.
January 28th, 2013 at 6:18 AM ^
Tough to judge Kansas until tournament time. Their conf is crap. Sort of like Florida of the Midwest right now. They might not lose again by who can tell what that means in that conference. By the time it's all said and done MSU by be their toughest opponent of the year!
January 28th, 2013 at 8:21 AM ^
If you take a stab at predicting the Top 25 based on updated power ratings and RPI, a couple sites actually run with this as a guess with only minor variations (below is TeamRankings and Massey's prediction).
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TeamRankings | Massey |
| 1 | Michigan | Michigan |
| 2 | Kansas | Kansas |
| 3 | Florida | Florida |
| 4 | Duke | Duke |
| 5 | Arizona | Arizona |
| 6 | Gonzaga | Gonzaga |
| 7 | Indiana | Indiana |
| 8 | Syracuse | Syracuse |
| 9 | Miami (FL) | Oregon |
| 10 | Oregon | Miami (FL) |
| 11 | Michigan St | Louisville |
| 12 | Butler | Michigan St. |
| 13 | Ohio State | Butler |
| 14 | Louisville | Ohio St. |
| 15 | Minnesota | Creighton |
| 16 | Wichita St | Wichita St. |
| 17 | Creighton | Minnesota |
| 18 | New Mexico | Pittsburgh |
| 19 | Cincinnati | Marquette |
| 20 | UNLV | Cincinnati |
| 21 | Mississippi | New Mexico |
| 22 | Marquette | Mississippi |
| 23 | San Diego St | San Diego St. |
| 24 | Pittsburgh | UNLV |
| 25 | Kansas St | Georgetown |