Updated B-Ball Rankings and the Problem with Nevada

Mates,

The hoops rankings came out yesterday and we were bumped down a spot, sparty moved up one, Duke went to #1, and Tennessee went to #5.  LSU leaped from 19th to 13th and Iowa State made a move up, too.  Nova dropped 4 spots down to 17. 

We actually swapped spots with Nevada.  And to borrow a phrase, 'I got a problem with Nevada's ranking'.   They play in the Mountain West and their OOC schedule is meh at best.  Its not that they are a garbage team but seriously, they play Our Sisters of Walkers and Canes and the Holy School for the Clubfooted.  Give me a break.  They even have a #10 ranking in the power rankings.  That just can't be correct.

The rankings are here, and that number at the far right of each team is their ranking in the previous week:

1. Duke (58)23-2               2

2. Gonzaga (6)25-2          3

3. Virginia 22-2                  4

4. Kentucky 21-4                5

5. Tennessee 23-2             1

6. Nevada 24-1                  7

7. Michigan 23-3                6

8. North Carolina 20-5       8

9. Houston  25-1                 9

10. Michigan St.21-5       11

11. Marquette 21-4           10

12. Kansas 20-6               14

13. LSU 21-4                    19

14. Texas Tech 21-5         15

15. Purdue 18-7                12

16. Florida St .20-5           17

17. Villanova 20-6             13

18. Louisville 18-8            16

19. Iowa St.19-6              23

20. Virginia Tech 20-5      22

21. Iowa 20-5                    21

22. Wisconsin 17-8          20

23. Kansas St.19-6         18

24. Maryland 19-7           24

25. Buffalo 22-3                25

Anyway, 2 questions today:

1.  General thoughts on the rankings, for instance, us getting bumped down while sparty got bumped up one despite losing arguably their best player.

2.  What is up with Nevada's ranking, and where is the basketball justice in that inflated nonsense?

Your thoughts, please.   

XM