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Your guess at the rankings this coming Monday?

Current rankings:

1. Villanova
10. Creighton
17. Xavier
18. Butler

All teams won this week.

Teams that lost:
7. UNC (vs Kentucky)
9. Indiana (vs Butler)
16. South Carolina (@ SHU)
21. Notre Dame (@ Purdue)

Couple more games tomorrow (4. Baylor and 8. Gonzaga- for now I'll assume they'll win but will revise tomorrow if they lose).

My guess:
1. Villanova
9. Creighton (passing Indiana but not UNC)
13. Butler
17. Xavier (same- passed by Butler but passing South Carolina)

RV:
Seton Hall (no votes last week)

Amazing week for the Big East! Feel this and next week are vital for AP rankings since conference play about to start. Teams like SHU or Providence could be ranked in a couple weeks with wins over some of these teams. Heading into conference play on a very strong note.

I feel like at least one of Seton Hall/Providence are deserving of being in the Top 25. I don't know why the AP voters are holding out. Both have played very good basketball at least to be in the 20-25 range

Edrick wrote:http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/butler-has-top-10-case-with-upset-of-indiana-whose-tourney-resume-takes-a-hit/

LOL, just completely forgot nova is in the conference

ecasadoSBU wrote:I feel like at least one of Seton Hall/Providence are deserving of being in the Top 25. I don't know why the AP voters are holding out. Both have played very good basketball at least to be in the 20-25 range

Providence is totally due to their schedule. Their best win is between UMass, Memphis, and Rhode Island. That's saying something.

Seton Hall will get some votes. If they had beaten Stanford even in Orlando, they'd probably get in the poll this week.

My guess-
Nova 1
Creighton 9 or 10(they could easily with tonights game get passed in the polls a bit by some teams right behind them.
Butler 12-13
Xavier 17 sounds about right

Yeah, no room for Providence cuz Cincinnati had another strong week by beating Texas Southern and Fairleigh Dickinson. And they scored their most points since their big win over #343 Lipscomb.

Top Cincinnati wins:
- 67 Texas Southern (4-7).
- 96 Samford.

Only 2 losses including vs #56 Rhody who lost to 4 great teams including RPI #33 who i forgot the name of.
Plus they have that big win over #110 Iowa State in their pocket.
And dropping Cincinnati from the Top-25 makes Baby Mick Cronin cry.

#bearcatsrising
#memphisdeservesvotes

Also, look for an enormous TCU jump if they get past Texas Southern tonight, because Jamie Dixon.

TCU is 55th in the country. They've just beaten Nowhere Polytechnic a bunch of times.

Edrick wrote:TCU is 55th in the country. They've just beaten Nowhere Polytechnic a bunch of times.

Yeah. TCU's schedule this year is actually good compared to what it normally is (traditionally one of the very worst among the Big Six conferences). They are still miles away from being worthy of the Top 25. Their best win is against Illinois St.

milksteak wrote:

Edrick wrote:TCU is 55th in the country. They've just beaten Nowhere Polytechnic a bunch of times.

Yeah. TCU's schedule this year is actually good compared to what it normally is (traditionally one of the very worst among the Big Six conferences). They are still miles away from being worthy of the Top 25. Their best win is against Illinois St.

They beat Washington twice in the same week - both times in double figures. That's a rare daily double.