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RCT College Basketball Top 25 - Week 11 - 2/17/14

Our weekly attempt to make sense of the college basketball hierarchy.

By Andy Mitts
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Well, it's much later in the day than I imagined it would be, but here is this week's poll, as promised.

There is quite a bit of movement this week, but lots of big upsets throughout the week will do that our poll with so few voters.

Rank Team Points LW Change
1 Syracuse(5) 149 1 0
2 Florida 141 3 1
3 Arizona(1) 138 2 -1
4 Wichita State 129 4 0
5 Villanova 114 4 -1
6 Creighton 113 13 7
7 Kansas 112 7 0
8 Duke 108 9 1
9 San Diego State 99 6 -3
10 Cincinnati 94 11 1
11 Saint Louis 79 14 3
12 Wisconsin 78 19 7
13 Iowa State 75 10 -3
14 Virginia 64 16 2
15 Louisville 59 15 0
16 Michigan State 55 8 -8
17 Iowa 53 17 0
18 Michigan 47 12 -6
19 Texas 43 20 1
20 Connecticut 38 NR 6
21 Kentucky 36 18 -3
22 Ohio State 31 21 -1
23 UCLA 27 NR 4
24 Arizona State 14 NR 8
25 Gonzaga 12 NR 4
25 Southern Methodist 12 25 0





Others Receiving Votes: Memphis 10, Pittsburgh 8, North Carolina 3, Oklahoma 3, Stephen F Austin 3, Harvard 2, Louisiana Tech 1
New this week: Connecticut, UCLA, Arizona State, Gonzaga
Dropping out: Oklahoma(22) , Memphis(23) , Pittsburgh(24)
Biggest Movers:
Arizona State +8, Creighton +7, Wisconsin +7
Michigan State -8, Oklahoma -8, Michigan -6

And here are the individual ballots:

Rank misterbrain Byronkewel kcgregory
1 Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse
2 Florida Florida Florida
3 Wichita State Wichita State Arizona
4 Arizona Arizona San Diego State
5 Duke Creighton Wichita State
6 Kansas Villanova Kansas
7 Creighton Cincinnati Villanova
8 Cincinnati Saint Louis Duke
9 San Diego State Wisconsin Cincinnati
10 Villanova Duke Creighton
11 Saint Louis San Diego State Iowa State
12 Iowa State Kansas Michigan State
13 Iowa Iowa State Iowa
14 Connecticut Texas Saint Louis
15 Virginia Louisville Wisconsin
16 Louisville Michigan State Louisville
17 Texas Michigan Connecticut
18 Kentucky Virginia Kentucky
19 Wisconsin Ohio State Texas
20 Michigan Kentucky Virginia
21 Memphis Iowa Memphis
22 Michigan State Connecticut Michigan
23 Oklahoma UCLA Ohio State
24 Southern Methodist North Carolina Gonzaga
25 Gonzaga Gonzaga North Carolina

Rank PenHawk mikeville sax solo
1 Syracuse Syracuse Arizona
2 Florida Wichita State Syracuse
3 Arizona Arizona Florida
4 Duke Florida Wichita State
5 Villanova Kansas Villanova
6 Kansas Cincinnati Creighton
7 San Diego State Creighton Wisconsin
8 Creighton Iowa State Duke
9 Louisville Villanova Kansas
10 Wichita State Wisconsin Virginia
11 Michigan State San Diego State Iowa
12 Virginia Saint Louis Saint Louis
13 Kentucky Duke Michigan
14 Ohio State Arizona State Michigan State
15 Iowa State Texas San Diego State
16 Cincinnati Michigan Cincinnati
17 UCLA Virginia Ohio State
18 Wisconsin Gonzaga UCLA
19 Iowa UCLA Connecticut
20 Saint Louis Southern Methodist Louisville
21 Michigan Louisville Pittsburgh
22 Southern Methodist Connecticut Iowa State
23 Pittsburgh Stephen F Austin Texas
24 Connecticut Harvard Arizona State
25 Texas Louisiana Tech Kentucky

As always, these votes were collected with games through Sunday in mind.  Even though we've seen several games between now and then that might change various placements, try not to use those as reasons to rip apart our ballots.  Otherwise, have at it.

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