As we approach the NCAA Tournament, here is my second-to-last ballot for the CBSSports BlogPoll. I don’t take conference tournaments too seriously, so my ballot isn’t going to have much movement save a few teams that I was impressed with. Here’s my take on things with some commentary below.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Louisville |  4 |
| 2 | North Carolina |  1 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| 4 | Connecticut | 1 |
| 5 | Memphis | 1 |
| 6 | Duke | 3 |
| 7 | Villanova | |
| 8 | Michigan St. | 2 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 10 | Missouri | 3 |
| 11 | Gonzaga | |
| 12 | Wake Forest | 4 |
| 13 | Kansas | 1 |
| 14 | Washington | |
| 15 | Florida St. | 4 |
| 16 | Syracuse | 4 |
| 17 | Marquette | 2 |
| 18 | UCLA | 2 |
| 19 | West Virginia | 2 |
| 20 | Purdue | 2 |
| 21 | Butler | |
| 22 | Xavier | |
| 23 | Arizona St. | |
| 24 | St. Mary’s | 1 |
| 25 | Louisiana St. | |
| Last week’s ballot | ||
Dropped Out: Clemson (#24).
I gave some bumps to the teams that managed to do enough to win to win the meaningless conference tournaments. I was rather impressed with Florida State’s run to the title game, and Toney Douglas is going to be a man on a mission in the NCAA Tournament. Watch out. As for Purdue getting bumped down after winning the Big 10 title, I’m sorry. I’m just not impressed whatsoever at that conference. The fact that they got the same amount of bids as the ACC and Big East is a travesty.
Villanova stays the same, but basically because I know everyone else is going to move them down for losing to the #1 overall seed. That way I’m locked in for the Coulter/Kos Award yet again. I’ve got to keep the perfect streak in tact. I’m an award fiend, don’t hate on me.
If you’re wondering how Saint Mary’s is still in my bracket despite missing the tournament, I left them in there and even gave them a bump because I think they should have been in. I understand it was a horrible bubble and some teams made a run and screwed a lot of bubble teams. And even though listening to Dick Vitale cry about them was like having teeth pulled I still feel for them.
Anyone think Syracuse is getting past Arizona State and James Harden in the 2nd round? Not after they basically amputated their legs this past weekend.
Why am I reading so much about Gonzaga being a Final Four team? They have to go through North Carolina and Oklahoma. Good luck with that Zags.
I love ‘Nova’s draw. Especially a potential Sweet Sixteen matchup with Duke. But Duke could go down before that, to Texas. If AJ Abrams can get something going, goodbye Dookies.
