Flat-Astronomer287's Week 2 Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | Really nice stretch of hoops for the gators, big win in Tampa over Miami, Haugh and Chinyelu looking elite |
| 2 | Duke | Duke seems like they are just going to be 1b to Florida until one of the teams loses, Ngongba is amazing |
| 3 | UConn | Michigan is a shell of the championship team from last year, but still a nice win for the Huskies and Braylon Mullins |
| 4 | Illinois | They won by 75 against a d1 team? Best freshman group in the nation |
| 5 | Virginia | Solid week in terms of basketball |
| 6 | Michigan State | Besides shooting sub 60% from the free throw line it seems like Izzo has a squad this year |
| 7 | Houston | Sampson's defense is flowing very well |
| 8 | Texas | They haven't played a top 300 kenpom team yet, but the lineup looks strong |
| 9 | Gonzaga | Due to hilarious reasons the Purdue win now looks less impressive, regardless the Fogle-Huff combo is elite |
| 10 | Kansas | Really like Kansas's roster, but we'll see how it goes on Tuesday when they get tested by Kentucky |
| 11 | UCLA | What is in the water at UCLA |
| 12 | Louisville | That second half against Chattanooga was concerning, but clearly some talent on the roster |
| 13 | Tennessee | One game sample size for Tennessee, but they seem deep |
| 14 | BYU | Nice win over OSU in Salt Lake City, Rob Wright III looks unstoppable |
| 15 | St. John's | Really haven't played any legit opponents, but Tounde Yessoufou is on a heater |
| 16 | Vanderbilt | Gave the commodores a boost for actually playing a power five team |
| 17 | Arizona | The funniest part of the UCLA game was Krivas throwing a pass to his own bench, I think Lloyd will figure this out and the cats will be fine |
| 18 | Texas Tech | I would be worried about the Illinois game as a TTU fan |
| 19 | Alabama | Aden Holloway is now a free man |
| 20 | Kentucky | Kentucky is going to be reliant on Momcilovic from 3, but no reason to panic yet |
| 21 | Nebraska | Cale Jacobsen is legit one of this team's best players now, crazy |
| 22 | USC | It's 1:30 AM, I'm watching USC play in unincorporated Nevada, three players on USC have fouled out, they have made two three-pointers, they still won |
| 23 | Miami (FL) | Can't punish Miami too much for hanging with the best team in the country |
| 24 | Saint Louis | Despite the absence of Steph Blurry, SLU got a great road win over Mizzou |
| 25 | Arkansas | Arkansas what was that |
Overall Rationale
Also Considered: Texas A&M, Memphis, Iowa State, Marquette, High Point, Auburn, Baylor, East Texas A&M (stay with me now). Tried to reward teams for scheduling tougher opponents, obviously still plenty of inertia involved but we should learn a lot more moving into feast week.