NCAA rankings - Feb 13

So I'm pretty upset that I didn't get to post my rant about Kansas being overrated and a ludicrous #1 team and ready for a dropoff before they got demolished yesterday. Even if I know no one reads this anyway. Let me just get to the rankings...

1. Pittsburgh (1) - Very impressive week for Pitt, maybe as impressive a week as anyone's had this year, and yet *even with the national #1 team losing* they STILL didn't get any love or move up. I'm not sure how. They're clearly the best team in clearly the best conference, and they just won 2 tough road games against tourney teams while missing their leading scorer. Smh.
2. Texas (2) - Starting to have some doubts due to a weak-ish resume. The only real big win right now is at Kansas, who also seems (especially now) to be very overrated. Still they're cruising in a BCS conference, even if it's hard to tell how strong it is.
3. Ohio St (3) - No reason to drop them after a good road loss, even one where they were up 15 in a place where no one wins.
4. Kansas (4) - Pretend like this was written 2 days ago. I'm dying to drop KU in the rankings and they're due for a fall. Just not an impressive resume - thank goodness for those early wins over Arizona and UCLA.
5. Notre Dame (6) - Can't believe the Irish are a top 5 team now, and I'd still love to see another road win than just Pitt, but if you're going to only have one, wouldn't you want it against the #1 team in the land?

6. BYU (7) - JIMMER.
7. Georgetown (8) - Lots of very quality wins, I count 10 over likely tourney teams including 5 on the road including Nova and Cuse... but starting to worry that many of the wins look less exciting in hindsight. Still haven't beat one of the top 4 Big East squads.
8. San Diego St (9) - Really thought they'd go down at UNLV. Are they really going to be a 2 seed? Easiest 2nd round upset pick ever.
9. UConn (5) - This team is weakening quickly. The only real road win was the crazy lucky one at Texas that is now keeping this team up for a high seed instead of slipping into the midst of the Big East. Still Kemba is slowing down, and there just isn't anything else in the cupboard. This is a huge week, with two very tough games in a span of two days. This team could plummet if they're not careful.
10. Duke (10) - Big comeback to secure the win against UNC, but I'm not sure they're necessarily the better team even. That's the first win over a sure tourney team, and even that was not exactly impressive.

11. St. John's (NR) - I clearly have no idea what to do with this team, but how can you argue against four wins against top 10 teams? Well... maybe by reminding folks of early season back to back losses against St. Bonaventure and Fordham. This is a big week, with a trip to Marquette and a home game vs Pitt. Even getting one of those would really fill out this resume.
12. Wisconsin (21) - Ok Badgers. I'll respect that big win, but I still want to see something on the road. How about at Purdue this week?
13. Villanova (11) - A good but not great team, always up for a potential upset with all those guards.
14. Arizona (15) - Hard to figure this team out, but the game against Washington this week should tell us quite a bit. I'm really loving this team and it's 3 point shooters.
15. Louisville (16) - Another one of those good not great Big East teams, but they sure are tough to beat at home.

16. Syracuse (12) - A very hit or miss squad. Just not a believer yet.
17. Florida (13) - This Parsons injury could really hurt a team that is rolling right now, and they still have a lot of rough losses on the resume despite the SEC dominance.
18. Marquette (18) - Amazing that this team has 10 losses already... but the only one that is sort of even questionable is the loss to Gonzaga, a team that many people had in their preseason Final Four. But they also don't have many wins, especially on the road.
19. Kentucky (14) - Somehow they keep losing the close ones, but I think this team is becoming underrated pretty quickly. Coach Cal will have his boys ready, and I'd still make them the favorite to win the SEC tourney.
20. UCLA (19) - Ok so there's not much in the Pac 10, but they're winning the ones they should, and those victories over BYU and St. John's are looking pretty good too.

21. Vanderbilt (25) - They keep on winning the games they should, and they're starting to tally a lot of wins over quality teams. Your usual Vandy squad.
22. St. Mary's (NR) - Finally time to share some love, but I've loved this team all year. Hard to know a ton about them, and I am looking forward to the trip to Gonzaga to see how they do on the road.
23. West Va (NR) - They get a spot for the week. But with Cuse and ND looming, we'll see if they stick around or just keep piling up respectable losses.
24. UNC (21) - Hard to really fault them for that loss at Duke. This team is really coming together and could be a quick out or a Final Four run - they have by far the most upside of anyone in the ACC for sure.
25. Purdue (NR) - I have NO idea how this team is ranked near the top 10 nationally. They don't have any bad losses, but they also may not even have a win over a sure tourney team. They'll sure get their chances this week without even leaving Indiana. Visits from Wisconsin and Ohio St make Purdue our team of the week.

TTYL - Tennessee (17), A&M (22), Temple (23), Cincy (24)

Big games this week and my winner in bold:
M - 23 West Va @ 16 Cuse
T - 11 St Johns @ 18 Marq
W - 7 Gtown @ 9 UConn... 12 Wisc @ 25 Purdue... 15 Lville @ Cincy
F - 9 UConn @ 15 Lville
S - 1 Pitt @ 11 St Johns... 5 NDame @ 23 West Va... Wash @ 14 Zona... Utah St @ 22 St Marys
S - 3 Ohio St @ 25 Purdue