BY25 poll #9: Ballots due Monday (Feb. 24)

[Plebe]

The 9th biweekly edition of the Boneyard Top 25 poll is approaching.

Ballots are due to me, via private message, by 11:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 24. (If you don't know how to send a PM, let me know in this thread and I will PM you first.) Ballots should reflect all games played through Sunday, Feb. 23.

A few rules:

• Early ballots (before all poll-relevant games have been decided) are accepted if accompanied by contingency instructions any potentially ballot-impacting upsets.
• Full ballots (of 25 teams) are encouraged; short ballots (of at least 10 teams) are accepted.
• No ties are allowed on a ballot. Each team on the ballot must have a unique ranking.

As an aid to voters, the results for BY25 teams since the last poll of Feb. 10 are shown below, along with the games still to be played this weekend. (If you see any mistakes, please let me know and I will correct.)

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Feb. 22-23 games
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48	--	at #23 Kentucky
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62	--	Oklahoma
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70	UCF
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65	--
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80	at Washington
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73	Alabama
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47	--	at Pitt
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	--	at Colorado
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--	--
12. Oregon St (259)	--	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63	at Cal
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66	at Georgia Tech
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	--	at Villanova
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47	--	at Pepperdine
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57	--	at S. Dakota St
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72	at #11 Maryland, 59-93	Penn St
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65	--	at Wisconsin
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45	--	Dartmouth
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54	Ohio St, 76-80	at Minnesota
21. Missouri St (90)	Southern Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62	--	Indiana St
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	--	at Utah
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	--	#1 S. Carolina
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47	--	Auburn
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64	--	at NJIT
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	--	at Florida
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63	Georgia
RV. Tennessee (21)	--	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83	Vanderbilt
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52	at #3 Baylor, 62-81	Oklahoma St

Other resources:

• Warren Nolan's site (click on "Expanded AP Poll" or "Expanded Coaches Poll" to see latest results of teams in those polls).
• BY25 poll #8 (Feb. 10)
• BY25 poll #7 (Jan. 27)
• BY25 poll #6 (Jan. 13)
• BY25 poll #5 (Dec. 30)
• BY25 poll #4 (Dec. 16)
• BY25 poll #3 (Dec. 2)
• BY25 poll #2 (Nov. 18)
• BY25 preseason poll

 

[triaddukefan]

How is Northwestern ranked behind Depaul in the BY poll?

 

[Plebe]

How is Northwestern ranked behind Depaul in the BY poll? View attachment 51096

And the AP poll ... and the coaches' poll ...

There is the inconvenient fact that DePaul beat Northwestern in their own gym.

 

[triaddukefan]

And the AP poll ... and the coaches' poll ...

There is the inconvenient fact that DePaul beat Northwestern in their own gym.

three months ago. They haven't done much of anything since.... while Northwestern has been trending up since then

 

[Plebe]

three months ago. They haven't done much of anything since.... while Northwestern has been trending up since then

DePaul has nearly run the table in one of the toughest conferences in the country. NO NIGHTS OFF

If Northwestern were in the Big East they would have at least 2 losses by now

 

[Plebe]

Updated the table to reflect all games through Saturday.
Over half of these teams will be in action tomorrow.

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses	Feb. 23 games
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48	--	at #23 Kentucky
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62 Oklahoma, 101-69	--	--
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31 UCF, 66-53	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70	--
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65	--
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80	at Washington
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73	Alabama
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47	--	at Pitt
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	--	at Colorado
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--	--
12. Oregon St (259)	--	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63	at Cal
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66	at Georgia Tech
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	--	at Villanova
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47 at Pepperdine, 64-50	--	--
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57 at S. Dakota St, 77-67	--	--
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72 Penn St, 100-57	at #11 Maryland, 59-93	--
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65 at Wisconsin, 82-66	--	--
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45 Dartmouth, 87-55	--	--
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54 at Minnesota, 75-69	Ohio St, 76-80	--
21. Missouri St (90)	S. Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62	--	Indiana St
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	--	at Utah
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	--	#1 S. Carolina
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47	--	Auburn
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64 at NJIT, 68-39	--	--
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	--	at Florida
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63	Georgia
RV. Tennessee (21)	--	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83	Vanderbilt
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52	at #3 Baylor, 62-81	Oklahoma St

 

[triaddukefan]

You jinxed them Plebe

 

[Plebe]

You jinxed them Plebe

Ha I actually expected this game to be trouble. Nova is like the ASU of the Big East, a perpetual thorn in the side of better teams. This game in a way reminded me of Nova's 2003 win over UConn, everything just fell for them.

But you know what they say: No nights off in the Big East!

 

[triaddukefan]

I say this every time.... but THIS weeks BY Poll will be interesting with all the carnage that took place today.

 

[Lorcan]

Seriously. Shall I just throw darts at a dartboard blindly and see where everyone ends up? Ooops. South Dakota is #1, and Nicholls State enters at #25, narrowly edging out Duke. I might need a new methodology.

 

[Plebe]

All games involving our BY25 teams have been completed.

Nine of the 16 teams in action today lost.

(If you see any errors, please let me know.)

Team (points) <#1>	Wins	Losses
1. S. Carolina (464) <17>	#4 UConn, 70-52 Auburn, 79-53 Vanderbilt, 95-44 LSU, 63-48 at #23 Kentucky, 67-58	--
2. Oregon (440) <1>	at #7 UCLA, 80-66 at USC, 93-67 at Cal, 93-61	--
3. Baylor (437) <1>	TCU, 81-62 at Oklahoma St, 69-42 at Texas Tech, 77-62 Oklahoma, 101-69	--
4. UConn (389)	at S. Florida, 67-47 Tulane, 74-31 UCF, 66-53	at #1 S. Carolina, 52-70
5. NC State (378)	at Miami, 50-48	#9 Louisville, 59-66 Georgia Tech, 61-65
6. Stanford (364)	at Utah, 97-64 at Colorado, 69-66 #12 Oregon St, 63-60	--
7. UCLA (350)	#12 Oregon St, 83-74 OT at Washington St, 70-62	#2 Oregon, 66-80 at Washington, 68-74
8. Mississippi St (349)	at Auburn, 92-85 OT	at #23 Kentucky, 62-73 Alabama, 64-66
9. Louisville (291)	at #5 NC State, 66-59 Notre Dame, 82-49 at Georgia Tech, 58-47 at Pitt, 79-47	--
10. Arizona (279)	Washington, 64-53 Washington St, 72-57 at Utah, 85-69	at Colorado, 38-50
11. Maryland (268)	#17 Iowa, 93-59 at Penn St, 106-69 at Wisconsin, 85-56	--
12. Oregon St (259)	at Cal, 76-63	at USC, 66-72 at #7 UCLA, 74-83 OT at #6 Stanford, 60-63
13. Florida St (231)	Wake Forest, 78-67	at Duke, 64-66 at Georgia Tech, 62-65
14. DePaul (192)	Butler, 89-60 Xavier, 97-65 at Georgetown, 87-69	at Villanova, 58-76
15. Gonzaga (172)	San Francisco, 56-38 Santa Clara, 53-46 at Loyola Marymount, 75-47 at Pepperdine, 64-50	--
16. S. Dakota (162)	Western Illinois, 88-51 at Oral Roberts, 77-73 N. Dakota St, 96-57 at S. Dakota St, 77-67	--
17. Iowa (160)	Wisconsin, 97-72 Penn St, 100-57	at #11 Maryland, 59-93
18. Northwestern (147)	Michigan St, 85-55 at Michigan, 66-60 Nebraska, 60-56 Rutgers, 82-65 at Wisconsin, 82-66	--
19. Princeton (106)	at Yale, 55-39 at Brown, 85-48 Harvard, 66-45 Dartmouth, 87-55	--
20. Indiana (101)	at Illinois, 59-54 at Minnesota, 75-69	Ohio St, 76-80
21. Missouri St (90)	S. Illinois, 88-57 Evansville, 76-62 Indiana St, 82-58	--
22. Arizona St (73)	Washington St, 62-59 Washington, 72-68 at Colorado, 65-59	at Utah, 71-75
23. Kentucky (65)	#8 Mississippi St, 73-62 at Ole Miss, 94-52	#1 S. Carolina, 58-67
24. Texas A&M (60)	Vanderbilt, 74-53 at Tennessee, 73-71 at Georgia, 64-47 Auburn, 84-54	--
25. FGCU (56)	Stetson, 67-54 at Lipscomb, 78-45 at Kennesaw St, 89-64 at NJIT, 68-39	--
RV. Arkansas (44)	at Ole Miss, 108-64 Tennessee, 83-75	at Florida, 80-83
RV. LSU (24)	Missouri, 66-58 Tennessee, 75-65	at Auburn, 60-65 at #1 S. Carolina, 48-63 Georgia, 73-56
RV. Tennessee (21)	Vanderbilt, 67-63	at LSU, 65-75 Texas A&M, 71-73 at Arkansas, 75-83
RV. TCU (10)	Iowa St, 82-72 at Kansas St, 54-52 Oklahoma St, 49-37	at #3 Baylor, 62-81

 

[triaddukefan]

this is tough

 

[Plebe]

this is tough

I feel like the entire middle of the poll got thrown into the blender today.

 

[Plebe]

Ballots have started to roll in. Deadline is in about 12 hours, at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Just a note: This will probably be the penultimate poll of the season. How time flies...

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Against my better judgment I advanced the mid-majors to the brink of the top 10. I don't think any of them probably belong there, but power conference teams really struggled pretty badly.

 

[Plebe]

Deadline closes in a few minutes. Still time to get your last-minute ballot in.