Final top 25

[Vowelguy]

My picks based on tournament AND season. And for those who think final 25s are pointless, I agree and your objection is noted.

1. Baylor
2. ND
3. Oregon -- if Cox didnt get injured the Ducks wouldve been the team that came closest to Bay down the stretch
4. UConn
5. Louisville
6. Miss St
7. Stanford
8. Iowa
9. NC St
10. Tx A&M
11. So Carolina
12. Maryland
13. Oregon St
14. Ariz St
15. Syracuse
16. UCLA
17. Iowa St
18. Miami
19. Marquette
20. Gonzaga
21. So Dakota St
22. Missouri St
23. Fla St
24. Kentucky
25. Buffalo

 

[Fairfield Fan]

UCLA 16th, but Maryland 12th? Didn't UCLA take out Maryland and push the #4 team (us) to the max? I'd put them Top 10.

And should Buffalo be higher? They were good.

 

[Vowelguy]

UCLA 16th, but Maryland 12th? Didn't UCLA take out Maryland and push the #4 team (us) to the max? I'd put them Top 10.
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Tournament AND season, for me.

 

[nwhoopfan]

UCLA 16th, but Maryland 12th? Didn't UCLA take out Maryland and push the #4 team (us) to the max? I'd put them Top 10.

And should Buffalo be higher? They were good.

UCLA is hard to evaluate. The record isn't all that good but they were clearly better at the end of the year than they were at the beginning.

I would put Oregon St. above South Carolina. They stumbled down the stretch, but they beat South Carolina head to head on a neutral court and had a better record. Both got to the Sweet 16 and SC lost by a wider margin than OSU did. I see no reason why South Carolina should be ahead of the Beavs.

 

[Vowelguy]

UCLA is hard to evaluate. The record isn't all that good but they were clearly better at the end of the year than they were at the beginning.

I would put Oregon St. above South Carolina. They stumbled down the stretch, but they beat South Carolina head to head on a neutral court and had a better record. Both got to the Sweet 16 and SC lost by a wider margin than OSU did. I see no reason why South Carolina should be ahead of the Beavs.

JMHO
OSU was not good in the tourney -- couldve/shouldve lost to Boise and Gonzaga.

 

[nwhoopfan]

JMHO
OSU was not good in the tourney -- couldve/shouldve lost to Boise and Gonzaga.

South Carolina was unimpressive against Florida S. and got absolutely curb stomped by Baylor. I realize it's just an opinion and everybody has one. I just never saw it with South Carolina this year. Lost to almost all of the good teams they played, and most of the losses were lopsided.

 

[Vowelguy]

got absolutely curb stomped by Baylor. .

true, but losing to Lou, which lost to UConn , which lost to ND, which lost to Bay is not much of a comparison

 

[bballnut90]

My picks based on tournament AND season. And for those who think final 25s are pointless, I agree and your objection is noted.

1. Baylor
2. ND
3. Oregon -- if Cox didnt get injured the Ducks wouldve been the team that come closest to Bay down the stretch
4. UConn
5. Louisville
6. Miss St
7. Stanford
8. Iowa
9. NC St
10. Tx A&M
11. So Carolina
12. Maryland
13. Oregon St
14. Ariz St
15. Syracuse
16. UCLA
17. Iowa St
18. Miami
19. Marquette
20. Gonzaga
21. So Dakota St
22. Missouri St
23. Fla St
24. Kentucky
25. Buffalo

Nice work. I'd flip Mississippi State and Louisville. SC at 11 and Maryland at 12 seem high. UCLA at 16 is low...they had UCONN on the ropes in Albany.

 

[HopJim]

South Carolina was unimpressive against Florida S. and got absolutely curb stomped by Baylor. I realize it's just an opinion and everybody has one. I just never saw it with South Carolina this year. Lost to almost all of the good teams they played, and most of the losses were lopsided.

Ditto. Would have put S Carolina 15 at best.

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

You are correct... this is pointless...

 

[willtalk]

UCLA is hard to evaluate. The record isn't all that good but they were clearly better at the end of the year than they were at the beginning.

I would put Oregon St. above South Carolina. They stumbled down the stretch, but they beat South Carolina head to head on a neutral court and had a better record. Both got to the Sweet 16 and SC lost by a wider margin than OSU did. I see no reason why South Carolina should be ahead of the Beavs.

SC was still getting rep credit for their NC two seasons ago. Oregon St did not play that well their last four games, but that never seemed that much of a problem when it came to some other teams. Still Oregon St did not play well enough to complain that much in respect to their ranking.