Poll Before March Madness

  March Madness is only a week away and this is the time for teams to start winning games.  Gonzaga has held on to the number one spot and is drawing even more national spotlight.  Georgetown beat Syracuse, closing an amazing rivalry with a win.  So many teams are impressing people with their ability to win games on the road in important games.  The player of the should be Otto Porter of the Georgetown Hoyas.  He usually scores, but instead he drew double teams and passed the ball off for a wide open shot.  The following is a list of the top 25 teams in the AP Top 25 Poll.

1) Gonzaga
2) Duke
3) Indiana
4) Louisville
5) Georgetown
6) Michigan
7) Kansas
8) Michigan State
9) Miami (FL)
10) Ohio State
11) Kansas State
12) Marquette
13) Florida
14) Oklahoma State
15) New Mexico
16) Saint Louis
17) Pittsburgh
18) Arizona
19) Syracuse
20) Memphis
21) UCLA
22) Wisconsin
23) Creighton
24) Notre Dame
25) Virginia Commonwealth                                                                                                 By Ameen I.

New Number One

  The Gonzaga Bulldogs have taken the number one spot for the first time in school history.  Miami lost to Duke in Cameron Indoor while Ryan Kelly was on fire.  Kansas State fended off Baylor with a last second shot.  Now is the time for teams to start winning important games in their conferences.  Also, Indiana was upset by the Minnesota Golden Gophers.  In many minds and mine, Ryan Kelly of the Duke blue Devils is the player of the week.  In March, anything can happen; upsets.  March Madness is nearing and many games are already having a playoff environments to them.  The following is the list of the top 25 teams in the AP Top 25 Poll.

1) Gonzaga

2) Indiana
3) Duke
4) Kansas
5) Georgetown
6) Miami (FL)
7) Michigan
8) Louisville
9) Kansas State
10) Michigan State
11) Florida
12) New Mexico
13) Oklahoma State
14) Ohio State
15) Marquette
16) Saint Louis
17) Syracuse
18) Arizona
19) Oregon
20) Pittsburgh
21) Virginia Commonwealth
22) Wisconsin
23) UCLA
24) Notre Dame
25) Memphis                                                                                                                         By Ameen I.

Teams Shining and Falling

  The AP Top 25 Poll has just come out.  With Syracuse breaking an NCAA record of on campus attendance at a game with 35,012 and losing to the Georgetown Hoyas.  Miami was upset by Wake Forest and Gonzaga has moved up to the number 2 spot.  Indiana stayed at the number one spot after losing to Illinois and has stayed atop the nation.  Teams have risen and they have sunk while being in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.  I think the player that should receive the most credit should be Otto Porter of the Georgetown Hoyas.  He is an amazing player, leading Georgetown to many of their wins. The following is a list of the Top 25 teams in the AP Top 25 Poll.

1) Indiana
2) Gonzaga
3) Duke
4) Michigan
5) Miami (FL)
6) Kansas
7) Georgetown
8) Florida
9) Michigan State
10) Louisville
11) Arizona
12) Syracuse
13) Kansas State
14) New Mexico
15) Oklahoma State
16) Ohio State
17) Wisconsin
18) Saint Louis
19) Memphis
20) Butler
21) Notre Dame
22) Marquette
23) Pittsburgh
24) Oregon
25) Louisiana Tech                                                                                                                By Ameen I.

Top Teams Shine

  The new college basketball rankings are out with the most elite teams in the nation.  There weren't as many upsets as last week.  Syracuse and Duke were teams that fell and it was very easy to spot on national scoreboards.  Now, the number one spot has been safer, with Indiana staying on top.  Miami looks like a brand new team with a 12-0 ACC record.  I think the player of the week is Victor Oladipo of Indiana because he is drawing spotlight and lifting his team along with Cody Zeller.  Teams have snuck in and out of the Top 25 this year.  The following list is the AP Top 25.

1) Indiana
2) Miami(FL)
3) Gonzaga
4) Michigan State
5) Florida
6) Duke
7) Michigan
8) Syracuse
9) Kansas
10) Louisville
11) Georgetown
12) Arizona
13) Kansas State
14) Oklahoma State
15) Butler
16) New Mexico
17) Marquette
18) Ohio State
19) Wisconsin
20) Pittsburgh
21) Memphis
22) Colorado State
23) Oregon
24) Virginia Commonwealth
25) Notre Dame                                                                                                                     By Ameen I.

Best Teams Unveiled

  This week in college basketball was filled with upsets.  With four out of five teams in the top five were upset.  These four teams were Indiana, Florida, Michigan, and Kansas.  Kansas went on a three game losing-streak, and is still on their losing-streak.  The Jayhawks fell out of the Top Ten.  Kentucky is finally back in the Top 25.  To me, the most surprising thing was the fact that Indiana stayed at number one.  Indiana lost to Illinois, an unranked team that still isn't in the AP Top 25 Poll.  I think Victor Oladipo is the player of the week in all of America.  The following is the new rankings in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.

1) Indiana
2) Duke
3) Miami(FL)
4) Michigan

5) Gonzaga
6) Syracuse
7) Florida
8) Michigan State
9) Arizona
10) Kansas State
11) Butler
12) Louisville
13) Ohio State
14) Kansas
15) Georgetown
16) Pittsburgh
17) Oklahoma State
18) Marquette
19) New Mexico
20) Wisconsin
21) Notre Dame
22) Memphis
23) Oregon
24) Colorado State
25) Kentucky                                                                                                                         By Ameen I.

New Looks In the Top 25

There is only one word to describe this weekend in college basketball: Wild.  Number one Michigan went down to number 3 Indiana in Indiana.  Number 2 Kansas lost to unranked Oklahoma State.  Number 6 Syracuse fell to unranked Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh.  This weekend was wild with college hoops and the Super Bowl.  I think the team of the week is Oklahoma State.  They came to Kansas and upset Kansas, snapping the Jayhawks 33 game home winning-streak.  The obvious thing was that since Michigan lost, Indiana was going to take number one.  These upsets are proving that other teams are coming alive and out of the shadows.  For a highly ranked team to get upset, I think it is good because they try harder than ever to become number one. The team that upset a high ranked team starts to get too self-confident, so they don't try as hard and lose games.  Up next is the list of the teams in the Associated Press Top 25.

1) Indiana
2) Florida
3) Michigan
4) Duke
5) Kansas
6) Gonzaga
7) Arizona
8) Miami (FL)
9) Syracuse
10) Ohio State
11) Louisville
12) Michigan State
13) Kansas State
14) Butler
15) New Mexico
16) Creighton
17) Cincinnati
18) Minnesota
19) Oregon
20) Georgetown
21) Missouri
22) Oklahoma State
23) Pittsburgh
24) Marquette
25) Notre Dame                                                                                                                     By Ameen I.

Top 25

This week was wild, with upsets all over the board.  Early in the week Louisville and Duke fell.  Later in the week Syracuse would fall too.  This is the first time Michigan has been in the 1 spot in 20 years.  Michigan fans can thank Trey Burke.  Oregon has done great this season too, along with Miami(FL).  So, after all of those upsets, the AP Top 25  is very crazy, so here are the 25 best teams in the country:

1)Michigan
2)Kansas
3)Indiana
4)Florida
5)Duke
6)Syracuse
7)Gonzaga
8)Arizona
9)Butler
10)Oregon
11)Ohio State
12)Louisville
13)Michigan State
14)Miami(FL)
15)Wichita State
16)Ole Miss
17)Missouri
18)Kansas State
19)North Carolina State
20)New Mexico
21)Creighton
22)San Diego State
23)Minnesota
24)Cincinnati
25)Marquette                                                                                                                         By Ameen I.