Ranking the top 10 teams seems relatively easy. There are three elite teams outside of the Big East, a hat trick of them in the league, and San Diego State, Texas, Villanova and BYU are knocking at the door. From there, we're bound to have lots of arguments because it's simply a large group of teams that are relatively similar.
Take this web of round robin play with a handful of Big Ten teams. Minnesota beat Purdue in the waning seconds at home. Minnesota also lost to Wisconsin and Michigan State. Wisconsin lost to Illinois once and Michigan State. Illinois also lost to Wisconsin once, but beat Michigan State. Purdue needed a last-second shot to beat seemingly mediocre Penn State, but that same Penn State team beat Illinois and Michigan State, while also taking Ohio State to the wire. Purdue also lost at West Virginia -- but then West Virginia lost to Marshall.
So how do you want to rank Wisconsin, Purdue, Minnesota and Michigan State? Good luck. There's a hole to every single order. And you can do that with pretty much every team you'd consider for spots 11-16 in the power rankings.
What does this all mean?
It's gonna be one hell of a Big Dance.
Ballots were tallied from college basketball editor Ray Holloman, editor Matt Snyder, national college basketball writer Terrance Harris and blogger Evan Hilbert. Points, listed in parentheses, were given in reverse order of rankings (16 points for a first place vote, 15 for second, etc.).
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