Week 3 XH Top 25

[Muskie]

An informal straw poll was conducted at the halftime of the Miami v. Xavier game in order to bring you this week's XH Top 25. All members were accounted for and voted. Thanks again to XU05and07 as well as XUOHTX for their help.


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1 North Carolina (13) 373
2 Uconn (1) 354
3 Pittsburgh 335
4 Gonzaga (1) 318
5 Duke 317
6 Oklahoma 315
7 Texas 251
8 Purdue 245
9 Notre Dame 232
10 Tennessee 228
11 Louisville 182
12 Michigan State 182
13 UCLA 177
13 Xavier 177
15 Wake Forest 134
16 Arizona State 130
17 Syracuse 128
18 Georgetown 114
19 Villanova 107
20 Memphis 98
21 Miami (FL) 90
22 Davidson 55
22 Kansas 55
24 Florida 50
25 Wisconsin 47

Others receiving votes:

Dayton 39
Baylor 38
Marquette 28
Clemson 24
Florida State 11
Ohio State 9
BYU 7
UNLV 7
Michigan 6
Saint Mary's 5
Illinois 3
Butler 2
Missouri 1
Nebraska 1

**A-10 Teams marked in red
** Future Non Conference Opponents marked in green
** Past Opponents in orange

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[GoMuskies]

Arizona State 16th while Baylor is unranked?!? Am I the only one who watched Baylor beat ASU like rented mules?

[MADXSTER]

Arizona St and Baylor dropped out of my top 25 this week.

I do like Baylor alot though.

[GoMuskies]

I have ASU unranked as well. Damn, some voters must have ASU really, really high then.

[Snipe]

I had Baylor ranked but I didn't know where to rank them. I probably ranked ASU to high as well. I had a hard time finding teams to rank ahead of Xavier but I didn't want to rank us too high.

Georgetown, Memphis, Kansas, Florida, & Wissconsin missed my poll. And they were behind Clemson who was last off my list. Those class programs were replaced by Dayton, BYU, Baylor, Florida State &
Butler.

[PMI]

How come Xavier and UCLA have 177 votes each, yet UCLA gets the nod? This is a Xavier message board. What has UCLA ever done anyway that would give them the benefit of the doubt over our boys?

[Muskie]

X and UCLA are actually co 13's.

[The Artist]

Seriously, UNC not unanimous?

[The Artist]

1. North Carolina
2. Pittsburgh
3. Uconn
4. Oklahoma
5. Duke
6. Gonzaga
7. Notre Dame
8. Texas
9. Purdue
10. Tennessee
11. Louisville
12. Michigan State
13. Syracuse
14. Davidson
15. Wake Forest
16. Xavier
17. Georgetown
18. Kansas
19. Arizona State
20. Dayton
21. Florida
22. Florida State
23. Marquette
24. Michigan
25. Nebraska

[XU05and07]

How come Xavier and UCLA have 177 votes each, yet UCLA gets the nod? This is a Xavier message board. What has UCLA ever done anyway that would give them the benefit of the doubt over our boys?

When I sort in excel, it goes by votes and then by alphabetical order...I cut and paste from the worksheet and have it listed 1-25. I didn't look at the vote totals and put a tie in there...it will not happen again

[Snipe]

Seriously, UNC not unanimous?


I gave it to Gonzaga.

Go Zags!

Zags do look tough this year.

UNC is soft. I can't wait to play them in the dance.

[MADXSTER]

I gave it to Gonzaga.

Go Zags!

Zags do look tough this year.

UNC is soft. I can't wait to play them in the dance.


Are you Drunk!

UNC averages 96.9 ppg
opponents ave. 67.1 ppg

UNC is

1st in the nation in assist
12th in rebounding
4th in FG%

[Snipe]

My sobriety is not an issue here. One man one vote and Gonzaga got my vote.

UNC has beaten two teams with winning records and one was a home game.

Soft.

[XU05and07]

goodbye Miami (FL)...hello Ohio State?

[Snipe]

Dayton made it so close but no cigar. Now they will hover in place as teams like Ohio State and Clemson leapfrog right over them. Has to suck for them. Humpers.

[The Artist]

Arizona State 16th while Baylor is unranked?!? Am I the only one who watched Baylor beat ASU like rented mules?

I went to bed Sunday night assuming Baylor was going to beat Wake. When I woke up and Wake had won, I just deleted Baylor and put Wake in their spot instead of changing my entire ballot.

[xu95]

I have UConn as my #1. I just like to be different.

xu95

[MADXSTER]

To me OSU hasn't proven much so I didn't put them in. They had three wins over Delaware St., Samford, and Bowling Green which they beat by 4. In addition BG just lost to Savannah St by 3.

[American X]

1. North Carolina
2. Connecticut
3. Oklahoma
4. Pittsburgh
5. Gonzaga
6. Duke
7. Notre Dame
8. Tennessee
9. Purdue
10. Texas
11. UCLA
12. Syracuse
13. Wake Forest
14. Georgetown
15. Arizona State
16. Louisville
17. Michigan State
18. Xavier
19. Memphis
20. Wisconsin
21. Clemson
22. Davidson
23. Baylor
24. Dayton
25. Missouri

Wisconsin, Clemson, and Duke must have saw their places on my ballot and promptly went out and scored big road victories.

Those who performed well in the early season tournaments were rewarded.

Until Xavier shows some offensive consistency, I do not think they would beat the teams I have ranked ahead of them.

Vote what you know not what some other expert thinks, so I am throwing my #25 vote to Missouri. I saw a talented group with a strong pressure defense whose only blemish is a tough loss to Xavier.

Villanova and Ohio State with their road win over Miami are my teams in waiting.

As for the XH Poll, Notre Dame beat Texas and should be ranked higher.

[The Artist]

I wonder if Snipe and 95 caught the UNC game last night?

[MADXSTER]

UNC is a fraud

[xu95]

I wonder if Snipe and 95 caught the UNC game last night?

My vote was cast long before the game last night. Unfortunately, I didn't know the outcome beforehand.

xu95

[The Artist]

I don't really recall saying that your bracket should have reflected last night's game. And I was saying it tongue-in-cheek, sorta like "was that convincing enough?".

And I didn't really think the outcome was terribly surprising.

[Snipe]

Michigan State is over-rated. UNC is soft. The Zags are where it's at for #1.

UNC doesn't know how to win close games. Soft.

[PMI]

That's because UNC hasn't played anything close to a close game. Anyone who thinks they are not the first best team in college basketball needs to clean slate and start all over.

[Snipe]

I am looking forward to the Week 4 results.

[XU05and07]

I am looking forward to the Week 4 results.

so am I...still missing a few

[ATL Muskie]

so am I...still missing a few

Not mine though! Got mine in on time this week!

[XU05and07]

Not mine though! Got mine in on time this week!

ATL, you are NOT the father.......

[GoMuskies]

so am I...still missing a few

Time to cut some dead weight. This is pretty weak.