My College Basketball Top 25-

Howdy folks, I did this last week, so why not do it again? This has been a weird year in college basketball. There has been no clearly dominant team, although there have been some teams that have stepped up lately and could be very scary come March. So without further ado, here is my top 25 heading into this week

1-Villanova-The Wildcats took care of business again last week, knocking off Georgetown and Connecticut, their one blemish on their record remains an eight-point loss at Butler on December 30th.
2-Purdue-The Boilermakers look dangerous right now. Their last three games look like this; beat Minnesota by 34, beat Wisconsin by 28 and beat Iowa by 23. All those teams are struggling right now, but still, the Boilermakers are clicking at the moment.
3-Virginia-No change in my top three as you can see. This week, the Cavaliers knocked off Georgia Tech and Wake Forest, however this time last week they had the 30th best offense according to KenPom.com, this week they are down to 38th.
4-Duke-Duke had to overcome a double-digit deficit to knock off Miami this week, but they also throttled Pittsburgh and they signed Zion Williamson. Good week for Duke, on and off the court.
5-Michigan State-Sparty only played one game this week (not sure how that happened), but in that game, they beat Indiana by 28.
6-Kansas-I remember way back when people thought Kansas would not win the Big 12. That was a whole two weeks ago, however, last week Kansas somehow managed to get a victory at West Virginia and squeaked past Baylor while the rest the conference struggled.
7-West Virgina-I only dock the Mountaineers one spot for that loss to the Jayhawks, this still a darn good West Virginia team
8-Xavier-Since losing to Villanova on January 10th, the Musketeers beat Creighton by 22, St. Johns by six and Seton Hall by nine.
9-Cincinnati-The Bearcats only scored 15 points in the first half against UCF last week, but they rallied and the second half and scored a jaw-dropping 34-points to win a 49-38 offensive shootout, oh wait this is basketball, not football.
10-Arizona-I'm still not entirely sold on Arizona, but they defeated Cal and Stanford while everyone in or around the top ten struggled.
11-North Carolina-The Tar Heels picked up two solid wins this week, defeating Clemson and Georgia Tech.
12-Oklahoma-It was a tough week for Boomer Sooner, Kansas State made them look silly and then they lost an offensive shootout to Oklahoma State even though Trae Young scored 48.
13-Wichita State-It was a tough week for the Shockers too. Dropping tough games to two good teams (SMU and Houston), I wonder they will regret leaving the Missouri Valley Conference.
14-Ohio State-I may or may not be a little high on the Buckeyes, but everyone in front of them dropped at least one game this week while the Buckeyes looked pretty darn impressive with wins over Northwestern and Minnesota
15-Texas Tech-Like their Big 12 counterpart Oklahoma, the Red Raiders had a tough week, dropping to Texas by nine and Iowa State by 18.
16-Gonzaga-The 'Zags did lose to St. Mary's this week, but that was only by three. I won't punish them too much for that.
17-Auburn-Auburn lost to Alabama this week, but they also defeated Georgia. I could not justify putting anyone else ahead of them
18-Clemson-I moved Clemson up two spots even though they lost to North Carolina, Chapel Hill is a tough place to play, the Tigers 0-59 record there proves that.
19-Arizona State-The Sun Devils have been up and recently. They've struggled to find consistency. Part of that could be in part to their defensive play, or lack thereof, the Sun Devils rank 124th in defensive efficiency according to KenPom.com
20-Tennessee-I did not punish the Vols for losing to Missouri. Part of that is because I could not justify putting anyone else ahead of that, and the other part is because Rick Barnes' comments about playing at Kansas made me chuckle.
21-St. Mary's-I'm still not sold on St. Mary's. According to KenPom.com, they are the 16th best team in the nation right now. A large part of that is thanks to the third-ranked offense and not their 122nd ranked defense.
22-Seton Hall-Seton Hall's stock is spiraling downward after tough losses to Creighton and Xavier, a loss this week and they'll be on the outside looking into the top 25. The good thing is they have two winnable games coming up with DePaul and Providence.
23-Florida-The Gators seem to have their kinks worked out. This is a fun team to watch. They were my pick to win the national title at the beginning of the year but they hit a lull a few weeks ago, this week they found a rhythm and defeated Kentucky and Arkansas.
24-Rhode Island-Say what you want about the Rams and the Atlantic 10, but at least they took care of business this week, not all teams can say that.
25-Louisville-Despite all the distractions that have gone on this season, the Cards have found a way to stay competitive. They are currently 15-4 and defeated Notre Dame and Boston College last week.