Sideline Sports CBB Top 25 Week Three

The last time we were here, not much changed. Some ranked teams lost to ranked teams and some dropped because of upset scares. Oh baby is this week the opposite, we have tons of shakeup after a week of upsets, ranked vs ranked games, and more college basketball chaos. Lets get into our Top 25

Rank	Composite	Alex	Ben	Dylan	Ryan
1	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga	Gonzaga
2	UCLA	Purdue	UCLA	UCLA	UCLA
3	Purdue	UCLA	Purdue	Kansas	Purdue
4	Kansas	Kansas	Kansas	Purdue	Kansas
5	Duke	Duke	Duke	Duke	Duke
6	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Memphis	Baylor
7	Memphis	Texas	Texas	Baylor	Kentucky
8	Villanova	Arkansas	Memphis	Texas	Villanova
9	Texas	Memphis	Alabama	Arkansas	Memphis
10	Houston	Villanova	Villanova	Houston	Houston
11	Alabama	BYU	Houston	Alabama	Illinois
12	Kentucky	Alabama	Arkansas	Villanova	BYU
13	Arkansas	Seton Hall	Kentucky	Tennessee	Arizona
14	Illinois	Houston	Illinois	Kentucky	Tennessee
15	BYU	Arizona	BYU	Florida	Seton Hall
16	Arizona	Kentucky	St Bonaventure	Illinois	St Bonaventure
17	Tennessee	UConn	Tennessee	USC	Alabama
18	St Bonaventure	St Bonaventure	Arizona	Michigan	UConn
19	UConn	Illinois	UConn	UConn	Auburn
20	Florida	Michigan	Auburn	Arizona	Florida
21	Seton Hall	Florida	Florida	St Bonaventure	Indiana
22	Michigan	Indiana	Michigan	Auburn	Texas
23	Auburn	Xavier	Virginia Tech	BYU	Xavier
24	USC	USC	USC	Indiana	USC
25	Indiana	Marquette	Seton Hall	Seton Hall	Virginia Tech

Also Receiving Votes: Xavier (6), Virginia Tech (4), Marquette (1)

Breaking It Down

Gambling At Mohegan Sun:

When you go to a casino, there’s always something at risk, and for the 4 teams who played in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, only Purdue walked away as a winner, moving up to #3 in our poll. Villanova and Tennessee stayed ranked but dropped a bit, and North Carolina is now nowhere to be found, not receiving a single vote.

Showdown At The Top:

Its not every day, or even every year, that we get to see a #1 vs #2 matchup in college basketball, but Tuesday we will as Gonzaga and UCLA square off in Vegas for the title of #1 team in the land. It’s a rematch from a phenomenal Final Four game, and Dick Vitale returns to announcing after his battle with cancer. Set an alarm, mark your calendars, there’s no reason to miss this.

Whats Up With The Wolverines:

Michigan brought back an All-American, multiple five star recruits, and solid transfers, but after starting the season at #s 6 and 5, they had a horrendous week, dropping a home game to Seton Hall and a neutral site blowout loss against Arizona. While both of these teams are very good, Juwan Howard finds his club in a free fall moving to #22 in our rankings.

New In Town:

After a week of upsets, five new teams join the rankings for the first time this season. BYU at number 15 after doing un-Mormon things to Oregon, Tommy Lloyd’s Arizona at #16 after beating down Michigan, Seton Hall at #21 after taking a road win over Michigan, USC hasn’t played much in terms of competition but has been consistent enough to land at #24, and Indiana, who received votes in all our polls so far, debuts at #25 after beating St John’s in one of the Big 10’s only Gavitt Games wins.

See You Around:

Five teams in means five teams out, most notably North Carolina, who struggled with College of Charleston before falling to Purdue and getting their doors blown off by Tennessee. Oregon leaves the poll after the aforementioned beat down BYU put on them, Maryland was upset by Kim English and George Mason, Ohio State lost at Xavier, and Virginia Tech through no fault of their own moves just outside the Top 25, the only team who left the poll that still received votes.

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