Sideline Sports CBB Top 25 Week Four

Its Monday, which means the most anticipated weekly college basketball poll has been released. That’s right, here is our most recent edition of the Sideline Sports Top 25.

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

Others Receiving Votes: Indiana (5), Ohio State (4), Michigan (2), Dayton (2)

Breaking It Down

Feast Week Fallout:

Thanksgiving week is one of the best in college basketball, as we were absolutely spoiled with ranked vs ranked games, headlined by two Gonzaga games. The Bulldogs handled UCLA handily, but looked extremely human Friday night as Coach K’s farewell tour claimed its first big victim. Duke moves up to #1, while the Zags drop to #3, with UCLA clinging to the fifth spot.

Upsets Galore:

Tournament play always causes chaos, and it did this week. Kansas, Memphis, and Alabama took a tumble down the rankings after losing as big favorites to Dayton, Iowa State, and Iona respectively.

Welcome To The Rankings:

Four teams end up making the rankings after being unranked in our most recent poll. Michigan State lost to Baylor, but two hard fought wins in Atlantis over Loyola Chicago and UConn land them at #16. Wisconsin won the Maui in Las Vegas, and reaped the rewards of beating Houston and a good St Mary’s squad, reaching the top 20 in their debut. Iowa State shockingly won the NIT, and is arguably the most surprising team to make the poll so far this year, as TJ Otzlberger has the Cyclones ranked #20 after goin 2-22(!!!) last season. And finally, LSU enters at #22, with lots of talent but finally adding 3 top-100 wins this week after having no top 100 matchups in their previous games.

We’ll (Maybe?) See You Again:

Four teams in means four teams out. Illinois has proved to be just as disappointing as fellow preseason Big 10 favorite Michigan, as both have tumbled out of the rankings after being top 10 teams to start the year. After winning the Charleston Classic, St. Bonaventure had a disappointing home loss against Northern Iowa. And finally, another Big 10 team fell out, as Indiana still hasn’t lost but didn’t have the votes to remain in this week’s poll.

We head into another great week of basketball, headlined by the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, where two of college basketball’s premiere conferences will square off under strange circumstances. The two conferences have only a combined 4 teams ranked in our poll, and will look to gain some back with quality wins this week.

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