As I see it

[Halldan1]

Week 3

This is not a projection but based on play to date


1 Marquette 5-1
Beat #1 handily and gets edged by #2 in back to back games jumps UConn

2 Connecticut 6-0
Certainty has the right to say we're #1

3 Villanova 6-1
Penn, a distant memory

4. Creighton 5-1
When the shots don't fall.....

5. Xavier 4-2
Slightly stronger resume over Providence

6. Providence 5-1
Neck and neck with Xavier

7. St. John's 4-2
Keep an eye on the Storm

8. Butler 5-2
Playing surprising well

9. Seton Hall 4-2
Flunked west coast test

10. Georgetown 4-2
Pitiful schedule to date

11. DePaul 1-5
Who else?

 

[Halldan1]

CBS Top 20
Nov 23

College basketball power rankings: Purdue surges to No. 1 after impressive run to win Maui Invitational

The Boilermakers rolled over three quality opponents en route to winning a loaded Maui Invitational

www.cbssports.com

2 UConn
The Huskies beat Indiana and Texas by double-digits in the Empire Classic, even while playing without projected freshman star Stephon Castle, who is out due to a knee injury. UConn appears to have picked up right where it left off in Houston in April, when it cut down the nets as the national champs.
3 Marquette
Marquette cut Purdue's lead to one with 53 seconds left but couldn't get over the hump in the Maui Invitational title game. Still, it was a great trip for the Golden Eagles, who added wins over UCLA and Kansas to an early resume that already featured a win at Illinois.

12 Creighton
Creighton is in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Classic on Thursday after beating Loyola Chicago 88-65 in Wednesday's semifinals. The Bluejays also have a 92-84 win over Iowa on their resume and are looking elite offensively yet again.

 

[TrueBlue1989]

Hard to argue with Danny. We have underperformed and Butler is better than I expected.

 

[CT Pirate]

Great analysis for what we've seen so far out of the league. Moving up to big boy competition has tempered the 4-0 start euphoria. Flawed roster doesn't help the cause. Being exposed has tempered my enthusiasm.

 

[ivyhillparkk1963]

Just a few more made FG's in each game and we are 6-0 sitting 5th behind Creighton.

 

[SOBO1]

Butler was a bit of a mystery team going into this season. Projections for all the other teams were pretty consistent but butler would range from 10th (terrible) to 7th (competitive).

It’s only 3 spots or so but the delta between 10th and 7th is huge in terms of product. The delta between 1st and 3rd or 4th and 7th is smaller.

 

[shu09]

1. Marquette
2. Connecticut
3. Villanova
4. Creighton
5. Providence
6. Xavier
7. St. John's
8. Butler
9. Seton Hall
10. Georgetown
11. DePaul

 

[Halldan1]

5. Providence
6. Xavier

Could go either way

Providence

Mon Nov 6		223	Columbia	W, 78-59			Home	1-0
Sat Nov 11		284	Milwaukee	W, 79-69			Home	2-0
Tue Nov 14		24	Wisconsin	W, 72-59			Home	3-0
Fri Nov 17		41	Kansas St.	L, 73-70		OT	Neutral	3-1
Sun Nov 19		82	Georgia	W, 71-64			Neutral	4-1
Fri Nov 24		256	Lehigh	W, 78-64			Home	5-1

Xavier

Mon Nov 6		271	Robert Morris	W, 77-63			Home	1-0
Fri Nov 10		246	Jacksonville	W, 79-56			Home	2-0
Mon Nov 13		2	Purdue	L, 83-71			Away	2-1
Fri Nov 17		63	Washington	L, 74-71			Neutral	2-2
Sun Nov 19		59	Saint Mary's	W, 66-49			Neutral	3-2
Fri Nov 24		207	Bryant	W, 100-75			Home	4-2

 

[SPK145]

1 - UCONN
2 - Marquette
3 - Creighton - Bad loss but I'm still high on them

4 - Villanova - Coming on
5 - Providence

6 - Xavier
7 - St. John's - Also coming on
8 - Seton Hall - When the going got tough, the, oh never mind
9 - Butler - Playing better than I thought

10 - Georgetown - Not good

11 - DePaul - Brutal

 

[Halldan1]

Kenpom

Connecticut	6-0
Marquette	5-1
Villanova	6-1
Creighton	5-1
Xavier	4-2
Providence	5-1
Butler	5-2
Seton Hall	4-2
St. John's	4-2
Georgetown	4-2
DePaul	1-5

 

[jack 1970]

We are not very good.A long way to go.

 

[Halldan1]

AP

3. Marquette	5-1
4. UConn (2)	6-0

15. Creighton

5-1

18. Villanova

6-1