B/R College Basketball Top 25: Explaining My Picks

Texas is still mired in mediocrity

Nothing new to report here. Simply put, a nine-point home victory over Texas A&M isn’t exactly enough to change my view of the Longhorns.

Teams such as Arizona State and St. Mary’s did more to impress me this week, so they leapfrog Texas, which means the Longhorns are one of the few teams who failed to really rise in the polls despite the precipitous falls of teams such as Georgetown.

Is Syracuse really 12 spots better than Georgetown?

So I was wrong—Georgetown isn’t so good after all. Two poor losses to below-average Big East competition dropped the Hoyas 11 spots in my poll, to No. 20.

But Syracuse lost twice last week too. Sure, their losses were against much better competition—both Pittsburgh and Syracuse are in my top-six this week.

The Orange still lost to the Panthers by 18 points. Syracuse’s five Big East wins have come against South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Notre Dame. They don’t deserve to be ranked No. 12.


I learned my lesson with UCLA—now everyone else needs to

I don’t understand how UCLA can be ranked No. 20 while Washington is unranked. I don’t understand it all.

Washington is a game ahead of the Bruins in the Pac-10, just beat UCLA head-to-head, and has lost one game since November 25.

Is that Opening Night loss to Portland really going to haunt the Huskies all season?

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