Basketball Blogpoll -- Week 4 ballot and results

Below, you will find my Week 4 Basketball Blogpoll ballot:

Last week	School	This Week	Delta	Direction
1	North Carolina	1	0	No change
3	Pittsburgh	2	1
6	Connecticut	3	3
4	Oklahoma	4	0	No change
7	Duke	5	2
2	Gonzaga	6	-4
16	Wake Forest	7	9
9	Georgetown	8	1
8	Texas	9	-1
5	Xavier	10	-5
15	Notre Dame	11	4
NR	Purdue	12	NPR
10	Ohio State	13	-3
12	UCLA	14	-2
11	Syracuse	15	-4
23	Michigan State	16	7
14	Tennessee	17	-3
19	Villanova	18	1
24	Clemson	19	5
22	Arizona State	20	2
13	Louisville	21	-8
21	Baylor	22	-1
20	Missouri	23	-3
NR	Minnesota	24	NPR
17	Memphis	25	-8

Notes:

• I once again revised my ranking system, hopefully improving it.  I think a few more tweaks may  be needed, though.
• Purdue really should have been in last week.
• Louisville is on the verge of going out of the poll.  Another loss in the near term, and they will.
• In my rankings, Kentucky currently stands at #39.  The 'Cats just need to take care of business to move up, but it will take a win against Louisville to get them into the ballot.
• Pittsburgh moves up on the strength of a road win vs. Florida State.
• Wake Forest was very impressive in two road wins.

Here are the overall Blogpoll rankings:

Final Blogpoll Week 4
Avg. Vote	Last Week	This Week	Team (first place votes)	Delta	Direction
1	1	1	North Carolina (11)	0	No change
2.36	3	2	Connecticut	1
3.09	2	3	Pittsburgh	-1
4.55	4	4	Oklahoma	0	No change
7	9	5	Duke	4
8	10	6	Georgetown	4
8.18	6	7	Gonzaga	-1
9	11	8	Wake Forest	3
10.27	12	9	Notre Dame	3
10.45	5	10	Texas	-5
10.45	13	11	Ohio State	2
13.09	19	12	Purdue	7
13.27	15	13	UCLA	2
13.91	7	14	Xavier	-7
14	14	15	Syracuse	-1
15.55	16	16	Villanova	0	No change
16.27	23	17	Michigan State	6
19.55	17	18	Tennessee	-1
19.73	24	19	Clemson	5
19.82	22	20	Arizona State	2
19.82	8	21	Louisville	-13
19.82	20	22	Baylor	-2
23.09	25	23	Missouri	2
23.18	NR	24	Michigan	NPR
23.36	NR	25	Minnesota	NPR

Notes:

• UNC still unanimous #1.
• Clemson is rapidly improving.  They have beaten a good Miami team and a good Illinois team.  We'll find out more when they battle the Gamecocks on Tuesday, who are playing better than expected under Darren Horn.
  
• Duke beat Xavier twice by crushing them at a neutral site.
• Michigan State's win over Texas reversed their momentum.
• Texas maybe got hit harder than they deserved.  Big win over a good Wisconsin team on the road after the Blogpoll ballots were submitted.
• Purdue easily handling media darling Davidson gave them some upward momentum after dropping two games in a row in late November and early December.
• Duke has beaten 3 of 4 teams in today's poll, including a drubbing of Purdue at Purdue.
• Notre Dame still ranks high despite a questionable schedule.  I may need to revise my calculations to take more SOS into account.  I think UCLA should be lower, also.  They have beaten nobody and lost to both quality teams they have played.
  
• Connecticut beating Gonzaga semi-away is surely validation of them.  I had doubts about them after their close victory over Buffalo, even though it was away.

Your comments are welcome.