Basketball Blogpoll -- Week 6

I forgot (or more correctly, got too busy) to post this last week.  But this week's Basketball Blogpoll has just gone final, and there have been a vast number of changes in the poll.

First, we'll look at my ballot, and then we'll look at the final poll results.

A Sea of Blue's Basketball Blogpoll Ballot:

Last week	School	This Week	Delta	Direction
2	Pittsburgh	1	1
5	Duke	2	3
1	North Carolina	3	-2
3	Connecticut	4	-1
6	Wake Forest	5	1
4	Oklahoma	6	-2
7	Georgetown	7	0	NC
8	Texas	8	0	NC
12	Michigan State	9	3
10	UCLA	10	0	NC
18	Clemson	11	7
13	Syracuse	12	1
21	Xavier	13	8
16	Arizona State	14	2
25	West Virginia	15	10
11	Purdue	16	-5
9	Notre Dame	17	-8
24	Butler	18	6
14	Tennessee	19	-5
40	Marquette	20	20
17	Villanova	21	-4
19	Louisville	22	-3
15	Gonzaga	23	-8
26	Memphis	24	2
0	California	25	NPR

Notes:

• Montgomery has the Golden Bears playing well.
• This ballot was cast before the Zags upset Tennessee in Knoxville.
• Pittsburgh is at #1 for the first time in history.
• Texas' loss to Arkansas is not factored in due to ballot deadline.
• Clemson continues to impress.
• Tennessee is beginning to look very vulnerable.
• For the sake of interest, I currently have UK at #45.  They have a long way to go yet.

College Basketball Blogpoll -- Final, Week 6

Avg. Vote	Last Week	This Week	Team (first place votes)	Delta	Direction
1.18	2	1	Pittsburgh (9)	1
2.27	1	2	North Carolina (1)	-1
3.18	5	3	Duke (1)	2
3.73	7	4	Wake Forest	3
5.73	6	5	Connecticut	1
6.18	4	6	Oklahoma	-2
8	8	7	Texas	1
10.27	3	8	Georgetown	-5
10.64	14	9	Michigan State	5
10.73	11	10	UCLA	1
11.18	12	11	Syracuse	1
11.91	16	12	Clemson	4
12	9	13	Notre Dame	-4
15.27	10	14	Purdue	-4
15.45	17	15	Arizona State	2
16.64	18	16	Xavier	2
17.18		17	Marquette	NPR
18.36	13	18	Villanova	-5
18.82		19	Butler	NPR
19.09		20	West Virginia	NPR
20.36	23	21	Minnesota	2
23.36	20	22	Tennessee	-2
23.55		23	Boston College	NPR
23.55	15	24	Gonzaga	NPR
24.18		25	Illinois	NPR
Note: # in parenthesis indicates votes as #1 team.
Dropped out of poll:		Baylor (21), Louisville (22), Michigan (23), Memphis (25), Ohio State (19)
Entered poll:		Marquette (17), Butler (19), West Va. (20), Boston College (23), Illinois (25)

Notes:

• You go, Butler!
• The Illini were a close call for me.  I have them at 28, though.
• I have Minnesota at 34.  The victory over OSU happened after my ballot was submitted.
• Despite their victory over UNC, Boston College only rose to #29 in my standings.  Look like that was validated by Harvard.
• WVU's loss to UConn happened after ballots were due.  I still think they belong in the poll, even after that loss.
• Purdue needs a big victory this week.