Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
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Texas is a clear No. 2 this week -- and the foreseeable future, too -- as long as they maintain their big holds in the polls. They got to keep winning with style.
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The regular-season championship is going to mean something. Say Temple, Saint Joseph's or Xavier wins it, then that team plus George Washington could get in.
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They have a pretty nice collection of wins and no terrible losses. So if they take care of business, they could still be a No. 2 (seed), even if they don't beat Illinois.
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A win over Rutgers would have been a feather in their cap, but you can't have a loss to a team which you should beat.
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I think New Mexico has performed far too well to fall completely out, but the loss bumped them from about a six seed down to the middle of the bracket at eight or nine, where you're lucky to win one game, much less two.
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I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.
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It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.
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Even if Ohio State is ahead this week, it's no more permanent than Southern Cal being ahead last week.
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Texas played an opponent that is now 4-2. So that's going to help what has been a pretty weak strength of schedule so far.
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Tennessee is dropping like a rock. It's looking like whichever team ends up with the higher seed (UNC or Tennessee) will end up in Greensboro with Duke.
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Vanderbilt's got two Top-25 RPI wins, over Old Dominion and Western Kentucky. That's more than a lot of teams. But Arkansas is a bad loss. All the teams that have beaten Vanderbilt are pretty good except Arkansas.
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USC is in the middle of a lull in the schedule. Texas is about to hit a lull.
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There's just a lot of mediocrity out there. It's going to be real tough year for the committee.
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Votes like that hurt the credibility. Whether it's carelessness or ignorance, you can't have votes for Idaho. It only takes one guy voting for Idaho to ruin it for the rest of the 114.