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ROBYN NORWOOD’S RANKINGS
ROBYN NORWOOD’S RANKINGS AND COMMENTS: | ||
| Rk. | Team (Rec.) | Comment (last week’s rank) |
| 1 | N. CAROLINA (17-0) | Talent is not a problem. Depth might be. (1) |
| 2 | KANSAS (17-0) | Folks in Lawrence yawn at 17-0. They want to see a Final Four. (3) |
| 3 | MEMPHIS (15-0) | The Tigers are dining on a diet of Rice and other soft foods from C-USA. (2) |
| 4 | UCLA (16-1) | Bruins are riding high, but erratic USC might make things interesting. (5) |
| 5 | DUKE (13-1) | The Blue Devils average more than nine three-pointers a game. (7) |
| 6 | TEXAS A&M (15-1) | This is a tough team that is flying under the radar. (9) |
| 7 | TENNESSEE (14-1) | The Volunteers’ pressure forces 21 turnovers a game. (10) |
| 8 | INDIANA (14-1) | Talk about a hostile environment: Gordon visits Illinois on Feb. 7. (11) |
| 9 | GEORGETOWN (13-2) | How often do you see a 7-2 center make game-winning three-pointer? (8) |
| 10 | WASHINGTON STATE (14-1) | Cougars seemed overwhelmed to be in top-five showdown against UCLA. (4) |
| 11 | MARQUETTE (13-2) | Marquette-Louisville showdown doesn’t look as big as it once seemed. (15) |
| 12 | MICHIGAN STATE (15-2) | The Spartans’ 36-point total against Iowa should sting for a while. (6) |
| 13 | BUTLER (16-1) | Mike Green, not A.J. Graves, is Butler’s leading scorer. (13) |
| 14 | DAYTON (14-1) | The Flyers are making Dayton more than the home of the play-in game. (18) |
| 15 | PITTSBURGH (15-2) | We take it all back: Pitt is handling those injuries darn well. (21) |
| 16 | MISSISSIPPI (14-1) | Playing Tennessee to a two-point loss was a solid result. (17) |
| 17 | WISCONSIN (14-2) | Only two teams have reached 70 points against the Badgers. (23) |
| 18 | TEXAS (13-3) | That Missouri loss to open the Big 12 was not good. (12) |
| 19 | CLEMSON (14-3) | Two of the Tigers’ first three ACC games went to overtime. (14) |
| 20 | VANDERBILT (16-1) | What a headline: Kentucky upsets Vanderbilt. (16) |
| 21 | STANFORD (13-3) | Call us Pac-10 homers. We still think this is a top-25 team. (20) |
| 22 | ARIZONA STATE (13-2) | Big test ahead as Sun Devils take their feel-good story to Bay Area. (Unranked) |
| 23 | XAVIER (14-3) | Remember, the Musketeers lost to ASU. (24) |
| 24 | ARIZONA (11-5) | Went 1-3 without injured leading scorer Bayless, who’s back. (22) |
| 25 | VILLANOVA (11-3) | Scottie Reynolds scored 32, but ‘Cats lost a close one to Cincinnati. (19) |
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