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Hoop Time
The five teams I selected to
show a positive ROI thru the month of December did not fare well again this past
week………… The five led by the Butler Bulldogs (which did not cover in their two
games, a win over Detroit and a road loss to Wright St.) are still 31-11 SU and
18-12 ATS 56%
Butler
was without their starting center Pete Campbell for the two games mentioned
above. He was replaced by Freshman Matt Howard. Although Howard performed above
expectations, it’s difficult for a team to begin league play with a freshman
center………….
I will
review Butler, Virginia, St. Louis, New Mexico and The Akron Zips
(I believe I referred to them as the Ants in previous columns………….
At the
end of the month and consider coming up with some new or additional teams for
January that should show a positive ROI.
The
schedule for the week (Friday December 14 - Thursday December 20) for the 5 is;
Butler
vs. Florida St Wednesday vs. Bradley
Virginia Wednesday vs.
Hampton
St
Louis Saturday
vs. Southern Illinois
Wednesday vs.
Loyola Chi.
New
Mexico Saturday vs.
Texas Tech
Wednesday vs. New
Mexico State
Akron
Saturday at Ausin Peay
Wednesday
vs. North Carolina A&T
May our
five teams be “the Fab Five”
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The
Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll, with number of
first-place votes in parentheses. Team records are through the
date the poll was released: |
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Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
Previous |
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1 |
North Carolina
(48) |
8-0 |
1,772 |
1 |
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2 |
Memphis
(19) |
7-0 |
1,708 |
2 |
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3 |
Kansas
(2) |
9-0 |
1,687 |
3 |
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4 |
Texas
(2) |
9-0 |
1,560 |
4 |
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5 |
Georgetown
(1) |
7-0 |
1,528 |
5 |
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6 |
Duke |
9-0 |
1,434 |
6 |
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7 |
Washington State |
9-0 |
1,358 |
8 |
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8 |
UCLA |
8-1 |
1,356 |
7 |
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9 |
Michigan State |
8-1 |
1,136 |
9 |
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10 |
Marquette |
6-1 |
1,053 |
11 |
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11 |
Pittsburgh |
9-0 |
1,034 |
12 |
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12 |
Tennessee |
8-1 |
1,033 |
10 |
|
13 |
Indiana |
8-1 |
924 |
15 |
|
14 |
Texas A&M |
8-1 |
846 |
16 |
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15 |
Clemson |
8-0 |
702 |
18 |
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16 |
Oregon |
8-1 |
694 |
19 |
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17 |
Xavier |
8-1 |
503 |
21 |
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18 |
Butler |
8-1 |
413 |
13 |
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19 |
Gonzaga |
8-2 |
386 |
17 |
|
20 |
Vanderbilt |
10-0 |
379 |
23 |
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21 |
Arizona |
6-2 |
360 |
22 |
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22 |
Louisville |
5-2 |
286 |
14 |
|
23 |
Villanova |
7-1 |
279 |
25 |
|
24 |
Saint Mary's |
7-1 |
197 |
NR |
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25 |
Brigham Young |
8-2 |
191 |
20 |
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Others
Receiving Votes: Miami (FL) 133, USC 118, Arkansas 88, West Virginia 70, Stanford 61,
Rhode Island 41, Dayton 36, Florida 24, Boston College 15,
Wisconsin 14, Mississippi 10, California 9, Creighton 5, North
Carolina State 2, Virginia 2, Holy Cross 1, Sam Houston State 1,
Davidson 1 |
Updated: Thursday December 13, 2007 01:45 AM
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Division I
Coaches' Top 25 Poll |
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The USA
TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college basketball coaches' poll, with
number of first-place votes in parentheses. Team records are
through the date the poll was released: |
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Rank |
Team |
Record |
Votes |
Previous |
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1 |
North Carolina
(25) |
8-0 |
763 |
1 |
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2 |
Memphis
(4) |
7-0 |
740 |
2 |
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3 |
Kansas
(1) |
9-0 |
717 |
3 |
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4 |
Georgetown
(1) |
7-0 |
669 |
4 |
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5 |
Texas |
9-0 |
635 |
5 |
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6 |
Washington State |
9-0 |
608 |
6 |
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7 |
Duke |
9-0 |
594 |
7 |
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8 |
UCLA |
8-1 |
582 |
8 |
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9 |
Pittsburgh |
9-0 |
487 |
9 |
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10 |
Michigan State |
8-1 |
481 |
10 |
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11 |
Tennessee |
8-1 |
430 |
12 |
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12 |
Texas A&M |
8-1 |
407 |
14 |
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13 |
Marquette |
6-1 |
391 |
15 |
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14 |
Indiana |
8-1 |
385 |
15 |
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15 |
Clemson |
8-0 |
295 |
17 |
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16 |
Oregon |
8-1 |
292 |
18 |
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17 |
Xavier |
8-1 |
257 |
20 |
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18 |
Villanova |
7-1 |
195 |
21 |
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19 |
Butler |
8-1 |
185 |
13 |
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20 |
Louisville |
5-2 |
174 |
11 |
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21 |
Vanderbilt |
10-0 |
164 |
25 |
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22 |
Arizona |
6-2 |
148 |
24 |
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23 |
Gonzaga |
8-2 |
138 |
19 |
|
24 |
Saint Mary's |
7-1 |
73 |
NR |
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25 |
Brigham Young |
8-2 |
59 |
22 |
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Others
Receiving Votes: Miami (FL) 35, Arkansas 31, Stanford 24, Rhode Island 23,
California 17, Florida 16, Wisconsin 10, USC 10, Virginia 9,
Connecticut 8, West Virginia 6, Southern Illinois 5, Syracuse 5,
Illinois 3, Florida State 2, Mississippi 1, Dayton 1
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Hoping for “ Nothing but net” till next week……
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