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CBS Sports BlogPoll: Week 1

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)

CBS Sports was kind enough to invite Cracked Sidewalks to participate in its first-ever College Basketball BlogPoll.  I was supposed to post my ballot here on CS a few days ago, but life got in the way.  Anyway, the results from 47 participating bloggers have been calculated and the first edition of the poll has been released (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11123713/13486704).  Marquette landed up #10 in the first ballot (formatting is messy there, but I'm sure it'll be tweaked over time).

Apparently I am somewhat of a homer since my ballot was flagged in the top five for the Coulter/Kos Award, which goes to the blogger with the highest bias rating.  So be it.

My first ballot is listed below.

RankTeam[/tr]

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1	Connecticut  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT)
2	Oklahoma  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK)
3	Pittsburgh  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT)
4	North Carolina  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC)
5	Wake Forest  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF)
6	Louisville  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU)
7	Clemson  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM)
8	Michigan St.  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST)
9	Marquette  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET)
10	Memphis  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM)
11	Duke  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE)
12	UCLA  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA)
13	Villanova  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA)
14	Texas  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX)
15	Xavier  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER)
16	Butler  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT)
17	Arizona St.  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST)
18	Washington  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA)
19	Kansas  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS)
20	Purdue  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR)
21	Illinois  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL)
22	Gonzaga  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG)
23	Syracuse  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR)
24	Utah St.  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST)
25	Dayton  (http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY)

A few notes:

• Sure, Dayton in the top 25 after a loss last week is a stretch -- but they do have a nifty win over an upper division BIG EAST program.
• Duke should have been 0-2 last week, and I voted them as such.
• Purdue is likely better than their ranking.
  
• Memphis is playing great......oh so quietly.
• I have too many Pac-10 teams in this ballot.
  

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/02/cbs-sportsline-blogger-poll.html

Dayton in over Missouri?  Interesting.
Other than that your poll looks good. Thanks for sharing

Texas 14???? They shouldnt be ranked buddy (And Im a longhorn fan)

Quote from: dcmk89 on February 10, 2009, 01:21:23 AM
Texas 14???? They shouldnt be ranked buddy (And Im a longhorn fan)

yeah, that was a gaffe........as was overlooking Mizzou.