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CBS Blog Poll, Week 3

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

After a one week hiatus I jumped back into the CBS Blog Poll hoping to make a splash -- and I did, being named the Coulter/Kos Award winner (read: I'm a biased homer).  Here's the full poll results and analysis (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11123713/13727596).

More on the Coulter/Kos Award after a look at my weekly ballot (which was posted late in deference to Steve's essay (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/02/untucked-guest-essay-from-steve-rushin.html)).

RankTeam[/tr]

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

• MU at #8 based on the Warriors' strong road record, 12-2 overall in BE.
  
• Xavier is out of the top 25 for now -- the Flyers look like the class of the A-10.
• Trent Johnson at LSU is giving Buzz Williams a run for his money for the title of "winningest new coach" this season
• I still think Purdue will out-perform their ranking in March.
• Illinois sucks and will never be ranked again (by me) this season.  33 points at home?  
• Mizzou wins 10 of 11 -- I can't ignore them anymore.
• Still have doubts about Memphis -- CUSA is horrible.

On the Coulter/Kos Award:

"You can't fault Marquette blog Cracked Sidewalks too much for voting their beloved Golden Eagles eighth , not when several other bloggers had them just as high or higher and MU is--after all--23-4 overall, 12-2 in the Big East, and coming off of an impressive road win over a truly desperate Georgetown squad. Nonetheless, eighth is enough to hand Cracked Sidewalks this week's CK Award, and fair or not it probably wasn't the best week to tempt karma: Marquette has a home date with UConn and a trip to Louisville on tap between now and next week's poll."

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/02/cbs-blog-poll-week-3.html