[Cracked Sidewalks] CBS Sports BlogPoll: Week 1

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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.  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.

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1	Connecticut
2	Oklahoma
3	Pittsburgh
4	North Carolina
5	Wake Forest
6	Louisville
7	Clemson
8	Michigan St.
9	Marquette
10	Memphis
11	Duke
12	UCLA
13	Villanova
14	Texas
15	Xavier
16	Butler
17	Arizona St.
18	Washington
19	Kansas
20	Purdue
21	Illinois
22	Gonzaga
23	Syracuse
24	Utah St.
25	Dayton

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

[MUWarrior11]

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

[dcmk89]

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

[NYWarrior]

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

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