18. Miami (6-21, 2-14) NET – 217, RPI – 287
Last Week: 18
Miami’s nightmare season continues. They get Duke at home then go to UNC this week. Just end the season already.
17. California (12-15, 5-11) NET – 123, RPI – 188
Last Week: 15
Cal has lost 4 games in a row, and 5 of their last 6. They get SMU and BC at home this week.
16. Boston College (12-15, 4-12) NET – 195, RPI – 246
Last Week: 17
Boston College played some fine defense this week holding Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech to 90 total points. They have the west coast trip of Stanford and Cal in the week ahead.
15. NC State (11-16, 4-12) NET – 118, RPI – 223
Last week: 16
NC State is showing a little life having won 2 of their last 3. They go to Syracuse and Georgia Tech this week.
14. Syracuse (11-16, 5-11) NET – 147, RPI – 172
Last Week: 14
Syracuse is pushing hard to miss the ACC tournament after losing 3 games in a row. NC State is Wednesday, then have a game against Virginia Tech.
13. Notre Dame (12-15, 6-10) NET – 100, RPI – 191
Last Week : 13
Notre Dame must go to Clemson and Wake Forest this week. Good luck with that.
12. Virginia (13-14, 6-10) NET – 103, RPI – 119
Last Week: 10
Poor Virginia has to play desperate Wake Forest this week, and then host surging Clemson.
11. Virginia Tech (12-15, 7-9) NET – 158, RPI – 196
Last Week: 11
The Hokies only scored 36 points at BC, but won at Miami. They host Louisville and Syracuse this week.
10. Florida State (16-11, 7-9) NET – 88, RPI – 113
Last Week: 12
FSU could finish off UNC’s NCAA hopes on Monday. Then they play at red hot Duke.
9. Georgia Tech (13-14, 7-9) NET – 127, RPI – 199
Last Week: 8
Georgia Tech’s lack of depth due to injury makes it very difficult to overcome every game out. That said they are still dangerous. They are at Pitt and host NC State this upcoming week.
8. Pittsburgh (16-11, 7-9) NET – 55, RPI – 70
Last Week: 7
Pittsburgh’s freefall just continues. If they win out could they get on bubble? Georgia Tech and a game at Louisville is this week. A sweep especially with a win at Louisville would catch our attention.
7. Stanford (17-10, 9-7) NET – 85, RPI – 72
Last Week: 9
Stanford has just lost too many recent games to be on the bubble, but the NIT is in play. BC and SMU are this week.
6. Wake Forest (19-8, 10-6) NET – 63, RPI- 47
Last week: 4
Wake Forest took a devastating loss at NC State. All they can do now is win and hope. They better sweep Virginia and Notre Dame.
5. UNC (18-11, 11-6) NET – 44, RPI – 29
Last Week: 6
UNC has finally put a little run together winning 4 games in a row. After they beat FSU Monday, they should beat Miami this week to complete the sweep. They are quietly getting back into the NCAA tournament discussion, but need to keep winning.
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4. SMU (20-7, 11-5) NET – 39, RPI – 55
Last Week: 5
SMU couldn’t get that Q1 win over Clemson they needed so badly. I feel like SMU needs to win 3 of their last 4 games to make the NCAAs. The west coast swing of Cal and Stanford is this week.
3. Louisville (21-6, 14-2) NET – 24, RPI – 21
Last Week: 3
Louisville is just marching along 15-1 since that Kentucky loss in December. Virginia Tech and Pitt are this week.
2. Clemson (22-5, 14-2) NET – 22, RPI – 16
Last Week: 2
Clemson is simply playing great basketball right now. Notre Dame and Virginia are this week, and a sweep keeps Clemson moving toward the 4/5 seed line if they aren’t there already.
1. Duke (24-3, 15-1) NET – 2, RPI – 5
Last Week: 1
Duke hasn’t won a game by fewer than 18 points since losing to Clemson on Feb 8. They made Illinois a likely NCAA team look like a 1 vs 16 game in destroying them Saturday. Yep, they can win it all. Miami and FSU are this week.
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