WEEK OF 02/22/2016
This is the Wildcat Blue Nation writers top 25 basketball poll for the 2015-2016 season. We still want to do a fan poll as well, we will need more participants, see at the bottom of the post how to contribute. We had our writers from WBN and some friends of the site give us their top 25, and I compiled it together, and I think it’s a fairly accurate representation of this weeks poll.
Here are the participants for our WBN writers poll this week.
Brian Eldridge – Nation of Blue (@BriEldrige)
Jason Marcum – Site manager of A Sea of Blue (@marcum89)
Patrick Loney – Scout.com and AllWildcats.com (@PatrickLoney)
Paul Jordan – Founder of Wildcat Blue Nation (@PJordan_32714)
Shelby Caudill – Site manager of Wildcat Blue Nation (@ShelbyC_WBN)
Terry Brown – Wildcat Blue Nation (@TBrown_80)
Tyler Cox – Wildcat Blue Nation (@bleedkyblue)
Michele Brown – CameronMillsRadio.com and host of Big Blue Views (@ForeverBigBlue)
And now without any further ado, here is this weeks WBN writers poll:
1. Villanova – 24-3
2. Kansas – 24-4
3. Xavier – 24-3
4. Michigan State– 22-5
5. Virginia – 21-6
6. North Carolina – 22-5
7. Maryland – 23-5
8. Oklahoma – 21-5
9. Iowa – 20-6
10. Miami – 22-5
11. Arizona – 22-5
12. Purdue – 21-7
13. Kentucky – 21-7
14. Dayton – 22-5
15. Duke – 20-7
16. Louisville – 21-6
17. Oregon – 21-6
18. West Virginia – 21-7
19. Notre Dame – 18-8
20. Indiana – 22-6
21. SMU– 20-4
22. Iowa State – 19-9
23. Texas – 18-10
24. Texas A&M – 20-7
25. Wisconsin – 17-10
FAN POLL
Thanks to BIGBLUEBD who doesn’t have a twitter account but uses this name for various contests on ESPN, Fox Sports and so on. So, here is BIGBLUEBD’s poll:
1. Villanova
2. Kansas
3. Virginia
4. Michigan State
5. Xavier
6. Oklahoma
7. Iowa
8. North Carolina
9. Maryland
10. Arizona
11. Oregon
12. Miami
13. Iowa State
14. Kentucky
15. West Virginia
16. Louisville
17. Indiana
18. Purdue
19. Baylor
20. Norte Dame
21. Duke
22. Dayton
23. Utah
24. Wichita State
25. Texas A&M
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Hey BBN, we would like to hear from you. Every week from here on out we will be doing a Wildcat Blue Nation writers/friends top 25 poll and a fans poll. So here is where you come in to help. All you have to do every Sunday is email us at wildcatbluenation@gmail.com your top 25. Also, along with the email send us your name and twitter handle if you have one so we can acknowledge you.
I will put the polls up every Monday, so keep an eye out. Make sure that you give us a full 25 teams, and any entries that are completely bogus, for example if your top 5 looks like this:
- Holy Cross
- High Point
- Indiana
- Long Beach State
- Louisville
We will have to disregard your entry. So, don’t get ridiculous with your rankings, be real about it. Other than that it is your rankings and we’ll take them and put them with our fellow fans and get a general consensus.
Again, every Sunday email wildcatbluenation@gmail.com your top 25. I will send out a reminder Saturday night to get your rankings in. We will be doing a SEC power rankings once we get into SEC play as well. I will keep you posted when we start doing that. Thank you BBN and we look forward to hearing from you!