Rankings and Predictions (2/3)

1	Louisville		31.02		(+1)
2	Oklahoma St.		30.53		(-1)
3	Iowa		30.46		(+2)
4	Arizona		30.21		(-1)
5	Duke		30.10		(-1)
6	Creighton		29.75		(+1)
7	Michigan		29.59		(+1)
8	Michigan St.		29.35		(+8)
9	Kentucky		29.29		(-4)
10	Ohio St.		29.28		(+2)
11	Iowa St.		29.28		(-1)
12	Villanova		29.18		(+1)
13	UCLA		28.99		(-2)
14	Pittsburgh		28.98		(NC)
15	Arkansas		28.89		(+3)
16	Arizona St.		28.85		(+4)
17	Cincinnati		28.72		NEW
18	Kansas		28.67		(-9)
19	Syracuse		28.66		(-4)
20	Florida		28.59		(-3)

The Top Twenty gets jumbled around in mysterious ways thanks to all the random upsets, etc. as well as an update to the rating algorithm.  MSU loses on a neutral court to Georgetown (PM #64) and somehow manages to jump up 8 spots.  Hmm.  They did have a nice win over Iowa and their loss to Michigan looks better in retrospect.  Meanwhile Kansas beats #11 ISU handily at home and loses badly to #50 Texas and plunges 9 spots.

The PM is undergoing a significant overhaul at the moment, so there may be rather more uncertainty in the ratings than usual.

Monday

#16 Iowa State @ #19 Oklahoma State:  OK State +1

Just the barest advantage to the home team.

Tuesday

Ohio State @ #17 Iowa:  Iowa +4

I wouldn't trust tOSU to live up this number.  But given the way the B10 has been going, they might win by double digits.

Wednesday

#13 Saint Louis @ St. Joseph's:  St. Louis +5

The Billikens almost lost at home to dreadful GMU, so this will be an important road test.

Thursday

#22 Connecticut @ #7 Cincinnati: Cincy +5

A traditional American conference matchup.

Saturday

#4 Wichita State @ Northern Iowa:  Wichita State +6

Maybe UNI can get hot from three again and pull off the upset.

#10 Michigan @ #17 Iowa:  Iowa +2

A good chance for Michigan to get an important road victory.

#23 Gonzaga @ #24 Memphis: Gonzaga +2

Hmm.  Not sure I buy this, but we'll see.

BLOWOUT OF THE WEEK

TCU @ Iowa State: ISU by 24

TOSS-UP OF THE WEEK

Northern Arizona @ Sacramento State