| 19 December 2010
Every Sunday The Hoops Manifesto and Bloguin's NCAA hoops writers come together to vote on the four best teams in the country, our Fabulous Four, plus the best team from a non-BCS conference. We present to you the Fab Four Plus One - because who has time to read a list of 25 teams.
Voters: Jeff Fox from The Hoops Manifesto, Flounder from Leftover Hot Dog, Philip from Rise Northwestern, fetch and tallguy from The Beadlemaniacs and Jamie D. Gilkey from Suns Stuff't.
Fabulous Four
1) (Last week - 1) Duke - 28 (out of possible 30) points
Record: 10-0
Games this week: Mon vs Elon
"Another undefeated week for the Blue Devils. The fact that they didn't play any games is just a minor detail, right?!" - Jeff Fox
"Coach K is giving the haters much to hate." - Flounder
"While Duke has been racking-up the Ws, don't be surprised if they look unimpressive when they face Cameron Moore (19.7 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 59.1% from the field) and his Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) Blazers in an ESPN2 contest set for Jan. 5th." - Jamie D. Gilkey
2) (2) Ohio State - 23 points
Record: 10-0
Games this week: Tues vs UNC-Asheville, Thurs vs Oakland
"The Buckeyes should get a real test on Thursday versus Oakland, who recently went in to Knoxville and beat Tennessee and only lost by one point to Michigan State." - Jeff Fox
"Sullinger and the Buckeyes are strong defensively and on the inside. Two deadly combos. Made easy work of my Gamecocks." - Flounder
"Ohio State is on fire and with Michigan State and Purdue both stumbling through the early going the Buckeyes are on course to sweep the Big Ten and go through the regular season undefeated." - Jamie D. Gilkey
3) (4) Connecticut - 13 points
Record: 8-0
Games this week: Mon vs Coppin State, Wed vs Harvard
"The Huskies didn't play any games last week, but that still impressed our voters enough to move them up one spot in the polls." - Jeff Fox
"Kemba Walker is grabbing all the headlines but UConn is more than just a flashy guard and a press release. They are proving to be the total package." - Jamie D. Gilkey
4) (3) Kansas - 10 points
Record: 10-0
Games this week: Wed @ California
"Look out - one of the nation's best teams just got better. Kansas freshman Josh Selby played the first collegiate game of his career last week and netted 21 points." - Jeff Fox
"Had a Trojan scare but battled hard to get the win with great play from Selby who lived up to the hype." - Flounder
Top Non-BCS Team
San Diego State - five votes (out of a possible six)
Record: 12-0
Games this week: Tues vs San Francisco (neutral site), Wed vs IUPUI (neutral site)
"The Mountain West Conference is primed to battle with the big boys this year with three teams currently ranked in the top 25, with San Diego State leading the charge." - Jeff Fox
"They simply find ways to win. Not pretty but a win is a win." - Flounder
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