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		<title>CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 6
Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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		<title>CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: End of the Regular Season</title>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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</tbody></table>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/23/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-3/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3 (23 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/16/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-2/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2 (16 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</a> (1)</li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
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<td colspan="3" width="231">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
<!-- ========================================== CLOSING BLOCK ========================================== -->
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/10/12/2009-cbs-sports-blogpoll-top-25-ballot-week-7/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7 (12 October 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/11/30/tennessee-28-kentucky-10-postgame-roundup/" rel="nofollow" title="Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup (30 November 2008)">Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/01/10/headlines-links-lies-post-bcs-hangover-vitriol-edition/" rel="nofollow" title="Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition (10 January 2009)">Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div>Delta</div></th>
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<div>1</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Delta</div></th>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Team</div></th>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/23/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-3/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3 (23 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/16/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-2/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2 (16 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</a> (1)</li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Delta</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">
<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
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<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<div>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">
<th colspan="3">
<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 6
Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 6
Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">--</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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		<title>CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: End of the Regular Season</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<tbody>
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<td colspan="3" width="187">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/16/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-2/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2 (16 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</a> (1)</li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr class="cbslogo">
<td colspan="3" width="231">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
<!-- ========================================== CLOSING BLOCK ========================================== -->
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/10/12/2009-cbs-sports-blogpoll-top-25-ballot-week-7/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7 (12 October 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/11/30/tennessee-28-kentucky-10-postgame-roundup/" rel="nofollow" title="Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup (30 November 2008)">Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/01/10/headlines-links-lies-post-bcs-hangover-vitriol-edition/" rel="nofollow" title="Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition (10 January 2009)">Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<tbody>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<div>14</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>22</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 6
Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Team</div></th>
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<div>Delta</div></th>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">--</td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Team</div></th>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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</tbody></table>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/23/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-3/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3 (23 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/16/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-2/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2 (16 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</a> (1)</li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr class="cbslogo">
<td colspan="3" width="231">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
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<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
<!-- ========================================== CLOSING BLOCK ========================================== -->
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/10/12/2009-cbs-sports-blogpoll-top-25-ballot-week-7/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7 (12 October 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/11/30/tennessee-28-kentucky-10-postgame-roundup/" rel="nofollow" title="Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup (30 November 2008)">Tennessee 28, Kentucky 10: Postgame Roundup</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/01/10/headlines-links-lies-post-bcs-hangover-vitriol-edition/" rel="nofollow" title="Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition (10 January 2009)">Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<tbody>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<th colspan="3">
<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<tbody>
<tr class="cbslogo">
<td colspan="3" width="231">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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</tbody></table>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">
<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<!-- ====================== Dropouts ====================== -->
<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
<!-- ========================================== CLOSING BLOCK ========================================== -->
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 6
Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/03/16/ncaa-tournament-time/" rel="nofollow" title="NCAA Tournament Time (16 March 2008)">NCAA Tournament Time</a> (1)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/03/28/basketvols-the-joy-of-disappointment/" rel="nofollow" title="BasketVols: The Joy of Disappointment (28 March 2008)">BasketVols: The Joy of Disappointment</a> (7)</li>
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		<title>CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: End of the Regular Season</title>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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</tbody></table>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<tbody>
<tr class="cbslogo">
<td colspan="3" width="231">
<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<tbody>
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<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
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<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
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</tbody></table>
<!-- ====================== Dropouts ====================== -->
<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
<!-- ========================================== CLOSING BLOCK ========================================== -->
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/10/12/2009-cbs-sports-blogpoll-top-25-ballot-week-7/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7 (12 October 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Week 7</a> (2)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/01/10/headlines-links-lies-post-bcs-hangover-vitriol-edition/" rel="nofollow" title="Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition (10 January 2009)">Headlines, Links, &amp; Lies: Post-BCS Hangover Vitriol Edition</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<div>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">
<th colspan="3">
<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/23/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-3/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3 (23 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/ushers/" rel="nofollow" title="Our Ushers (Writers) (30 December 2008)">Our Ushers (Writers)</a> (1)</li>
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		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<div>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
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<div>15</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>22</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
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<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
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<div>25</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
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<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
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<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

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Through 15 March 2009
Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 6</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, March Madness is upon us. This weekend provided a bevy of basketball from the various conference tournaments, including some key upsets.  Bearing all of that in mind, here's my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week, as we prepare for the Big Dance to come.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here it is:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">--</td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WV">West Virginia </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UTST">Utah St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</td>
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<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 7</td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>• <a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=5&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></em></strong></p>

<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette</a> (#20), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Brigham Young</a> (#22), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico</a> (#24), <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier</a> (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">I hope to post a few parting thoughts on the SEC Tournament later today along with my Ballot Predictions for the NCAA Tournament (<em>as if you cared</em>). One way or the other, it is now time to see who really deserves adulation and who was overrated.</p>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>More to come on the Big Dance, and the fortunes of the Tennessee Volunteers...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2008/03/28/basketvols-the-joy-of-disappointment/" rel="nofollow" title="BasketVols: The Joy of Disappointment (28 March 2008)">BasketVols: The Joy of Disappointment</a> (7)</li>
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		<title>CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: End of the Regular Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

End of the Regular Season Poll
Through 8 March 2009
Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (since the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>End of the Regular Season Poll</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 8 March 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, given my habit lately of running behind, I never got around to posting my ballot last week.  Thus, this week’s ballot is without changes (<em>since the poll for last week looked different than the last one posted</em>).  Be that as it may, with the regular season over for the world of college basketball, here’s where I place the powers of the hardwood at the conclusion of the 2009 season.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div>Team</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WA">Washington </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<div>21</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/FLST">Florida St. </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BYU">Brigham Young </a></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NM">New Mexico </a></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Time to break out the brackets...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>


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	<h4>Allegedy Related Posts (<em>Computer Generated</em>):</h4>
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	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/03/16/cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-6/" rel="nofollow" title="CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6 (16 March 2009)">CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 6</a> (0)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/23/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-3/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3 (23 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 3</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://gate21.net/2009/02/16/2009-cbs-sports-basketblog-poll-ballot-week-2/" rel="nofollow" title="2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2 (16 February 2009)">2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</a> (1)</li>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lawvol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on the Cost of Sports.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Yes, I realize that I have hardly been doing a very good job of keeping up with things.  No, I am not done with my series on <a href="http://gate21.net/tag/cost-of-sports/">the Cost of Sports</a>.  Yes, I do intend to get something of substance up in the near future.  It’s just been busy lately, to say the least.  Thus, I am—as always—a little behind the curve.  Thus, if anyone out there would be interested in doing a little writing, <a href="http://gate21.net/the-real-gate-21/contact-lawvol/">shoot me an email</a> and we can talk.  I’ll do my best to get caught up as soon as possible.</p>
<p align="justify">In the meantime, here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 3</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 23 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, after the past week in the world of college basketball, there have been a few major changes in my BasketBlog Poll ballot.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
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<div><a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank"><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/blog-poll.gif" alt="" /></a></div></td>
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<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
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<div>Delta</div></th>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">1</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">2</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">3</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">4</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">5</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">6</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">7</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">8</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 2</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">9</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">10</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">11</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">12</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">13</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 8</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">14</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div>--</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">15</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">16</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">17</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">18</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">19</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">20</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">22</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">23</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">24</td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></td>
<td class="polldelta" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 1</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">25</td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
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<th colspan="3"><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?id=189&amp;week=2&amp;year=2009">Last week's ballot </a></th>
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<h5 style="text-align: center"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton</a> (#20), <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler</a> (#24)</em></h5>
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<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="justify"><strong><em>Oh yeah, the BasketVols also lost to the Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend.  More on that as soon as I can...</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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		<title>2009 CBS Sports BasketBlog Poll Ballot: Week 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my ballot for this week's CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll hosted by -- as you might imagine -- CBS Sports.

Week 2
Through 15 February 2009
My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Here's my ballot for this week's <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a> hosted by -- as you might imagine -- <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 2</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 15 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">My what a mess we have now.  After the past weekend in the world of college basketball, the changes are many in my BasketBlog Poll ballot for this week.  Most of these should be fairly obvious.  Either way, here’s my ballot:</p>

<h2 style="text-align: center;">My Ballot for the Week</h2>
<div>
<table border="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="47">
<div><strong>Rank</strong></div></th>
<th width="131">
<div>Team</div></th>
<th width="49">
<div>Delta</div></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>1</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>2</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div>--</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 7</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 6</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 3</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 9</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 5</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_up.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LSU">Louisiana St. </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DAY">Dayton </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
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<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/Gate%2021-Profile.ico" alt="21" width="23" height="23" /></div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/TX">Texas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SC">South Carolina </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CA">California </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><em>NR</em></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 10</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="pollrank" bgcolor="#ff9933">
<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam">
<div><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></div></td>
<td class="polldelta">
<div><img src="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/images/arrow_down.gif" alt="" /> 4</div></td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#ff9933">
<th colspan="3">
<div><a href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/ballot-view.php?week=1&amp;voter=189&amp;db=cbb">Last week's ballot </a></div></th>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dropped Out</span>:</strong> UCLA (#11), Syracuse (#19), Minnesota (#23), Ohio St. (#24), Utah (#25)</em></h5>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college basketball, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong -- which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least I think that's how it's supposed to work...</em>)</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em>-- So it goes… </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/about-lawvol/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/SIG%20-%20Lawvol%20(Small).gif" border="0" alt="Email lawvol" width="67" height="54" align="middle" /></a><span style="color: #f79646"><strong><em> </em></strong></span><a href="http://gate21.net/sam-andys/"><img src="http://gate21.net/wp-content/uploads/Static/McAlisters%20-%20Crossout.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="46" height="36" align="middle" /></a></p>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Well, given the success of the CBS Sports College Football BlogPoll this past fall, the powers that be have decreed that the fun should continue.  Thus, once again Gate 21 has been given the opportunity to pretend like our opinions matter, this time, however, it’s basketball.  Yes, it is our pleasure to be voting in the <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog">CBS Sports College BasketBlog Poll</a>, hosted by — as you might imagine — <a title="CBS Sports.com BlogPoll Top 25" href="http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball">CBS Sports</a>.</p>

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><em>Week 1</em></h1>
<p align="center"><em>Through 08 February 2009</em></p>
<p align="justify">Well, we’re already fairly far along with the season, so there really isn’t a whole lot to say in terms of how the teams in my ballot for this week arrived at their present ranking.  In the future, however, I plan on trying to offer a few comments on why I voted the way that I did.  Furthermore, all of the voting blogs — including Gate 21 — encourage those of you out there who read to tell us where we get it right, and where we get it wrong.  You can do that via the comments box at the bottom.  I promise that I’ll consider any and all rude remarks.</p>
<p align="justify">Either way, here’s my ballot for the week:</p>

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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CT">Connecticut </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OK">Oklahoma </a></td>
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<div>3</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PITT">Pittsburgh </a></td>
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<div>4</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NC">North Carolina </a></td>
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<div>5</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/WF">Wake Forest </a></td>
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<div>6</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MARQET">Marquette </a></td>
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<div>7</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/DUKE">Duke </a></td>
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<div>8</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/LOU">Louisville </a></td>
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<div>9</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MIST">Michigan St. </a></td>
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<div>10</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/XAVIER">Xavier </a></td>
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<div>11</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UCLA">UCLA </a></td>
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<div>12</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/CLEM">Clemson </a></td>
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<div>13</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MEM">Memphis </a></td>
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<div>14</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/BUT">Butler </a></td>
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<div>15</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/NOVA">Villanova </a></td>
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<div>16</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/GONZAG">Gonzaga </a></td>
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<div>17</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MO">Missouri </a></td>
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<div>18</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/PUR">Purdue </a></td>
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<div>19</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/SYR">Syracuse </a></td>
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<div>20</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/IL">Illinois </a></td>
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<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/KS">Kansas </a></td>
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<div>22</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/AZST">Arizona St. </a></td>
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<div>23</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/MN">Minnesota </a></td>
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<div>24</div></td>
<td class="pollteam" bgcolor="#cccccc"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/OHST">Ohio St. </a></td>
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<div>25</div></td>
<td class="pollteam"><a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/teams/page/UT">Utah </a></td>
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<h2>The Rest of the BlogPoll</h2>
<p align="justify">Having taken the time to consider my feeble attempt at ranking the powers in college football, feel free to try and convince me that I am wrong — which is part of <a title="BlogPoll Philosophy | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/content/blogpoll-philosophy" target="_blank">the way the BlogPoll is supposed to work</a>.  I promise that I will consider all comments.</p>
<p align="justify">As for the rest of the BlogPoll, well, you can check out <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Blog | MGoBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/voter-grid.php" target="_blank">how other bloggers voted</a>, <a title="BlogPoll: Votes by Team | MGOBlog" href="http://mgoblog.com/blogpoll/team-grid.php" target="_blank">how your team fared across the blogosphere</a>, and view the weekly results each week over at <a href="http://cbssports.com/collegebasketball/polls/cbsblog" target="_blank">CBS Sports</a> (<em>at least that’s how I think it’s supposed to work…)</em></p>
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