Silliness of Polls

A master of the obvious observation really...

Polls have nothing to do with reality, they take a life of their own. A team loses, they go down: It doesn't matter if they lost by 1 in triple-overtime to a top team on their home court, or if they lost by 50 to a cupcake. A team beats up a bunch of cupcakes and it rises simply because the teams above it lost games.

Case in point Ohio State (sans Greg Oden) becoming #1. Ohio State has been playing value-teams at Value City Arena and beating them handily. Great job, but at the same time UCLA has beaten two solid teams (Kentucky, Georgia Tech) back to back on neutral court in Maui. Heck, even Pitt beat FSU. You don't have to look at SOS or RPI numbers to realize that UCLA probably had the better wins and if you are going to drop Florida from #1, and put on of those three (Ohio State, UCLA, Pitt), UCLA is the most deserving for the #1 spot.

Personally I think that Florida is still the best team in the country RIGHT NOW. They didn't show up in the first half, yet they came close to beating Kansas. I think North Carolina will be the best team by the end of the season, with Ohio State being a wildcard depending on the recovery of Greg Oden...