Garrison Poll

Interesting how a meaningless 1st game of the season can be a pre-cursor for things to come. Most probably thought little of Murray State's loss @ Cal on 11/5 however the spread in that game was only 5 (75-70) and Murray State hasn't lost since. This victory by Cal is the Lac-10's best win to this point. The biggest beneficiary of this futility is the Mountain West Conference.
It has gone from possible to probable that the Lac-10 will only receive 2 bids to the NCAA tournament, and using an argument of geographic equality those extra bids could go the MVC. Don't kid yourself the NCAA Tournament Committee takes those things into consideration.
Aside from Murray State, some other schools to keep an eye on as the season progresses are William & Mary (Colonial) who has a win at Wake Forest, and Western Carolina (Southern) who just won at Louisville. Both schools come from conferences with recent tournament success.
Happy Holidays.

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Garrison Poll Wk-6

1. Kentucky (10-0)
2. Syracuse (10-0)
3. Purdue (9-0)
4. Kansas (9-0)
5. Texas (8-0)
6. Duke (7-1)
7. Villanova (9-1)
8. Georgetown (8-0)
9. West Virginia (7-0)
10. North Carolina (8-2)
11. Florida (8-1)
12. Michigan State (7-2)
13. New Mexico (10-0)
14. Kansas State (9-1)
15. Gonzaga (8-2)
16. Mississippi (8-1)
17. Wisconsin (7-2)
18. Ohio State (7-2)
19. Northwestern (7-1)
20. Texas Tech (9-0)
21. Georgia Tech (7-1)
22. UNLV (7-1)
23. Connecticut (6-2)
24. Tennessee (7-1)
25. Butler (7-3)

others receiving consideration: Clemson (8-2), Charlotte (8-1), Illinois (8-2), Northern Iowa (7-1), Texas A&M (8-2)