I agree with the Bruin at #3. Actually, could be too high. Reason? The Bruins bigs are not offensive threats. They dont have a solid power forward or center that can score consistently. The Bruins need a big man down low that has some sense of touch on a 5-6 footer. I know the Bruins have that answered for next year, but this is the Bruins weakness.

Why is Florida #1? It's not October anymore where you have to judge teams on their talent and what you think will happen, you can judge teams based on their resume now. If you look at the whole season UCLA has a much better claim to #1 than FLorida does. First off, UCLA has only one loss, to a very good #15 ranked Oregon squad on the road in a hostile enviorment in a close game. Florida has 2 losses, to a very good Kansas tem on a neutral court in a very good game and to a less than stellar Florida St. quad who is last in the ACC. UCLA is #1 in the RPI while playing in the #1 RPI conference. Florida is #31 in the RPI in the #3 RPI conference. UCLA's SOS is #1 while Florida's is 133. Both teams have 1 win against top 10 schools. Take a look at the team's wins though and UCLA has much stronger wins against the likes of Texas A&M, Washington St., USC, Washington, Michigan, Kentucky and Georgia Tech. Florida has beaten Ohio St., Arkansas, and S. Carolina. I rest my case.

I have no problem with you putting Wisconsin ahead of UCLA, but Florida needs to be behind them both.

Brian:

Really appreciate your great coverage of the football and hoops teams the past few years. You do an excellent and very thorough job. Just wondering: what is your opinion of Coach Howland, and how much more fun is your job when the team is at an elite national level?

Thanks!