Gonzaga ranked number one? Seriously?

Over the past few weeks. college basketball fans have watched Duke, Indiana, and Michigan lose all while being ranked as the number one team in the nation. I love watching Duke and Indiana lose as much as anyone, but this weeks AP poll is an absolute atrocity. Who is ranked as the top team in the land this week? Gonzaga. Yep for real. How could this be? Its simple. AP voters simply looked at their record and the fact the the previous number one team fell to Minnesota and awarded Gonzaga the number one spot. This is a joke.

First of all do me a favor and name one Gonzaga player for me. Take all the time you need but it isn't going to happen. Name one signature win they have over a good or even just a decent team. Ill keep waiting. They lost to Butler who was throttled this week by VCU and you're telling me Gonzaga wouldn't suffer the same fate? Get real. Yes they have only lost two games all year, but give the schedule they get to play to Duke, Indiana, Michigan or Miami and those tams have either one loss or zero. They have played an absolute cupcake of a schedule and for anyone to think they are the best team in college basketball is insane, but somehow 51 voters thought that was true.

If you ask me, as much as I hate Duke they deserve the top spot. After beating a number 5 ranked Miami team that will win the ACC outright barring some crazy things happening, they proved they deserved that number one spot. Gonzaga hasn't lost the way Duke or Indiana has, but that isn't because they are better its because they don't play the same quality teams as Duke and Indiana, and Michigan for that matter. Its ridiculous that Gonzaga benefits from playing in a crappy conference and having an easy non-conference schedule to go with it.

Gonzaga hasn't proved that it is the best team in the nation, they have only proved that they have the easiest schedule of any team in the top 25. They are ranked number one because simply, someone has to be ranked number one and voters were blinded by their record. Have a fun week Gonzaga, you'll be gone from the top of college basketball soon enough.