I understand why they're ranked where they are, but it just shows what a joke the polls are. I mean, Duke lost twice last week and they're still in the top 10. A win over one of the supposed "big boys" just caries a lot more weight than it should. It also goes to show the lack of depth in the NCAA this year. There just aren't very many teams I would say are really good. Illinois is about where they should be, but Mizzou is way too high, mostly because the B12 is just so weak this year outside of the top 4 teams. The B10 doesn't have a great team, but there are a lot of good, solid, young teams from top to bottom with the exception of IU and Iowa. I tend to like Illinois' chances better in the tournament (depending on the draw of course) just because they have a little more consistent defense and Mizzou can be stopped if you put them into a half court game. I agree, I don't think Mizzou is a top-10 team either, but what're you going to do. Considering I said at the beginning of the year I'd be happy with the NIT, I'm having a lot of fun with this so far. Plus, it somewhat irks Illinois fans when we're ahead of them, so that's cool too ;)