Artificial Madness

Well, the rankings and polls and bracket projections and previews are in full swing.  Never mind that the Conference Championship games are still yet to be played, there’s still plenty of fodder for the sports world to mill over and pontificate about. 
 

Actually, I couldn’t find much reason for debate among the AP, Coaches, SportsLine and ESPN’s rankings.  All appear to have the same order, at least for the top six or so.
 

Florida is overwhelmingly the number one pick, followed closely by a combination of UCLA, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and UNC.  The only real outlier as far as polls go is the only one that will matter: the RPI (Ratings Percentage Index).
 

In the whimsical RPI world Florida, the 22-2 defending National Champs, who returned all five starters etc, etc, etc, fell all the way to number 10. 
 

Florida never was good with voting, electronic or otherwise.
 

Check out Florida hoops tickets at StubHub.com to see (if Terminatior II and the Matrix hasn’t shown you already) what a messed up world this will be when computers start deciding more than basketball rankings for us.     
 

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