A Call for Partisanship

Taking a quick look down the AP and ESPN/USA Today Polls, one notices that they are remarkably similar.
 

As of Tuesday evening, the top four are set: Florida, Ohio State, Wisconscin, and North Carolina, after that, it seems like the two main polls differ by pretty much only one number ranking for most teams. 
 

Example: Memphis is 8 in the AP, 9 in ESPN.  Kansas is 9 in the AP, 8 in ESPN. Nevada: 11 and 10, Marquette: 12 and 13.  Are these guys copying from each other, or do they just see things so similarly that there ceases to be any need for two polls?
 

Why are our hard-earned tax payer dollars and the innocent lives of millions going to fund and support two polls that say pretty much the exact same thing and lead people to debate a measly one number ranking? 
 

Please. Let’s see some partisanship in America!
 

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Countdown to Tourneytown

“We’re in crunch time now,” said UCLA Coach Brad Howland, referring to the end of the Bruins’ regular season.  UCLA faces Arizona State and Arizona before the Pac-10 Championship Tournament.
 

They’re in a tight race with Washington State, and things are tighter still for Howland, knowing that his sophomore guard Darren Collison, who was averaging 13 points per game, will at best be a game time decision Thursday. 
 

The Bruins, who recently suffered a loss to West Virginia, dropped out of the top four in most polls.  How humiliating.  But there’s no time to think about that now, not with the stacked Pac-10 breathing down their neck, and the fear of a disastrous Conference Tournament performance sinking them even lower in the eyes of the Selection Sunday committee. 
 

My take: rest Collison and make sure he’s ready for the Big Dance, not the little Sun Devils.
 

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