So I’m looking at the newest AP basketball poll that came out a couple hours ago, and honestly, I wonder whether some people voting are actually paying attention college basketball.

My quibble isn’t with Memphis dropping from No. 14 to No. 16. In the big picture, it isn’t really significant, and frankly the three teams that moved ahead of Memphis — Arizona, Wichita State and Butler — deserved to. Arizona had a quality win over Illinois, Wichita State has gone on the road to beat Syracuse and LSU and Butler wasn’t ranked high enough last week following its win in the Preseason NIT.
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Listening to Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy talk about his team, it might be easy to overlook the fact that the Rebels are 7-1. Granted, Ole Miss hasn’t faced the toughest schedule — with the exception of UConn, Ole Miss has faced such heavyweights as Central Arkansas, Tennessee Tech and Nicholls State — but Kennedy sees lots of flaws.

First and foremost, the Rebels have exhibited a troubling habit of digging serious holes. They trailed Tennessee Tech by 10 in the second half … and won. They trailed Nicholls State by six at halftime … and won. They trailed New Orleans on Friday night by four at halftime … and won.
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