NCAA men’s basketball rankings: February 5, 2019

My Markov chain based NCAA men’s basketball rankings are below, and the full rankings are here.

1. Duke
2. Virginia
3. Gonzaga
4. Michigan
5. Michigan_St
6. Nevada
7. Iowa_St
8. Tennessee
9. Houston
10. Virginia_Tech
11. Texas_Tech
12. Villanova
13. Kentucky
14. Kansas
15. Marquette
16. Louisville
17. Cincinnati
18. North_Carolina
19. Purdue
20. Buffalo
21. LSU
22. Wisconsin
23. Washington
24. Iowa
25. Maryland

The B1G conference, ranked:

4 Michigan
5 Michigan_St
19 Purdue
22 Wisconsin
24 Iowa
25 Maryland
41 Minnesota
44 Ohio_St
54 Indiana
57 Nebraska
88 Northwestern
114 Rutgers
122 Penn_St
160 Illinois