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A little spring cleaning of the Top 25

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, March 11, 2004

Trying to pick a Top 25 in January is about like looking out the window in Bristol and predicting the weather in Baton Rouge. You have a general idea, but the details are lost in the distance. Some of the picks I made in January, amid the heat and emotion of the season concluded a couple of days earlier, don't hold up well in the cold light of March. For instance, Clemson finished the season as the hottest team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers won their last four games, including d ...

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