Week 20 AP Poll: We're #1

[Hans Sprungfeld]

It looks like nobody has posted this yet, several hours after the poll was released.

UConn has been voted #1 in the AP Poll for the final week of the season, prior to the NCAA Tournament, receiving 61 of 62 first-place votes.

Houston got 1 vote, and is ranked #2, followed by Purdue.

Here's where it gets interesting:

#4 is Iowa State
#7 is Auburn
#10 is Illinois

Coaches poll shows up the same way, except UConn is unanimous #1.

How about that?

Marquette is ranked 8th, and Creighton is ranked 11th.

KenPom shows the same top 3 as the AP, with Auburn at 4, ISU at 5, and Illinois at 10.

NET shows Houston at #1, ahead of UConn. Auburn is at 5, ISU is 6, and Illinois is 13.

I can't remember where to find the list of most weeks ranked #1 all-time. Did we just catch up to or tie somebody?

 

[HooperScooper]

UConn, Houston, Purdue, UNC men's No. 1 seeds

Defending national champion UConn, a day removed from winning the Big East tournament and improving to 31-3 with its seventh straight victory, was selected as the men's No. 1 overall seed Sunday night during the NCAA tournament selection show.

www.espn.com

2023-24 Men's College Basketball Rankings - ESPN

Find the 2023-24 NCAAM rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAM teams.

www.espn.com

 

[REB1094]

East Region is a gauntlet. 4 of the top 10 ranked teams are in the East. Every other region has 2. Reason for that is because the AP voters watched basketball through the weekend, and the selection committee stopped watching on Thursday

Congrats to UConn for ending the season as the #1 team in the rankings and in the tournament! Shoutout Marquette and Creighton for all being top 15, and almost all top 10

Lets get it!

 

[ec33]

According to the selection committee 22 is very nearly 34, so no one should have any complaints.

 

[ec33]

the selection committee stopped watching on Thursday

You think they watch basketball outside of their own school?

 

[NEforceUConn]

You think they watch basketball outside of their own school?

Hard to watch when their heads are up their backside.

 

[Viet Vet]

Football now drives the basketball bus too.

 

[tzznandrew]

It looks like nobody has posted this yet, several hours after the poll was released.

UConn has been voted #1 in the AP Poll for the final week of the season, prior to the NCAA Tournament, receiving 61 of 62 first-place votes.

Houston got 1 vote, and is ranked #2, followed by Purdue.

Here's where it gets interesting:

#4 is Iowa State
#7 is Auburn
#10 is Illinois

Coaches poll shows up the same way, except UConn is unanimous #1.

How about that?

Marquette is ranked 8th, and Creighton is ranked 11th.

KenPom shows the same top 3 as the AP, with Auburn at 4, ISU at 5, and Illinois at 10.

NET shows Houston at #1, ahead of UConn. Auburn is at 5, ISU is 6, and Illinois is 13.

I can't remember where to find the list of most weeks ranked #1 all-time. Did we just catch up to or tie somebody?

We're now one week below Ohio State all time.

 

[Waquoit]

Football now drives the basketball bus too.

Yeah, into a ditch. Luckily we got back into the Big East.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Wonder if this be the death of Conference tourneys at some point for guaranteed tourney teams. Just have your top 3 teams decline to play so a 4th automatically gets in.

 

[Kolumbo]

From a potential 1 seed to a lower 2 seed. They are not happy at all in Ames, especially when they found out:

"********. We got hosed."
"Completely ******* robbed on so many levels"
"****. Drake and UConn"
"Not upset about it other than having a Big 12 team again in our half bracket (BYU). I bet nobody else has that."

*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

Could not be harder of a draw as a 2 seed

cyclonefanatic.com

 

[FfldCntyFan]

It looks like nobody has posted this yet, several hours after the poll was released.

UConn has been voted #1 in the AP Poll for the final week of the season, prior to the NCAA Tournament, receiving 61 of 62 first-place votes.

Houston got 1 vote, and is ranked #2, followed by Purdue.

Here's where it gets interesting:

#4 is Iowa State
#7 is Auburn
#10 is Illinois

Coaches poll shows up the same way, except UConn is unanimous #1.

How about that?

Marquette is ranked 8th, and Creighton is ranked 11th.

KenPom shows the same top 3 as the AP, with Auburn at 4, ISU at 5, and Illinois at 10.

NET shows Houston at #1, ahead of UConn. Auburn is at 5, ISU is 6, and Illinois is 13.

I can't remember where to find the list of most weeks ranked #1 all-time. Did we just catch up to or tie somebody?

Who the hell was the yuckuss that voted Houston #1?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

From a potential 1 seed to a lower 2 seed. They are not happy at all in Ames, especially when they found out:

"********. We got hosed."
"Completely ******* robbed on so many levels"
"****. Drake and UConn"
"Not upset about it other than having a Big 12 team again in our half bracket (BYU). I bet nobody else has that."

*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

Could not be harder of a draw as a 2 seed

cyclonefanatic.com

They're worried about Drake?

 

[aburks41]

They're worried about Drake?

Drake is located in Des Moines, which you need to drive through if you are going to Omaha from Ames. They're mad that a 10 seed is closer to the regional site than they are as a 2 seed, and I don't blame them for being upset about that. That's bull

 

[storrsroars]

They're worried about Drake?

Longtime Iowa rivalry since 1908. Iowa St. leads series 110-65. And what he said ^

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Who the hell was the yuckuss that voted Houston #1?

Thumbing his nose at Iowa State.

 

[HooperScooper]

Who the hell was the yuckuss that voted Houston #1?

Nick Alvarez still thinks Houston is still the best team in the land

Apparently he still thinks Houston is still the best team in the land. Maybe Saturday’s results haven’t been published in Birmingham AL.

www.the-boneyard.com

Nick Alvarez at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com

 

[TheRealKBuks]

From a potential 1 seed to a lower 2 seed. They are not happy at all in Ames, especially when they found out:

"********. We got hosed."
"Completely ******* robbed on so many levels"
"****. Drake and UConn"
"Not upset about it other than having a Big 12 team again in our half bracket (BYU). I bet nobody else has that."

*** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

Could not be harder of a draw as a 2 seed

cyclonefanatic.com

that thread has 69 pages and 1368 posts??? we need to step our game up

 

[AdamaNation]

Wonder if this be the death of Conference tourneys at some point for guaranteed tourney teams. Just have your top 3 teams decline to play so a 4th automatically gets in.

I get it ….but never!!!

 

[AdamaNation]

I think last years champ should be in no matter what to essentially defend the title.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Who the hell was the yuckuss that voted Houston #1?

Not that these things matter, but we absolutely should have been unanimous #1 (for the second time this year).

Apparently the dissenter was Nick Alvarez out of Birmingham.

This yokel also had #9 Arizona at #5, #14 Baylor at #7, #4 ISU at #8, #6 Tennessee at #12, #25 WSU at #17, #15 St. Mary's at #21, #28 Nevada at #22, #39(!) Clemson at #23, #31 Dayton at #24, and #16 South Carolina unranked.

Basically, they didn't watch the games this week.

 

[superjohn]

Not that these things matter, but we absolutely should have been unanimous #1 (for the second time this year).

Apparently the dissenter was Nick Alvarez out of Birmingham.

This yokel also had #9 Arizona at #5, #14 Baylor at #7, #4 ISU at #8, #6 Tennessee at #12, #25 WSU at #17, #15 St. Mary's at #21, #28 Nevada at #22, #39(!) Clemson at #23, #31 Dayton at #24, and #16 South Carolina unranked.

Basically, they didn't watch the games this week.

The yokel is from Union City, NJ and graduated from Syracuse's Newhouse School.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I think last years champ should be in no matter what to essentially defend the title.

Or change it so that the defending champ doesn’t have to play until the finals. All Valley Tourney style…