A Streak Ends -- UConn Out of the Top 5 for First Time Since 1993

[CTtoSanDiego]

We got jumped by both Louisville and Stanford.... Rankings don't really matter, but the streak was awesome. What we really need is to get into the FT Wayne Regional as a 2 (or even a 3), so we don't face one of the big 3 until the FF.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (27)	24-1	747	1
2. Baylor (2)	23-1	713	2
3. Oregon (1)	24-2	700	3
4. Stanford	23-3	620	8
5. Louisville	23-3	611	9
6. UConn	21-3	605	5
7. Maryland	22-4	557	10
8. UCLA	21-3	554	7
9. Mississippi St.	22-4	516	6
10. NC State	22-3	481	4
11. Arizona	21-4	460	12
12. DePaul	24-3	413	13
13. Gonzaga	25-2	337	15
14. Kentucky	19-5	320	18
15. Oregon St.	19-6	311	11
16. Texas A&M	20-5	307	16
17. Florida St.	20-5	269	14
18. Northwestern	22-3	263	19
19. Iowa	21-5	203	17
20. South Dakota	24-2	167	21
21. Arizona St.	18-8	143	22
22. Arkansas	20-5	128	23
23. Missouri St.	21-3	122	24
24. Indiana	20-7	87	20
25. Princeton	19-1	52	-

 

[Bretski]

Top 5 Streak started in 2007, not 93

 

[ME Husky Fan]

The folks who do these rankings must be programmers who write caucus programs. Louisville gets beat at home by an inconsistent FSU and then at the unranked and even more inconsistent Orange up in the real upstate NY. They beat the much ballyhooed NC State and then the undermanned ND and deserve up 4 from last week? Not that we’ve been overly impressive but our losses are against the top 3 in the nation and yes, each took it to us.

 

[JellyBean]

Whoa! Gonzaga getting some love finally! Should be ranked a little higher.

 

[Blueberries]

Agree with ME Husky Fan , though I was looking at Stanford jumping 4 when they took last minute magic to survive against Colorado..... twice this season. For either of those teams to jump 4 spots seems... off. Then again, we did lose to the #1 team this week since these are the Monday polls....

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

Top 5 Streak started in 2007, not 93

my bad.... you are correct.... not sure why I had 1993 on my mind.... might be our top 25 streak

 

[msf22b]

And Princeton, yes Ivy Princeton replaced UTenn at #25.

 

[FanHam]

So UConn's streak of being ranked in the top SIX is still intact, no?

 

[CTtoSanDiego]

So UConn's streak of being ranked in the top SIX is still intact, no?

and top 10.... lol

 

[tower1]

We got jumped by both Louisville and Stanford.... Rankings don't really matter, but the streak was awesome. What we really need is to get into the FT Wayne Regional as a 2 (or even a 3), so we don't face one of the big 3 until the FF.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. South Carolina (27)	24-1	747	1
2. Baylor (2)	23-1	713	2
3. Oregon (1)	24-2	700	3
4. Stanford	23-3	620	8
5. Louisville	23-3	611	9
6. UConn	21-3	605	5
7. Maryland	22-4	557	10
8. UCLA	21-3	554	7
9. Mississippi St.	22-4	516	6
10. NC State	22-3	481	4
11. Arizona	21-4	460	12
12. DePaul	24-3	413	13
13. Gonzaga	25-2	337	15
14. Kentucky	19-5	320	18
15. Oregon St.	19-6	311	11
16. Texas A&M	20-5	307	16
17. Florida St.	20-5	269	14
18. Northwestern	22-3	263	19
19. Iowa	21-5	203	17
20. South Dakota	24-2	167	21
21. Arizona St.	18-8	143	22
22. Arkansas	20-5	128	23
23. Missouri St.	21-3	122	24
24. Indiana	20-7	87	20
25. Princeton	19-1	52	-

That's why these rankings don't matter. You have a bunch of clowns voting. How can Louisville and Stanford jump Uconn if they both have lost to unranked teams. Uconn has only lost to the top teams?

 

[Uconngal]

And of course the writer who covers Rutgers voted us in 10th place. Tell me that isn’t just a hater vote. I get we aren’t what we once were this year but seriously....

 

[Bretski]

my bad.... you are correct.... not sure why I had 1993 on my mind.... might be our top 25 streak

It might be...which is insane

 

[nwhoopfan]

Whoa! Gonzaga getting some love finally! Should be ranked a little higher.

I like Gonzaga, but they haven't been all that impressive. Stingy defense, but their offense has been lackluster in quite a few of their games. The WCC is really bad this year. They've had some blowout wins, but they've had a number of games that were closer than they should have been. They have a decided lack of quality wins. They beat Missouri St. and...not much else.

 

[Mulder]

And of course the writer who covers Rutgers voted us in 10th place. Tell me that isn’t just a hater vote. I get we aren’t what we once were this year but seriously....

Can't say I blame said writer. UConn never has been kind to The Scarlet Knights.

 

[KY Card Fan]

That's why these rankings don't matter. You have a bunch of clowns voting. How can Louisville and Stanford jump Uconn if they both have lost to unranked teams. Uconn has only lost to the top teams?

Here's this Louisville fan's take on that. Let me start by saying that I don't think my Cardinals are a Top Five team. That said, we do have wins over Oregon (neutral site), at Kentucky and at NC State. The Ohio State, FL State and (especially) Syracuse losses were "bad" but in those last two losses we were missing Elizabeth Balogun who makes a big difference at both ends of the floor.

I'll be happy with a top three seed in Fort Wayne - assuming South Carolina, Baylor and Oregon are elsewhere.

 

[oldude]

So here’s a question for all of our WBB experts. When was the last time neither TN or ND were ranked in the top 25?

 

[donalddoowop]

I like Gonzaga, but they haven't been all that impressive. Stingy defense, but their offense has been lackluster in quite a few of their games. The WCC is really bad this year. They've had some blowout wins, but they've had a number of games that were closer than they should have been. They have a decided lack of quality wins. They beat Missouri St. and...not much else.

You sound like you are describing UConn. Also, I think Maryland should be ranked higher than UConn, because they are playing a lot better than UConn is at this point in the season.

 

[Lorcan]

Ranking UConn is one of the trickiest things to do this season.

You sound like you are describing UConn. Also, I think Maryland should be ranked higher than UConn, because they are playing a lot better than UConn is at this point in the season.

I think that’s the challenge with ranking UConn this season as well. I mean, we know that they’re still a pretty good team, but it’s still unknown just how good UConn is. Yeah, UConn doesn’t have a bad loss, but they don’t have an amazing collection of wins either.

 

[CL82]

So here’s a question for all of our WBB experts. When was the last time neither TN or ND were ranked in the top 25?

This week?

 

[oldude]

This week?

For the record, the answer is Feb 16, 1985. On Feb 17, 1985, TN was ranked in the AP top 25. In every weekly ranking since either TN and/or ND has been ranked until, as you point out, today’s AP poll.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

I don't have a problem with UConn at 6. Statistics aside, the eye test would suggest
that UConn will have a struggle getting to the regional finals.

I agree with Donalddoowop that Maryland has been very impressive of late. I would
put them at number 4 right now, but I suppose the voters would have a problem
ranking a 4-loss team that high.

 

[bballnut90]

That's why these rankings don't matter. You have a bunch of clowns voting. How can Louisville and Stanford jump Uconn if they both have lost to unranked teams. Uconn has only lost to the top teams?

Because they have far better wins than UCONN:
Louisville-@ NC State, neutral vs. Oregon, @ Kentucky
Stanford-vs. Mississippi State, Gonzaga, @ Oregon State

It isn't just about who you lose to, it's who you beat. UCONN's only win against a ranked foe is @ DePaul.

 

[hoopsfan22]

And those other teams have more wins than UConn.

 

[Tonyc]

LOL this is comical. UConn looses to the top 3 teams in the nation and UConn is not playing well. Everybody else looses and they move ahead of UConn???????? Well over the next few weeks everybody else will loose and then we will see. Stanford and LVille are not better then UConn... Period

 

[Steelerone]

Does anyone remember who finished second, third or fourth in the standing for the past twenty years? At the end of the day the only team who's name is on the books is 1.

 

[triaddukefan]

LOL this is comical. UConn looses to the top 3 teams in the nation and UConn is not playing well. Everybody else looses and they move ahead of UConn???????? Well over the next few weeks everybody else will loose and then we will see. Stanford and LVille are not better then UConn... Period

How do you know? I bet Stanford and Louisville could both beat DePaul and TN as well.

 

[hoopingcrane]

How do you know? I bet Stanford and Louisville could both beat DePaul and TN as well.

And I’ll bet that UConn can beat Kentucky, Mississippi state, Oregon state, and Gonzaga.

 

[triaddukefan]

And I’ll bet that UConn can beat Kentucky, Mississippi state, Oregon state, and Gonzaga.

So I assume you dont have a problem with Louisville being ranked higher than Connecticut... since they beat Oregon on a neutral site?

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Whoa! Gonzaga getting some love finally! Should be ranked a little higher.

Didn't Gonzaga just lose its star guard for the season?

 

[Centerstream]

So as of this week, what team(s) has the longest, active streak of Top 5 rankings?
I would guess SC and it started this season.

Nevermind. There's a Yahoo News story on our streak ending and stated that it is indeed SC, with 11 weeks. And the second longest streak ever is 96 weeks by LA Tech in the 80s.

Another UConn streak that may never be beaten.