AP Poll Week 11 - UConn #25

[SoFla Steve]

We're tied with Tennessee for 25th in the Coaches Poll. Seton Hall got a few votes, but nothing on the AP.

 

[Get a Job]

We're tied with Tennessee for 25th in the Coaches Poll. Seton Hall got a few votes, but nothing on the AP.

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That's a surprising discrepancy, to have SHU 28th in one poll and lower than 40th in another. Apparently not a single one of 62 AP voters included Seton Hall in their ballot, but plenty, possibly most, of the 32 coaches did.

 

[Ratso]

not complaining

 

[gtcam]

UConn just needs to win
That will take care of all the ranking BS
Rankings count in March

 

[Edward Sargent]

Haha Auburn gets 11 more #1 votes that Gonzaga but still ends up 2.
One guy ranked them 9th.

Yeah the only game he watched was when they lost to some team from Canada in the Bahamas

 

[aburks41]

UConn just needs to win
That will take care of all the ranking BS
Rankings count in March

I hate this take that ranking’s don’t matter. It matter way more than people think. Perhaps most importantly, it matters to the players who work 10 hours a day to win games. You think they don’t care about that “meaningless” number? It’s a big deal.

Helps in recruiting and perception of the program when you are in the top 25. You get instant exposure everywhere.

 

[HeGotGame]

UConn just needs to win
That will take care of all the ranking BS
Rankings count in March

 

[Get a Job]

I hate this take that ranking’s don’t matter. It matter way more than people think. Perhaps most importantly, it matters to the players who work 10 hours a day to win games. You think they don’t care about that “meaningless” number? It’s a big deal.

Helps in recruiting and perception of the program when you are in the top 25. You get instant exposure everywhere.

Some people would rather parrot tough-guy platitudes than actually think about anything.

 

[Waquoit]

Haha Auburn gets 11 more #1 votes that Gonzaga but still ends up 2.
One guy ranked them 9th.

Boneyard reader. How good can they be if they lost to a Hurley team.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Tonight is the start of a potential 5 game winning streak before playing @ Villanova on 2/5. Let’s get it season starts now!

 

[auror]

Tonight is the start of a potential 5 game winning streak before playing @ Villanova on 2/5. Let’s get it season starts now!

Well we won last game, so hopefully 6 games lol.

 

[MTBingNinja]

I hate this take that ranking’s don’t matter. It matter way more than people think. Perhaps most importantly, it matters to the players who work 10 hours a day to win games. You think they don’t care about that “meaningless” number? It’s a big deal.

Helps in recruiting and perception of the program when you are in the top 25. You get instant exposure everywhere.

Amen

 

[businesslawyer]

I hate this take that ranking’s don’t matter. It matter way more than people think. Perhaps most importantly, it matters to the players who work 10 hours a day to win games. You think they don’t care about that “meaningless” number? It’s a big deal.

Helps in recruiting and perception of the program when you are in the top 25. You get instant exposure everywhere.

To some small degree, sure. But players have access to the internet as well, you know, and they know when a team is ranked 25 with a computer ranking telling you they're outside the top 25. And vice versa. If you're a player, you are far more focused on how easily you would or wouldn't get an at large bid if the season was ending than what a poll says.