AP Poll - Week 13

[uconnbill]

UConn just needs to start winning that is what will correct this January free fall

 

[navery12]

I feel we need to finish no worse than 8-2 to get in the big dance.

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[CTFAN4LIFE]

No

Agreed - I wonder what the over/under is on teams that will only lose 2 games before Selection Sunday? Maybe 2 or 3? Maybe?

 

[ElGreco]

No

5-4 gets us in. We are loved by computers.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I’m an old guy whose been around BB for over 60 years
Kill this thread it’s bad Mojo
I could care less with a writer with half my BB knowledge cares about us.
Yep Superstition and Sports are indeed intertwined. But this is reality
The only thing that counts from here on in is winning not what other people feel about us before the season is complete.
If Hurley is half the coach some believe him to be then this is his job.
Beat DePaul, Georgetown , Villanova ,away and St Johns on a neutral court
Hold serve at home beating
Seton Hall
PC
Marquette
DePaul
Seton Hall
Why not we’re favored or an even pick in all those games .
We will be -5-6 @ Creighton
The time for talk is over .
Just Do It

 

[Hi-Low]

Anyway....^^....we're still ranked, shizzle787 is confused & AZHuskiePop hates writer's...these are the days of Huskie Lives.

Go UConn...beat Blue Demons!

 

[Ha Who]

You listed 7 Big East teams in your bubble watch yesterday. What changed?

Because he’s busy posting nonsense on that garbage board

 

[shizzle787]

You listed 7 Big East teams in your bubble watch yesterday. What changed?

They have a mathematical chance still although it is extremely unlikely.

 

[shizzle787]

And then DePaul beats Xavier and throws that theory out the window!

Bad teams win once in a while.

 

[UCLJ0211]

I feel we need to finish no worse than 8-2 to get in the big dance.

3-4 more wins gets us in

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Put it this way, the middle of the league is not as good as last year. We had six tournament teams in the field cleanly last year, and Xavier was one win away from a bid and blew it in the BET. We will likely get five teams in the field cleanly and nobody else will be on the radar.

 

[shizzle787]

St. John's and Seton Hall are likely NIT teams. Therefore, they stink.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I'm confused--this is entirely different than your original comment.

I'm not confused by this, AND I do see a change from the original comment. There are many ways to explain this. I anticipate seeing explanations or more changes or both.

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Not sure. His chosen verb was "feel," and the avatar looks more like "think," but you're onto something.

St. John's and Seton Hall are likely NIT teams. Therefore, they stink.

Who had that on their bingo card?

 

[GHSWolverines]

3-4 more wins gets us in

So we are 5-6 in the league with 9 games remaining in the regular season. You are saying we could finish 8-12 or 9-11 and qualify? The committee also looks how a team finishes there season. You are saying we can finish 3-6 or 4-5. That is not good. I miscalculated the 8-2. We need to finish no worse than 7-2. Then we will not be sitting on the bubble.

 

[GHSWolverines]

St. John's and Seton Hall are likely NIT teams. Therefore, they stink.

And we lost to both of them

 

[shizzle787]

And we lost to both of them

Just be glad we beat Alabama and Iowa State.

 

[GHSWolverines]

Just be glad we beat Alabama and Iowa State.

True. I want them to make the dance just as bad as everyone else. We need to finish strong. How many teams will the big east get? Probably 4 and hopefully 5. Xavier, Marquette, and Providence are looking good. I am worried about Creighton which would then make 4.
I am just being a realist. Sorry if I hurt some people's feelings on this board.

 

[August_West]

Bad teams win once in a while.

Like UConn out of conference?

 

[TheChamps990411]

How many weeks have we lost in a row an are still ranked. Kinda hilarious. Looks like 5 straight weeks.

If this were Duke the heads on here would be screaming bias. We have no business being top 25 right now. I guess our strong start was so impressive that it left an impression. Fools gold apparently. We`ll see.

 

[Hi-Low]

So we are 5-6 in the league with 9 games remaining in the regular season. You are saying we could finish 8-12 or 9-11 and qualify? The committee also looks how a team finishes there season. You are saying we can finish 3-6 or 4-5. That is not good. I miscalculated the 8-2. We need to finish no worse than 7-2. Then we will not be sitting on the bubble.

Overall body of work...20 wins with the great ooc performance is good enough likely. That said nobody wants 9-11 in BE and wondering if it is good enough. I feel good about team finishing strong but we'll see.

 

[navery12]

So we are 5-6 in the league with 9 games remaining in the regular season. You are saying we could finish 8-12 or 9-11 and qualify?

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying

The committee also looks how a team finishes there season.

They do not use this as a basis anymore (supposedly)

You are saying we can finish 3-6 or 4-5. That is not good. I miscalculated the 8-2. We need to finish no worse than 7-2. Then we will not be sitting on the bubble.

Again, exactly what I'm saying. 19 wins (3-6 finish) puts us squarely on the bubble. 20 wins (4-5 finish) and we should be safely in given our metrics and OOC wins

 

[shizzle787]

True. I want them to make the dance just as bad as everyone else. We need to finish strong. How many teams will the big east get? Probably 4 and hopefully 5. Xavier, Marquette, and Providence are looking good. I am worried about Creighton which would then make 4.
I am just being a realist. Sorry if I hurt some people's feelings on this board.

Five assuming Creighton can get to 19 wins. If one of Seton Hall or St. John's gets hot, just maybe we will see six but I doubt it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

We have three home games, which should be wins no matter who we play. We have two road games against poor teams, those should be wins. @Creighton can be a loss. 5-1 in the next 6, then we can see where we are. I expect a payback win @ St. Johns, an easy home win vs DePaul and a tough game @Villanova. So overall, 7-2, final league record of 12-8.

 

[HeGotGame]

St. John's and Seton Hall are likely NIT teams. Therefore, they stink.

But both beat a team who could beat a G League or pro team in Europe, so how bad is the G League?

 

[shizzle787]

But both beat a team who could beat a G League or pro team in Europe, so how bad is the G League?

Bad.

 

[August_West]

Y’all been shizzle’d

 

[freescooter]

That early season games count as much as late ones is pretty ridiculous. Teams change, sometimes dramatically over the course of a season. Look at, we’ll us this year. Teams get better too. Look at Creighton. I’d happily have played them in December. Not so excited to play them now. To equate a win over us or Creighton now vs December is foolishness. Honestly all these “scientific” systems are just as much pseudo science as phenology was.

 

[Billy Jack]

I wonder if any team has ever lost 6 of 8 and remained in the top 25 the whole time.

Of course they have. Just this season, Indiana lost 6 of 9 (close enough?) and they’re still ranked in the top 25.

 

[UCLJ0211]

So we are 5-6 in the league with 9 games remaining in the regular season. You are saying we could finish 8-12 or 9-11 and qualify? The committee also looks how a team finishes there season. You are saying we can finish 3-6 or 4-5. That is not good. I miscalculated the 8-2. We need to finish no worse than 7-2. Then we will not be sitting on the bubble.

We would have 20 or 21 wins and still have a solid NET and KenPom. The body of work would benefit by what we did early in the season. So yes, 3-4 more wins gets us in.

 

[Billy Jack]

That early season games count as much as late ones is pretty ridiculous. Teams change, sometimes dramatically over the course of a season. Look at, we’ll us this year. Teams get better too. Look at Creighton. I’d happily have played them in December. Not so excited to play them now. To equate a win over us or Creighton now vs December is foolishness. Honestly all these “scientific” systems are just as much pseudo science as phenology was.

Actually the early games don’t count as much as the recent ones with the pollsters. The vast majority of computer ranking systems have us ranked in the top ten. The voters in the polls have us ar #24 precisely because of the recent losses. Big difference between #24 and #7 which is the neighborhood where most of the computers have us.

Rankings are by definition a comparison. So, it’s not a question of whether we belong in the top 25, it’s who you would bump up into the top 25 in place of us.

While we’re at it, will you also be dropping Miami from the top 25. They’re 3-4 in January. How about TCU? Dropping them too? They’d also gone 3-4 in their last 7 games. Look at Kansas. What are they still doing in the top 10 after losing 3 of their last 4? Everyone in this group have obviously become different teams lately and are not deserving of being ranked regardless if wgphat they did earlier.

Are you talking with the NBA about revising their standings too so that league standings are only based on recent games and earlier results are expunged?