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AP Poll Week #13

CardiacAndre7 said:
It sucks I guess, but it’s not like it doesn’t make a little sense. Mich had 2 big wins and as someone mentioned we just don’t have the high end win opportunities at this point.

The Illinois win keeps looking better and better, though
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Kansas number 11 is looking good too. Personally, I like it - kick in the butt to this team to let them know they can't coast and be rewarded for it.
 
Hard to compete for ranking points with Big 10 teams that have a Top 10-15 conference matchup each week. At the end of the day, we just need Duke to get that second (or third) loss to lock up the East and allow those of us here in DC to take the Metro to get to the Sweet 16.
 
KingAG said:
Better resume is debatable. Definitely better metrics though.
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Yes, it depends on how you look at things.

UConn has wins over 5, 11, 16 and 17. Only loss is the #1.
Michigan has wins over 6, 9, 10. Only loss is to UNRANKED team.

The metrics put Michigan on top.
Recency bias puts Michigan on top.
What I just wrote above puts UConn on top if only by virtue that they were on top last week.
 
At this point I don't really care about our ranking, just keep winning. What I do care about is St John's still having that #22 next to their name for Friday, and hopefully Villanova doing the same in the next 2 weeks to move up a few spots. Ultimately doesn't matter but to some it's the only marker of a good win
 
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UConn: just keeping winning the games in front of you and don’t worry about the outside noise

Illinois: that win is aging like fine wine. Now top 5

MSU and Nebraska: both still top 10 so Michigan is looking REALLY good right now in quality wins

Kansas: up to 11. Also very good for us

BYU and Florida: 16 and 17. Also good for us

St John’s: moving up to 22. They’ll be hungry this weekend

Villanova still getting some votes
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Their six game stretch to end the regular season includes Purdue, Duke, Illinois, and MSU. Would be somewhat surprising if they don’t pick up at least one loss in that brutal stretch.
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It’s not the end of the world. Had to figure that would happen with two top 10 wins. Still think we have the better loss to Arizona down two starters.
 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure we should take this one personal. UM went on the road and dominated a top 10 team, then beat another top ten team. They only have one loss and were formerly #1. Not surprising. Good to see voters actually used their brains. Creighton doesn't carry much weight. 2 top 10 wins versus a PC & Creighton when you have the same amount of losses should swing some votes TBH. Did't expect it, but am not holding it against the voters. Maybe if we go out and run over STJ it will swing back.
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Come on Ruff, we need to win against X 1st.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Not sure we should take this one personal. UM went on the road and dominated a top 10 team, then beat another top ten team. They only have one loss and were formerly #1. Not surprising. Good to see voters actually used their brains. Creighton doesn't carry much weight. 2 top 10 wins versus a PC & Creighton when you have the same amount of losses should swing some votes TBH. Did't expect it, but am not holding it against the voters. Maybe if we go out and run over STJ it will swing back.
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You say this then question why I say it’s the BE fault. UConn is in a lose lose situation this year in conference. They have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Even when they blow them out it means nothing
 
KingAG said:
You say this then question why I say it’s the BE fault. UConn is in a lose lose situation this year in conference. They have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Even when they blow them out it means nothing
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Not disagreeing with you but I think this was a combination of Michigan having a great week and the cumulative effect of us having a mediocre month. If we had handled business and put teams away like we should have, voters might still have kept us at #2. I was a bit surprised we kept staying at #2 given our struggles.
 
nomar said:
Not disagreeing with you but I think this was a combination of Michigan having a great week and the cumulative effect of us having a mediocre month. If we had handled business and put teams away like we should have, voters might still have kept us at #2. I was a bit surprised we kept staying at #2 given our struggles.
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Possibly. But this week was a weird week to do it when we just won by 30. I mean even in our rough month we didn’t lose to a Wisconsin level team. They also should’ve lost to penn State. We’ve both had a shaky month. They just lost. This week was why they jumped us. And if they won those two games no matter how much we won our games this week by, they were jumping us. Because 4/5 of the BE sucks
 
Shocked they didn’t have Duke hop us too. This is crazy disrespect. After we play our best game. And our non-con wins look better every week. Our only loss is to number 1 and M lost to lowly Wiscy.
 
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cliffnphil said:
Love to watch all the hand-wringing on here over a stupid poll. Cannot believe you all get worked up over something that literally doesn't matter one bit.
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I recall the first time UConn reached a #1 ranking in 1995, it was a big deal, especially for a program that had never reached a Final 4. Now after 6 championships and multiple #1 rankings, it has definitely lost most of its shine. But it still interests me. The more we are up there, the more we are talked about and the more our brand is reinforced and recruiting and fundraising bolstered. So I would say it still matters, but not as much. It is nice being the basketball capital of the world.
 
I feel much the same as many. I have no issue with UConn being moved down a peg after Michigan's 2 victories this week. I think the reason people feel this way is that there are teams, Duke/Kansas/Kentucky, who would never be moved down to say move up UConn in a similar situation. Frankly, I like it, as the voters are rewarding a team for 2 tremendous wins. I hope there is some consistency with this moving forward.
 
Only 1 poll matters to me. The one that comes out after the first weekend in April. You guys know the poll and so does the rest of the country. The one we of which have finished first 6 times since 1999. And the number I really care about is SEVEN. 7.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
We definitely have the better loss. That is unarguable.
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The loss is old news at this point. These polls are week to week.
KingAG said:
Possibly. But this week was a weird week to do it when we just won by 30. I mean even in our rough month we didn’t lose to a Wisconsin level team. They also should’ve lost to penn State. We’ve both had a shaky month. They just lost. This week was why they jumped us. And if they won those two games no matter how much we won our games this week by, they were jumping us. Because 4/5 of the BE sucks
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We did just get by PC at home. They have two top ten wins in one week. We have one all year (Illinois). They're also widely recognized as being neck and neck favorite with AZ from a metrics/Vegas perspective. This one really isn't that weird.
 
nomar said:
Not disagreeing with you but I think this was a combination of Michigan having a great week and the cumulative effect of us having a mediocre month. If we had handled business and put teams away like we should have, voters might still have kept us at #2. I was a bit surprised we kept staying at #2 given our struggles.
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But you can say the same about practically every other team.

Michigan barely beat Penn State and should have lost to them, that's a team that lost to Providence. Then Michigan lost to Wisconsin. After that squeaker followed by a loss, they beat the next 4 teams by about 10 points.
 
KingAG said:
Possibly. But this week was a weird week to do it when we just won by 30. I mean even in our rough month we didn’t lose to a Wisconsin level team. They also should’ve lost to penn State. We’ve both had a shaky month. They just lost. This week was why they jumped us. And if they won those two games no matter how much we won our games this week by, they were jumping us. Because 4/5 of the BE sucks
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I bet voters had already decided to move Michigan up.

I wonder how far we would have fallen had we lost in Omaha. Anyway, we didn't! We stuffed them in a locker!
 
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rashadray11 said:
This is a direct result of us not having many Q1 win opportunities in the Big East. Sucks but unavoidable. Win twice this week.
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I still disagree with the drop - someone please find me a team that’s won 17 in a row and gone down in the rankings. Our OOC speaks for itself.

Until the it is big conference vs little conference disrespect - plain/simple.
 
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