AP Poll - Week 3

[aburks41]

Top 25 teams with losses this week to unranked opponents:
#15 TCU v Northwestern State
#4 Kentucky v Michigan State
#21 Dayton v UNLV
#20 Michigan v Arizona State
#24 Texas A&M v Murray State
#24 Texas A&M v Colorado

Here are some public AP ballots for week 3: (Last week's rank in parentheses)
Jon Rothstein: 19 (24)
C.L. Brown: 20 (22)
Jerry Carino: 19 (23)
Clayton Collier: 18 (20)
Mark Berman: NR (NR)
Dave Borges: 16 (19)
Chris Murray: 20 (NR)

Non-AP Analytic Sites:
Kenpom: 19 (19)
Barttorvik: 36 (53)
Evan Miya: 20 (29)
Massey: 25 (30)
Team Rankings: 15 (24)
Sagarin: 17 (28)

Prediction: UConn #20

 

[HobokenHusky]

Mark Berman - still salty about Alleyne - ALSO A CUSE GRAD

 

[Son of Robert]

Looks like we'll be movin on up.

 

[Storrs South]

Mark Berman can EAD - still salty about Alleyne.

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From his AP Poll:

25. For this last spot, I looked at St. Mary's, Toledo, UConn, Ohio State, Tennessee and UNLV. But in the end, I decided to put The College of Charleston (5-1) on my ballot at No. 25 after the Cougars beat Davidson, Colorado State and Virginia Tech to win the Charleston Classic on their home floor. That win over the Hokies gave the edge to the Cougars for my 25th spot. The Cougars' only loss was at UNC in a game the Cougars led at halftime. Next for the Cougars: Kent State on Wed.

Of course since he covers VT that's his foundation for everything he does. Also has Xavier at 23, which is interesting.

 

[aburks41]

Useless but usually pretty accurate r/CBB userpoll has UConn at #20. Had us at #24 last week

 

[MTBingNinja]

Kenpom #19

 

[auror]

21 seems most likely to me, but we'll see.

 

[NotADime89]

People that don't have this UConn team ranked should not be able to vote. It's laughable, its clear most of the voters don't watch games. You can't watch this UConn team and not see that they're easily a top 25 team

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Borges has us at 16

I think we have the potential to win the PKI and prove we are a top 10 team. But that’s funny that the highest AP rank we have is from him.

 

[Umami Zen]

Borges has us at 16

I think we have the potential to win the PKI and prove we are a top 10 team. But that’s funny that the highest AP rank we have is from him.

Dave is lookin' for some scoops from DH-- LOL

 

[NotADime89]

Dave is lookin' for some scoops from DH-- LOL

I think Borges pissed DH off in the presser yesterday when he asked about the OOC schedule. Hurley interrupted and said "Like the rest of the teams in the country". Maybe this was his way of trying to get back on DH's good side lol

 

[aburks41]

I think Borges pissed DH off in the presser yesterday when he asked about the OOC schedule. Hurley interrupted and said "Like the rest of the teams in the country". Maybe this was his way of trying to get back on DH's good side lol

I mean look at teams like UK, Michigan State, Duke, Kansas, etc. They schedule awesome OOC schedules. Granted, teams line up to play them, but we should reliably be able to schedule a better OOC home slate than what we currently have. 5 cupcake games is way too much. Play 3 of them and then fill the other 2 spots with a good P5 name like Indiana, Texas, Michigan, Purdue. Those teams would definitely do a H/H with us.

 

[aburks41]

People that don't have this UConn team ranked should not be able to vote. It's laughable, its clear most of the voters don't watch games. You can't watch this UConn team and not see that they're easily a top 25 team

Voters will look for any excuse to not rank us. It's really quite bizarre.

 

[Umami Zen]

I mean look at teams like UK, Michigan State, Duke, Kansas, etc. They schedule awesome OOC schedules. Granted, teams line up to play them, but we should reliably be able to schedule a better OOC home slate than what we currently have. 5 cupcake games is way too much. Play 3 of them and then fill the other 2 spots with a good P5 name like Indiana, Texas, Michigan, Purdue. Those teams would definitely do a H/H with us.

My guess is our OOC schedule will begin to improve as we have more Program success and once the Fab 5 are on campus..

 

[REB1094]

Mark Berman what? How do you not rank a team that was ranked #25 last week and went 3-0 with an average win of 30? lol

 

[CL82]

I mean look at teams like UK, Michigan State, Duke, Kansas, etc. They schedule awesome OOC schedules. Granted, teams line up to play them, but we should reliably be able to schedule a better OOC home slate than what we currently have. 5 cupcake games is way too much. Play 3 of them and then fill the other 2 spots with a good P5 name like Indiana, Texas, Michigan, Purdue. Those teams would definitely do a H/H with us.

When was the schedule set up? Given all the turnover and new pieces in this year‘s team it’s reasonable to expect that we would need some games to come together.

 

[BigTenFan]

Hoosiers v Tar Heels next week for #1

 

[shizzle787]

Hoosiers v Tar Heels next week for #1

Crack has a grip on you.

 

[navery12]

Mark Berman what? How do you not rank a team that was ranked #25 last week and went 3-0 with an average win of 30? lol

Because he didn't have us ranked last week either. He didn't drop us after a 3-0 week, he just never did in the first place

 

[shizzle787]

#20-better than I thought.

 

[aburks41]

Here's the full poll. Nice bump for us

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.

apnews.com

 

[Punkbo]

Here's the full poll. Nice bump for us

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.

apnews.com

We’re better than many of the teams above us, but the schedule is holding us back a bit. Although as they say, it only matters where you’re ranked at the end of the year.

 

[navery12]

For PK85
Game 1: Oregon NR (40)
Game 2: Alabama 18 / Michigan State 12
Game 3: UNC 1 / Portland NR / Villanova NR (35) / Iowa State NR

 

[REB1094]

UConn is now #20 and Oregon only got 4 votes.

Originally this was our first test against a top team, but now it would be considered an upset if we lose.

Regardless, we get to prove ourselves against #12 MSU or #18 Alabama. Winning 1 game probably keeps us our ranking. Winning 2 games will get us close to #15.

 

[husky429]

For PK85
Game 1: Oregon NR (40)
Game 2: Alabama 18 / Michigan State 12
Game 3: UNC 1 / Portland NR / Villanova NR (35) / Iowa State NR

Really great opportunity to build our SOS. Good chance we get to place 3 top-40 teams on Kenpom. Definitely 2.