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AP Poll - Week 3

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

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HobokenHusky said:
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.
 
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Umami Zen said:
Dave is lookin' for some scoops from Dan Hurley-- LOL
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I think Borges pissed Dan Hurley 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 Dan Hurley's good side lol
 
NotADime89 said:
I think Borges pissed Dan Hurley 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 Dan Hurley's good side lol
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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.
 
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NotADime89 said:
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
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Voters will look for any excuse to not rank us. It's really quite bizarre.
 
aburks41 said:
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.
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My guess is our OOC schedule will begin to improve as we have more Program success and once the Fab 5 are on campus..
 
aburks41 said:
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.
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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.
 
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REB1094 said:
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
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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
 
aburks41 said:
Here's the full poll. Nice bump for us

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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.
 
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.
 
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REB1094 said:
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.
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If we beat Oregon and the Bama/Sparty winner and then lose to UNC in a close one, I will be quite content… and will reset and raise my expectations for this season.
 
REB1094 said:
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.
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Oregon is still going to be a really tough game regardless of whether they got 4 votes or 400. First game away from home and a tough team basically on the road. It's a game we should and I expect to win, but I'd be surprised if the line opened as more than UConn -2
 
navery12 said:
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
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4 or 5 of these teams would appear to be worthy of at least Sweet Sixteen consideration.. Will be a great test for us and rankings will take care of themselves after some Ws in Oregon
 
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