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AP Poll - Week 6

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Kitaman said:
Stop hating! Iowa State played their Championship game the other day and one. Let them celebrate something during the season.

Its only temporary.

We are not ready yet anyway, I say January.
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No hating here. Give me a break. We`re not ready for what?
 
ARIDE said:
IOWA ST IS THE REAL DEAL!! PHYSICAL!!
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We`re pretty real too. They should not have moved ahead of Uconn. Tonights win proves my case further. Uconn has beaten BYU, Illinois, Kansas and Florida. ISU has beaten Purdue, ST. Johns, Crayton and Syracuse. Got rolled by MSU in an exhibition game btw. Skip me with that ISU mess.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
We`re pretty real too. They should not have moved ahead of Uconn. Tonights win proves my case further. Uconn has beaten BYU, Illinois, Kansas and Florida. ISU has beaten Purdue, ST. Johns, Crayton and Syracuse. Got rolled by MSU in an exhibition game btw. Skip me with that ISU mess.
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That Purdue win was the best win of the season thus far. Completely fine with them
passing us. They are undefeated as well.
 
Michigan is clearly playing better than anyone in the early going. We would be #1 if we were healthy. I'm pretty damn happy how we've gone through the gauntlet while never really being healthy.
 
RuffRuff said:
This is the poll!

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So only 3 number 1s in 21 years and only three outside the top 7. Seems likes it's best to not be number 1 or outside the top 7. 5 looks good.
 
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lateralous said:
I like where we’re sitting. Let everyone spend all season talking up Michigan like they are the 1991 UNLV Running Rebels and then we’ll get them at the end.
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Not a bad place to be at all. Hurley will always have his unique advantage of out-executing an opponent if he has the right personnel. He has it this year.
 
ESPN's updated Power Rankings. Puts UConn at #5.

5. UConn Huskies (9-1)​

Previous ranking: 4
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There are few teams that can match UConn's depth, and Dan Hurley isn't afraid to turn to his bench in big games. Dayton transfer Malachi Smith is arguably the best backup point guard in the country. He finished with nine assists and one turnover in Tuesday's win over Florida and has totaled 31 assists to just six turnovers in five games against top-25 foes this season. Eric Reibe filled in admirably for Tarris Reed Jr., averaging 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in five games as a starter before Reed returned Tuesday. Jayden Ross is a defensive game changer. And five-star freshman Braylon Mullins is one of the sport's elite shooters.

UConn has a strong case for owning the best set of wins in the country with victories over BYU, Illinois, Kansas and Florida -- all of which came away from home. The Huskies' one loss to Arizona keeps them outside the debate for No. 1 for now, though.

Next seven days: vs. Texas (Dec. 12), vs. Butler (Dec. 16)

www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: The 4-team race for No. 1

Arizona, Duke, Michigan and Iowa State each have legitimate cases to top this week's edition. Which prevailed?
www.espn.com www.espn.com
 
TerryBoyz said:
I’ll admit a little recency bias on my part but Florida looked good and not on the shortlist. Good test for this AP poll theory.
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100% - they have an elite front court. Their upside will be entirely based on whether they can figure out some way of getting Lee/Fland working. They don't even have to be great, just solid.

Amazing how good that UF team was last year. Elite FC and BC.
 
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HooperScooper said:
ESPN's updated Power Rankings. Puts UConn at #5.

5. UConn Huskies (9-1)​

Previous ranking: 4
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There are few teams that can match UConn's depth, and Dan Hurley isn't afraid to turn to his bench in big games. Dayton transfer Malachi Smith is arguably the best backup point guard in the country. He finished with nine assists and one turnover in Tuesday's win over Florida and has totaled 31 assists to just six turnovers in five games against top-25 foes this season. Eric Reibe filled in admirably for Tarris Reed Jr., averaging 12.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in five games as a starter before Reed returned Tuesday. Jayden Ross is a defensive game changer. And five-star freshman Braylon Mullins is one of the sport's elite shooters.

UConn has a strong case for owning the best set of wins in the country with victories over BYU, Illinois, Kansas and Florida -- all of which came away from home. The Huskies' one loss to Arizona keeps them outside the debate for No. 1 for now, though.

Next seven days: vs. Texas (Dec. 12), vs. Butler (Dec. 16)

www.espn.com

Men's college basketball Power Rankings: The 4-team race for No. 1

Arizona, Duke, Michigan and Iowa State each have legitimate cases to top this week's edition. Which prevailed?
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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So we drop 1 spot with a win over Florida? ESPN really does hate us.
 
Interesting snake draft between these two, who do know their hoops. Spoiler that Uconn goes 5 - they're fairly chalk. I really only listened to the Uconn bit, and an interesting take from Greg that would be a good conversation point - his analysis of Uconn when looking against past champions is who is their "star"? And can you win a NC without that kind of player?

 
RuffRuff said:
Interesting snake draft between these two, who do know their hoops. Spoiler that Uconn goes 5 - they're fairly chalk. I really only listened to the Uconn bit, and an interesting take from Greg that would be a good conversation point - his analysis of Uconn when looking against past champions is who is their "star"? And can you win a NC without that kind of player?

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You really have a thing for Greg.
 
RuffRuff said:
Interesting snake draft between these two, who do know their hoops. Spoiler that Uconn goes 5 - they're fairly chalk. I really only listened to the Uconn bit, and an interesting take from Greg that would be a good conversation point - his analysis of Uconn when looking against past champions is who is their "star"? And can you win a NC without that kind of player?

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You only have to go back 3 years to see an example. Who was UConn's star in 2023? I'd say this year's team is just as talented top to bottom as that team was. Maybe more so.
 
HooperScooper said:
You only have to go back 3 years to see an example. Who was UConn's star in 2023? I'd say this year's team is just as talented top to bottom as that team was. Maybe more so.
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Id say you can point to Hawkins and Sonogo that year, no? Although I’m with you on this one. Who was Baylors “star”? Sum of all parts that year.
 
RuffRuff said:
Id say you can point to Hawkins and Sonogo that year, no? Although I’m with you on this one. Who was Baylors “star”? Sum of all parts that year.
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If you can point to Hawkins and Sanogo on that team, then you can point to Ball/Mullins and Reed on this year's team
 
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RuffRuff said:
Id say you can point to Hawkins and Sonogo that year, no? Although I’m with you on this one. Who was Baylors “star”? Sum of all parts that year.
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What is the definition of a "star"? Hawkins and Sanogo were not on any All American first, second or third teams (2023 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans - Wikipedia). Sanogo was on the AP All American Honorable Mention list with 16 other players. They were both very good college players but what does Greg say his definition of a "star" is?
 
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