AP Poll - Week 7

[August_West]

Just like 1999 !!

We were #1 from December 1st to Feb 10th uninterrupted for 9 weeks straight in 99. It’s not so much like that

 

[tzznandrew]

We were #1 from December 1st to Feb 10th uninterrupted for 9 weeks straight in 99. It’s not so much like that

Also, that Duke team would do unspeakable things to this Purdue team. They were a Melvin Levett dunk in the Alaska Shootout from being undefeated going into that title game.

Of course, we were a Rip/Jake injury from going into that game with one weird loss ourselves...

 

[Waquoit]

Should we assume no tip?

My beer glass has been full the whole time so I'm going to forgive him this once

 

[SoFla Steve]

We were #1 from December 1st to Feb 10th uninterrupted for 9 weeks straight in 99. It’s not so much like that

I remember. I was alluding to the idea of being one or two for the rest of the season as Duke and we were back in '99.

 

[storrsroars]

Edey out for tonight's game vs New Orleans (#358 in NET). Two pt PU lead thru first 10 mins.

 

[jibsey]

Purdue has some lower top 25 ranked teams toward the end of their schedule which is more than what we have. I don’t know if they have a tougher schedule because the BE can be deceiving in it’s strength.

 

[storrsroars]

Well, New Orleans was looking good until Purdue went on a 24-2 run to close out 1st half. Not that NO is any good, but PU suddenly remembered defense, which was impressive.

 

[HooperScooper]

Well, New Orleans was looking good until Purdue went on a 24-2 run to close out 1st half. Not that NO is any good, but PU suddenly remembered defense, which was impressive.

I blame you for the prior post about the 2 point lead 10 minutes in. The Boneyard jinx is real.

 

[NJHoops]

San Francisco is a pesky group. Don’t mess it up, Bob!

I specifically requested that they not mess up this whole both ranked thing. And yet, here they are, messing it up. They’re missing a Cambridge, but c’mon!

 

[navery12]

For people who care about such things, Xavier is at 28 and we play them next week. I think people's obsession with the number of ranked teams we'll play in BE play is a bit out of touch but for their sake:

Xavier is home against Seton Hall Wednesday so will likely need 3+ ranked teams to lose to get ranked ahead of our New Years Eve game

I said I didn't care, but #24 Marquette lost yesterday, #21 Virginia Tech lost earlier today and #25 Arizona State is down 43-11 right now so seems like a loss there. Seems like they may sneak in at 25 for next week's game

 

[dingaling]

I think if we were in the number one position and remained undefeated, this message board would melt down if someone leap frogged us in the polls.

 

[storrsroars]

I said I didn't care, but #24 Marquette lost yesterday, #21 Virginia Tech lost earlier today and #25 Arizona State is down 43-11 right now so seems like a loss there. Seems like they may sneak in at 25 for next week's game

Ouch. To BC. That's gotta sting.

 

[jibsey]

Rankings stacked against BE. Right now SEC 6, ACC 4, Big 10 has4 and BE 2 teams in top 25 ( Marquette being 24). The conferences now play each other and basically reinforce those numbers moving slightly up and down as they knock each other off but in the BE teams out of the 25 can only move in to the fringe by beating UCONN. Let’s say Nova gets hot, beats us and everyone else for awhile, how do they move into the top 10? They are beating unranked or low ranked top 25 teams. Creighton beats Marquette #24, so what?
This how the whole thing seems to me and furthermore Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and Kansas will be top 10 by year end whether they truly earn it or not because of bias. Them beating other teams will make a difference because of… drum roll… their names as blue bloods. Just watch.