AP Top 25 Week 7

[Centerstream]

UConn still at #1, Texas has 8 #1 votes

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Oklahoma and TCU swap spots in the Top 10.
Louisville made the biggest jump this week, climbing six spots to No. 16 after an overtime victory over then-No. 12 North Carolina on Sunday. The Tar Heels fell six places to 18th.

 

[DefenseBB]

Ok, because this is what we do on this forum, I scrounge within the AP site to see which 8 voted for Texas. There are two writers I hope we convert this weekend after the Iowa game
Jeff Lindor-Cedar Rapids Gazette (the Iowa local writer)
Sam McKewon-Omaha World-Herald (another midwest writer)

Two are noted ESPN naysayers:
Brenda VanLengen
Michael Voepel

Also are
Alex Simon SF Gate
Caleb Jarreau-The Dailey Times (Blount County, Tennessee-need I say more???)
Joe Vozzelli-News-Gazzette (Central Illinois)
Mitchell Northem-WUNC (North Carolina public radio

I am not advocating any torches and pitchforks but if anyone lives in these areas....😂

 

[browns]

UConn still at #1, Texas has 8 #1 votes

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Oklahoma and TCU swap spots in the Top 10.
Louisville made the biggest jump this week, climbing six spots to No. 16 after an overtime victory over then-No. 12 North Carolina on Sunday. The Tar Heels fell six places to 18th.

That's about right with Uconn routing #16 USC and Texas routing #13 Baylor

 

[bballnut90]

Ok, because this is what we do on this forum, I scrounge within the AP site to see which 8 voted for Texas. There are two writers I hope we convert this weekend after the Iowa game
Jeff Lindor-Cedar Rapids Gazette (the Iowa local writer)
Sam McKewon-Omaha World-Herald (another midwest writer)

Two are noted ESPN naysayers:
Brenda VanLengen
Michael Voepel

Also are
Alex Simon SF Gate
Caleb Jarreau-The Dailey Times (Blount County, Tennessee-need I say more???)
Joe Vozzelli-News-Gazzette (Central Illinois)
Mitchell Northem-WUNC (North Carolina public radio

I am not advocating any torches and pitchforks but if anyone lives in these areas....😂

I'm surprised anyone switched their vote after last week. Most voters are more loyal to their #1 team week by week unless they lose. Imagine being Texas and beating the #13 team by 35 points and losing a 1st place vote.

 

[Centerstream]

Ok, because this is what we do on this forum, I scrounge within the AP site to see which 8 voted for Texas. There are two writers I hope we convert this weekend after the Iowa game
Jeff Lindor-Cedar Rapids Gazette (the Iowa local writer)
Sam McKewon-Omaha World-Herald (another midwest writer)

Two are noted ESPN naysayers:
Brenda VanLengen
Michael Voepel

Also are
Alex Simon SF Gate
Caleb Jarreau-The Dailey Times (Blount County, Tennessee-need I say more???)
Joe Vozzelli-News-Gazzette (Central Illinois)
Mitchell Northem-WUNC (North Carolina public radio

I am not advocating any torches and pitchforks but if anyone lives in these areas....😂

Mitchell Northam works for public radio in the NC Triangle and is an ACC/SEC homer. I think that the only time he voted UConn #1 was last season's final poll.

 

[oldude]

There has been a slow and steady erosion of support for TX ever since they knocked off UCLA & SC back-to-back 2 weeks ago. They had 10 x 1st place votes then. Last week it was 9. This week it’s down to 8.

 

[DefenseBB]

I would not call it erosion as their vote totals have been 777, 777 and 776 since the UCLA and SCar wins. Losing 1 point is not really an erosion. One writer had them third in week 5 when they had 10 first place votes.

UConn, peaked in week 2 with 798 (30 first place votes), to 794 (28), 797 (30), 790 (22), 791 (23) to 792 (24) this week. Another win on Saturday against Iowa and I think we convert the two midwest voters.

The Tennessee voter will get his schadenfreude on Feb 1.....

 

[oldhusky]

Since there are 32 voters in the women's poll, that is a pretty average difference in points between two positions. On that basis Texas is fairly close to Uconn, then there is more of a gap to 3 & 4, then another gap to 5 & 6, and then a separation to 7-10 that are all very very close.

 

[Stagnant]

The rankings don’t really matter. I believe if Texas were to go undefeated, they would become the number one overall seed in the tournament. That’s really what matters. Maybe they can even grab that distinction with a loss? I am not sure.

As a UConn fan, I think there are six good teams this season. I would prefer to not play any of them in the elite eight. That’s what I am hoping for.

Edit: I am not penciling us into the final four or anything. I am just talking about the hypothetical.

 

[topogigio]

Vandy at #13. Dang, Shea is doing a Geno with that program! He learned her well!

 

[cancontent]

This poster makes a good point about Princeton.

 

[oldude]

This poster makes a good point about Princeton.

The comment about “prospects pass up Princeton for bad high major” misses two important considerations.

1. Princeton and all Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. They only provide “need based” academic scholarships which seldom pick up 100% of tuition, room & board.
2. Princeton has extremely high academic requirements for admission that apply to all incoming students, athletes included.

 

[YKCornelius]

I would not call it erosion as their vote totals have been 777, 777 and 776 since the UCLA and SCar wins. Losing 1 point is not really an erosion. One writer had them third in week 5 when they had 10 first place votes.

UConn, peaked in week 2 with 798 (30 first place votes), to 794 (28), 797 (30), 790 (22), 791 (23) to 792 (24) this week. Another win on Saturday against Iowa and I think we convert the two midwest voters.

The Tennessee voter will get his schadenfreude on Feb 1.....

Ummm, unless you are thinking Tennessee will beat UConn and thus Caleb Jarreau will enjoy the angst of UConn Nation, I think your use of schadenfreude is fehlgeleitet.

Will members of the Boneyard experience schadenfreude if UConn beats the Lady Vols? To borrow from Ryan Ruocco, "You bet!"

 

[cancontent]

The comment about “prospects pass up Princeton for bad high major” misses two important considerations.

1. Princeton and all Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. They only provide “need based” academic scholarships which seldom pick up 100% of tuition, room & board.
2. Princeton has extremely high academic requirements for admission that apply to all incoming students, athletes included.

There still are athletes who fit the bill and can manage it. Yes, it's a smaller pool but they're out there.

 

[BobbyJ]

The comment about “prospects pass up Princeton for bad high major” misses two important considerations.

1. Princeton and all Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. They only provide “need based” academic scholarships which seldom pick up 100% of tuition, room & board.
2. Princeton has extremely high academic requirements for admission that apply to all incoming students, athletes included.

I agree. This guy probably has no idea about what the academic loads are like at Ivy League schools.

 

[oldude]

There still are athletes who fit the bill and can manage it. Yes, it's a smaller pool but they're out there.

To be sure. But without naming names, there are some outstanding basketball players that would have absolutely no chance of being accepted at Princeton.

 

[cancontent]

I agree. This guy probably has no idea about what the academic loads are like at Ivy League schools.

I've followed the poster for some time and they seem to have pretty decent insights on the college and pro basketball landscape. To me, they aren't a "hot takes" for the sake of fake engagement type.

 

[Bone Dog]

I agree. This guy probably has no idea about what the academic loads are like at Ivy League schools.

Or the grade inflation.

Oops. Sorry. Just a non-Ivy prof griping

 

[BobbyJ]

There still are athletes who fit the bill and can manage it. Yes, it's a smaller pool but they're out there.

Certainly and those are the kids that the Ivies get. The kids that this guy is referencing are usually the ones that maybe don’t want the academic challenges or think they’re better than the Ivy competition. And neither one is necessarily wrong but some of the latter are.

 

[cancontent]

Certainly and those are the kids that the Ivies get. The kids that this guy is referencing are usually the ones that maybe don’t want the academic challenges or think they’re better than the Ivy competition. And neither one is necessarily wrong but some of the latter are.

Some of the latter are what? Sorry, but I'm not clear on what you mean here.

 

[oldude]

I've followed the poster for some time and they seem to have pretty decent insights on the college and pro basketball landscape. To me, they aren't a "hot takes" for the sake of fake engagement type.

Perhaps, but they seem to overlook both the academic side of it as well as the monetary issue. Tuition, room & board at Princeton runs around $90k per year. All students and their families pay for all or part of that amount depending on the family’s financial situation. NIL opportunities are extremely limited and the Ivy League has opted out of revenue sharing.

So if you’re a HS basketball player with an opportunity to go to Princeton or, let’s say Colgate, a solid academic school that will offer you a full athletic scholarship along with some NIL/revenue sharing to the tune of say $50,000/yr, what are you and, more importantly, your parents going to do?

 

[Hedge]

Perhaps, but they seem to overlook both the academic side of it as well as the monetary issue. Tuition, room & board at Princeton runs around $90k per year. All students and their families pay for all or part of that amount depending on the family’s financial situation. NIL opportunities are extremely limited and the Ivy League has opted out of revenue sharing.

So if you’re a HS basketball player with an opportunity to go to Princeton or, let’s say Colgate, a solid academic school that will offer you a full athletic scholarship along with some NIL/revenue sharing to the tune of say $50,000/yr, what are you and, more importantly, your parents going to do?

At Princeton most families with income up to $150,000 get full costs covered by financial aid grants. Most undergraduate families with income up to $250,000 get full tuition

 

[BobbyJ]

Some of the latter are what? Sorry, but I'm not clear on what you mean here.

That original poster references players that pass up Princeton for a bad high major. I'm saying some don't want the academic challenges and some others think they're capable of playing at a higher level than the Ivy League competition when in fact they're not. Some just aren't as good as they think and wind up passing up a Princeton education to sit the bench and possibly end up transferring from elsewhere.

 

[oldude]

At Princeton most families with income up to $150,000 get full costs covered by financial aid grants. Most undergraduate families with income up to $250,000 get full tuition

Like most Ivies, Princeton requires a portion of any financial aid package to include work-study, i.e. on campus jobs during the school year along with earnings from summer employment and, as I pointed out, the Ivies have opted out of revenue sharing.

 

[BobbyJ]

Like most Ivies, Princeton requires a portion of any financial aid package to include work-study, i.e. on campus jobs during the school year along with earnings from summer employment and, as I pointed out, the Ivies have opted out of revenue sharing.

They have to. That $37B endowment only goes so far. 😉