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Not after beating UCF. If we beat Memphis & Lousiville, then probably.
 
It's possible. In the latest edition of the AP poll, we were seventh in "others receiving votes", so we needed probably seven teams ahead of us to lose. UNC, UCLA, Kansas State, Illinois, Gonzaga, and Missouri all lost, and none of those teams were ranked any higher than 21st. Duke (#16) and Oregon (#17) also lost. I'm not sure if those losses are enough to knock them out of the polls entirely, but I'm sure there is a case to be made that UConn, with a win over a good Harvard team, could jump back into the top 25.
 
Do we care? We're UConn. We don't care until late February.

Pitt and Cincy aren't ranked yet. Both are much higher up the list in RPI, no bad losses for either. I'm surprised Cincy isn't in already - better profile than UConn at this point. Pitt's only loss was by one point to Cincy in one of the ugliest games this century.
 
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BoatShow said:
Nah, but if a 4 loss Duke team remains ranked I'll pull my hair out.
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Start pulling Boat…….lol

As far as the Huskies, just win. The only thing that's great about being ranked now is because it's easier to see your score on the ESPN site other than that who really cares in January. They had a rough game and nipped a Harvard team without their best player then played very well yesterday but hopefully they're turning the corner!
 
No. beating a Harvard team without there best player and beating UCF don't jump us into top 25 imo. Don't really care either. If we beat Memp and Lou we jump into top 25...
 
I think there is a shot we could be, especially if Iowa (ranked 20) and Orgeon (ranked 17 with a loss already this week) lose today.
 
Along with Kansas State losing (ranked 25), that could be 3 teams dropped from the top 25 tomorrow
 
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I remember the days in the 70's/early 80's when it was unbelievable to see the Huskies in the "Others with Votes" and then some Top 20 (no 25 then) with Corny and crew……..it was real and fun back then as the underdog.

Now we're UConn and being in the Top 25 isn't exactly exciting until they actually are playing for seeds and spots in the tourney. It's expected to be there now and just sneaking back in is somewhat disappointing so I guess the younger generation still finds this to be important and that's goo. I have no issues with that!!
 
storrsroars said:
Do we care? We're UConn. We don't care until late February.

Pitt and Cincy aren't ranked yet. Both are much higher up the list in RPI, no bad losses for either. I'm surprised Cincy isn't in already - better profile than UConn at this point. Pitt's only loss was by one point to Cincy in one of the ugliest games this century.
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All true, though I'd much prefer to set Sportacular's CBB default to Top 25 instead of AAC.
 
Who cares about rankings in January?
Keep winning and things like that take care of themselves.

2 big games next week.
 
There's going to be a lot of movement in the polls - particularly at the bottom end this week. This week teams in the AP:
#16 Duke 1-1 with a loss @ Clemson
#17 Oregon 0-2 with losses @ home vs Cal & Stanford
#21 Missouri 1-1 with a loss @ home to Georgia and a narrow 2 point win @ Aurburn
#22 Gonzaga 0-1 with a loss @ Portland
#23 Illinois 0-2 with losses @ #4 Wisconsin (no sin), and @ Northwestern (huge sin)
#25 K State 1-1 with a loss @ #18 Kansas by 26

Don't think we sneak in with 5 teams to jump (didn't look up what those did), but we'll be close - maybe 27th.

Two wins this week and we'll be back into the low 20's, high teens.
 
jleves said:
There's going to be a lot of movement in the polls - particularly at the bottom end this week. This week teams in the AP:
#16 Duke 1-1 with a loss @ Clemson
#17 Oregon 0-2 with losses @ home vs Cal & Stanford
#21 Missouri 1-1 with a loss @ home to Georgia and a narrow 2 point win @ Aurburn
#22 Gonzaga 0-1 with a loss @ Portland
#23 Illinois 0-2 with losses @ #4 Wisconsin (no sin), and @ Northwestern (huge sin)
#25 K State 1-1 with a loss @ #18 Kansas by 26

Don't think we sneak in with 5 teams to jump (didn't look up what those did), but we'll be close - maybe 27th.

Two wins this week and we'll be back into the low 20's, high teens.
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Maybe not this week...But Cincy is a virtual lock to be ranked this week, and that is the next best thing (a fellow AAC school) aside from us getting into the polls. Hopefully there will be four AAC teams ranked by February.
 
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While I don't care much at this point whether or not UConn makes a top 25 ranking, isn't it odd that we got 26 fewer votes in the USA Today poll this week (9) than we did last week (35)? Wouldn't have the slightest idea how to explain that.

Yeah, Cincy got in. They managed to beat Houston by one on their court. Meantime L'Ville hammered SMU. Still not sure what the quality of this league is other than worse than the league we came from.
 
Cincy beat houston by 1. They deserve to be ranked higher than UConn. LVille didn't hammer SMU. It was relatively close till the final minute, and SMU had their center out.

What seems weird to me is that Colorado and even Oregon are ranked ahead of UConn after losing to Washington and Stanford. I know Colorado beat Kansas, but so what? UConn beat Florida.
 
I'd rather stay unranked vs. Memphis and Louisville so we go in as the underdog.
 
CTBasketball said:
I'd rather stay unranked vs. Memphis and Louisville so we go in as the underdog.
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I would never rather be unranked. Unranked = forgotten, something we've been far too often over the last 4-5 years.
 
Coaches poll has Louisville ahead of Memphis even though Memphis beat them on Louisville's court. That makes a lot of sense
 
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Cincy joins the ranked.

Duke somehow stays ranked.

Spitt also ranked.
 
The funniest thing about this weeks other poll...USA Today Coaches...we dropped from 35 votes last week to 8 this week...Harvard gained votes going from 2 to 6. Coaches are obviously half in the bag when filling out rankings Sunday night. Some of them must have thought Harvard beat us. (edit...storrsroars mentioned anomally prior)

Amaker, Boeheim, Floyd and Donahue (BC) are voters....explains alot...lol.
 
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babysheep said:
We've been to two Final Fours over the last 5 years.
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I meant 2009-10 onward, where we've so far had one season out of four (pending this one) in which we were ranked for most of the year (granted in that one season we were were in the most important spot in the most important ranking of the year!). A poor finish to this year would make it one in five.

Being ranked is really a prerequisite for being in the media spotlight, and being out of the spotlight harms perception, which is exacerbated by our conference and coaching situation, and may harm recruiting (who wants to play for a school that nobody talks about?).
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I meant 2009-10 onward, where we've so far had one season out of four (pending this one) in which we were ranked for most of the year (granted in that one season we were were in the most important spot in the most important ranking of the year!). A poor finish to this year would make it one in five.

Being ranked is really a prerequisite for being in the media spotlight, and being out of the spotlight harms perception, which is exacerbated by our conference and coaching situation, and may harm recruiting (who wants to play for a school that nobody talks about?).
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Curious were there UCONN highlights on SC for the UCF game?
 
I haven't paid much attention to ESPN's BPI rankings until this season, but UConn does worse there than in RPI. BPI factors in scores and whether you or your opponent is at full strength, e.g. the Harvard win is worth more to RPI than BPI due to a missing Harvard starter. Anyway, looking at BPI is pretty interesting. Wisconsin is 2, Pitt is 4, UConn is in the 30s and well behind LVille (whom we're ahead of in RPI).

I wonder if BPI will be gaining more credence with the selection committee come March. I think it's interesting, comprehensive and probably more accurate than RPI, but right now it's not UConn's friend.
 
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