Down Goes 1 & 2

[Rico444]

Fricking Jinx. Good god. We do have two big east games before Monday.

Seriously. This is one of those threads that could look really old later tonight.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'm a fan of this Iowa State team under Otzelberger.

Just a tough, physical defensive team. Tamin Lipsey can be a headache on offense, but he is a monster of an on-ball defender.

 

[ucp990411]

It’s more fun this way - when Kansas goes down to Oklahoma we’re in line for #1

What about Duke? The beat up on Pitt!!

 

[Rocktheworld]

I think Purdue has to drop to at least 3, and Houston has to drop to 3 or 4.

It’s not like this is Purdue’s first loss to a middling-or-worse team. We have probably the “best” loss in the country, and one loss to a solid Seton Hall on the road. They’ve lose to not only Nebraska but Northwestern.

 

[AdamaNation]

Yes. If we play solid we can hope KU gets taken down by Oklahoma on Saturday. Then there’s no way the writers let us slide like last year. We get #1. The target in hs just gets bigger as we head into the meat of conference play these next weeks. But so long as Kansas stays at 1 loss. They will be the top team with having beaten us as well.

 

[auror]

It’s not like this is Purdue’s first loss to a middling-or-worse team. We have probably the “best” loss in the country, and one loss to a solid Seton Hall on the road. They’ve lose to not only Nebraska but Northwestern.

Both of Purdue loses were on the road also, and both Nebraska and Northwestern are ranked higher on both KenPom and NET than Seton Hall.

Seton Hall should have lost to Georgetown last night.

 

[AntG168]

Both of Purdue loses were on the road also, and both Nebraska and Northwestern are ranked higher on both KenPom and NET than Seton Hall.

Seton Hall should have lost to Georgetown last night.

At this point in time Seton Hall on the road isn’t a bad loss.

But neither is northwestern and Iowa St on the road. Iowa St is top 20 on KenPom

 

[AntG168]

It's no shame to lose in the last minute at Iowa State. They're #17 in Kenpom, right behind Kansas.

I think we stay #4 in the polls until Donovan is fully back.

No way this is true IF we go 2-0 this week. Donovan being out has no bearings on the ranking so long as we keep winning. Tonight is a tricky one. But GTown at home is a gimmie

 

[Hunt for 7]

It’s like we have forgotten about karma. Yes when these teams lose you know it could help us move up. But we should not have a two page thread talking about where we should be ranked, while assuming we win our next two games. With the caveat that at home against Gtown should be a win. But not counting on anything but a nail biter tonight vs Xavier.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Houston has a great coach and great program. They have been deep in the tourney and to the Final Four very recently. Of course they will fall after a loss, but that takes nothing away form the program which is pretty darn good.

It's a good team and a good program. They play nobody OOC and until this year, play nobody in conference. So how good are they? Less good than their record suggests. They are a top 20 team. I don't think they are a top 5 team and top 10? Not sure.

 

[HooperScooper]

It cracks me up when people say to stop speculating and just focus on the next game. How many of us are coaching or playing in it? We are fans on a message board, not players in the locker room talking about our ranking next week.

If you think it affects the mojo, then it affects the mojo.

 

[Austin316]

Xavier isn’t DePaul….

 

[RedStickHusky]

If you think it affects the mojo, then it affects the mojo.

It's like religion... You can't really know, but it's probably better to be wrong on the safe side.

 

[jpeakin]

It cracks me up when people say to stop speculating and just focus on the next game. How many of us are coaching or playing in it? We are fans on a message board, not players in the locker room talking about our ranking next week.

Also a fair point

 

[RedStickHusky]

Seton Hall should have lost to Georgetown last night.

Five or six possessions with no shot in the last three minutes probably hurt Georgetown's cause.

 

[uconngb]

I'm a fan of this Iowa State team under Otzelberger.

Just a tough, physical defensive team. Tamin Lipsey can be a headache on offense, but he is a monster of an on-ball defender.

Fan of the team for sure. Just wish the guy would stop wearing shirts that he still has from high school.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Both of Purdue loses were on the road also, and both Nebraska and Northwestern are ranked higher on both KenPom and NET than Seton Hall.

Seton Hall should have lost to Georgetown last night.

Seton Hall has beaten two top 10 teams and their NET is lower than Northwestern and Nebraska? That’s a shock.

 

[Peacefrog]

I could see it going either way. Even with the loss, a reasonable person could make an argument that Purdue's resume is still better than ours. Having said that, winning @Butler and Xavier (by no means a given) aren't all that sexy but they are Quad 1 wins nonetheless.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I could see it going either way. Even with the loss, a reasonable person could make an argument that Purdue's resume is still better than ours. Having said that, winning @Butler and Xavier (by no means a given) aren't all that sexy but they are Quad 1 wins nonetheless.

Their resume is 1000% better than ours. But, polling is recency biased.

 

[BlueandOG]

Kansas has a tough home game against #9 OU (13-1) on Saturday.

Didn't I see your "spread" in Playgirl magazine a few summers ago?

 

[Poe]

I’m just glad the seton hall loss is looking better and better

 

[Mike Honcho]

Didn't I see your "spread" in Playgirl magazine a few summers ago?

I mean spread, man... it was weird...

 

[JB75]

Possible. I think Purdue drops to #3. Maybe #4. Purdue held the #1 post before. Got sent back down, then climbed to #1 again. Now back down. Curious to see the rankings come Monday. /we win and we are up there.

Purdue lost by 16 to Nebraska. Do u think if we had clingan we wud lose to Nebraska by 16? If we handle our business, and Kansas wins their 2 games, we will be #2 come Monday at noon. But then again, for some reason , the national voters jock the boring ole big 10. So maybe not. Comical

 

[CL82]

How about uconn plays and wins games in front of them before we predict polls 6 days from now.

How about we do both?

 

[CL82]

Yes. If we play solid we can hope KU gets taken down by Oklahoma on Saturday. Then there’s no way the writers let us slide like last year. We get #1. The target in hs just gets bigger as we head into the meat of conference play these next weeks. But so long as Kansas stays at 1 loss. They will be the top team with having beaten us as well.

We're doomed.