Feb 1 AP Poll

[triaddukefan]

AP Poll

1. Louisville (26)	16-0	746	1
2. South Carolina (4)	14-1	721	4
3. UConn	11-1	648	3
4. NC State	11-1	646	2
5. UCLA	10-2	642	5

Arky is up to #16. Tenn is up to #18

Miss State is still ranked.... that's a joke.

 

[bballnut90]

Ohio State should be much higher IMO.

Mississippi State's only loss to an unranked team is to Alabama who is decent. They're borderline top 25 even though they've looked awful as of late.

Tennessee should be above both Arkansas and Kentucky. They handily beat both head to head and are 3rd in the SEC.

 

[Vowelguy]

UCLA only two losses to the top 10. Also has a top 10 win (likely 2nd best win of the year) ... and they only are ranked 5th.

 

[Vowelguy]

Mississippi State's only loss to an unranked team is to Alabama who is decent.

But who have they beaten?
They've played 6 top-40 teams. They are 1-5. It doesn't take much to do that. And yet they are considered #24.

 

[bballnut90]

UCLA only two losses to the top 10. Also has a top 10 win (likely 2nd best win of the year) ... and they only are ranked 5th.

They're just a few points outside of 3rd place. They could easily climb to third next week and will likely jump to at least 4th this week depending on who wins tonight's match up between NC State and Louisville

 

[Tonyc]

So if we beat SC and NC State beats LVille we're #1 I dont think that SC is better the UConn or NC State.

 

[mbr33ct]

AP Poll

1. Louisville (26)	16-0	746	1
2. South Carolina (4)	14-1	721	4
3. UConn	11-1	648	3
4. NC State	11-1	646	2
5. UCLA	10-2	642	5

Arky is up to #16. Tenn is up to #18

Miss State is still ranked.... that's a joke.

Seems like every team that plays UConn are moving up...win or lose. I'm with you on Miss State. I have said in previous threads, once a team is in the top 25...very difficult to get them to drop out.

 

[triaddukefan]

Seems like every team that plays UConn are moving up...win or lose. I'm with you on Miss State. I have said in previous threads, once a team is in the top 25...very difficult to get them to drop out.

Especially if they are in the SEC... same thing with football. Or depaul

 

[Vowelguy]

Implied bracket using these rankings
A -- Louis || TxAM || Ariz || Ind |||| Tenn || Nwstrn
D -- NC St || UCLA || Mich || Ky. |||| Gonz || MsSt
C -- UConn || Stan || Mrld || Ark |||| W Va || Ga
B -- S Car || Bayl || Oreg || USF |||| DePl || SoDakSt

 

[visitingcock]

So if we beat SC and NC State beats LVille we're #1 I dont think that SC is better the UConn or NC State.

We don't have very long til we find out. Let's both take care of business this week.

 

[bballnut90]

But who have they beaten?
They've played 6 top-40 teams. They are 1-5. It doesn't take much to do that. And yet they are considered #24.

They have a win over Georgia who has beat Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Arkansas so far and is ranked #25. It's not a super gaudy win, but it's a top 25 win nonetheless.

Teams in the 20-25 range usually aren't very strong and don't have good wins over ranked teams. Same logic can be used for DePaul who has 1 good win vs Kentucky and is 1-4 vs top 50 Massey teams--they're ranked #20. Or Indiana who is 1-4 vs. top 25 foes with their only decent win coming against Northwestern and they're 17th. Speaking of #22 Northwestern, they have 3 losses and their best wins are against unranked Iowa.

 

[visitingcock]

AP Poll

1. Louisville (26)	16-0	746	1
2. South Carolina (4)	14-1	721	4
3. UConn	11-1	648	3
4. NC State	11-1	646	2
5. UCLA	10-2	642	5

Human eyeballs look better to me than computer algorithms.

1	1	Stanford	Pac-12	15-2	11-1	0-0	4-1	0-0
2	2	UConn	Big East	11-1	4-1	0-0	7-0	0-0
3	3	South Carolina	SEC	14-1	6-0	2-0	6-1	0-0
4	4	Oregon	Pac-12	11-3	5-2	0-0	6-1	0-0
5	5	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	5-1	0-0	7-1	0-0

 

[Alibi Ike]

Ohio State should be much higher IMO.

Mississippi State's only loss to an unranked team is to Alabama who is decent. They're borderline top 25 even though they've looked awful as of late.

Tennessee should be above both Arkansas and Kentucky. They handily beat both head to head and are 3rd in the SEC.

Arkansas, Kentucky, and Indiana ranked higher than Tennessee. Tennessee defeated all three of them.

 

[mbr33ct]

Arkansas, Kentucky, and Indiana ranked higher than Tennessee. Tennessee defeated all three of them.

My thought process on this, Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana have been in the AP and Coaches polls since the Preseaon poll. As I eluded in one of my replies above (post #7) seems like once a team gets imbedded in the top 25's it becomes difficult to get them out. Tennessee showed up in both polls in week 8 (today's poll is week 11). The voters usually take their time moving a team in the poll and upward.

 

[Alydar]

Seems like every team that plays UConn are moving up...win or lose. I'm with you on Miss State. I have said in previous threads, once a team is in the top 25...very difficult to get them to drop out.

It's hard to get people to admit they were wrong. Try it on this board. And then there's the SEC/Summit thing that their coach has going for her. And finally, some of these voters don't have a clue as to who would replace MSST because all they look at are scores.

 

[beauxregard]

Human eyeballs look better to me than computer algorithms.

1	1	Stanford	Pac-12	15-2	11-1	0-0	4-1	0-0
2	2	UConn	Big East	11-1	4-1	0-0	7-0	0-0
3	3	South Carolina	SEC	14-1	6-0	2-0	6-1	0-0
4	4	Oregon	Pac-12	11-3	5-2	0-0	6-1	0-0
5	5	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	5-1	0-0	7-1	0-0

NO WAY Stanford is a Top 5 team. I have seen every PAC 12 team play and none of them seem to be Top10 material.

 

[j66kicker]

My thought process on this, Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana have been in the AP and Coaches polls since the Preseaon poll. As I eluded in one of my replies above (post #7) seems like once a team gets imbedded in the top 25's it becomes difficult to get them out. Tennessee showed up in both polls in week 8 (today's poll is week 11). The voters usually take their time moving a team in the poll and upward.

Oklahoma's men's team moved up 15 spots this week (from 24 to 9)

Sooners soar to No. 9 after 3 top-10 wins in row

Gonzaga and Baylor remain perched atop the AP Top 25 poll, while Oklahoma vaulted from No. 24 to No. 9 after three straight wins against top-10 teams.

www.espn.com

 

[nwhoopfan]

NO WAY Stanford is a Top 5 team. I have seen every PAC 12 team play and none of them seem to be Top10 material.

You've got TEN teams better than Stanford or UCLA? I don't buy that for a second. Everybody has flaws this year and none of the other teams looks truly elite.

 

[j66kicker]

You've got TEN teams better than Stanford or UCLA? I don't buy that for a second. Everybody has flaws this year and none of the other teams looks truly elite.

 

[Dokey]

NO WAY Stanford is a Top 5 team. I have seen every PAC 12 team play and none of them seem to be Top10 material.

Best, toughest conference, top to bottom. A lot of top 10 teams wouldn’t be if they had to play in PAC-12.

 

[Vowelguy]

You've got TEN teams better than Stanford or UCLA? I don't buy that for a second. Everybody has flaws this year and none of the other teams looks truly elite.

Suggestion : don’t feed trolls.

 

[Vowelguy]

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Haha I posted my response before seeing yours.
great minds ....

 

[shiverz45]

Human eyeballs look better to me than computer algorithms.

1	1	Stanford	Pac-12	15-2	11-1	0-0	4-1	0-0
2	2	UConn	Big East	11-1	4-1	0-0	7-0	0-0
3	3	South Carolina	SEC	14-1	6-0	2-0	6-1	0-0
4	4	Oregon	Pac-12	11-3	5-2	0-0	6-1	0-0
5	5	Baylor	Big 12	12-2	5-1	0-0	7-1	0-0

Might need to get glasses.

 

[visitingcock]

Might need to get glasses.

You like that algorithm ranking?

 

[Plebe]

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I think I'll be saving this meme for later use, please and thank you