Feb 5th Polls

[Chin Diesel]

NCAA Men’s College Basketball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Men’s College Basketball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.

sportsdata.usatoday.com

#1.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Purdue only improved by a few 1st place votes it looks like. We still have the vast majority and are favored to hold it this week.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The hi/low column is always interesting.

 

[REB1094]

Michigan St got exactly 1 vote lmao

 

[brihman]

Nice run at number 1

 

[HeGotGame]

The hi/low column is always interesting.

Every voter had UConn 1 or 2, somehow one guy voted UNC 2 over Purdue. Makes no sense.

 

[J187Money]

The hi/low column is always interesting.

Seriously.

 

[auror]

For the AP

UConn, Purdue and North Carolina stay atop AP Top 25; South Carolina joins for first time since 2017

Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remain atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week.

apnews.com

 

[Burt]

Does beating St. John's at MSG by 13 w/o Karaban warrant losing three first place votes or am I nitpicking?

 

[Huskyforlife]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

 

[auror]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

On one hand I get it. Purdue has a better resume and Houston is #1 in the analytics. So by default how are we the best.

But we're a really, really good team. We've won 10 in a row in a tough Big East, including 4 away games against top 50 KenPom teams. Since becoming fully healthy, we've been #1 in the analytics as well, which is something most people don't consider.

 

[ScottCT]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

Well if the other contenders did their job and didn't lose to multiple crappy teams, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

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On one hand I get it. Purdue has a better resume and Houston is #1 in the analytics. So by default how are we the best.

But we're a really, really good team. We've won 10 in a row in a tough Big East, including 4 away games against top 50 KenPom teams. Since becoming fully healthy, we've been #1 in the analytics as well, which is something most people don't consider.

I was confused at first because we played a really tough OOC. But looking at the rankings now it didn’t seem to age now.

We still beat top 4 UNC by double digits but I also see Purdue now has 6 or 7 wins against the top 20 which is crazy.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Every voter had UConn 1 or 2, somehow one guy voted UNC 2 over Purdue. Makes no sense.

Beating Duke is like beating an NBA team, obviously.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Does beating St. John's at MSG by 13 w/o Karaban warrant losing three first place votes or am I nitpicking?

I think it's more giving Purdue credit for a road win at Wisconsin, who is better than St. John's (though plummeting in their own right).

 

[Tenspro2002]

I was confused at first because we played a really tough OOC. But looking at the rankings now it didn’t seem to age now.

We still beat top 4 UNC by double digits but I also see Purdue now has 6 or 7 wins against the top 20 which is crazy.

The problem with our OOC (not the fact that we played #350 instead of #250, which is a ridiculous argument to downgrade us) is that the marquee wins, besides UNC, fell flat on their face.

Texas was top 20 and then fell out (though have a few nice wins lately).
Gonzaga fell off a cliff and might not even make the Tournament.
Indiana fell off a cliff.

 

[REB1094]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

In the sense that we have Q1 wins that don’t feel Q1 (@Nova, @St Johns, @Xavier), I get it

But we smacked Texas/Zaga/UNC by double digits each, lost by 4 @Kansas, and haven’t lost since December 20 in one of the best conferences in America. 20-2, we are definitely #1

Purdue has a case. But they were #1 and lost to Northwestern. And that was the Northwestern team that went on to lose to Iowa/Rutgers, not the Northwestern team that was beating Wisconsin and almost Illinois last week. That loss matters

 

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The problem with our OOC (not the fact that we played #350 instead of #250, which is a ridiculous argument to downgrade us) is that the marquee wins, besides UNC, fell flat on their face.

Texas was top 20 and then fell out (though have a few nice wins lately).
Gonzaga fell off a cliff and might not even make the Tournament.
Indiana fell off a cliff.

Yeah that Gonzaga win especially was suppose to be a real big road win for us. Sucks because we went out of our way to build a super OOC just for everyone else to drop the ball.

 

[FearThePups]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

Yep. Pedal to the metal. Danny should use this as grist for the mill. Disrespected, not a blueblood, overrated, haven’t played anyone, not deserving of #1, yadda, yadda. I guess we just have to break every team we play by 30+ points.

 

[runner11]

The consensus on twitter seems to think we aren’t a very strong number 1. Just keep winning.

Granted I am not reading CBB twitter but seemingly every analyst/podcaster of repute has us either #1 or in a separate tier alongside Purdue. Twitter is all noise and mostly clowns.

 

[TheShot1990]

Men's Power Rankings: UConn is still flexing, and we have some other ups and downs

There were nine losses by teams ranked in the top 10 of last week's Power Rankings, including Wisconsin and Kentucky suffering two defeats each.

www.espn.com

 

[kcc1442]

The hi/low column is always interesting.

Why?
That's not the coaches highest and lowest rankings for the week.
That's our highest rank for the year and our lowest rank. Ours hasn't changed in weeks.

 

[businesslawyer]

Granted I am not reading CBB twitter but seemingly every analyst/podcaster of repute has us either #1 or in a separate tier alongside Purdue. Twitter is all noise and mostly clowns.

This. The writers have us #1, the coaches have us #1, analytics would have us #1 if they adjusted for injuries, and people here pay attention to what people say on Twitter as if it matters?

I'm glad I'm old. This has become a very strange world. Especially since it doesn't matter anyway because every team in the conversation will be in the Tourney in March anyway.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Why?
That's not the coaches highest and lowest rankings for the week.
That's our highest rank for the year and our lowest rank. Ours hasn't changed in weeks.

Because you can see that half the current top 25 wasn't ranked at the beginning if the season.

The talking heads, bloggers, coaches and others with votes in these polls are weatherman level bad with their predictions amd analysis.

You don't have to find it interesting but I do.

 

[tzznandrew]

Does beating St. John's at MSG by 13 w/o Karaban warrant losing three first place votes or am I nitpicking?

They won at Wisconsin, who was #6, and their resume and metric advantage is going to lead statheads to favor them. Not unreasonable.

But UConn is the best team.