Final Coaches Poll

[HuskyHawk]

This poll is pretty funny. Coaches can't vote for their own team, so UConn can't be unanimous. So somebody voted for UK and somebody voted for Wichita State...one of which was Ollie we can assume.

 

[BrassBonanza]

I don't think KO or Cal got a vote....

 

[Palatine]

Why do they have a poll?

Also is Syracuse going to put out a 3-6 tee-shirt as a sequel to the 25-0?

 

[B1GEast]

Beautiful, that's what it's all about baby! Numero uno in the end

 

[rbny1]

I don't think KO or Cal got a vote....

That's correct. Ollie and Cal don't have votes. The same thing happened after the 2011 national championship when we got 30 of 31 votes, the other going to Ohio State.

But who cares? We have the trophy, we have the title and we have Kevin Ollie. No other school has even one of the three.

 

[Kitaman]

Weird to see us as number 1 in April. And don't anyone here say they knew this would be the case for we have threads as evidence. The best part about this poll though is that many other schools are still claiming to be better than us.

And you know what they probably are, just not in the post season. That's our Kingdom and we rule!

 

[Devland]

Does this mean we get a Helms trophy?

 

[J-dog]

and no one can argue that we had an easy path… We earned it...

 

[sportsart]

This poll is pretty funny. Coaches can't vote for their own team, so UConn can't be unanimous. So somebody voted for UK and somebody voted for Wichita State...one of which was Ollie we can assume.

They let Barkley vote...UK was his choice.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

This poll is pretty funny. Coaches can't vote for their own team, so UConn can't be unanimous. So somebody voted for UK and somebody voted for Wichita State...one of which was Ollie we can assume.

Actually, at the bottom of the poll, it shows who the 32 voting coaches are. Not all recognizable names by any stretch.

Maybe Steve Fisher went for KY as a sympathy vote, thinking they were actually 'better" than UCONN.
The other guy might have thought that it's like Coach or the Year or Player of the Year, and should have been determined based on before the Tournament . . . which led him to unbeaten Wichita State. How about James Dickey ;-)

Oh yeah, and it shows UCONN having defeated #2, #3, #8, #11, #13, w/St Joe's at 36.

And Louisville #9, Cincy #22, Stanford #24, Memphis #28, Harvard #29, SMU #37

 

[Dooley]

Winning when it matters. November and December basketball is a completely different animal than March and April basketball. The paper tigers of the world (looking at you, Fruit) still don't understand this.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

We beat 2,3,8 and 13 in the tourney. Love it!!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Actually, at the bottom of the poll, it shows who the 32 voting coaches are. Not all recognizable names by any stretch.

Maybe Steve Fisher went for KY as a sympathy vote, thinking they were actually 'better" than UCONN.
The other guy might have thought that it's like Coach or the Year or Player of the Year, and should have been determined based on before the Tournament . . . which led him to unbeaten Wichita State.

Ahh well...I didn't see that. I've got no idea. I do think UK was lucky and got some really suspect calls late in the WSU game. WSU was the better team.

 

[Waquoit]

KenPom has us 8th. That's a bit better then 2011 when he had us 9th.

 

[Arizona Husky]

List of Voters
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2013-14 season: Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary?s; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Scott Cherry, High Point; Tim Cluess, Iona; Keith Dambrot, Akron; James Dickey, Houston; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Bruiser Flint, Drexel; Tim Floyd, Texas-El Paso; Mark Fox, Georgia; John Gallagher, Hartford; George Ivory, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Danny Kaspar, Texas State; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Fang Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Paulsen, Bucknell; Saul Phillips, North Dakota State; Randy Rahe, Weber State; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Shaka Smart, Virginia Commonwealth; Andrew Toole, Robert Morris; Don Verlin, Idaho; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara

 

[mcs333]

ended with top 5 RPI

 

[alexd]

ended with top 5 RPI

So, we're definitely off the bubble???

 

[uconngb]

If we hadn't lost to Houston, we probably would have been unanimous...

 

[Buzzyboy]

Why do they have a poll?

Also is Syracuse going to put out a 3-6 tee-shirt as a sequel to the 25-0?

I was just thinking the same thing! Wow, 3 and 6 to finish off their year. They always ramp it up for the postseason, don't they? Continual underachievers. Why did they have to spoil it with Carmelo Anthony in 2003??????

 

[CL82]

I'm surprised we made the top 25, you know with all our wins being due to luck.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

and no one can argue that we had an easy path… We earned it...

We took down #2, #3, #8, #11, #13, and #36 in the tourney. Not too shabby.

 

[Sea Goat]

Quick observation - Perfect score - 32 first place votes equals 800 points. UConn had 30 first place votes and 791 points overall. 30 first place votes gets you 750 points (25 for first , 24 for second, 23 for third etc.) If the other two coaches voted us for second then we would have 798. UConn was off 9 points by virtue of the other 2 voters. I think it means that the other two didn't even vote UConn for second or third? It means we were voted fourth or fifth by them or one took us down to seventh. Well, it would be interesting to find out how they voted. But it won't spoil our celebration or parade!

 

[freescooter]

Does this mean we get a Helms trophy?

Nah, Syracuse has that one locked up.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

In order to achieve our total of 791 points, the two coaches that didn't vote us #1, ranked us one of the following combinations:
1) second and ninth
2) third and eighth
3) fourth and seventh
4) fifth and sixth

 

[jibsey]

wonder if we'll be in next year's preseason top 10. Prob not.