Final USA Today/Coaches Poll

[HuskyNan]

Kentucky & Wichita get first place votes?

USA Today/Coaches Poll

 

[NotADimeBack]

Saw that too… its lame but; look at it this way

2014 National Championship > 2 first place votes

 

[J-dog]

Check out the final rankings of the following teams:

1. UCONN
2. Kentucky
3. Florida
8. MSU
11. IOWA St.
13. Villanova
St. Joe's (received votes)

That is pretty impressive...

 

[scrappy2.0]

Kentucky & Wichita get first place votes?

USA Today/Coaches Poll

I dont care if Wich St is 35-0 or whatever--beat the teams we beat--even Cincy and Memphis just before 8 out of 9 bet most teams could not do 8-1 out of our last 9 games. We proved to be the best team sour grapes otherwise. Who are the coaches who did not vote us--they should stand up.

 

[Kembacity]

I dont care if Wich St is 35-0 or whatever--beat the teams we beat--even Cincy and Memphis just before 8 out of 9 bet most teams could not do 8-1 out of our last 9 games. We proved to be the best team sour grapes otherwise. Who are the coaches who did not vote us--they should stand up.

I don't see it this way. Honestly we weren't "the best" team, but that doesn't matter when they lace em up and hit the court.

 

[NHUConnfan]

I really don't understand how Florida isn't #2. They freaking deserved it. Kentucky did not.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I dont care if Wich St is 35-0 or whatever--beat the teams we beat--even Cincy and Memphis just before 8 out of 9 bet most teams could not do 8-1 out of our last 9 games. We proved to be the best team sour grapes otherwise. Who are the coaches who did not vote us--they should stand up.

I dont think coaches can vote for themselves so one of those coaches was Ollie and the second is anybodys guess. If i had to guess id say it was Donovan supporting his SEC bretheren. No biggie.

 

[2north]

Only 32 coaches vote each year. One was probably Boeheim.

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.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

So, who voted for Kentucky or worse yet Wichita State? Was it Little Bo Peep up in Syracuse?

 

[patrick]

SMU should be higher then puke and cuse!

 

[Karmacop]

So, who voted for Kentucky or worse yet Wichita State? Was it Little Bo Peep up in Syracuse?

North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips voted Kentucky first with UConn second. He voted his team 25th, which is the only vote ND State got.

Even more puzzling is that Texas State coach Danny Kaspar voted Wichita State first, and UConn 9th!! He had Wisconsin 2nd, followed by Florida, Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Louisville, UConn and Syracuse.

Don't really care about a post-season poll that much (we're No. 1 in the only way it counts), but it's concerning that these coaches get votes. The only defense I can think of is that they know that this post-season poll is lame, and therefore they use it for political purposes.

Article on the voting:

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...hes_didnt_vote_uconn_no_1_and_who_did_sy.html