March 1st AP Poll

[mbr33ct]

One reason DePaul is still hanging around in the polls must have something to do with their 4 quality losses ; #3 TA&M; #5 Louisville (...yeah I know many don't believe in Lou to begin with), #4 UConn and #3 UConn again...and their one quality win #9 UK (shouldn't this UK loss to DePaul also been a bad loss for them?)...but unlike UK when they lose they don't move up in the polls. Trend for DePaul is downward and will probably be out in todays Coaches Poll.

 

[mbr33ct]

I would have ranked Marquette over Depaul

Don't be surprised when the Coaches pick Marquette for the #25 spot later today...unless they can squeeze in another SEC team in that slot.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Yeah, at 3-16 Butler is definitely a team on the rise!

Actually, now that they have a full roster and have been able to practice, they are much better than their record. They could pull an upset in round 1 of the BET. Over the past 1-2 weeks, their level of play has been at about the middle of the conference. Watch the 2nd UConn game and DePaul game. They don't at all resemble the injury plagued team that UConn beat by nearly 70 in January. I'm not saying they are good, but their level of play is more like that of an 8-8 team than a 3-16 team. Weird!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Northwestern at 25 in the Coaches' poll.

DePaul now 27.

Marquette now 29.

Seton Hall at 38.

 

[willtalk]

I was looking at Southern Floridas schedule and it led me to wonder why they are ranked #15. I assume they are an example of a team that gets an undeserved push up by beating an over ranked team early. They beat a then #6 ranked Miss St who since then has dropped like a rock. That other than an early 5 pt loss to Baylor when Baylor was also struggling. They have a 29 pt blow out losss to Huston and are still ranked at #15.

 

[Performance]

Oh boy DePaul. They lost to Butler. Pick any of the "others receiving votes" and put them at #25 ahead of DePaul now.

What has happened to DePaul, do they have a key player injured or did they have a break due to COVID? They just aren't the same as they were a month ago.

Key player out, no time table

 

[Vowelguy]

Northwestern at 25 in the Coaches' poll.

DePaul now 27.

Marquette now 29.

Seton Hall at 38.

Massey:
DeP 51
Marq 33
Hall 54
Vill 62

 

[Performance]

The AP Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll

Record	Pts	Prv
1. UConn (27)	20-1	747	1
2. Texas A&M (2)	22-1	703	3
3. NC State	17-2	687	2
4. Stanford (1)	22-2	672	4
5. Louisville	21-2	605	6
6. Baylor	19-2	604	7
7. South Carolina	19-4	575	5
8. Maryland	19-2	565	8
9. UCLA	14-4	500	10
10. Indiana	16-4	485	11
11. Arizona	15-4	431	9
12. Michigan	13-3	369	12
13. Arkansas	19-7	367	16
14. Tennessee	15-6	323	20
15. South Florida	14-2	304	13
16. Georgia	18-5	252	17
17. Kentucky	16-7	227	19
18. Gonzaga	21-3	224	21
19. Oregon	13-7	201	14
20. West Virginia	18-4	199	18
21. South Dakota St.	21-2	163	22
22. Ohio St.	13-6	158	15
23. Missouri St.	18-2	147	23
24. Rutgers	12-3	120	25
25. DePaul	14-6	31	24

Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 22, Stephen F Austin 16, Marquette 14, Oklahoma St. 9, Oregon St. 9, Iowa 6, Virginia Tech 6, Georgia Tech 5, Northwestern 4.

How does Tennessee move up 6 spots after beating a team that had no wins?

 

[Vowelguy]

How does Tennessee move up 6 spots after beating a team that had no wins?

Soft spot in the chart.
Oregon, Ohio St had multiple losses
WVa, Georgia, Kentucky, USF also had losses.

USF probably should've fallen more after getting creamed by Houston, but only dropped 2 because of all the other losing teams.
Ga & KY moved up despite going 1-1 last week for the same reason.

 

[Dokey]

Not sure I would rank DePaul ahead of Marquette. But then I don’t think I would rank DePaul period, a mediocre record playing in a mediocre conference—if you ignore conference champion.