most overrated team in the country?

[willtalk]

As of this week, North Carolina, for sure, at least by NET standards.

AP wise, I'm not totally sold on Arizona and Baylor; Arizona has one very close OT win over Louisville and otherwise a pretty underwhelming slate of victories (including a few inexplicably tight ones, like Vandy), and Baylor doesn't even have a good win yet at all.

And, quite honestly, Stanford really doesn't feel like a #2 team. I feel like we have that honor only because everyone below us has worse losses than we do, and we do have a pretty good slate of wins (vs. Maryland, vs. Indiana, @ Tenn, @ Gonzaga). I can't make the case for why NC State or Arizona should be ranked above us, but I also don't feel at all like we're the #2 team in the country.

I guess this is what parity looks like?

This is turning out to be one strange year. Favoites gitting knocked off unexpectedly and many teams with insane injury lists. Ordinarily I would agree with you about Stanford for this year, but then again what other team is worthy of #2 ? They are basically # 2 by default.

I can just visualize Austin Powers holding Charlie Creme's head in the toilet asking him who's number two.

 

[GoChips20]

As of this week, North Carolina, for sure, at least by NET standards.

AP wise, I'm not totally sold on Arizona and Baylor; Arizona has one very close OT win over Louisville and otherwise a pretty underwhelming slate of victories (including a few inexplicably tight ones, like Vandy), and Baylor doesn't even have a good win yet at all.

And, quite honestly, Stanford really doesn't feel like a #2 team. I feel like we have that honor only because everyone below us has worse losses than we do, and we do have a pretty good slate of wins (vs. Maryland, vs. Indiana, @ Tenn, @ Gonzaga). I can't make the case for why NC State or Arizona should be ranked above us, but I also don't feel at all like we're the #2 team in the country.

I guess this is what parity looks like?

I hear what you mean but think Stanford is the rightful #2 right now. Quite the string of quality wins (second only to SC in my eyes) and two close losses to other ranked squads. Stanford’s lack of a primary ballhandler was and is an issue but the team appears to be adjusting even without a clear answer.

If Stanford wins tonight, they should (and will) be #1 by virtue of beating the incumbent #1 head-to-head. Those two losses feel further and further away each week and polls have always reflected recency bias (and rightly so, in most cases).

 

[visitingcock]

I hear what you mean but think Stanford is the rightful #2 right now. Quite the string of quality wins (second only to SC in my eyes) and two close losses to other ranked squads. Stanford’s lack of a primary ballhandler was and is an issue but the team appears to be adjusting even without a clear answer.

If Stanford wins tonight, they should (and will) be #1 by virtue of beating the incumbent #1 head-to-head. Those two losses feel further and further away each week and polls have always reflected recency bias (and rightly so, in most cases).

I believe the humans would elevate a winning Stanford over SCar. The computers could still have SCar number one if we lose.

 

[fireford]

We may have to move Iowa way up on the list of "overrated" today after losing to IUPUI at home to fall to 6-3. Clark is the real deal but the team as a whole apparently has its share of question marks.

 

[SECbbfan24]

LSU the last two weeks…

 

[triaddukefan]

We may have to move Iowa way up on the list of "overrated" today after losing to IUPUI at home to fall to 6-3. Clark is the real deal but the team as a whole apparently has its share of question marks.

Turrible turrible loss.... takes alot of luster off of that beatdown they got in Durham.

 

[cancontent]

Looking at the stats for the Iowa-IUPUI game, their 3PT shooting was way off (4-22). Yikes, that's not typical of them.

And a 27-11 fourth quarter for IUPUI. Wow.

 

[LoTrader]

It will be very interesting to see how the AP PreSeason TOP 25 compares at the end of the season AP rankings. POWER5 doesn't mean much except for the TOP 2-3 in each POWER5 conference. That is why Charlie Creme's updates on the NCAA bracket are a complete joke at this point in the season. ESPN (Charlie Creme) brackets should not be done until we are 3/4 way through the entire season....like February timeframe. But ESPN desperately needs the clicks

 

[jchusky]

well lookie here, Louisville goes down to Miami!

 

[JellyBean]

The way this season is unfolding, other than South Carolina, Stanford, and NC State, any team that gets ranked after them is overrated. Holy smokes! And even today, things could flip. No team is safe.

 

[IceColdCard]

Louisville is the winner! I think that was one of the worst offensive perfomances I can recall. 6 pts in the last minute all by ft's. Walz changing the whole offense the team looks totally out of sync, like they don't even know how to play basketball.
Don't think that Uconn will have much to worry when they meet.

Congratulations to Jeff Walz and the Louisville Cardinals. The Cards went from arguably the most overrated team in the country (after one game) to a spot in the Final Four. Way to overcome, Coach Walz!

 

[KY Card Fan]

Congratulations to Jeff Walz and the Louisville Cardinals. The Cards went from arguably the most overrated team in the country (after one game) to a spot in the Final Four. Way to overcome, Coach Walz!

As painful as the losses to NC State and Miami were, they motivated this team to get better. Walz deserves credit, of course, but it was the players who dug down and found a little more.

 

[triaddukefan]

I just knew this thread would get bumped

 

[Rocket009]

I just knew this thread would get bumped

Well it was well deserved

 

[jchusky]

Gonzaga was overrated in 2017 too and they made the final, thankful to the Tarheels that ended that fluke run, woulda been a horrible image for cbb.

 

[cancontent]

Gonzaga was overrated in 2017 too and they made the final, thankful to the Tarheels that ended that fluke run, woulda been a horrible image for cbb.

Whoa.....Where is this coming from? How is it related to WBB teams from this season?

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Gonzaga was overrated in 2017 too and they made the final, thankful to the Tarheels that ended that fluke run, woulda been a horrible image for cbb.

Wow, that is some shade.

(If Zach Collins didn't brick that three in during the latter stages of the Final Four game you'd really be scratching your head about the 2017 champion)

 

[southie]

well lookie here, Louisville goes down to Miami!

And, as of last night, they are one of 4 teams still playing in the NCAA post-season.

 

[sivad40]

Whoa.....Where is this coming from? How is it related to WBB teams from this season?

That poster is saying that overrated teams make the Final Four too and is using 2017 MBB Gonzaga team as an example.

 

[cancontent]

That poster is saying that overrated teams make the Final Four too and is using 2017 MBB Gonzaga team as an example.

But why? I thought this thread was for WBB programs from the 2021-2022. Didn't see the connection.

 

[jchusky]

My annual choice: Kentucky

lol looking back this was funny.

 

[jchusky]

that was fun for me

 

[visitingcock]

lol looking back this was funny.

They really were overrated despite making me eat crow - once

 

[ThatCG1801]

They really were overrated despite making me eat crow - once

That loss doesn't bother me near as much as the other one tho. I'd rather gnaw my own arm off than lose to Mizzou.

 

[SECbbfan24]

They really were overrated despite making me eat crow - once

Well with the exception of the SECT run (which they deserve credit for), they absolutely underachieved.

They finished 9th in the SEC standings and didn't even make it out the first round again. Now everyone is jumping ship and Howard is off to the WNBA. Elzy has a tough hill to climb unless she cashes in on some good players out the portal.