New top 25 (1/29)

[visitingcock]

Iowa
then UCLA with Betts

Or K-State with Lee

 

[Vowelguy]

Or K-State with Lee

I’m not sold on KSt.

They split with Iowa, beat UNC, Texasw/o Harmon, and Baylor in free fall.

Not that impressive.

 

[Vowelguy]

Hard to drop them based on play this week (barely losing to #2 Kansas State) and beating Oklahoma State by 12.

#2 KanSt … is KSt even top 20 without Lee?

That was not a positive loss in my book.

 

[visitingcock]

I’m not sold on KSt.

They split with Iowa, beat UNC, Texasw/o Harmon, and Baylor in free fall.

Not that impressive.

In other words, they beat all those ranked teams,

 

[BigTenGuy]

And AGAIN...North Carolina does just enough to stay ranked! . . .

Mitchell Northam at WUNC is an interesting and independent-thinking AP voter and WBB writer/fan. I am a fan of his, but not of his ballot this week ranking UNC #15.

 

[Tonyc]

There are alot of top 25 teams loosing to non ranked teams and they dont seem to fall quite enough. UConn has beaten 5 ranked teams and lost 4 to ranked teams and keeps fallin with a good sos rpi net. ?????????? SC is one who has a better record based on sos rpi and net?

 

[Vowelguy]

There are alot of top 25 teams loosing to non ranked teams and they dont seem to fall quite enough. UConn has beaten 5 ranked teams and lost 4 to ranked teams and keeps fallin with a good sos rpi net. ?????????? SC is one who has a better record based on sos rpi and net?

3 of UConns victories are over ranked teams, not 5

Ranking at game time is irrelevant

Trying to call the victory over Maryland a high quality win just because they were grossly misranked is hilarious. The Terps are unlikely to even make the tournament.

 

[Plebe]

There are alot of top 25 teams loosing to non ranked teams and they dont seem to fall quite enough. UConn has beaten 5 ranked teams and lost 4 to ranked teams and keeps fallin with a good sos rpi net. ?????????? SC is one who has a better record based on sos rpi and net?

With the epic butt kicking UConn just took from a lower ranked team on its home court, we should consider ourselves lucky not to have fallen further. Of all the times to kvetch about the rankings, this is not the time for it.

 

[triaddukefan]

Mitchell Northam at WUNC is an interesting and independent-thinking AP voter and WBB writer/fan. I am a fan of his, but not of his ballot this week ranking UNC #15.

I like his work, but he is misguided on a few things.

 

[FanInNC]

Homers gotta home. You're the odd duck in Big Carolina to have such vehemence for the Tarheels!

There’s plenty of vehemence in the state for the Heels! They are the most popular and the most disliked program in the state.

 

[FanInNC]

Down goes LSU on the road against Mississippi State! The upset trend continues.

 

[triaddukefan]

Homers gotta home. You're the odd duck in Big Carolina to have such vehemence for the Tarheels!

We are outnumbered, but we can join our friends from State and Wake to mutually hate the Evil Empire.

 

[Tonyc]

With the epic butt kicking UConn just took from a lower ranked team on its home court, we should consider ourselves lucky not to have fallen further. Of all the times to kvetch about the rankings, this is not the time for it.

 

[garddog]

We are outnumbered, but we can join our friends from State and Wake to mutually hate the Evil Empire.

Dukies have friends?

 

[bbsamjj]

Stanford could potentially come close to solidifying a #1 seed if they sweep USC and UCLA at home this weekend [If Betts can't go that will be very disappointing]. The rest of their schedule is favorable, though road games against the Washington schools and Oregon schools won't be easy.

 

[FanInNC]

Dukies have friends?

On game days vs unc-ch, yes, even Dukies have friends.

 

[dabears17]

The problem is that there are people, including on this board, who believe the NET is the sole criteria, and argue that Charlie Creme is merely pushing an "agenda" when he doesn't use the NET rankings to seed the teams.

Exactly. RPI currently has Stanford as #1, but many people don’t realize hardly anyone uses RPI for rankings anymore.

 

[Vowelguy]

Exactly. RPI currently has Stanford as #1, but many people don’t realize hardly anyone no one uses RPI for rankings anymore.

FIFY

 

[Moose]

Go Fairfield Stags! 13 votes, 17-1, and Freshman Meghan Andersen with 55-41-90

 

[visitingcock]

Will be interesting to see what the coaches poll does tomorrow with LSU

 

[maple]

Will be interesting to see what the coaches poll does tomorrow with LSU

LSU is such a wildcard to me this year. Under the right circumstances I could see them winning the NC. But likewise I could also see them bowing out much earlier in an upset. I guess you could say that for a handful of teams this year but LSU just feels the “most” like that.

 

[Vowelguy]

Go Fairfield Stags! 13 votes, 17-1, and Freshman Meghan Andersen with 55-41-90

On their way to a 14 seed in Storrs ?

 

[cancontent]

I’m not sold on KSt.

They split with Iowa, beat UNC, Texasw/o Harmon, and Baylor in free fall.

Not that impressive.

Wasn't the win against Baylor without Lee? Doesn't that count for something as I recall some thought they wouldn't be able to win without her.

 

[cancontent]

Last weeks 26 (Marq) and 28 (IaSt) both lost, so hard to find teams to rank.
Princeton's 28 points this week is the least all season to make it in the poll.

I do think voters are sleeping on Mich St, Okla, Penn St

Oklahoma, maybe. Mich St and Penn St likely need to have a few more wins to convince voters. Mich St has played well, but that loss against Minnesota probably made voters pause. Penn St is likely in a similar situation.

They both have important games against ranked teams this February that will likely help their case if they can win them:

Mich State: Indiana (Feb 8), Ohio State (Feb 11)
Penn State: Iowa (Feb 8), Ohio State (Feb 22)

 

[ISUnorth]

Wasn't the win against Baylor without Lee? Doesn't that count for something as I recall some thought they wouldn't be able to win without her.

Wasn't the win against Baylor without Lee? Doesn't that count for something as I recall some thought they wouldn't be able to win without her.

I am in the skeptical about KSU without Lee camp but you can't drop them if they don't lose. Still, I won't have elevated them to #2, just kept them where they were.