Notre Dame 2024-25 Season

[DallasDomer]

Yahoo sports says ND has moved up to #2 in the AP poll. UConn fell to #7.

No. 2 Notre Dame women have best ranking in 6 years behind UCLA, South Carolina drops to 4th

Notre Dame moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday for the Irish's best ranking since 2019. The Fighting Irish replaced South Carolina in the second spot behind UCLA after the Gamecocks lost 66-62 to Texas over the weekend. It is Notre Dame’s best ranking...

sports.yahoo.com

I thought I was getting he first report but it's showing up everywhere now. Here's the full list.

AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA women's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.

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[Dillon77]

Yahoo sports says ND has moved up to #2 in the AP poll. UConn fell to #7.

No. 2 Notre Dame women have best ranking in 6 years behind UCLA, South Carolina drops to 4th

Notre Dame moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 on Monday for the Irish's best ranking since 2019. The Fighting Irish replaced South Carolina in the second spot behind UCLA after the Gamecocks lost 66-62 to Texas over the weekend. It is Notre Dame’s best ranking...

sports.yahoo.com

First time in six years -- since 2019 -- the Irish have been ranked this high.
That was the team of Ogunbowale/Mabrey/Young/shepard/Turner that got to the national championship game.

 

[visitingcock]

How so? I'm not challenging (ignore that Golden Dome to the left). I'm interested in what you think was "overstated."

• Cal is a ranked team and the Irish just got up to 5th gear in the second period and ran away with it.
• A Stanford team that was within two possessions of Louisville until the last 90 seconds got whacked by nearly 50 points.

The now-missing post I was responding to used superlative statements regarding those two teams that were unwarranted that treated them like contenders, they are not, Stanford may not even make the tournament. Cal will probably end up borderline

They were average P-4 wins. One okay (barely Quad 1), one a bit below average (quad 2))

 

[Dillon77]

The now-missing post I was responding to used superlative statements regarding those two teams that were unwarranted that treated them like contenders, they are not, Stanford may not even make the tournament. Cal will probably end up borderline

They were average P-4 wins. One okay (barely Quad 1), one a bit below average (quad 2))

Thanks for the explanation regarding your reply.

From a tourney perspective I can see your point. But I don't rate games merely by what they're going to theoretically "get" for them in the postseason. To quote that noted Hoops Honcho, Hamlet: The play's the thing! (Which is where I come from as a guy who still plays regularly and coached for years.) ND was on cylinders this extended weekend and, if you are an Irish fan, it was a joy to behold.

"Barely" Quad 1 or Quad 2, I really don't care at this point. But that's the joy of this board: you can view it from one perspective and I can from another. May the twain sometimes meet.

 

[DallasDomer]

Thanks for the explanation regarding your reply.

From a tourney perspective I can see your point. But I don't rate games merely by what they're going to theoretically "get" for them in the postseason. To quote that noted Hoops Honcho, Hamlet: The play's the thing! (Which is where I come from as a guy who still plays regularly and coached for years.) ND was on cylinders this extended weekend and, if you are an Irish fan, it was a joy to behold.

"Barely" Quad 1 or Quad 2, I really don't care at this point. But that's the joy of this board: you can view it from one perspective and I can from another. May the twain sometimes meet.

It seems when SC beats Wofford (Massey #165) by 93-47 that's a great win but when anyone beats Stanford (#43) by 49 or Cal (#34) by 39 it's just another run of the mill meaningless win. Or maybe Texas 66 SC 62 along with Texas having lost to ND by 10 in OT might have spread some negativity through the basketball world? I'm just guessing but perhaps the joy will return at a later date. :-D

 

[visitingcock]

It seems when SC beats Wofford (Massey #165) by 93-47 that's a great win but when anyone beats Stanford (#43) by 49 or Cal (#34) by 39 it's just another run of the mill meaningless win. Or maybe Texas 66 SC 62 along with Texas having lost to ND by 10 in OT might have spread some negativity through the basketball world? I'm just guessing but perhaps the joy will return at a later date. :-D

It seem???

Who has EVER claimed that South Carolina beating Wofford is a great win? Name one poster! Wofford was scheduled for political reasons

What gets talked about are the ten Quad one wins. Few teams have even played ten quad 1 teams. SCar has played 12. ( to be honest though, ND played a good schedule. )