Number 1

[YoungFree]

39 First Place votes!!

How UNC got a #1 vote when we beat them is astounding

 

[CL82]

They need to step their NIL game up and they need to keep Holloway. They just put the shovels in the ground on their new basketball practice facility a few months ago so that should help some...

Investing in Our Future: New Basketball Practice Facility

Seton Hall University has been implementing a 10-year master plan to improve athletics and recreational facilities for the entire community. A new baseball field, field house, the renovation of the Walsh Gymnasium, a new recovery room, rec center, tennis courts, golf lab, academic center for...

www.shu.edu

It looks good in that link, but if I remember correctly it's really just a wraparound on Walsh gymnasium. NIL is a huge issue for them. They got off to a slow start adapting to the New World Order, but they've been doing a lot of NIL work lately.

I agree that Holloway seems to be a good hire for them, though he hasn't had a great recruiting class and has had only tempered success in the portal.

As much as we complain about our circumstances and being able to compete with the P2 universities, small private schools like Seton Hall are screwed. I honestly don't know how they can keep up. Ironically, small colleges that get left behind if P2 schools split from the NCAA may not complain about it much because their ability to compete with the P2 schools is limited anyway.

 

[CL82]

That's the thought that hit me. 3 titles, no #1 rankings.

Well, no number one rankings during the season anyway.

 

[Dove]

Their next two games are really tough with the Johnnies tomorrow night and Creighton on Saturday but they're both at home.

?????

 

[jibsey]

?????

He was talking about another team’s games with those teams.

 

[Kathy]

That's the thought that hit me. 3 titles, no #1 rankings.

Just to show rankings meann nothing except seeding come March

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Rat Poison

Just put a bigger target on our backs. I like being disrespected





PS: With Clingan, we're the best team, so there's that

Don't worry. The team gets all the disrespect it needs right here in this forum.

 

[storrsroars]

My vote for the most interesting ballot this week comes from Illinois:

Scott Richey at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com

 

[RedStickHusky]

We were like a trash can fire

But definitely not a couch fire.

 

[superjohn]

It looks good in that link, but if I remember correctly it's really just a wraparound on Walsh gymnasium. NIL is a huge issue for them. They got off to a slow start adapting to the New World Order, but they've been doing a lot of NIL work lately.

I agree that Holloway seems to be a good hire for them, though he hasn't had a great recruiting class and has had only tempered success in the portal.

As much as we complain about our circumstances and being able to compete with the P2 universities, small private schools like Seton Hall are screwed. I honestly don't know how they can keep up. Ironically, small colleges that get left behind if P2 schools split from the NCAA may not complain about it much because their ability to compete with the P2 schools is limited anyway.

It is built into Walsh but it's supposed to cost around $50 million so it will be nice.

Seton Hall is constrained by land. They've never let them buy the land around the campus to expand and the town of South Orange has always been a terrible partner.

I don't worry about Big East schools being able to compete. They've always shown they will do what it takes and the Big East brand has cachet, I don't see that changing.

 

[Hunt for 7]

My vote for the most interesting ballot this week comes from Illinois:

Scott Richey at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com

Dook 21 I am in. He just became one of my favorite pollsters!

 

[HuskyHawk]

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Another valid case for the barf emoji.

 

[RedStickHusky]

My vote for the most interesting ballot this week comes from Illinois:

Scott Richey at College Poll Tracker

collegepolltracker.com

a) He watches games
b) Not a Dook phan

What's not to like?

 

[CL82]

It is built into Walsh but it's supposed to cost around $50 million so it will be nice.

Seton Hall is constrained by land. They've never let them buy the land around the campus to expand and the town of South Orange has always been a terrible partner.

I don't worry about Big East schools being able to compete. They've always shown they will do what it takes and the Big East brand has cachet, I don't see that changing.

I hope you are right.

 

[tzznandrew]

After Losing Andre, Adama, Hawk and Clingan. Just wow.

As a title defense, we're doing better than any other thus far.

1999-2000: Started #1, lost first game, climbed back to #2, went on a slump, ended #20 with a second round NCAA loss (hobbled KEA or I think that's a Final Four run given the way the bracket broke).

2004-2005: Started #8, never got higher than #7. Did get a 2 seed, but got bounced in round 2 again. Another year deeply affected by injuries (AJ Price, Rashad).

2011-2012: Started #4, and the year was trash. Got bounced in Round 1 by a dude afraid of planes.

2014-2015: Stared #17, never really had traction. Perhaps if SMU didn't rip Boatright's arm out of his socket in the AAC Finals in Hartford, but a disappointing year overall.

2012 should have had a real chance to repeat, based on talent. 2000 & 2005 had chances at Final Four runs, but not really title contenders. 2015...nope. This year, though, the team has a real chance to repeat if it stays healthy. A big if, as we're seeing, though.

 

[tzznandrew]

How UNC got a #1 vote when we beat them is astounding

Meh. They're playing well—look better than us when we don't have Clingan. And the voter probably popped them ahead of us after we got handled by Seton Hall. I mean, we all have UConn over Kansas despite the head-to-head result, so I'm not particularly bothered.

 

[jibsey]

Johnson is averaging 6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. I would have hoped for more on someone with wall potential. Gonna be hard to hold #1 without Clingan and maybe even with him.

 

[ucp990411]

That's the thought that hit me. 3 titles, no #1 rankings.

They have a poll after the tournament. The only poll that really matters. We have been #1 in that poll 5 times.

 

[Dove]

He was talking about another team’s games with those teams.

Ok. Makes sense now.

 

[gtcam]

only poll that counts comes out after the NC title game.

 

[Waquoit]

Number 1 in January isn't everything, but it's not nothing.

 

[navery12]

I’ll give you a few reasons
1. We are located in the Northeast. We have a rich history here.
2. Does it really matter if we are in the Big 12? With our #1 ranking, I don’t think so.
3. The amount of travel involved. Half our games would be in the Midwest or west coast. Do you think our players and fans find that appealing?
4. The cost of travel especially as the Big12 wasn’t interested in our other athletic programs and would not pay our school a full member share.
5. I don’t think Hurley has any desire to coach games not in our area. I get the DePaul. Marquette, Butler, Xavier argument on geography, but we have a strong east coast presence. See point 1.

I’m curious to know what other Yarders think.

I think you're insane

 

[navery12]

They have a poll after the tournament. The only poll that really matters. We have been #1 in that poll 5 times.

There is no poll after the tournament, the last AP Poll is after conference championships and at that point all anyone cares about is seeding anyway

 

[Doctor Hoop]

UNC was ahead of us in some voters' ballots last week. They've also looked really good since the Kentucky loss.

I could have sworn we beat a team from North Caroline that wears sky blue unis ...

I must have been hallucinating.

 

[tzznandrew]

They have a poll after the tournament. The only poll that really matters. We have been #1 in that poll 5 times.

The AP doesn't have a poll after the tournament, so what you suggest has never happened.

Let people enjoy this. Everyone agrees that the most important poll is in April, but I really liked 1995 and it was cool that they were #1 that year even though they lost in the Elite 8.