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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.
 
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FearThePups said:
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.
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I think you're insane
 
ucp990411 said:
They have a poll after the tournament. The only poll that really matters. We have been #1 in that poll 5 times.
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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
 
tzznandrew said:
UNC was ahead of us in some voters' ballots last week. They've also looked really good since the Kentucky loss.
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I could have sworn we beat a team from North Caroline that wears sky blue unis ...

I must have been hallucinating.
 
ucp990411 said:
They have a poll after the tournament. The only poll that really matters. We have been #1 in that poll 5 times.
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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.
 
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tzznandrew said:
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.
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The men and women were #1 at the same time for a week or two, which was amazing and possibly unprecedented.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
The men and women were #1 at the same time for a week or two, which was amazing and possibly unprecedented.
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I think at that time it was the first time ever. It's happened since then (I think with Duke), but some people have internalized the "mediocre regular season--win the championship" rhythm of the last few UConn titles as the way it should be. I want to dominate both! And one does not mitigate the other. I want to be #1 wire-to-wire. I want to be the first undefeated team since Indiana 1976, just like I want to be the first back-to-back team since Florida 06-07.
 
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tzznandrew said:
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.
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The hilarious thing is these people all cry about how we're not treated like Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and of course a big reason we're not is because those schools all have way more total wins, been #1 in the AP poll way more weeks, more finals appearances, more final 4s, etc.

And then when we accomplish one of those things, those same people are like "you're lame for caring about that".
 
Can’t lie, got some chills with this. I was a freshman for the 08-09 season, went to almost every Gampel game, almost always in the first 5 rows. What a time. What a team. Haven’t been in a sports environment like that before or since. It’s why I’m so especially happy I snagged a ticket; can’t wait to see how crazy the students are going. Happy they are able to have the experience

 
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tzznandrew said:
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.
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You are probably right, there is a poll which must be a coaches poll. I do like having a 1 next to our name however
 
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7774 said:
The hilarious thing is these people all cry about how we're not treated like Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and of course a big reason we're not is because those schools all have way more total wins, been #1 in the AP poll way more weeks, more finals appearances, more final 4s, etc.

And then when we accomplish one of those things, those same people are like "you're lame for caring about that".
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It's 100% because these are exactly the sorts of people/fans who just constantly want to play victim constantly about everything. It's a conspiratorial mindset. Conference realignment—and other things—have caused it, but it's rampant in this particular fanbase, even though it is not unique to it.
 
Palatine said:
#1 -Nice accomplishment for this team. Very pleasantly surprised by the AP vote.

In the big picture it is not all that important but some recruits will notice. And it will have an positive affect on the overall perception of the program. Savor the flavor.
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First off, ranked #1 any time after having a bunch of meaningful games under one's belt is awesome!

As for this impacting recruiting, it still brings me angst that we didn't land another top recruiting class after winning the NC in dominant fashion and ranked in the upper portion of the preseason rankings. I won't mention the specific recruits we missed out on, and we did land a top 2023 class, but thought we'd repeat that success with the 24 class. Let's see if back to back elite seasons will net us a big time 2025 class and some top transfers via the Portal.
 
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