Poll: All Angst Aside - Whatcha Think About Monday's Rankings

[Austin316]

Bonnies are losing at half to UNI (1-3). No bueno. I want them ranked.

 

[coloradohusky]

Let's be honest, other than early season kinks around some sloppy play, UConn. MSU, and Auburn looked like def top 15-20 teams. I was impressed all around. UConn won't have closing out game problems by mid season. Sweet 16 caliber each of them.

 

[AntG168]

Let's be honest, other than early season kinks around some sloppy play, UConn. MSU, and Auburn looked like def top 15-20 teams. I was impressed all around. UConn won't have closing out game problems by mid season. Sweet 16 caliber each of them.

The mistake some on this board are making us believing we have a bunch of mich st/Auburn type opponents coming up. I believe those 2 teams are really good. And outside of Nova, Hall(Maybe), Xavier(maybe), and the bonnies, I don’t see us playing a team of their caliber

 

[80shusky]

I'm going to guess, based on nothing at all, we move up a few points. Say 17.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

We will be ranked in the upper teens. The writers who vote in this will see that we put up 115 in an OT win…you all are putting too much stock in that loss

 

[AntG168]

#16 Bonnies just lost as well to UNI. We’re moving up

 

[storrsroars]

22 in the AP poll. We could jump Auburn and Michigan, maybe Seton Hall. I'm going with 20.

Ditto.

 

[Tiamat7]

Impressive win for Xavier beating Va Tech, while missing four of their top players (3 due to the flu).

 

[XLCenterFan]

I'm saying 18-20

 

[UCTitleTown]

I think the haters don't even look at the gamed. They'll see a loss and look to drop us out of the top 25. It's so hard to get there, and so easy to get dropped. I don't think there are 10 teams better than us with out full lineup

 

[HuskyHawk]

I voted 20-25. Certainly no reason to drop out after a close neutral court loss to MSU and two wins. It’s good to stay ranked as long as possible. Helps visibility.

 

[Huskygamble19]

Playing 3 games in 3 days against 3 tough physical teams and coming out 2-1 in those games should not be an excuse to drop us at all. they had to play against Michigan State without Whaley and were beaten (IMNSHO) by a pitiful foul called on RJ that sealed the deal for Michigan State. 17 I will put them at.

 

[superjohn]

The mistake some on this board are making us believing we have a bunch of mich st/Auburn type opponents coming up. I believe those 2 teams are really good. And outside of Nova, Hall(Maybe), Xavier(maybe), and the bonnies, I don’t see us playing a team of their caliber

I don't think Michigan State is all that good. Not a top 25 team IMO, more in that 35-45 range. That's a game we never should've lost, a lot had to go wrong for UConn to lose that one. Auburn is really good.

 

[August_West]

The mistake some on this board are making us believing we have a bunch of mich st/Auburn type opponents coming up. I believe those 2 teams are really good. And outside of Nova, Hall(Maybe), Xavier(maybe), and the bonnies, I don’t see us playing a team of their caliber

Did you see what vcu did to us. St. John’s can play like that. So can West Virginia.

 

[August_West]

21

 

[navery12]

I've never seen such a wide split of opinions on a team. All the way from Final 4 good to missing the tournament after those Atlantis games

 

[AntG168]

Did you see what vcu did to us. St. John’s can play like that. So can West Virginia.

We won. Also those teams won’t be seeing us while playing 3 games in 48hrs

 

[AntG168]

I don't think Michigan State is all that good. Not a top 25 team IMO, more in that 35-45 range. That's a game we never should've lost, a lot had to go wrong for UConn to lose that one. Auburn is really good.

I believe Mich St would finish 3rd or 4th in the big East this season

 

[Huskygrad88]

VCU will be in the tournament this year IMO

Do not disagree, but if they run into a team with two quick guards they get blown out by 100 because they have zero offensive sets and if they get beat off the bounce it is over.

Did you see what vcu did to us. St. John’s can play like that. So can West Virginia.

yes I did. They lost to us.

 

[Huskygrad88]

24/25, would be shocked if we move up after going to overtime twice and losing a game scoring under 60 points. We didn't look impressive in Atlantis, even if the double OT game was fun to watch. Going 2-1 might save us a spot though, considering other teams lost too.

I must have missed the game where we scored under 60…

 

[Tenspro2002]

Depends in part on how other teams fared this week (haven't really kept track aside from Auburn), but I expect us to tread water in the rankings, as we should after a 2-1 week with a good win and a not-unreasonable loss.

 

[shizzle787]

VCU will be in the tournament this year IMO

Not so sure about that one. They already have 4 losses. I think you need about 22-23 wins in the A-10 to get an at-large bid. That’s going to be tough for them.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Did you see what vcu did to us. St. John’s can play like that. So can West Virginia.

Jesus St. John’s just beat NJIT in overtime after eking out a win over St. Francis. What’s going on on this board?!

 

[August_West]

Jesus St. John’s just beat NJIT in overtime after eking out a win over St. Francis. What’s going on on this board?!

Simply referencing the manner in which they ball pressure. They made us real uncomfortable last year in a similar manner that vcu did.

 

[aburks41]

Simply referencing the manner in which they ball pressure. They made us real uncomfortable last year in a similar manner that vcu did.

Except they’re not really even close to VCU, at least not this year. VCU and MSU have 2 of the top 4(!!!) defenses in CBB according to kenpom. WVU is ranked in the 60s the last time I checked, and St. johns in the 70s. Auburn was in the 30s..Ya know, the same team we just scored 115 points on.