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Tomorrow’s AP Ranking

KingAG said:
Why do you keep repeating yourself? After saying you don’t care what people think
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When we win by 20+ it’s “well those teams aren’t very good”

When we win a close game it’s “well those teams aren’t very good”

When Iowa State beats Baylor by 3 or Michigan State loses to Minnesota it’s “well those are great conferences”
 
I thought we were gonna move down pretty significantly, before every team behind us also lost. I’ll say 4, because Dukes loss was better than ours, and their net ratings been ahead of us for awhile, so the voters could use this opportunity to shift us around.
 
Really hard to predict with 3-6 all losing this week and 8,9,10 beating ranked teams.

Maybe goes as follows:

1. Arizona
2. Michigan
3. Duke
4. Iowa St
5. Houston
6. Nebraska
7. UConn
8. Illinois
9. Michigan St
10 Kansas
11. Gonzaga

I think voters are going to drop UConn below all the top 2 loss teams sans Gonzaga that suffered a brutal loss. All the other two loss teams had at least one really good win, except for Iowa State. Even though Michigan State just beat Illinois on their own home court in OT, they lost in Minnesota earlier in the week. Up until that OT loss, Illinois was on a pretty good run. Most of their losses came earlier in the season , all to highly ranked teams. Iowa State in Houston two very scrappy and battle tested teams will likely move up to the three and four spot. I wouldn't be too surprised if they flip those two since Houston's two losses are better than Iowa State's, though their win this week over BYU is losing its value as the Cougars have looked quite flawed losing 4 in a row and 5 out of their last 6.

I'd be remiss to mention that the one team I'm not sure where they will slot, Duke. They always seem to get preferential treatment so I wouldn't be surprised if they moved up to number three even though they lost on a buzzer beater on the ranked Tar Heels' home court. I wouldn't be surprised if they drop them just above UConn to number six. That would be the only change I would make to my prediction above.

Maybe we drop to 6, just ahead of the two loss Nebraska team, but those are both recent losses by 3 at Michigan and by 11 at home against Illinois.

I feel that UConn is evenly grouped with the teams I listed above 3 through 10, the way they are currently playing. I like our chances on a neutral Court against any of those teams without Big East refs officiating the game. I like UConn ahead of those if they can play to their potential and fix a few things that are a out of sorts, such as poor free throw shooting, rebounding issues, missing too many makeable shots, turnover prone against high pressure teams, and stretches where they struggle to stop penetration that results in either easy baskets or excessive fouling. I believe they have the talent to fix most if not all of those areas.

I'm very interested to find out how the voters slot the top 10 to 12 teams this coming Monday. As some have pointed out, I think UConn's struggles during January against unranked Big East teams has given some voters a reason to drop UConn once they finally lose their second game, Albeit against a pretty tough ranked and physical St John's team on their home court at Madison Square Garden that was filled this time with many more Johnny's fans than UConn's.
 
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DogMania said:
Really hard to predict with 3-6 all losing this week and 8,9,10 beating ranked teams.

Maybe goes as follows:

1. Arizona
2. Michigan
3. Duke
4. Iowa St
5. Houston
6. Nebraska
7. UConn
8. Illinois
9. Michigan St
10 Kansas
11. Gonzaga

I think voters are going to drop UConn below all the top 2 loss teams sans Gonzaga that suffered a brutal loss. All the other two loss teams had at least one really good win, except for Iowa State. Even though Michigan State just beat Illinois on their own home court in OT, they lost in Minnesota earlier in the week. Up until that OT loss, Illinois was on a pretty good run. Most of their losses came earlier in the season , all to highly ranked teams. Iowa State in Houston two very scrappy and battle tested teams will likely move up to the three and four spot. I wouldn't be too surprised if they flip those two since Houston's two losses are better than Iowa State's, though their win this week over BYU is losing its value as the Cougars have looked quite flawed losing 4 in a row and 5 out of their last 6.

I'd be remiss to mention that the one team I'm not sure where they will slot, Duke. They always seem to get preferential treatment so I wouldn't be surprised if moved up to number three even though they lost on a buzzer beater on the ranked Tar Heels home court. I wouldn't be surprised if they drop them just above UConn to number six. That would be the only change I would make to my prediction above.

Maybe we drop 6, just ahead of the two loss Nebraska team, but those are both recent losses by three at Michigan and by 1 at home against Illinois.

I feel that UConn is evenly grouped the teams I listed above 3 through 10 the way they are currently playing. I like our chances on a neutral Court against any of those teams without Big East refs officiating the game. I like UConn ahead of those if they can play to their potential and fix a few things that are a out of sorts, such as for free throw shooting, rebounding issues, missing too many makeable shots, turnover prone against high pressure teams, and stretches where they struggle to stop penetration that results in either easy baskets or excessive fouling. I believe they have the talent to fix most if not all of those areas.

I'm very interested to find out how the voters slot the top 10 to 12 teams this coming Monday. As some have pointed out , I think UConn's struggles during January against unranked Big East teams has given some voters a reason to drop UConn once they finally lose their second game, I'll be it against a pretty tough ranked and physical St John's team on their home court at Madison Square Garden that was filled this time with many more Johnny's fans than UConn's.
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You've got Duke moving up, lolz.
 
We’re 7th in NET and 8th in Kenpom. I think voters will use this as an opportunity to knock us back. My expectation is we end up somewhere between 5 and 9. I’m expecting at least one maroon to put us at like 15.
 
superjohn said:
You've got Duke moving up, lolz.
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I did, and added something about why I placed them there before I read your reply. There's often a Duke bias to the voters. In my added comments, I did mention that they might drop them to number six just above UConn. Let's see what happens. Placing them there maybe does make more sense.
 
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For what it’s worth, Gary Parrish of CBS (love the EOCBB Podcast), has us #3 in his Top 25 and 1 which I always find pretty fair.
 

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KingAG said:
Why do you keep repeating yourself? After saying you don’t care what people think
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What are you triggered about? I only posted in this thread once so I don’t keep posting the same thing. My post was realistic and innocuous. We hadn’t been playing well for a while, then we played well against bad Xavier and Creighton teams. Now we lost to a good team. I wouldn’t say that makes us look like a 1 Seed at the moment and as such, I won’t be surprised if we aren’t ranked like one.
UConnTrumbull said:
When we win by 20+ it’s “well those teams aren’t very good”

When we win a close game it’s “well those teams aren’t very good”

When Iowa State beats Baylor by 3 or Michigan State loses to Minnesota it’s “well those are great conferences”
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Yeah. I’m not one of those people. I love the Big East. I believe the coaches in this league know how to play us and the refs let them do it.

It’s simple. Solo and Tarris aren’t playing like we need them to. I believe they are both capable and I have high hopes for the rest of the season, but they need to heal or improve or whatever. I’m not sure why they aren’t themselves.
 
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Hoophound said:
What are you triggered about? I only posted in this thread once so I don’t keep posting the same thing. My post was realistic and innocuous. We hadn’t been playing well for a while, then we played well against bad Xavier and Creighton teams. Now we lost to a good team. I wouldn’t say that makes us look like a 1 Seed at the moment and as such, I won’t be surprised if we aren’t ranked like one.


Yeah. I’m not one of those people. I love the Big East. I believe the coaches in this league know how to play us and the refs let them do it.

It’s simple. Solo and Tarris aren’t playing like we need them to. I believe they are both capable and I have high hopes for the rest of the season, but they need to heal or improve or whatever. I’m not sure why they aren’t themselves.
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Triggered? I am enjoying my Sunday. You have repeated this same sentiment in multiple threads over the last 2 days. Yet you say you don’t care what anyone thinks. I’m just asking a question lol. It’s not just you. But hey, I’ll stay my “triggered” self over here sipping this espresso martini :)
 
Henry said:
I think the voters have been looking for any reason to drop us. It was hard to before because we were still winning, but now they can feel more justified in penalizing us for our "closer and more difficult than they should've been" wins against weaker BE teams. I wouldn't be surprised to see us at #7.
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Somewhat surprised that you, of all people, didn't put them at 8th!
 
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I don't understand why so many here get worked up about our ranking? Did it matter much in the past?
No.
What matters most is how we're playing in early March and I'm hoping like everyone that we'll be on our game.
 
I wouldn’t be shocked if UConn lands around 7 or 8 in the next AP poll—even though in my head, 5 feels about right. The polls haven’t exactly been kind to us before, remember that 18-game win streak? Yeah, apparently that still didn’t move the needle much. So why would now be any different? Still, the stretch run isn’t exactly a stroll in the park. Villanova, St. John’s, Seton Hall, and then whoever pops up in the Big East tournament—that’s a pretty serious lineup. Those games deserve full focus, and even the “should win” ones can’t be treated like freebies. Bottom line: let the rankings chatter happen. I'm not going to call out anyone on here but since we lost to St Johns we are not a strong or a very good team, blah, blah, blah. This team controls its own destiny. Take care of the tough ones, respect the rest, and suddenly that whole “are they Final Four good?” debate starts getting a whole lot quieter.
 
Lafayette said:
Of 3, 4, 5, 6 all losing in the week we have:

3: UConn loses by 9 at #22 St. John's who will surely rise this week
4: Duke loses by 3 at #14 UNC
5: Illinois loses in OT by 3 at #10 Michigan St
6: Gonzaga loses by 7 at unranked Portland who is nowhere close to being ranked.

Ranking the losses by best to worst:
4, 5, 3, 6

Now due to 7 Iowa State and 8 Houston winning it could reshuffle to:

1. Arizona - 0 losses
2. Michigan - 1 loss
3. Duke - 2 losses
4. Iowa St - 2 losses
5. UConn - 2 losses
6. Houston - 2 losses
7. Illinois - 4 losses
8. Michigan St - 4 losses
9. Gonzaga -1 loss
10. Kansas - 5 losses
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I’d be pretty surprised if the voters keep us ahead of Houston
 
KingAG said:
Triggered? I am enjoying my Sunday. You have repeated this same sentiment in multiple threads over the last 2 days. Yet you say you don’t care what anyone thinks. I’m just asking w. a question lol. It’s not just you. But hey, I’ll stay my “triggered” self over here sipping this espresso martini :)
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Two threads—on that subject matter. Maybe you should skip the espresso in your martini.
 
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