UConn at #24 in the Pre-season AP Top 25 poll

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Can't wait for the season to start! Nice recognition but we have a lot to prove.

 

[UconnU]

Starting off the season with a number in front our name? Niceeee. First time in what 5 years?

 

[auror]

Starting off the season with a number in front our name? Niceeee. First time in what 5 years?

Yeah pre-season 2017 we were ranked 18th and then lost immediately to Wagner and dropped out.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

So proud of this team and kudos to Hurley and his squad for getting us to where we are! This would not be possible without the work put in to build our '19, '20 and '21 classes and maintaining the relationships and good vibes to keep them here (or in the pros).

Looking forward to what's to come!

 

[Waquoit]

AP is The Poll. Back in the Top 25 so quickly after where we were is phenomenal.

 

[SouthBayHusky]

So glad to see this. These guys have gone through so much they deserve the recognition. Let’s hope we’re breaking top 10 by Christmas

 

[Kitaman]

Remember this moment, where we are excited about being ranked #24.

Hopefully we won't feel this way again for many years. Just saying I can't wait to get back to being a top 10 team, year in and year out and moments like this are expected.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[HooperScooper]

Hurley gets his wish. Now need to back it up. And more hopefully.

UConn coach Dan Hurley would like to see Huskies in preseason Top 25: ‘It’s important to me.’

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[karstenkibbe]

We’re back.

 

[UconnU]

Wow Hurley actually commented on Gonzaga joining the conference. Seemed to co-sign it.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Hmm

 

[HuskyHawk]

Great news. Need to stay there. It's always best if you show up on the bottom of the ESPN screen and on the scores reported in every sports app. Huge additional visibility from being ranked.

 

[Scot-e]

Did I miss something? Zags in Big East?

 

[NowInStorrs]

Did I miss something? Zags in Big East?

Just the latest speculation after the Big East commish mentioned considering possible conference expansion.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Just the latest speculation after the Big East commish mentioned considering possible conference expansion.

While I would love to add Gonzaga in the BE, that would be a hell of a flight to Washington state for away games! Worse than any trips from The American days.

 

[TRest]

Yeah pre-season 2017 we were ranked 18th and then lost immediately to Wagner and dropped out.

That was a fun few days on the Yard with some posters arguing that Wagner was actually a tough opponent, then we got ass-banged by Northeastern 3 days later.

 

[bazzdog]

While I would love to add Gonzaga in the BE, that would be a hell of a flight to Washington state for away games! Worse than any trips from The American days.

One trip out there each year isn’t bad
It’s Gonzaga that we need to be concerned with as far as scheduling
I would love to have them

 

[MTBingNinja]

Can’t wait to November 9

 

[huskymedic]

 

[gtcam]

Very nice accolade. It’s great to be in the rankings again
Now let’s go out and beat some good teams and live up to it
Can’t wait

 

[XLCenterFan]

Happy to see our progress has been noticed but preseason rankings are trash. They shouldn't even put out rankings until Christmas.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Starting the season as a potential #5 seed. Nice! All kidding aside this is good for the program and should be the beginning of a long, long run of consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 hopefully.

 

[auror]

Happy to see our progress has been noticed but preseason rankings are trash. They shouldn't even put out rankings until Christmas.

Preseason polls are actually more predictive of NCAA champion odds than end of regular season polls, at least for the #1 team.

The pre-season AP poll is great | The kenpom.com blog

 

[shizzle787]

While I would love to add Gonzaga in the BE, that would be a hell of a flight to Washington state for away games! Worse than any trips from The American days.

We've played Washington and Stanford OOC before so I don't think it's that big of a deal.

 

[CallMeBruce]

While I would love to add Gonzaga in the BE, that would be a hell of a flight to Washington state for away games! Worse than any trips from The American days.

I'd much rather travel to Spokane to play Gonzaga than to Tulsa to play Tulsa.

 

[superjohn]

One trip out there each year isn’t bad
It’s Gonzaga that we need to be concerned with as far as scheduling
I would love to have them

It's a no brainer for the Big East. The travel only impacts Gonzaga but Fox and the league can definitely make it work for them with scheduling. I think it's a no brainer for Gonzaga as well. I don't think they're going to fall off a lot when Few retires but the chance is certainly there, if they join the Big East it stabilizes them and the chances of them falling off is greatly reduced.