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dtbtbtb said:
I think Geno would have liked to stay number 2 for the Wed. game so the team continues to have the chip they are carrying this season of no respect...
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Yeah, and I'm with Geno on this one. I liked the 2 spot for this team and heading into this game, with the chance to take out #1 on their home floor.
 
WiseOne said:
I smell monkey business! Why would they even change their ranking right now???? Although I feel UCONN is the best team in the country, they should've left us at #2. Clearly they're trying to soften the blow to ND provided we (UCONN) win on Wednesday. Just so they can say well #1 is supposed to win! What the crap ever!!!! However, if ND were to somehow win, they'll say it was an "upset"... GET THE ..... OUT OF HERE with the unnecessary roughness! Annnnywhooooo...GO UCONN!
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The difference last week was only 6 pts, with ND ahead. That's virtually nothing in difference and it's been like that for several weeks. The thing that caused the change was SC losing, as 3 people had given SC 1st place votes the week before. UConn picked up 1st place votes by SC losing. Also back in week 3 ND and UConn both had 16 1st votes. with an overall gap of 7 votes. The gap has been closing for weeks from the orginal 40+ after UConn beat Baylor. The gap was already small and a few people switched b/c UConn beat 2 top 20 teams by 18 and 45, while ND played Valpo and Iowa.
 
UcMiami said:
And TX coming in at 17 has got to be the highest ranking for a team with a 33% win percentage EVER! I think they deserve it based on who they lost to, but it is pretty eye popping.
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Might I remind you of my rant last year about this situation!
 
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Kaizen said:
"The Lady Vols (16-11) dropped out of the poll after 565 consecutive weeks, dating to Feb. 17, 1985, after two defeats in the past week".
This news is not true.
Tenn was out of top 25 since Week 16 (Feb. 22, 2016),
2016 Women's College Basketball Rankings and Polls for Week 16 - ESPN
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The article I posted was from Feb of last year. I posted it in reply to Miami thinking this was the first time they fell out. easy mistake tho if you didn't catch the article dateline
 
Schoup said:
The difference last week was only 6 pts, with ND ahead. That's virtually nothing in difference and it's been like that for several weeks. The thing that caused the change was SC losing, as 3 people had given SC 1st place votes the week before. UConn picked up 1st place votes by SC losing. Also back in week 3 ND and UConn both had 16 1st votes. with an overall gap of 7 votes. The gap has been closing for weeks from the orginal 40+ after UConn beat Baylor. The gap was already small and a few people switched b/c UConn beat 2 top 20 teams by 18 and 45, while ND played Valpo and Iowa.
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That Iowa game was a good 1 wasn't it?
 
I too would have preferred that the voters kept UConn at #2 until after the ND game on Wednesday, but either way, Geno will use it to his advantage to motivate the team. If the Huskies had remained at #2 it would have been, "nobody respects what you've done so far this year." Now that they are #1, it will be, "prove to me that you've earned the right to be #1 by going into South Bend and winning." The good news is that it will be settled on the court in 2 days.
 
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Timing is everything...
Wished they kept it the same until after the game was played Wednesday...
Oh well, such is life.. no sense in letting that distract my goal... Stay Focus UCONN!
 
JavaMan said:
Or, ND's response to this unjust slight may end up as said material for the Huskies. :eek:
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Java did they respond. I dont know but if I was coaching Notre Dame and the game was in our house. My response would be to the media, Uconn is playing the best basketball in the country! meanwhile telling my team that nobody respects you and they should be tired of hearing Uconn, Huskies or Connecticut! Of course a few more items that I cant write here out of respect to the mods!
 
UcMiami said:
The TN drop is HISTORIC - they have been ranked in EVERY AP poll since it all began.
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Didn't they drop out last year? I thought they did before the tourney started...
 
Wbbfan1 said:
AP Women's College Basketball Poll Week 5 Includes how voter voted.

Debbie Antonelli still has Maryland ranked above UConn. Has UConn 3rd, only voter to do so and Maryland ranked 2nd.
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She was the only voter that did not vote ND/UConn 1/2 or 2/1. Now I can't wait to hear the "welcome" she receives should she surface in Storrs or Hartford.

UConn Nation! Heat up the tar! Bundle the feathers! Hone the pitchforks! :mad:
 
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You know Uconn as they have continued to play ranked teams kept moving up in points after the initial minor dip of the FSU game - I think the accumulation of ranked wins just became too great to ignore, especially with SC stumbling down. This week with two more wins against top 15 teams and with SC losing all their #1, #2, and #3 votes Uconn made up the 6 points they trailed ND by. ND actually increased its vote total by 4, but Uconn increased its total by 12. ND only had one first place vote change to a second place vote which cost them a single point.)
 
JavaMan said:
Or, ND's response to this unjust slight may end up as said material for the Huskies. :eek:
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cbraarj said:
Java did they respond...
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I don't know, but we could help them out. HEADLINES OUT OF SOUTH BEND AFTER MUFFET HEARS THAT UCONN IS NOW #1:
"Oh, that's just great, we haven't lost a game, won by 50 in our last, and the almighty UConn gets the #1 ranking. That stinks. You think we embarrassed Valpo, just wait and see what we do to the Huskies on Wednesday."
That oughta work, don't you think? :eek: :rolleyes:
 
JavaMan said:

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This is great news for UConn. Geno has been waiting all year to top off his OOC schedule by also playing the #2 team in the country. :D
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NOT NECESSARY! PREMATURE! STOOPID! Rather be the underdog in South Bend. The Irish (in name only) need no more incentive than their final fours beatdowns. Why not wait until after the game? They waited in 1995. I know, I said the December rankings didn't matter.
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Wbbfan1 said:
AP Women's College Basketball Poll Week 5 Includes how voter voted.

Debbie Antonelli still has Maryland ranked above UConn. Has UConn 3rd, only voter to do so and Maryland ranked 2nd.
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There is an argument that Maryland could be ranked higher .... they played UConn tougher then anybody last year - 4 points with about a minute left. And UConn is not the same team this year while it could be argued that Maryland only got better.

I would not necessarily agree with that argument but we will have the good fortune to see it decided on the court in short order.
 
JavaMan said:
I don't know, but we could help them out. HEADLINES OUT OF SOUTH BEND AFTER MUFFET HEARS THAT UCONN IS NOW #1:
"Oh, that's just great, we haven't lost a game, won by 50 in our last, and the almighty UConn gets the #1 ranking. That stinks. You think we embarrassed Valpo, just wait and see what we do to the Huskies on Wednesday."
That oughta work, don't you think? :eek: :rolleyes:
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Absolutely!!! She loves to put her foot in her mouth! Thank You Muffet1
 
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CajunHusky said:
check you facts ..... last year we played Maryland in Madison Square Garden . two years ago we played Maryland (unless they we disguised as Oregon State)
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Correct you are. I deleted my post. :confused:
 
CajunHusky said:
There is an argument that Maryland could be ranked higher .... they played UConn tougher then anybody last year - 4 points with about a minute left. And UConn is not the same team this year while it could be argued that Maryland only got better.

I would not necessarily agree with that argument but we will have the good fortune to see it decided on the court in short order.
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DA still should have voted UConn or Notre Dame 1/2 or 2/1. Maryland had the super impressive win over Arizona State and Brenda probably had her greatest coaching performance since the Sweet 16/Elite 8 in 2014 in the win over Louisville. But pretty much Maryland is tuning up for the Dec. 29th matchup with UConn.
 
magic said:
So, my question is, what the hell has happened suddenly, for the Irish not to be thought of as the " POWERHOUSE TEAM" we've been hearing about ?
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Nothing. ND still powerhouse team. UCONN has accomplished more so far this year that's all.
 
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