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UConn Moves Up Two Spots to No. 8 in Associated Press Poll

PAHuskeyFan said:
I suspect the other BY Bracketology experts will chime in, BUT... from my view...
IF the Committee follows the standard "S" curve, AND their ranking matches the AP (which it probably won't match exactly), UCONN being #8 would place them as the 4th 2 seed... which would likely move them to the Greensboro region... with SoCarolina as the #1... Hmmmmm. What other manipulation will the Committee come up with?

ON THE OTHER HAND.... IF the Committee ranking matches current Massey, #2 in Bridgeport is a good possibility.
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In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro.... and if the TV cameras pan the crowd and you see a ahem burly man wearing a Duke shirt and a faded old school UConn hat... then you will know who it is.
 
Plebe said:
Thursday at halftime of the SC-KY game.
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Ah, thank you. I have been just like a cable company news network lately, nothing but misinformation and is what I actually believed. :eek:
 
triaddukefan said:
In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro.... and if the TV cameras pan the crowd and you see a ahem burly man wearing a Duke shirt and a faded old school UConn hat... then you will know who it is.
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So everyone...look for this dude.

duke_bag_hat.jpg
 
Who is this??

and if the TV cameras pan the crowd and you see a ahem burly man wearing a Duke shirt and a faded old school UConn hat... then you will know who it is.

That doesn't look like anyone I know
 
I think they said there were 4 teams from the SEC and 4 from the pac10 and that is why we were going to WASH.. does that still apply?
 
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jaydee602 said:
UCONN can pass #6 Arizona and/or #7 Indiana in the AP poll. They are only a few points behind each team.
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That is a worthy and realistic goal now. At #6 if they use the S curve that might help them avoid being in South Carolina or Stanford's region, maybe Louisville, Michigan, or NC State instead.
 
Notice 2 pretty average Big 10 schools rank ahead of UConn. Sad.
 
Creme has us 5th and playing in Spokane... Anyone what to buy my Bridgeport tickets??
 
triaddukefan said:
In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro.... and if the TV cameras pan the crowd and you see a ahem burly man wearing a Duke shirt and a faded old school UConn hat... then you will know who it is.
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In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro, you'll find me at Hops before the game, pacing the concourse during the game, and at Maxie B's after the game.
 
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Argonaut said:
In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro, you'll find me at Hops before the game, pacing the concourse during the game, and at Maxie B's after the game.
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I have issues with Hops. :mad: Wish you hadn't mentioned Maxie's... cause now I want some cake. :oops:

The Greensboro games this year are Friday and Sunday... which I prefer to the last time.
 
Nick Pignatello said:
Notice 2 pretty average Big 10 schools rank ahead of UConn. Sad.
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Right now I have both Michigan and Indiana in the Elite 8 and Michigan in the Final 4. I love UCONN, but those schools earned those rankings IMO. NC State, Arizona and even Louisville are vulnerable. I expect movement in the top 10 in the next couple of weeks. UCONN has to just keep making minor improvements and they will have as much a chance as anyone, including SC to cut down the nets.
 
JamesinGR said:
Who cares?
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NYCHUSKIES said:
How is Iowa ranked 25, or ranked at all, when they lost yesterday.
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Obviously the person who asked the question does care.

My guess is that it was because Iowa was ranked 21st and lost to Michigan who was ranked sixth. A team ranked 21st is supposed to lose to a team ranked sixth. The question should be, why would a team drop after losing to a higher ranked team in a relatively close game? If you believe the rankings, lower ranking teams should not be penalized for losing to teams that they are supposed to lose to.

Example: If you currently believe that South Carolina and Stanford are the two best teams in the country, and they were to play today and Stanford was to lose a close game to South Carolina, does that automatically mean Louisville is better than Stanford, just because Stanford lost? However, just say that Stanford‘s loss was to NC State, who is ranked fifth, then you can make an argument that Stanford is not the second best team in the country this week.
 
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feste said:
So does the prospective higher ranking in the appropriate "poll" get the team out of the Spokane region?
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Not necessarily. Depends on lots of things.
 
triaddukefan said:
In the unlikely event that they send UConn to Greensboro.... and if the TV cameras pan the crowd and you see a ahem burly man wearing a Duke shirt and a faded old school UConn hat... then you will know who it is.
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Do they sell cheerwine at Greensboro coliseum?
 
I would think the goal now would be to avoid being in the same regions as South Carolina or Stanford. The way the team is playing, with everyone but Paige back, UConn is the third best team in basketball. The only way UConn is not in a Final Four is if we get paired with either of the aforementioned teams. The B
 
PAHuskeyFan said:
Believe me I was NOT saying any of my reply was a "given"... and it ASSUMED they follow standard "S" Curve.

There is way more season to play, more upsets likely (other peeps not UCONN), and more other things to throw wrenches in the system.
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Last year was the first year they actually followed the S-curve without making huge exceptions for geography. This is more relevant In the women’s game than the men’s. They do their best to try keeping teams relatively close to home for obvious travel and ticket considerations.
 
NYCHUSKIES said:
How does Notre Dame go from 20th to 19th after loosing to an unranked team?? And how does Tennessee go from 7 to 13th after loosing to unranked University of Florida and 10th ranked Uconn?? And how on God's green earth is Iowa still ranked.
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I'll give it a shot.

ND beat NC State who was ranked #3 at the time so that's why the FSU loss impacted them less. Had they beat FSU they could have had a big jump in the polls.

Tennessee was the 7th ranked team and I believe as high as #5 until the loss at Auburn. The Florida loss, while unranked at that time, off sets the slide as the Gators are now ranked and probably should have been last week. I expect if Tennessee can't right the ship, they will continue the descent. They have Missouri and Vandy this week so it can go either way. The tigers could get them.

Iowa had two losses to ranked teams last week (Ohio State and Michigan<who climbed to #4>). I guess the voters felt they were still a top 25 team since both losses were good games and ranked opponents.

Also South Carolina lost to unranked Missouri and remained #1 a few weeks ago. Not all losses are equal unfortunately.

Thats just my non-voting 's explanation.
 
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HopJim said:
Ask Notre Dame and their weak schedule how they made the Top 20.
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They beat NC State; that’s why. Watch their next game and tell everyone why they are not a Top 20 team, They have one of the best post players and two of the best Freshmen. There is talent on that team.
 
PAHuskeyFan said:
OMG.. I was answering the previous question... and tried hard to put qualifications on the answer. There is nothing concrete about any of this, or what the Committee will do until Selection Sunday...
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My apologies. I should have been more careful about addressing my post more broadly, rather than as a specific reply to you. I realize you were only replying to the other poster.
 
Plebe said:
But neither of these hypotheses is correct. The committee doesn't even consider AP or Massey. They look at the NET, but, just as was the case with the good ol' RPI, even that is but one small piece among MANY criteria they consider.

I get that projecting is part of the "fun" (or angst, as the case may be), but we got all kinds of non sequiturs flying around these seeding-and-regional threads.
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This year it will be skewered because the committee knows that Uconn has played the last couple of months without the best player in the country. When Paige comes back the committee will rank Uconn as a 2 seed. I don't see any scenario they can be a 1 at this point although with Paige their better than both Louisville and nc state and probably Stanford as well. The team we match up the worst with is S.Carolina because of their size. The only way we can drop to a 3 is the unlikely scenario of losing a game to a big east team.
 
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