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Alabama beat the number 1 team, they have 1 loss. We’re their 1 loss. Alabama will be ranked in the top 5 on Monday, how does any objective person argue with that, and that every single objective metric will have us number 1. It’d be disgusting if the basketball writers of America don’t give us our rightful due.
 
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I hope Uconn is but won't be surprise if we end no.2 and Alabama is no. 1. We handily beat an LIU team by 53 points at home, but Alabama did beat no. 1 ranked Houston on the road and also rallied from 15 points down in a very hostile environment. Eventually however, we will be no. 1 because 1.) We'll be tops in the Big East (at least and 18-2 record or better) 2.) We are undefeated with a decent out of conference schedule. Personally, I think we are the best team in the country right now.
 
USNavyDog said:
I hope Uconn is but won't be surprise if we end no.2 and Alabama is no. 1. We handily beat an LIU team by 53 points at home, but Alabama did beat no. 1 ranked Houston on the road and also rallied from 15 points down in a very hostile environment. Eventually however, we will be no. 1 because 1.) We'll be tops in the Big East (at least and 18-2 record or better) 2.) We are undefeated with a decent out of conference schedule. Personally, I think we are the best team in the country right now.
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No team will jump UCONN the way we’re playing. I don’t care who beats who
 
USNavyDog said:
I hope Uconn is but won't be surprise if we end no.2 and Alabama is no. 1. We handily beat an LIU team by 53 points at home, but Alabama did beat no. 1 ranked Houston on the road and also rallied from 15 points down in a very hostile environment. Eventually however, we will be no. 1 because 1.) We'll be tops in the Big East (at least and 18-2 record or better) 2.) We are undefeated with a decent out of conference schedule. Personally, I think we are the best team in the country right now.
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Lol. We beat Alabama by 15. Are you drunk?
 
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Purdue beat the 73rd ranked kenpom at home by 3 in ot, we beat the 53rd ranked kenpom team by 21 at home, we're also now 1`there too so we deserve it
 
Thinking Virginia will get #1, UConn #2, Purdue stays at #3, then it's tougher to call. Bama #4, Kansas #5, Houston #6, Tennessee stays #7, Texas #8? Top 3 will be closer though.
 
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If the voters watched the games then I think we’re the clear cut #1

Unfortunately the voters don’t watch the games. They’ll see Houston and Texas lost, and Virginia/Purdue/UConn didn’t. So they’ll just slot us 3 up by 2 spots

#1 Virginia, #2 Purdue, #3 UConn. 4 and 5 will be Alabama/Kansas or Kansas/Alabama
 
Voters tend not to leapfrog their votes at the top without a loss. Once in a while a small handful of them do, but typically not enough to cause a change in the order. So we will probably be 3 and Virginia and Purdue go 1-2.
 
I would expect we're 3, but I will say we've gotten a ton of national press this week about how we're probably the best team in the country. It wouldn't surprise me if that's enough to bump us up to 1.
 
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tzznandrew said:
Lol. We beat Alabama by 15. Are you drunk?
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I did say "Uconn is the best team in the country right now". And no, I wouldn't be surprised if we are not picked no. 1...though I think we have as good a case to be at the top over Alabama. Just because we want our team to be no. 1 this week...doesn't mean that the pollsters will pick us to be no. 1 this week. However, we WILL be number 1 by the time the season ends and be the favorite to win it all.

If we don't get picked no. 1 this week, who cares? Its just for one week anyway, I expect our team to be no worse than no. 2.
 
This team is so good that they essentially make the rankings irrelevant. The majority of the sportswriters in the country- at least those who have a vote in the poll- almost certainly agree that UConn is the best team. They just feel restrained from voting for them because of pre-season rankings, and because the quality of the opponents on their resume thus far is not considered the best among the undefeated teams. So what’s the big deal?
 
USNavyDog said:
I did say "Uconn is the best team in the country right now". And no, I wouldn't be surprised if we are not picked no. 1...though I think we have as good a case to be at the top over Alabama. Just because we want our team to be no. 1 this week...doesn't mean that the pollsters will pick us to be no. 1 this week. However, we WILL be number 1 by the time the season ends and be the favorite to win it all.

If we don't get picked no. 1 this week, who cares? Its just for one week anyway, I expect our team to be no worse than no. 2.
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UConn will not be #1 next week, but it will have nothing to do with Alabama. It will be because Virginia and Purdue haven't lost.

The idea that voters would have Alabama jump over an undefeated team who beat them by double digits on a neutral floor is so insane that it suggests you've never really followed a college basketball season.
 
I Bleed Blue said:
Thinking Virginia will get #1, UConn #2, Purdue stays at #3, then it's tougher to call. Bama #4, Kansas #5, Houston #6, Tennessee stays #7, Texas #8? Top 3 will be closer though.
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Jumping over Purdue—which won a tough road game that is borderline Quad 1—but not UVA, who won a close buy game against JMU doesn't make a ton of sense. I think they either jump both or neither. My guess is neither.
 
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