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We need to be #1

uconngb said:
Who cares????? Do you all want t shirts???

Let’s be #1 when it counts, at the end. Polls are meaningless, been that way pretty much forever. You all think it’s gonna change now???

Results are all that matters. We shouldn’t need validation from the sports writer at the Des Moines Chronicle and you all shouldn’t be so butt hurt when he puts us at #8 cuz his nephew got bit by a Husky dog.
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I care. Being ranked #1 will be the biggest middle finger to every single person who said this program was dead over the last 8 years.
 
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uconngb said:
Who cares????? Do you all want t shirts???

Let’s be #1 when it counts, at the end. Polls are meaningless, been that way pretty much forever. You all think it’s gonna change now???

Results are all that matters. We shouldn’t need validation from the sports writer at the Des Moines Chronicle and you all shouldn’t be so butt hurt when he puts us at #8 cuz his nephew got bit by a Husky dog.
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Recruits care and potential NIL sponsors probably do also
 
uconngb said:
Who cares????? Do you all want t shirts???

Let’s be #1 when it counts, at the end. Polls are meaningless, been that way pretty much forever. You all think it’s gonna change now???

Results are all that matters. We shouldn’t need validation from the sports writer at the Des Moines Chronicle and you all shouldn’t be so butt hurt when he puts us at #8 cuz his nephew got bit by a Husky dog.
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That be heap big funny!
 
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UcannUconn said:
I’m betting we’ll receive votes but #2 or #3
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I think we're going to get a fair share of #1 votes and a lot of #3 votes. Will just depend how the votes shake out where we end up in the rankings.
 
YoungFree said:
They will not allow us to jump Perdueeeee. We will probably show up as #2 or #3 to be honest.

UVA and Purdue will be #1 and #2 in some order. We will be #3.
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Uconn should move ahead of Purdue because we blew out Florida on the road as well as devouring LIU today by 53.
 
auror said:
JMU is better than Nebraska. Calling it a buy game is a little bit disingenuous (but yes it was home vs. on road).
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It is a buy game—they're a Sun Belt team. I do take your point, but I'm not wrong.

They're roughly the same in KenPom. James Madison has beaten nobody; Nebraska has beaten Creighton and should have beaten Purdue. It may end up as a Quad 1 win for Purdue. It is at best debateable that JMU is better than them.

Couple it with Virginia's poor performance against Florida State and the underlying point—that it should be more likely we jump UVA—stands.
 
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Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't want the #1 target on our back right now.
Need to be playing our best ball in March. It's a long season.
We'll be behind Purdue until they lose. Guessing #2 or #3 on Monday
 
USNavyDog said:
Uconn should move ahead of Purdue because we blew out Florida on the road as well as devouring LIU today by 53.
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I don't think blowing out LIU by any amount is going to move the needle with voters. Nor should it probably.
 
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Has there ever been a tie with two #1 teams?
 
Thread title needs a little work. Should it not be “we should be #1”? We don’t need to be #1 like mama boy. We are UConn and we take #1 !
 
The higher they rank us now the better. Our problem will be if one or two conference losses come from outside the top 5 in the BE. The goal would be a conference championship and a 3 seed at worst in the Tourney. And to stay healthy. This is some collection of talent though.
 
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The writers that vote don’t like to be wrong. They rarely have any team jump a team if they haven’t lost. As much as UConn probably deserves the #1 ranking I highly doubt they’ll penalize Purdue or VA for winning by not as much or not as convincing. Anyone that thinks Bama will be ahead of UConn needs to put the pipe down. Be patient… It’s just a matter of time and this team will be #1.
 
To be even having a conversation if we should be #1 is amazing in itself.

Honestly, we haven’t been in serious discussion for #1 since the 2008-2009 season…..14 years ago.

Final seasons standings of 2011 and 2014 don’t count.
 
uconngb said:
Who cares????? Do you all want t shirts???

Let’s be #1 when it counts, at the end. Polls are meaningless, been that way pretty much forever. You all think it’s gonna change now???

Results are all that matters. We shouldn’t need validation from the sports writer at the Des Moines Chronicle and you all shouldn’t be so butt hurt when he puts us at #8 cuz his nephew got bit by a Husky dog.
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Yup. Worrying about #1 this week is so Syracuse. No thanks. It’s almost better that all the talking heads scream about us being 1 than being #1, if everyone’s problem is publicity on that front.

Cream rises to the top. And let’s decimate the league.
 
Jimdish255 said:
The higher they rank us now the better. Our problem will be if one or two conference losses come from outside the top 5 in the BE. The goal would be a conference championship and a 3 seed at worst in the Tourney. And to stay healthy. This is some collection of talent though.
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At this point, a 3 seed? That's not the goal, that's the floor.
 
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So I’m in an elevator at a hotel this morning in South Bend (I know enemy territory - my 12 yr old here for Peewee AAA hockey tournament) with my son when Fran Fraschilla walks in. Awesome guy. Headed over to the stadium to call the ND game.

So I say - how ‘bout them Huskies?! He smiles and he says they are the real deal! He said he’s good friends with Coach Hurley and texted him yesterday to say how impressed he is.

He says they will be Number 1 Monday!

He knows more than me!

I told him to say something on UConn on air. He may he says. I’ll though I’ll miss it due to my kid’s game.

Anyways, really cool down-to-earth guy!
 
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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I think this is right, even though we haven’t had any scares at all, and Virginia almost dropped one to Michigan, plus close wins against a bad FSU and James Madison.
 
people that worry about December polls are the same folks likely to cry in March that the "best' team didn't win. Votes, and deserves, and subjective "best teams" are all made up metrics compared to the real measure of win or lose. We're on track for a decent seed, other than that, I'd like to go in underrated and prove the voters wrong.
 
I think Virginia will remain number 1 , but
we will jump Purdue for the 2 spot just because of how we’re getting so much press lately and everyone is saying we’re the best team and we’re destroying teams and yes , usually if you win you maintain your hold or at least don’t drop in the polls , but I think in this particular case sometimes there are special circumstances and Uconn will jump Purdue for that second spot- so: 1-UVA, 2-UConn, 3- Purdue, 4- Bama. This seems likely unless, like other posters have suggested - the writers are dumb
 
We’ll be anywhere from #1 to #3, and we’ll absolutely receive votes for #1. I could easily see it going Purdue, Good Guys, Virginia. As far as elite wins, Purdue beat Duke and Gonzaga, we beat Alabama, and Virginia beat Baylor. Of course, we crush everyone. Some might say it’s rare to jump a team who didn’t lose, except we jumped from #20 to #8 just a few weeks ago. The nation is paying attention to us.

I know that our end-of-season rankings matter the most, but it would be fun as heck to be #1 again. I advise all of you who don’t think so to be a little less cynical and enjoy the ride. We’re back.
 
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