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We Should Be #1 on Monday

UConn should be #1 in AP poll on Monday
Conference play for all top teams gets crazy from here through March
Purdue v IU in Bloomington this week- should be a great game
 
storrsroars said:
"Rather" implies preference, not choice. Taken completely at face value, "I'd rather be #1 in April" is a simple concept that should be universally agreed upon.
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Its a meaningless expression that is overused. Everyone wants to be number 1 in April, that doesn't preclude us from celebrating being number 1 in the country now, that's why its a meme that needs to die.
 
Huskygrad88 said:
Perhaps as an individual win, but they have beaten Tennessee, Marquette, Illinois, and Arizona. Their resume is better.
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Their resume is better but at this point we have the better win. UNC is going to be somwhere between 1-4 on every voter's ballot.
 
AntG168 said:
By the logic some are using at what point in this season will Purdue deserve to not be #1. If a loss doesn’t drop them what does?
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I won't be surprised if they're still #1 on Monday. You can argue with their results in March, but this season their resume is undeniable, we should be number 1 though.
 
TheRealKBuks said:
I won't be surprised if they're still #1 on Monday. You can argue with their results in March, but this season their resume is undeniable, we should be number 1 though.
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But the question is, if we’re doing AP ranking based on “resume” then at what point would they drop? If their ranking is immune to losses then the AP Poll should just sit the rest of the season out
 
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AntG168 said:
By the logic some are using at what point in this season will Purdue deserve to not be #1. If a loss doesn’t drop them what does?
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I think it comes down to this: when a strong #1 loses in a regular week, how far do they typically fall? Even if teams 2-10 all win, they aren't dropping to 10. I haven't done the math, but my guess is that #1 usually drops somewhere to 3-5 with a loss. But then when 2 and 3 also lose, as well as 5 and 6, it muddies that a great deal, and you have to think more because holistically about who gets ranked where. I can see some reverting to resume. It's a weird week.

I ultimately think the Top 4 is going to be Purdue/UConn and then Kansas/UNC. It could come in almost any order within that split (i.e. might be UConn-Purdue-Kansas-UNC or Purdue-UConn-UNC-Kansas, etc).
 
tzznandrew said:
I think it comes down to this: when a strong #1 loses in a regular week, how far do they typically fall? Even if teams 2-10 all win, they aren't dropping to 10. I haven't done the math, but my guess is that #1 usually drops somewhere to 3-5 with a loss. But then when 2 and 3 also lose, as well as 5 and 6, it muddies that a great deal, and you have to think more because holistically about who gets ranked where. I can see some reverting to resume. It's a weird week.

I ultimately think the Top 4 is going to be Purdue/UConn and then Kansas/UNC. It could come in almost any order within that split (i.e. might be UConn-Purdue-Kansas-UNC or Purdue-UConn-UNC-Kansas, etc).
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Everything you said makes sense. Unless there’s a 15-2 defending national champ who’s 3-1 against top 15 teams and 5-1 in conference who defeated the NET 43 team on the road this week in a year when no one can win on the road at 4. In that scenario that said team should be #1
 
notEwekon said:
Need a roll eyes emoji for posts like this.
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"gazillionth"
:rolleyes:
"obsessed"
:rolleyes:
"whatever"
:rolleyes:

These work for me, not even considering that (1) "gazillionth" is literally impossible and absurdly overwrought for anyone to claim, let alone to apply it to their own behaviors; (2) "obsessed" embodies the root derivation of the word "arrogance," in that it's based on nothing more than his own claim; and "whatever" basically casts aside any pretense of credibility or passion in the prior hyperbole by functionally offering a rhetorical, "No big deal."

No wonder he ignores me. Sorry to everybody else.
 
I'm just glad Kentucky lost, I was expecting them to jump all the way to #1 if they beat A&M based on how the media is gushing over them.
 
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AntG168 said:
Everything you said makes sense. Unless there’s a 15-2 defending national champ who’s 3-1 against top 15 teams and 5-1 in conference who defeated the NET 43 team on the road this week in a year when no one can win on the road at 4. In that scenario that said team should be #1
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I mean, I agree. I'd vote UConn #1. But I can see a world in which that doesn't happen. Especially after that abomination of a game today.
 
We will be #2 maybe even #3

I don’t Ike it but is what it is. Win our games this week then you can complain.

It would be much different if Don was playing full steam. But just because we have not lost doesn’t mean we are better than Kansas or Purdue without Don in the eyes of voters
 
TheRealKBuks said:
I'm just glad Kentucky lost, I was expecting them to jump all the way to #1 if they beat A&M based on how the media is gushing over them.
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They would have gotten #1 votes. They were ranked ahead of us by a number of voters.

Kentucky is also a good team. They shouldn't be #1, but I do think they are far more of a threat for a deep run than Cal has had since 2019.

2022 fooled me, though, so who knows...
 
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Captbluefin said:
We will be #2 maybe even #3

I don’t Ike it but is what it is. Win our games this week then you can complain.

It would be much different if Don was playing full steam. But just because we have not lost doesn’t mean we are better than Kansas or Purdue without Don in the eyes of voters
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No one ever votes like this. There winning without their best player shouldn’t be a demerit. 2 sure. 3 would be unexplainable
 
Season 9 Whatever GIF
 
I haven't seen most of the other teams in the top 10, but if they had a poll for toughness, UConn should be at the top. Just need Clingan back at 100 %, then they will really close the inside and stop drives and grab rebounds & block shots. Like Hurley said before, you better get us now because it's coming.
 
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tzznandrew said:
I'd be surprised if they get any. The #1 votes are going to be Purdue, UConn, and (maybe) UNC (who was #4 in a few polls and #5 ahead of us in 2 or 3).

Just think of it like this: If Purdue and Houston won, would UConn jump Kansas? The answer is obviously yes. In what world would Purdue and Houston losing in addition to Kansas have Kansas jump up to #1. If you're not dropping Kansas below UConn, you aren't dropping Purdue below Kansas for similar reasons—Kansas couldn't even make it to the Finals of the tournament Purdue won.
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I’m not arguing the merits, I disagree with it. I’m just saying what the logic will be. I’ll be very surprised if they don’t land at least a handful of first place votes.
 
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