What should happen in next week's polls?

[Bestiarius]

No doubt UConn will still be #1, but what will happen with Duke? Is it right to knock down teams just because they lost to UConn? Should teams be rewarded for not playing UConn and rise in the standings purely by default? Perhaps the voters should exclude games against UConn when ranking teams #2 or lower.

 

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Mel Greenberg ‏@womhoopsguru 14h
#NCAAWDuke-Ky interesting now in terms of next week’s poll. But could look at new 1-1 of UConn-Tenn.

 

[rford53]

No doubt UConn will still be #1, but what will happen with Duke? Is it right to knock down teams just because they lost to UConn? Should teams be rewarded for not playing UConn and rise in the standings purely by default? Perhaps the voters should exclude games against UConn when ranking teams #2 or lower.

Two other games this week will help determine who will be ranked #2 come Monday, December 23. Tennessee vs Stanford and Duke vs. Kentucky. If Tennessee wins at Stanford they will be #2, if not Notre Dame is # 2 with Stanford #3. If Duke bounces back and beats Kentucky, they will be #4 but if Kentucky wins, Kentucky will be #3, Stanford #4 and Duke #5, IMO