2023-24 Men's College Basketball Rankings - ESPN
Find the 2023-24 NCAAM rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAM teams.
AP disrespects UK with lone vote
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It's quite hilarious that UConn beat the 2 worst teams in the Big East who have a combined record of 18-33 and yet they jumped 3 spots. Oh let's just ignore they have lost 6 of their last 10 games since they beat Georgetown. 🤣
We have to scrap and fight like hell to beat fellow bubble teams like Florida and Texas A&M at Rupp. We don’t deserve votes.
Just got to keep winning and it should take care of it’s self. We just have one good win.
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Don’t lose to a terrible South Carolina team @ Rupp as a 20 point favorite. Would be 8-2 in the SEC and most likely ranked
Just don’t see it. Arky isn’t what they were to start the season and UGA won’t move the needle. Just keep winning though.
No doubt, but if we beat KU that would’ve been 7 straight wins (with two vs the top 10) since the S Car loss. That would’ve got us a lot more votes.
Doubt we are ranked again unless we win 4 straight from here.
I know that USC loss hurt but it is ridiculously stupid we can’t even get votes right now, especially with how down teams are overall at the moment.
Media bias is very very real this year
I don't know about that.
Losing to a top 10 team, albeit at home, but not just a top 10 team, but one with it's back against the wall (after 3 straight losses) and hearing all week that Self had never lost 4 in a row, is NOT "a killer".
USC loss was "a KILLER"! Not KU loss.
I would say any loss before the SEC-T, except maybe UT at home or at Arkansas, is more of a killer than losing to KU at home.
So I agree that we don't deserve the top 25 yet. But I would say a couple more wins, especially the way top 25 teams have been losing, and then we should get in (well before the SEC-T). I mean, 2 more would mean won 8 of past 9 games, with a home loss to a top 10 team AND a ROAD win vs a top 5 team, and that we took care of business in the other 7 games.
As the games go by recently, I don't think a win over Kansas would have been as impactful as the USC loss.
It's been quite some time since I've worried about rankings.... I just don't think we deserve to be ranked. Or maybe it's just that we have been so inconsistent that it doesn't make sense to rank us.
With that said, I looked at the AP top-25 for the first time in weeks and it's actually quite shocking to see the teams ranked in there. Several teams in the 6, 7, 8-loss range. I'm not sure what the basis for ranking Indiana would be that wouldn't also apply to Kentucky. I guess the one advantage they have is that they beat a few teams when they were ranked really high. UNC was ranked #15 (they are now 15-8 and unranked). Wisconsin was #19 (They are now 13-9 and unranked). They do have a win against Purdue (at home) while we have a win against Tennessee (on the road).
At the end of the day.... who cares. We aren't good enough in the eyes of the voters. And really I don't have a whole lot of confidence going into any game. But if we can go on a bit of a run, the rankings will take care of themselves.
With that said, I looked at the AP top-25 for the first time in weeks and it's actually quite shocking to see the teams ranked in there. Several teams in the 6, 7, 8-loss range. I'm not sure what the basis for ranking Indiana would be that wouldn't also apply to Kentucky. I guess the one advantage they have is that they beat a few teams when they were ranked really high. UNC was ranked #15 (they are now 15-8 and unranked). Wisconsin was #19 (They are now 13-9 and unranked). They do have a win against Purdue (at home) while we have a win against Tennessee (on the road).
At the end of the day.... who cares. We aren't good enough in the eyes of the voters. And really I don't have a whole lot of confidence going into any game. But if we can go on a bit of a run, the rankings will take care of themselves.
Just win the next game in front of us. Worry about what we can control
If we could go 3-1 in these next 4 games with 1 of those wins being @ home to Tennessee, we would all take that.
Our last 5 should curb stomp USCjr in rupp. No excuse
In the ink of a former great, “Earned Not Given”
Then we aren’t a tournament team. Facts
South Carolina is an awful team. We had last year poy we had mcds AAs, we had upperclassmen all playing in that game. You think the loss was justified. Then it’s hard to justify this UK team anywhere near the top 25
I just looked at how we compare to some of the ranked teams. Not really that different, no more than 2 more wins (including one over 30 Ark) can't overcome.
Top 25 Resumes
AP 18 Indiana 16-7. Lost 3 in a row, 5 of 7 earlier in season, but have won 6 of 7 including over 4 Purdue as well vs 26 & 41 & 45.
AP23 Creighton, 15-8. Lost 6 in a row, including to 67 Ariz St, 86 BYU, & 96 Nebraska. Their best wins since NOV are vs 24 Xavier & 36 Providence.
AP20 Providence, 17-6. Lost 3 of last 5. Only top 50 wins on the season are 7 UConn, and 14 Marquette.
AP24 Rutgers 16-7Lost to 117 Temple. Beat 4 Purdue, 22, 28, 41 & 45.
Kentucky 16-7, winner of 6 of 7. Including wins over 2 UT, 40 & 43.
Top 25 Resumes
AP 18 Indiana 16-7. Lost 3 in a row, 5 of 7 earlier in season, but have won 6 of 7 including over 4 Purdue as well vs 26 & 41 & 45.
AP23 Creighton, 15-8. Lost 6 in a row, including to 67 Ariz St, 86 BYU, & 96 Nebraska. Their best wins since NOV are vs 24 Xavier & 36 Providence.
AP20 Providence, 17-6. Lost 3 of last 5. Only top 50 wins on the season are 7 UConn, and 14 Marquette.
AP24 Rutgers 16-7Lost to 117 Temple. Beat 4 Purdue, 22, 28, 41 & 45.
Kentucky 16-7, winner of 6 of 7. Including wins over 2 UT, 40 & 43.
They’re ranked because they have multiple quad 1 victories…don’t forget they also beat Xavier at the Cintas Center….
Fair enough. The Quad-1 wins (or lack thereof) really hurts this team. We lose nearly every time we play a team with a pulse outside of Rupp.
Are you sure? The NCAAT Selection Committee has to go by something right?
Well we have been told its primarily the NET but you can bet they use the AP, KP and Sagarin as well.
Why? If we were at full strength sure. Maybe just one starter out ok fine. But not only 2 players out but our 2 best not named Oscar.
That L will end up costing UK 3 seed lines and that is absolutely criminal!
That one game took them from a 3 seed all the way down near the bubble?? Wow! Huge game huh?!
Agree. A 7-loss UK team should be equivalent, if not better, than any Big East or ACC team with a similar W-L record. I get the B10 and B12 teams, but not the BE or ACC.
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