AP Top 25 2/10 - UK #12
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Michigan State finally drops out...barely
It only took losing 5 of 8 games to do it.
Hilarious, they had MSU as one of their top 16 seeds at this point for the NCAA tourney. Now they aren’t even ranked top 25. They really nailed it Saturday.
They’re still 11 in the NET lol. Don’t be surprised when they get a 4 or 5 seed.
Damn, it's an embarrassing year for college hoops. Three of the top five teams in the poll are Baylor, Gonzaga and San Diego State. And the other two teams in the top five are basically the poster children for cheating.
It's not too far-fetched that UofL and Kansas could actually play for the national title. What an indictment of the NCAA that would be. UNC has already proven that it actually pays to cheat. It appears it's a successful business model.
It's not too far-fetched that UofL and Kansas could actually play for the national title. What an indictment of the NCAA that would be. UNC has already proven that it actually pays to cheat. It appears it's a successful business model.
Right now those three look like Final Four teams, although Gonzaga is probably the one most likely to lose before that because it will not be in an easy region. It’s gonna be a dogfight for the other 1-2 spots. Realistically any of the top 15 teams could win it all this year.
Can't be mad with that.. But that Auburn game really boned us. Probably would be in the top10 already.
Either way, as it stand now, this is not a 5 or 6 seed as some want us to believe. The SC isn't going to take what appears to be a final 3-seed/4-seed and then move us down a whole seed line or two.
As for upcoming games this week.. not a lot of opportunities for teams ahead of us to lose. Only one matchup has two ranked teams playing each other, that are ahead of us, Duke, FLState.. and I'm not sure either team losing would move them below us. Maryland does have two ranked games.. Either way, If Kentucky can take care of business this week.. we'd probably be about 10th.
Either way, as it stand now, this is not a 5 or 6 seed as some want us to believe. The SC isn't going to take what appears to be a final 3-seed/4-seed and then move us down a whole seed line or two.
As for upcoming games this week.. not a lot of opportunities for teams ahead of us to lose. Only one matchup has two ranked teams playing each other, that are ahead of us, Duke, FLState.. and I'm not sure either team losing would move them below us. Maryland does have two ranked games.. Either way, If Kentucky can take care of business this week.. we'd probably be about 10th.
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Illinois at 12 is a real head scratcher. They just lost at home to Maryland.
It really seems like other teams get so many passes when they lose that Kentucky doesn’t get.
Passed Villanova, Oregon, and West Virginia. Also, Butler dropped one to Marquette on Sunday so we didin't get 'jumped' by them and obviously Mich State dropped. All five of those teams were in the top 16 over us and I think we are clearly ahead of all five now.
Our other competition includes Iowa (lost), LSU (lost), and Arizona (lost)
Our other competition includes Iowa (lost), LSU (lost), and Arizona (lost)
Butler is a good example. They lost to unranked Marquette on Sunday, but beat Villanova, who lost to Seton Hall as well last week (and Crieghton the week before that). Butler stay ranked at #19, the same as the week before.
We lost to South Carolina and beat Arkansas on the road that one week and dropped five spots. Some of it has to do with who won and lost around you, but some of it doesn't make sense.
We lost to South Carolina and beat Arkansas on the road that one week and dropped five spots. Some of it has to do with who won and lost around you, but some of it doesn't make sense.
Gonna be a gazillion upsets in the 5-8 seeds this year. You could throw a blanket over everybody out of the top 15. Very little separation.
Good grief.
UK would beat Penn State by at least 10 points. They don’t have a single player that would win a matchup with any of UK’s players.
Auburn has won 6 in a row with 2 of the last 3 against ranked teams but dropped a spot in the coaches poll.
LSU took a really hard hit with that loss to Vandy and also a loss to Auburn by dropping 7 spots in the AP poll to 25th and 8 spots in the coaches poll to 26th.
In the meantime Mich St has lost 5 of the last 8 and is still in 25th in the coaches poll.
LSU took a really hard hit with that loss to Vandy and also a loss to Auburn by dropping 7 spots in the AP poll to 25th and 8 spots in the coaches poll to 26th.
In the meantime Mich St has lost 5 of the last 8 and is still in 25th in the coaches poll.
Auburn is really coming on. They’ve won 3 OT games in the last month. They could be a problem. If they’re able to land Jalen Green with what they already have coming in next year, look for Auburn and U.K. to be battling it out for the SEC title.Auburn has won 6 in a row and 2 of the last 3 against ranked teams but dropped a spot in the coaches poll.
LSU took a really hard hit with that loss to Vandy and also a loss to Auburn by dropping 7 spots in the AP poll to 25th and 8 spots in the coaches poll to 26th.
In the meantime Mich St has lost 5 of the last 8 and is still in 25th in the coaches poll.
His is actually not that bad. Jesse Newell (Kansas City Star) on the other hand is a joke.. Some notables:
9. Michigan State - yes, you read that right. 17 spots above ranking
13. Ohio State - yes, you read that right too. 19 spots above ranking
14. Arizona - and you read that right. 16 spots above ranking
16 Purdue - this one too. 16 spots above ranking
22. Kentucky - 10 spots below ranking
24. Auburn - 13 spots below ranking
Penn State is actually a very good team this year. Lamar Stevens is a legit college player and would start for us at the 4, no doubt.
Just as a clarification, they didn't get 27 votes, but 27 points. Out of 64 voters, 8 of them ranked Purdue. My boy Jesse Newell (see above post) had them at 16, giving them 1/3 of those points.
Wow that’s embarrassingly bad. He should have his voting privileges revoked. He’s showing a true lack of knowledge and or biased voting.
That assumes Sharife Cooper can play as well as Doughty and Harper have the last 2 years. They have never run a freshman at PG, much less one that is 5’6”.
As we all know, we lose 2-3 in a row and we're gone, even if it's against ranked teams. We've seen it before, and nearly saw it this year. Yet MSU gets a pass. Hell, even TTech is back in with 8 losses (although one could argue they deserve it more than MSU).
Cooper will be a really good college guard. He’s got some Ulis in him. Let’s not forget that Cal was after him for a long time. If Cal thought he was good enough to play PG at U.K., he’s certainly good enough to play at Auburn.
I can’t believe I’m about to say this but...
MSU is protected by the pollsters maybe (maybe) more than Duke and UNC are. Why? Not sure.
Interesting that AZ and MSU have dropped to 30 and 26 respectively in the AP poll (and similarly in the Coaches) but are still at 10 and 11 in the NET.
This seems to validate some of us here who think the NET is very flawed. When the human eye test is applied those teams don't fare to well.
Similarly the NET has UK at 22 while the humans have us at 12.
I believe that when the SC looks at seeding, they'll use NET as one of their tools and use Q1 and 2 wins (and yes, the polls some) to seed. We already know this when the 16 were disclosed Saturday and we didn't make it but were in the conversation, even though we were NET 24.
Cats in the hunt for a 2 or 3 seed, no worse than a 4, if we take care of business.
This seems to validate some of us here who think the NET is very flawed. When the human eye test is applied those teams don't fare to well.
Similarly the NET has UK at 22 while the humans have us at 12.
I believe that when the SC looks at seeding, they'll use NET as one of their tools and use Q1 and 2 wins (and yes, the polls some) to seed. We already know this when the 16 were disclosed Saturday and we didn't make it but were in the conversation, even though we were NET 24.
Cats in the hunt for a 2 or 3 seed, no worse than a 4, if we take care of business.
Yeah, my thoughts too. We have as good a chance to make the final four as about 30 teams. This year will be a dartboard-type tourney.
That's horse****. My dog could select a better Top 25 than this idiot.
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