any chance we'll be ranked this week

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Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2011, 08:39:09 AM »
We have to be ranked. Even the biased writers can no longer deny our place.
We should be ranked in the top 15. Not the top 25.

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2011, 03:22:02 PM »
When you're a kid from New York and you do it in New York, that lasts forever!


Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #23 on: February 20, 2011, 03:37:34 PM »
top 4 teams have lost this week with Duke still yet to play. This should be an interesting monday who be the new number one? St Johns???

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Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #24 on: February 20, 2011, 03:45:04 PM »
I think Duke will be the new #1, but it's not a level playing field. After Duke the ACC isn't as good as the CAA. Some of those teams don't even look like D1 caliber.

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #25 on: February 20, 2011, 04:06:33 PM »
I wonder though, who will we pass? Not many of the teams in the 20's lost.

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Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #26 on: February 20, 2011, 04:23:52 PM »
Syracuse shouldn't be ranked. They stink on ice.

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #27 on: February 20, 2011, 09:05:57 PM »
In addition to our winning, we also need a few teams ranked between 15-25 to LOSE and drop out of the rankings. The only team that I can tell that lost this week between the ranks of 15 and 25 is, ironically, St. Mary's (#23).  My GUESS is that they drop out, but voters won't drop teams if they didn't lose.  My guess is that we'll be in.
"When excuses become your reason for losing then it is time to find the nearest mirror." -Mike Dunlap

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Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #28 on: February 20, 2011, 09:34:06 PM »
I can't figure out how Xavier is ranked. I think they'd lose in the first round of the NIT. There are a lot of overrated teams in the top 25 that have racked up a strong record, but really haven't beaten anyone.

Who is Xavier's best win? Dayton? St.Louis?

They have no business even getting votes. Neither does Temple, Utah State or Vandy. It's ridiculous. Hopefully the committee stays true to their appreciation of SOS.

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #29 on: February 20, 2011, 10:33:44 PM »
i wonder what will happen at the top of the polls, as kansas, ohio st, texas and pitt all lost this week.

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #30 on: February 20, 2011, 10:55:35 PM »
Here are some early ballots I found for this week that will be among the approximately 60 ballots counted for the AP poll.

Seth Davis-  22 http://twitter.com/#!/SethDavisHoops/status/39527481773920256
Jerry Tipton- 22 http://ukbasketball.bloginky.com/2011/02/20/top-25-ballot-follows-form-except-for-alabama/
Jeff Goodman- 13 http://jeffgoodman.yardbarker.com/blog/jeffgoodman/my_ap_top_25_ballot/4203433
« Last Edit: February 20, 2011, 11:10:48 PM by STJ11Redmen »

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #31 on: February 20, 2011, 11:11:44 PM »
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt1011.htm

Sagarin ratings puts us at 27.  But his predictor rating which he says is the best at predicting future results we are at 37.

http://www.kenpom.com/

The kenpom ratings put us at 35.
When you're a kid from New York and you do it in New York, that lasts forever!

Re: any chance we'll be ranked this week
« Reply #32 on: February 20, 2011, 11:31:53 PM »
13!! wow.