Kolek planning to go pro
Thinking the Hall may crack the top 25. If not, top 30 for sure. Hopefully Providence sticks in the top 20.
Nah, Big 12 reigns supreme
Tied with the Big East.
60% of their league is in. Hope you are not a math major. If a conference had 25 teams in it and had 10 teams would you say it is the best?
Hopefully Providence sticks in the top 20.
I sent Ms. Legs (Nova freshman) a text letting her know that Nova is ranked no. 1. Response: "Is the AP out yet?" Raised right (other than choice of schools).
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Very good chance they will be #1 when they come to the BC.They may lose at X but there wouldn't be a new poll before playing us.@DP, SJU, @Temple, Butler. You would think all should be wins
I was thinking the same thing. I don't see them losing until @X.I officially endorse students storming the court if we beat the #1 team at home this year.
No respect for the Hall. 31 in the latest poll. I'm baffled how they are an 11-seed in the latest bracketology. No way they should be that low. They have a similar issue to us, with 6 sub-220 RPI teams on their schedule. Drags their RPI and SOS down. And I know...it's not their RPI rating, but those 6 teams have a combined 32-101 record.Otherwise, most of their resume is comparable to most teams on the 4-6 lines.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Okay...so who should be ahead of them? Here's each team's case:Villanova: Their three losses came to teams all ranked in the top-11 in the country (last week's poll) and they avenged one of those losses when they beat Providence on the road. Yes, Oklahoma rolled them, but they hung with UVa for most of that game on the road before losing at the endOklahoma: Their three losses all line up as worse than 'Nova's losses (KU< OK, ISU<UVa, KSU<PC) and in their last 10 games, they are 7-3 while 'Nova is 9-1. You simply can't make a vote based on one result because you are comparing all 351 teams in the country.Iowa: They'll get some votes, but of their 4 losses, only 1 (Maryland) is to a top-10 team. Also, their 10-1 conference record includes only 5 top-60 wins per Pomeroy, whereas Villanova has 8.Maryland: Definitely worth a thought. I'd vote 'Nova because of better losses (OK>UNC, UVa>MSU, PC>UM) but it's really close and those are very comparable losses. If the better losses doesn't sway you, I'd point out UMD having only 3 top-60 conference wins to 'Nova's 8.Xavier: Like with Oklahoma, I'd throw out the head to head loss. XU only has two losses, but the Georgetown one is definitely glaring compared to the 'Nova losses, especially as it was at home. Is it much worse than PC at home? Tough to say. What really stands out for me is conference play. 'Nova has a better record in the same conference, but they have done so against a tougher conference schedule as well. Of XU's 9 conference wins, 6 came against the bottom 3 teams (SJU, DPU, MU). 'Nova hasn't just been better in conference, they've been better against the tougher teams. No real question here.Who else can you even consider for #1? Kansas, who is only 5-3 in their last 8 including getting blasted by a bad Oklahoma State team? Michigan State, who is 4-3 in their last 7 with two of those losses at home, including a bad Nebraska team? Virginia, who is 7-3 in their last 10 with all three losses coming to teams that have a combined zero votes in both polls? UNC, who lost twice this week including to an unranked ND team?Unless you can argue someone is more deserving (and I think I pretty compellingly proved there isn't anyone more deserving) then 'Nova pretty much has to be your #1. It won't do anything for them in March, but based on body of work and recent trends of play, right now Villanova looks like the best team in the country.
jeesh I'm not gonna argue with that.Well played.. Oh well even though the other teams have lost i still think KU UNC UO would rock nova
The 1 game I will be in attendance for this year. Man would that be sweeeeeet to see.
There are 10 teams in the B12. Edit: see I was about 5th to mention this. Didn't mean to pile on.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.