Marquette in Top 25 next week ??

[tower912]

If we beat Louisville at their place, we will probably be in the "others receiving votes" catergory.    5 losses is too many for anybody besides Sparty to be ranked at this point of the season.   

[chapman]

A win at Louisville is better than being ranked.

Agree.  Give me a split of the next two road games and I'm feeling ok, a sweep and I'd start to get very excited.

[Lighthouse 84]

Beat Louisville, have 3-4 teams ahead of us lose and maybe we squeak in.

[GoldenWarrior]

No.  Just no.

Maybe get a few votes, but you need more than one good win.  That was an awesome game though!

[APieperFan3]

If we beat Louisville we will recieve votes...

Just keep getting wins in the BE and everything else will fall into place. It would be nice to crack the Top 25 to get more exposure, etc...but IMO, we arent a Top 25 team.....yet!!! Keep working hard fellas!!

[willie warrior]

No, and let's not get carried away. 5 losses at this point will not give us top 25. Just get some more quality wins.

[NersEllenson]

Forget the polls, MU is up to #31 in Pomeroy's calcs after tonight's shellacking of ND (with an 11-7 conference record).  Still only gives us a 22% chance of a win at UL.  If we win there, I think his calcs might just get us to top 25 - and I trust his numbers more than most of the others.....

http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=Marquette

+1 - Agree 100%

[Benny B]

IF: MU beats UL convincingly,
THEN: MU will be in the top quarter of teams receiving votes.

IF: MU simply beats UL but UL plays like Karen Cypher on a good day,
THEN: MU will tally single digit AP votes.

IF: MU has a close loss at UL and approx. half of the AP 20-25 and RV teams lose,
THEN: MU will still tally single-digit AP votes on Monday.

IF: MU beats UL on Saturday, beats DePaul next Tuesday, and ND next Saturday,
THEN: they will probably land between #17-22 in the Jan 24 poll - but will certainly crack the Top 25 regardless.

IF: Same scenario above, but a close loss to UL or ND,
THEN: Top 25 is reasonable possibility depending on how the other AP 15-25 (& RV) teams perform over the next 12 days.

In short... the soonest MU can be in the Top 25 is Jan 24th.  But more importantly, they control their destiny and are already 30% of the way to the 10-8 record needed to (what should) wrap up a Dance ticket.

[79Warrior]

Just got back from the game an hour ago. What an awesome game. One of the best ever Marquette game I ever attended. To beat the #11 ranked team as an unranked team was great.

Anyway, does everyone here agree that Marquette should be in the top 25 next week ?

no. One quality win does not get you in the Top 25. Beat UL this weekend and we might have a shot.