[MJS Blog] Marquette moves up a spot to No. 17 in poll

[MJS_Says]

Marquette moves up a spot to No. 17 in poll
               



Fresh off its big victory Saturday over Pittsburgh, Marquette moved up one spot to No. 17 in the Associated Press media poll Monday.

               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/191692541.html
               

[MUMonster03]

I'm happy we moved up but confused. Indiana loses to an unbanked team and then beats a team ranked behind them and remains #1 a week ago. But yet we lose to a team ranked ahead of us on the road and beat a team ahead of us at home and we move up 1 spot in AP and nothing in coaches?

[Tugg Speedman]

I'm happy we moved up but confused. Indiana loses to an unbanked team and then beats a team ranked behind them and remains #1 a week ago. But yet we lose to a team ranked ahead of us on the road and beat a team ahead of us at home and we move up 1 spot in AP and nothing in coaches?

It was noted last week that IU was only the fifth #1 ranked team since 1990 to lose a game and remain #1 the following week.

And, this week was the second time this year we lost and moved up the following week.  A few weeks ago we lost and still moved from 25 to 24.

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

I don't care much about the polls (interesting, but mostly useless).  That being said, I'm happy to see us moving up in Ken Pomeroy's rankings (#25 today).  Given that we finished the regular season #18 last year and #32 in 2011, it's promising that Ken Pom sees this year's team as comparable to our Sweet Sixteen teams. 

I'd like to see the defensive numbers improve before March, but it's nice to see a top-15 adjusted offense.  Especially with such a young team. 

[Skatastrophy]

#14 in Real Time RPI.

We're sitting pretty with just over a week until March!

[MU82]

Kenpom means nothing to me. I'd only be impressed with their ratings if I were a Bucky fan and always got to be ranked high no matter what.