higher rank--MU or Louisville?

[tower912]

mudimitri, what was George Mason's rank the year they went to the final 4?   Kansas when they won with Manning?   NCState in '83?    How high were we ranked in 03?   Who was the regular season BEast champ last year?   Which team made a heck of a run in the BEast tourney?    Wisconsin was actually #1 last year.   Do you remember that or another Big Dance flameout? 
         As MU fans, we will long remember this season.   If we go to a FF, Buzz will be canonized and we will talk about it when we remember nothing else.   

[Doctor V]

im not saying that a teams ranking is a predictor of how well they will do in the tournament, all im saying is that the ranking is a barometer of how successful a team is to that point in the season.

norm- the more wins a team has, the higher its ranking. so you say wins give a team notoriety, common sense says that those wins lead to a higher ranking

also, while it may mean nothing to the team, the higher ranking is good for the fans- brings more fans out and gets people excited in the program.

I enjoy the team, not the ranking but i am a big basketball fan. For those that may not be, they hear the ranking and get excited about the team. That excitement leads to bigger crowds and better notoriety.

If nothing else, its fun to see the team you root for consider one of the 5/10 best teams in the country