Will we be ranked Monday?

[GoMarquette32]

I still think we're a top 25 team.

[Da 'Lanche]

We will fall out of the top 25....two really bad halves of basketball in two games (and two really good halves).  Anyway, I say we fall out but not for long if we continue to play like we did in the second half at Syracuse.

[ErickJD08]

Not a chance. We have to force pollsters to put us in the top 25. If we give them one bit that we don't belong, we won't be there. We are going to have to win 4 straight to get back

[marquette09]

I still think we're a top 25 team.

I think so too, but the voters won't.  

We will fall out this week, but if we take care of business at home next week we will be ranked again in two weeks.  

[chicagowarrior]

No way...not after West Virginia beat G'Town today

[79Warrior]

I still think we're a top 25 team.

Sorry. Marquette is finished in the Top 25. 

[MUMac]

Sorry. Marquette is finished in the Top 25. 

Don't know about finished, they may fall out, but finished?  A lot of the teams, though, near and below them also have lost.  Not necessarily to Top 10 or 15 teams, either.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Sorry. Marquette is finished in the Top 25. 

Care to put some money on that?

[denverMU]

The #20 team goes on the road, leads most of the game, and loses to the #9 team by 3points.  Then #20 loses to #1 by 7 points on the road.  Just what is supposed to happen based on those rankings.  The argument can be made the #20 should move up based on how #19-1 play that week.

[MattyWarrior]

I think we're a top 30 team. Can't finish, when you get blown out in the first half and put up 19 points, it really don't matter how much you lose by.

[Hoopaloop]

I still think we're a top 25 team.

No

[ATWizJr]

We will not be ranked.

[denverMU]

We will, 9 teams ahead of us lost this week and 2 teams behind us lost.  I think we should move ahead of Mississippi St. and Wisconsin.

[Dawson Rental]

The #20 team goes on the road, leads most of the game, and loses to the #9 team by 3points.  Then #20 loses to #1 by 7 points on the road.  Just what is supposed to happen based on those rankings.  The argument can be made the #20 should move up based on how #19-1 play that week.

I hope that you are right, but I think that pollsters will see three losses in four games and think that its a trend without looking as close as they maybe should at the quality of the opponents and place of the loss, especially when the first loss was at home to a (currently) unranked team.

[chapman]

I can't give a top 25 vote to a team that continues to play 20 minutes of top 15 ball and 20 minutes of sub-200 ball.  Fix consistently inconsistent and we can be pretty good, but we're not now you less you pick the good halves and ignore the godawful ones.

[denverMU]

I can't give a top 25 vote to a team that continues to play 20 minutes of top 15 ball and 20 minutes of sub-200 ball.  Fix consistently inconsistent and we can be pretty good, but we're not now you less you pick the good halves and ignore the godawful ones.

I find that logic interesting to say the least.  By that same logic Georgetown and Syracuse (not as much syracuse) should not get votes.  After all Georgetown only played 20 minutes and we outplayed Syracuse for a long time.

[wojosdojo]

The #20 team goes on the road, leads most of the game, and loses to the #9 team by 3points.  Then #20 loses to #1 by 7 points on the road.  Just what is supposed to happen based on those rankings.  The argument can be made the #20 should move up based on how #19-1 play that week.

Wish it worked like that. But a lot of the voters never go out of their way to think Marquette is a good team and go the easy way out and take the safe way out. Everyone sees 4 losses. Also with all the close games we've had the past few years it's safe to say no voter cares if we lose by 1 on the road and a 20ft fade away. No voter will say I'll give them a vote because they stayed with the #1 team.

[cornbread]

a bunch of ranked teams lost on saturday to unranked opponents. we will drop, but losing to the number one team in the country at their place won't bring us down too far, maybe 22-23.

[brewcity77]

We will, 9 teams ahead of us lost this week and 2 teams behind us lost.  I think we should move ahead of Mississippi St. and Wisconsin.

Don't look at the teams ahead of us, look at the teams behind us. Harvard will drop. K-State lost but will climb on the Missouri win. Virginia, Creighton, and San Diego State will all climb. Gonzaga, St. Mary's, and Vandy all have a shot to be ranked in both polls.

We'll drop, but I'm not sure how far. Probably 24-26. We'll either be ranked, or just outside. Either way, if we beat St. John's and Pitt this week, we'll be back in next week (minutes) before the Louisville showdown.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Care to put some money on that?

Hey 79 Warrior,

Where'd you go?  Eagerly awaiting your response...easiest money I'll make all year. 

[MUMac]

I can't give a top 25 vote to a team that continues to play 20 minutes of top 15 ball and 20 minutes of sub-200 ball.  Fix consistently inconsistent and we can be pretty good, but we're not now you less you pick the good halves and ignore the godawful ones.

So you vote in the polls?  Congratulations!

[MattyWarrior]

I think MU and Wisco both fall out. We don't need to worry about being in thr poll right now anyway, just need to string some wins together.

[Nukem2]

RPI is 21 and Ken Pomeroy has us at 22.  Will probably sneak into top 25 on at least one poll...?

[79Warrior]

Hey 79 Warrior,

Where'd you go?  Eagerly awaiting your response...easiest money I'll make all year. 

I don't need your money. I just do not see MU going off on a tear. You do. Time will tell.

[real chili 83]

Who cares.

It's about how we finish.

It's always been that way.

In the mean time.....GO WARRIORS!!!!!!!