So....What are we ranked on Monday - 1/6/2025?

[Scoop Snoop]

Really hope to be proven wrong, but I think UCONN will be #3 and we stay at 4. The voters insist upon punishing losses. They may simply value the KU game as a counterweight to the PU game.

[warriorfred]

Here is how I got to 7:

1. Purdue
2. Arizona
3. UCONN
4. Houston
5. Creighton
6. 5. Duke
7. 6. Marquette

With Creighton's loss, Marquette is 6 on Monday.

[warriorfred]

Believe the voters go with Houston and Duke  over Marquette, primarily based on my cynicism toward the voters.

[bilsu]

Believe the voters go with Houston and Duke  over Marquette, primarily based on my cynicism toward the voters.

A close loss to the team that is going to be ranked number 1, should not hurt your ranking. However, the voters only seem to recognize that you lost. The rankings at this point really do not mean much. There were several teams ranked number 1 last year and they did not make the final 4.

[MU82]

The voters will recognize that we played 1 and 2 on consecutive days, sent 1 packing and lost by one possession to 2.

Our win over Kansas didn't take place in secret.

[Class71]

Didn't Kolek sum up his opinion of polls last year? 

[MarquetteFan94]

Beating the #1 team by 14 then losing to the new #1 team by 3 should not punish their ranking but who knows. Staying in the top 5 would be great.

[Tyler COLEk]

The voting press is bad, but c'mon, they're not this bad. MU will be no worse than #4 on Monday.

[MuMark]

MU will be somewhere in the 2-4 range........I feel very confident of that.

[Scoop Snoop]

The voters will recognize that we played 1 and 2 on consecutive days, sent 1 packing and lost by one possession to 2.

Our win over Kansas didn't take place in secret.

Makes sense to me as well Mike. Too bad we are not voters. They seem to believe that it is their sacred duty to punish any team that loses. That's why I think we stay at #4. The KU win and PU loss, in the minds of the voters (I think) are a wash.

[4everwarriors]

Had the Warriors beaten Purdue, this group of ball knowers woulda figured MU ta be ranked 7th in next week's poll, aina?

[Uncle Rico]

Had the Warriors beaten Purdue, this group of ball knowers woulda figured MU ta be ranked 7th in next week's poll, aina?

Not a single person would have thought that

[4everwarriors]

Ur givin' dis group two much credit, hey?

[Jay Bee]

Remember the gal from Madison and her "mixup" voting last year? There are some weirdos voting, and I think the simple human mind pays a lot of attention to the loss column this time of year.

Some* stupid people get to vote, so don't expect a result that isn't stupid

[MU82]

Makes sense to me as well Mike. Too bad we are not voters. They seem to believe that it is their sacred duty to punish any team that loses. That's why I think we stay at #4. The KU win and PU loss, in the minds of the voters (I think) are a wash.

Well, that could happen. I could see Arizona staying ahead of us and UConn maybe moving ahead of us. What I'm saying is I think there is very little chance that Kansas - another 1-loss team that we dominated on a neutral court - will be ahead of us.

[Pepe Sylvia]

I just know we're #1 in Sagarin and KPI, I think i'd pick that over the AP #1, actually.

[MU82]

I just know we're #1 in Sagarin and KPI, I think i'd pick that over the AP #1, actually.

It's a pride thing or conversation thing to some. Very few people know what KPI is, and hardly anyone will say, "Well, Purdue might be #1 in both national polls, and maybe they beat us, but we're #1 in Sagarin."

We all know the polls don't "mean" anything. But they've been around for decades and for many there's a certain pride having one's team ranked high.

I like the little bit extra national publicity we get - maybe it doesn't "help" much of anything, but it sure doesn't hurt. And it doesn't consume me (or most other Scoopers that I can tell). It's just something to talk about.

[4everwarriors]

Big deal to undergrads...braggin' writes ta friends, aina?

[rocket surgeon]

Here is how I got to 7:

1. Purdue
2. Arizona
3. UCONN
4. Houston
5. Creighton
6. 5. Duke
7. 6. Marquette

With Creighton's loss, Marquette is 6 on Monday.

you must be buds with that nolongerwinkydink feller eyn'a?

[Pepe Sylvia]

It's a pride thing or conversation thing to some. Very few people know what KPI is, and hardly anyone will say, "Well, Purdue might be #1 in both national polls, and maybe they beat us, but we're #1 in Sagarin."

We all know the polls don't "mean" anything. But they've been around for decades and for many there's a certain pride having one's team ranked high.

I like the little bit extra national publicity we get - maybe it doesn't "help" much of anything, but it sure doesn't hurt. And it doesn't consume me (or most other Scoopers that I can tell). It's just something to talk about.

Oh I know, I want the pride too, but the computers liking us is a very good sign of things to come. More so than the ap. But it is is a tough call. Comes down to whether respect or the goods to back it up are more important to you, in this moment.

Like, say edey twists an ankle and cant go for a couple days, but we still struggle to beat an edey less team, but are ultimately successful. We'd be #1, but it'd feel crummy.

[BCHoopster]

All that matters right now is MU is good with 2 big games on the horizon, if there second to 6th all is good.

[Scoop Snoop]

Oh I know, I want the pride too, but the computers liking us is a very good sign of things to come. More so than the ap. But it is is a tough call. Comes down to whether respect or the goods to back it up are more important to you, in this moment.

Like, say edey twists an ankle and cant go for a couple days, but we still struggle to beat an edey less team, but are ultimately successful. We'd be #1, but it'd feel crummy.

Strongly disagree. Their 3-point shooting performance was an anomaly (check out their history), as was our poor 3 point shooting. Even so, we rallied Big Time, outplaying them to catch up, and OT was a real possibility. I really do not understand why you wrote the bolded. I am not saying we would win a rematch easily, but I believe we would have more than a 50/50 chance, and that's with Edey.

[The Sultan]

Uh...we wouldn't struggle against an Edey-less team.  We wipe the floor with them without Edey playing.

[Jay Bee]

Traditional guards w/o Edey ain't beating us without 65% 3fg%

[Scoop Snoop]

Traditional guards w/o Edey ain't beating us without 65% 3fg%

And probably not even with Edey.

I usually can put a L behind me rather quickly, but that one? Nope. Never should have happened.