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

[TallTitan34]

Just keep winning now. There is no reason not to win our next 6 games in a row. We will be heavily favored in all of them except maybe Hall.

Not quite.

KenPom has us losing by 3 to Creighton.  Favored by 6 against Seton Hall.

[Windyplayer]

21 it is.........SJ also ranked Nova firs]t team out....https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll/2019/10

I'll take it. Six Big Ten teams in a row in the "Others Receiving Votes" section. Wow.

[silverback]

Luke DeCock does have a pen name. Unfortunately, it's Han Le Schlong. So...

[Herman Cain]

Each conference game is a battle. Could be a real shoot out type game at Creighton this week which would be a lot of fun to watch.  We have done well against Creighton in recent years but they are always an unpredictable team that frequently goes on runs. Will be very loud out in Omaha. 

[Tha Hound]

Not quite.

KenPom has us losing by 3 to Creighton.  Favored by 6 against Seton Hall.

All I'm saying is if we want to take the next step as a program, beating Creighton on the road in a down year for them is simply necessary.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

21 seems fair at this point.  Don't see much reason to rank Buffalo ahead of us, but that's my only nitpick really. 

I'd probably do St. Johns 19, Indiana 20, Marquette 21, Buffalo 22, Iowa State 23 if I were ranking those teams.

[mu_hilltopper]

Just keep winning now. There is no reason not to win our next 6 games in a row. We will be heavily favored in all of them except maybe Hall.

Heavily favored?  No.   Only 3 of those games are .. likely wins.

We could go 3-3 over the next 6.   And 3-5 over the next 8.

#Sadtrombone

[jutaw22mu]

Luke DeCock does have a pen name. Unfortunately, it's Han Le Schlong. So...

Congrats, first time someone on this board has actually made me laugh out loud (LOL).

[Tha Hound]

Heavily favored?  No.   Only 3 of those games are .. likely wins.

We could go 3-3 over the next 6.   And 3-5 over the next 8.

#Sadtrombone

Of course we could, but if this years team is supposed to be "different," we should be expecting a bit more.

[BM1090]

We will be bigger underdogs vs. Creighton than we were vs. SJU. We will be medium sized favorites against SHU.

I think we lose in another bad performance on Wednesday then win our next 5.

[MuMark]

Just keep winning now. There is no reason not to win our next 6 games in a row. We will be heavily favored in all of them except maybe Hall.

We aren't likely to be favored in our next game.......Vegas lines are usually close to pomeroy......he has it Creighton by 3.....So your assumption is incorrect.

Very difficult to win 6 conference games in a row.........you should probably just root for us to win the next one and go from there.

[MU82]

All I'm saying is if we want to take the next step as a program, beating Creighton on the road in a down year for them is simply necessary.

If we lose at Creighton and then win, say, 10 of our next 11, will that Creighton game really have seemed "necessary" in retrospect?

Aside from reciting the mandatory "the next game is the biggest" adage before every game, beating Creighton is no more "necessary" than beating St. John's or Xavier was, IMHO. When this season is done, I think I'll STILL be saying that the Louisville win was our biggest of the season for reasons I already mentioned.

Perspective. Everybody on this board will know when we have arrived at a game that is truly "necessary." It might not be till March.

[Bocephys]

If we lose at Creighton and then win, say, 10 of our next 11, will that Creighton game really have seemed "necessary" in retrospect?

Aside from reciting the mandatory "the next game is the biggest" adage before every game, beating Creighton is no more "necessary" than beating St. John's or Xavier was, IMHO. When this season is done, I think I'll STILL be saying that the Louisville win was our biggest of the season for reasons I already mentioned.

Perspective. Everybody on this board will know when we have arrived at a game that is truly "necessary." It might not be till March.

We could lose every game as long as we go 10-0 to end the season.

[burger]

I said 22......

I always add 1 for anti catholic bias......LOL!

Sad but true......

[MU82]

Seems odd to be ranked behind Buffalo and ahead of Indiana and St. John's, but it's no biggie.

21 feels about "right," give or take a spot.

[Babybluejeans]

Bert's got VPI in the top 10 now. 

[mu_hilltopper]

Of course we could, but if this years team is supposed to be "different," we should be expecting a bit more.

A bag of Arby's will fix your optimism right up.

[Bocephys]

Bert's got VPI in the top 10 now.

Does Bart stay after this year?

[GooooMarquette]

Does Bart stay after this year?

Don't mess with happy.

[Heisenberg]

21 it is.........SJ also ranked Nova firs]t team out....https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll/2019/10

All three losses are ranked this week.

No bad losses!

[MuMark]

19 in coaches poll.....I think this is updated

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

[Newsdreams]

Does Bart stay after this year?

Who flushes?

[4everwarriors]

Luke DeCock does have a pen name. Unfortunately, it's Han Le Schlong. So...

Dude kan stroke it from downtown, aina?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Bert's got VPI in the top 10 now.

Let's revisit this when they actually play somebody good...

[PGsHeroes32]

It could be argued but considering we got blown out by St Johns and they were in it against Minnesota, and they won big on the road while we won big at home I think it's fair to drop us more than Bucky this week.

Badgers looked god awful vs minny. Right after losing to WKU and we beat them. Not much justification at this point.

Yeah they got the game close, but really never had a chance with how horrendous everyone but Happ played(and with his 1/8  free throw shooting).