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

[Goose]

I'm with you, real. Enjoy the ride!!

[real chili 83]

I'm with you, real. Enjoy the ride!!

I have an excuse to be in Champaign on Tuesday. 🤔

[Goose]

real


Send pics!

[real chili 83]

real


Send pics!

Road trip?

[Dr. Blackheart]

I have an excuse to be in Champaign on Tuesday. 🤔

Billy Joel concert?

[dgies9156]

I guess we've never been here before tho in my lifetime so enjoy it

We have in mine. It's nice to be baaaaacccck!

Looking forward to being ranked 1 after we beat Illinois, win Hawaii, beat Texas, the rodent and the booze-addled leprechaun.

[Goose]

dgies

The program is back and it is a lot of fun. I have waited since 8th grade for this type of excitement and program. I agree with Shaka, MU is the place to be in college basketball.

[PGsHeroes32]

I'd be surprised if they didn't. They have maybe the best win any team will have this entire season, while almost everyone else has played a couple of cupcakes.

Duke shouldnt have been ranked 2 to begin with.

They lost and returned similar production to MU, Purdue and Creighton. All who were significantly better than them last year while Duke was a 5 seed in a ACC that was a joke.

They will not be the best win that any team has by seasons end. Probably not even close tbh.

[LloydsLegs]

Billy Joel concert?

Chili treats Billy Joel like Deadhead's treat the Grateful Dead

[dgies9156]

dgies

The program is back and it is a lot of fun. I have waited since 8th grade for this type of excitement and program. I agree with Shaka, MU is the place to be in college basketball.

Goose:

I remember the first time we were rated 1 in both the AP and UPI polls. It was February 1971 and I was a freshman in high school in Nashville. Great moment and something we thought would never end.

It did and for those of us who stuck with our Warriors through The Dukiet, Deanne and Wojo years, this is an incredible feeling. Difference is I'm old enough to be able to fly to home games, which we will do in February.

This year should be special!

[LloydsLegs]

Goose:

I remember the first time we were rated 1 in both the AP and UPI polls. It was February 1971 and I was a freshman in high school in Nashville. Great moment and something we thought would never end.

It did and for those of us who stuck with our Warriors through The Dukiet, Deanne and Wojo years, this is an incredible feeling. Difference is I'm old enough to be able to fly to home games, which we will do in February.

This year should be special!

I don't care how good this team is; never ever going to be ranked No. 1 by UPI.

[MU82]

This makes sense:

3-Marquette
4-Tennessee
5-Arizona
6-UConn
7-Duke

As does this:

I'd put Arizona and Tennessee ahead of Marquette.  Good wins on the road are better than two cupcakes at home.

I'm thinking AZ leapfrogs us to 3 and we move up to 4, one spot ahead of Tenn. Not that there's any science to this.

Enjoy the ride....

Of course. But it doesn't mean we all can't enjoy every roadside stop on the ride.

I think it's a pretty fun part of the ride to be having conversations about where in the top 5 Marquette should be ranked.

We Are Marquette!

[Uncle Rico]

This makes sense:

As does this:

I'm thinking AZ leapfrogs us to 3 and we move up to 4, one spot ahead of Tenn. Not that there's any science to this.

Of course. But it doesn't mean we all can't enjoy every roadside stop on the ride.

I think it's a pretty fun part of the ride to be having conversations about where in the top 5 Marquette should be ranked.

We Are Marquette!

Rankings no matta, but it's pretty cool to have the discussion about where in the top 5 Marquette should be

[SaveOD238]

We have in mine. It's nice to be baaaaacccck!

Looking forward to being ranked 1 after we beat Illinois, win Hawaii, beat Texas, the rodent and the booze-addled leprechaun.

We won't have to beat Texas, UW, or ND to get to #1 if we win Maui.  In fact, I think the winner of Maui will be #1 on Nov 27 no matter what happens, and that includes a surprise run by Gonzaga or UCLA. 

[Goose]

dgies

I barely hung on during the Wojo era and I did not like giving hope. Always believed MU could be the place to be again and lost hope under the last guy. Kudo's to all that hung on better than I did during those years. I remember watching Bosch over an MU game and that never happened in my 50+  years of being a fan.

On a very selfish note, I am really happy my kids loving MU basketball at a crazy high level. They heard enough about the old days and hope they enjoy it more than I am enjoying it.

[warriorchick]

Wrelcome back, Newsie, but you're channeling Rico.

Newsie is changing his name to Uncle Rican

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

3-Marquette
4-Tennessee
5-Arizona
6-UConn
7-Duke

I think there's a legit argument for that. Arizona's win was great, but it's as much an argument that Duke was overrated as anything.

Put me down for "Duke is overrated."  More like a top 20 team than a top 5 team.

Now Arizona's going to be overrated for a bit.  I expect the Wildcats to jump into the top 5.  They're a solid top 15 team, but ultimately not top 5 in my opinion.  I expect their ranking to correct over time.

[dgies9156]

We won't have to beat Texas, UW, or ND to get to #1 if we win Maui.  In fact, I think the winner of Maui will be #1 on Nov 27 no matter what happens, and that includes a surprise run by Gonzaga or UCLA.

We are going to have to beat them all to stay there!

[brewcity77]

We won't have to beat Texas, UW, or ND to get to #1 if we win Maui.  In fact, I think the winner of Maui will be #1 on Nov 27 no matter what happens, and that includes a surprise run by Gonzaga or UCLA.

I think the one caveat is an undefeated Maui winner will be #1. If we lose to Illinois but win Maui, I think we'll be highly ranked but not #1.

[wadesworld]

Put me down for "Duke is overrated."  More like a top 20 team than a top 5 team.

Now Arizona's going to be overrated for a bit.  I expect the Wildcats to jump into the top 5.  They're a solid top 15 team, but ultimately not top 5 in my opinion.  I expect their ranking to correct over time.

What are your rankings then?

Duke brings in much more talent than what Marquette brought in. I trust MU's continuity and coaching to make them better than Duke is, but trying to explain off winning at Cameron as some mid result is absolutely wild.

Maybe I'm COLE, but maybe I just know how these things work, how big of a name Duke and Cameron Indoor are, and am just realistic. Only one guy's rankings, but Parrish had Arizona at 17 before the game and has them at 3 now. Duke only dropped to 4, and Marquette stayed at 5. That was a GINORMOUS result, and MU winning 2 games against complete cupcakes does nothing. This early in the year, with so few datapoints, one big result causes huge swings in a team's ranking.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/rankings/top25/

[Newsdreams]

I don't care how good this team is; never ever going to be ranked No. 1 by UPI.

And geezer had hair then

[SaveOD238]

I think the one caveat is an undefeated Maui winner will be #1. If we lose to Illinois but win Maui, I think we'll be highly ranked but not #1.

If Syracuse goes on a crazy run and beats Purdue, Tennessee and Marquette or Kansas en route to a Maui title, would they be #1?  Maybe not, but they'd have the best resume in the country by far.

[HowardsWorld]

I'm going to enjoy the ride but my goal is a 1 seed in the tournament. Winning the Maui will give us a leg up on everyone.

Wins over Ucla, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas , Illinois and Purdue/Tennessee/Gonzaga would all but guarantee a 1 seed with winning the big east. Wouldn't even need the big east tournament at that point. Maybe I'm getting greedy but it's nice to have these conversations again.

[PGsHeroes32]

I'm going to enjoy the ride but my goal is a 1 seed in the tournament. Winning the Maui will give us a leg up on everyone.

Wins over Ucla, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas , Illinois and Purdue/Tennessee/Gonzaga would all but guarantee a 1 seed with winning the big east. Wouldn't even need the big east tournament at that point. Maybe I'm getting greedy but it's nice to have these conversations again.

If we sweep the non con with the wins you mentioned we dont even need to win the BE regular season to be a 1 seed lock.

[Newsdreams]

I'm going to enjoy the ride but my goal is a 1 seed in the tournament. Winning the Maui will give us a leg up on everyone.

Wins over Ucla, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas , Illinois and Purdue/Tennessee/Gonzaga would all but guarantee a 1 seed with winning the big east. Wouldn't even need the big east tournament at that point. Maybe I'm getting greedy but it's nice to have these conversations again.

I'll enjoy the ride, but want a natty, anything else is a failure of a season.