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

[MuMark]

https://twitter.com/bensteelemjs/status/1757102946976674075?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Wow.  Was pretty confident we'd end up at 5 so this is a nice surprise. 

That UConn match-up Saturday might get a tiny bit of attention this week.  Need to take care of Butler first. 

[Uncle Rico]

Too high

[MuggsyB]

4th is exactly right.  And the opportunity is right there to have a gargantuan week.  Let's go now!!

[Jables1604]

Too high

No such thing.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Excellent. I really thought Zona would jump us after beating the second and third best P12 teams on the road. Pleasantly surprised.

I think there's a pretty clear gap forming between the top 14 and the rest of the field. Alabama, Dayton, Creighton, BYU all moved up despite losing last week. Dayton moving up despite losing to a mediocre VCU team is particularly surprising.

[TallTitan34]

Believe I saw UConn has only hosted two top-five matchups ever.

[Superfan]

How is UW still ranked let alone #20?

[Shaka Shart]

How is UW still ranked let alone #20?

Play the game the right way

[lawdog77]

How is UW still ranked let alone #20?

soft bubble

[Jay Bee]

How is UW still ranked let alone #20?

4 Ls in a row, yes, but squeaking out a 2 pt win vs Minnesota still holds a lot of weight

[romey]

Play the game the right way

That's interesting, right?  The overall resume includes double digit wins in Q1 and Q2, so I can see their NET ranking holding up (somewhat) but we talk about how voters (A and Coaches) typically look at where a team was last week, then see what they did since then, and vote based on that simplistic recency bias.  But, apparently that theory seems flawed too.

[TallTitan34]

3
Brenna Greene, Brice Cherry, Dave Preston, Luca Evans, Rick Bozich, Scott Richey, Shane Mettlen

4
Andrew Quinn, Ben Steele, Bret Bloomquist, Brian Holland, Chris Murray, Dave Borges, Dick Vitale, Jeff Borzello, Jerry Carino, Jon Wilner, Justin Jackson, Kevin Brockway, Mark Berman, Michelle Gardner, Rodd Baxley, Stefan Krajisnik, Stephen Means, Zach Klein

5
Adam Cole, Chad Leistikow, Darnell Dickson, Geoff Grammer, Jeff Neiburg, Justin Martinez, Kevin McNamara, Lauren Walsh, Marcus Fuller, Mia O'Brien, Parth Upadhyaya, Pat Rooney, Todd Golden, Tony Garcia

6
Chandler Mack, David Jablonski, Dylan Sinn, Jay Tust, Jeff Welsch, Kyle Austin, Mark Zeigler, Sheldon Mickles, Steve Greenberg

7
Bob Ballou, Bob Holt, Bruce Pascoe, Donna Ditota, Kate Rogerson, Kellis Robinett, Kevin Sjuts, Nick Alvarez, Steve Hewitt

8
JB Ricks, Jon Rothstein, Seth Davis

9
Dave Reardon

[wadesworld]

Found who I'm yelling at on X today!

[PGsHeroes32]

4 Ls in a row, yes, but squeaking out a 2 pt win vs Minnesota still holds a lot of weight

Hey! Gophs were sizzling until the classic Minnesota meltdown yesterday

[CountryRoads]

There goes Seth Davis ranking MSU after winning a single game even with the loss to Minnesota last week. What a joke he is.

[romey]

3
Brenna Greene, Brice Cherry, Dave Preston, Luca Evans, Rick Bozich, Scott Richey, Shane Mettlen

4
Andrew Quinn, Ben Steele, Bret Bloomquist, Brian Holland, Chris Murray, Dave Borges, Dick Vitale, Jeff Borzello, Jerry Carino, Jon Wilner, Justin Jackson, Kevin Brockway, Mark Berman, Michelle Gardner, Rodd Baxley, Stefan Krajisnik, Stephen Means, Zach Klein

5
Adam Cole, Chad Leistikow, Darnell Dickson, Geoff Grammer, Jeff Neiburg, Justin Martinez, Kevin McNamara, Lauren Walsh, Marcus Fuller, Mia O'Brien, Parth Upadhyaya, Pat Rooney, Todd Golden, Tony Garcia

6
Chandler Mack, David Jablonski, Dylan Sinn, Jay Tust, Jeff Welsch, Kyle Austin, Mark Zeigler, Sheldon Mickles, Steve Greenberg

7
Bob Ballou, Bob Holt, Bruce Pascoe, Donna Ditota, Kate Rogerson, Kellis Robinett, Kevin Sjuts, Nick Alvarez, Steve Hewitt

8
JB Ricks, Jon Rothstein, Seth Davis

9
Dave Reardon

TT, where do you find this breakdown?

[Its DJOver]

TT, where do you find this breakdown?

https://collegepolltracker.com/basketball/team/marquette-golden-eagles/2023

[PGsHeroes32]

Not sure on the logistics that go into it.

But boy Fox should be trying to do their own gameday type situation for this game. With a crew on site rather than studio.

[mugrad_89]

Not sure on the logistics that go into it.

But boy Fox should be trying to do their own gameday type situation for this game. With a crew on site rather than studio.

Agreed - a great PR opportunity for the Big East.

[JWags85]

3
Brenna Greene, Brice Cherry, Dave Preston, Luca Evans, Rick Bozich, Scott Richey, Shane Mettlen

4
Andrew Quinn, Ben Steele, Bret Bloomquist, Brian Holland, Chris Murray, Dave Borges, Dick Vitale, Jeff Borzello, Jerry Carino, Jon Wilner, Justin Jackson, Kevin Brockway, Mark Berman, Michelle Gardner, Rodd Baxley, Stefan Krajisnik, Stephen Means, Zach Klein

5
Adam Cole, Chad Leistikow, Darnell Dickson, Geoff Grammer, Jeff Neiburg, Justin Martinez, Kevin McNamara, Lauren Walsh, Marcus Fuller, Mia O'Brien, Parth Upadhyaya, Pat Rooney, Todd Golden, Tony Garcia

6
Chandler Mack, David Jablonski, Dylan Sinn, Jay Tust, Jeff Welsch, Kyle Austin, Mark Zeigler, Sheldon Mickles, Steve Greenberg

7
Bob Ballou, Bob Holt, Bruce Pascoe, Donna Ditota, Kate Rogerson, Kellis Robinett, Kevin Sjuts, Nick Alvarez, Steve Hewitt

8
JB Ricks, Jon Rothstein, Seth Davis

9
Dave Reardon

Further evidence of why Rothstein is a clown.  Writes a bunch of tweets fawning all over Shaka and Kolek this week...ranks them lowest of any voter in the nation along with a bitter UNC writer and a guy in Honolulu.

[MuggsyB]

Further evidence of why Rothstein is a clown.  Writes a bunch of tweets fawning all over Shaka and Kolek this week...ranks them lowest of any voter in the nation along with a bitter UNC writer and a guy in Honolulu.

Well said JWags. 

[brewcity77]

It will be very interesting to see what happens if we do have a 2-0 week. Unless we beat UConn soundly, it's hard to imagine us jumping ahead of them if we're 20-5 and they are 23-3. Purdue is similar, even if they lost at Ohio State on Sunday, would many voters move us ahead? I'm sure we'd slide ahead of Houston on some ballots whether they beat Texas Saturday or not, but we might be at the point where we need the teams ahead of us to lose 2-3 times before we can move up any more.

[PGsHeroes32]

It will be very interesting to see what happens if we do have a 2-0 week. Unless we beat UConn soundly, it's hard to imagine us jumping ahead of them if we're 20-5 and they are 23-3. Purdue is similar, even if they lost at Ohio State on Sunday, would many voters move us ahead? I'm sure we'd slide ahead of Houston on some ballots whether they beat Texas Saturday or not, but we might be at the point where we need the teams ahead of us to lose 2-3 times before we can move up any more.

I'd love to find out

[WhiteTrash]

It will be very interesting to see what happens if we do have a 2-0 week. Unless we beat UConn soundly, it's hard to imagine us jumping ahead of them if we're 20-5 and they are 23-3. Purdue is similar, even if they lost at Ohio State on Sunday, would many voters move us ahead? I'm sure we'd slide ahead of Houston on some ballots whether they beat Texas Saturday or not, but we might be at the point where we need the teams ahead of us to lose 2-3 times before we can move up any more.

Agreed. As much as I would love being #1, I don't see any sound logic to be moved ahead of UCONN if we win.