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

[Windyplayer]

Beat Providence and hope someone in the 20-25 range loses and we are back in.

Check! No team better to replace than ND.

[real chili 83]

The bat computer says 23.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

What I think the rankings SHOULD be:

1) Kansas (18-1)
2) Michigan (19-1*)
3) Florida (16-2)
4) Indiana (18-2*)
5) Duke (17-2)
6) Syracuse (18-2)
7) Gonzaga (19-2)
8) Arizona (17-2)
9) Louisville (16-4)
10) Ohio State (15-4)
11) Oregon (18-2)
12) Butler (17-3)
13) Cincinnati (16-4)
14) Kansas State (15-4)
15) Michigan State (17-4*)
Things start to get extremely mucky at this point.
16) Wichita State (19-2)
17) Ole Miss (17-2)
18) Miami (15-3*)
19) Marquette (14-4)
20) NC State (16-4)
21) Missouri (15-4)
22) Pittsburgh (17-4)
23) Georgetown (14-4)
24) San Diego State (16-4)
25) New Mexico (17-3)

Other notables:

Minnesota (15-5), Creighton (18-3*), Notre Dame (16-4), Wisconsin (14-6), UCLA (16-5), Memphis (16-3), UNLV (16-4)

* Assumes:
Indiana over Michigan State
Michigan over Illinois
Miami over Florida State (Wanted to go other way)

[klyrish]

I hope you're right but I also hope you're not because every time we get ranked, we just choke. And choking against USF tomorrow night is NOT acceptable.

[wadesworld]

I hope you're right but I also hope you're not because every time we get ranked, we just choke. And choking against USF tomorrow night is NOT acceptable.

...we've been ranked once this year and lost on the road in overtime to a top 20 team (started the year top 12).

Last year we were ranked the entire year and went 14-4 in the Big East and finished 2nd in the Big East.

If that's how you define "choke" then I guess you're right.

[klyrish]

...we've been ranked once this year and lost on the road in overtime to a top 20 team (started the year top 12).

Last year we were ranked the entire year and went 14-4 in the Big East and finished 2nd in the Big East.

If that's how you define "choke" then I guess you're right.

Fine, let me clarify: every time we get ranked, we seem to play the next game rather crappily. I.e. the Cinci game, scoring 13 points in the first half. Granted, we came back and went to OT, but still.

Last year, we broke the top 10 and got absolutely embarrassed by Florida. It seems like the game after either becoming ranked or jumping in ranks sees a piss-poor performance that either ends in us barely squeaking by or getting utterly embarrassed on the court.

That's the way it feels at least.

[martyconlonontherun]

Fine, let me clarify: every time we get ranked, we seem to play the next game rather crappily. I.e. the Cinci game, scoring 13 points in the first half. Granted, we came back and went to OT, but still.

Last year, we broke the top 10 and got absolutely embarrassed by Florida. It seems like the game after either becoming ranked or jumping in ranks sees a piss-poor performance that either ends in us barely squeaking by or getting utterly embarrassed on the court.

That's the way it feels at least.

I think part of that is we are a borderline team anyways. If we are ranked, that is because we have been hot and won a few games in a row, which means were due for a loss. No team is perfect and streaks have to end if you aren't that good to begin with.

[muguru]

What I think the rankings SHOULD be:

1) Kansas (18-1)
2) Michigan (19-1*)
3) Florida (16-2)
4) Indiana (18-2*)
5) Duke (17-2)
6) Syracuse (18-2)
7) Gonzaga (19-2)
8) Arizona (17-2)
9) Louisville (16-4)
10) Ohio State (15-4)
11) Oregon (18-2)
12) Butler (17-3)
13) Cincinnati (16-4)
14) Kansas State (15-4)
15) Michigan State (17-4*)
Things start to get extremely mucky at this point.
16) Wichita State (19-2)
17) Ole Miss (17-2)
18) Miami (15-3*)
19) Marquette (14-4)
20) NC State (16-4)
21) Missouri (15-4)
22) Pittsburgh (17-4)
23) Georgetown (14-4)
24) San Diego State (16-4)
25) New Mexico (17-3)

Other notables:

Minnesota (15-5), Creighton (18-3*), Notre Dame (16-4), Wisconsin (14-6), UCLA (16-5), Memphis (16-3), UNLV (16-4)

* Assumes:
Indiana over Michigan State
Michigan over Illinois
Miami over Florida State (Wanted to go other way)

No freaking way should UL still be a top 10 team after losing two this week and three in a row overall. MAYBE in the 15-20 range.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

No freaking way should UL still be a top 10 team after losing two this week and three in a row overall. MAYBE in the 15-20 range.

Look at the other resumes after Arizona. It falls off a cliff, and it falls fast. I think an argument could be made to drop Louisville down to the #15 range due to the recent losses but fact of the matter is that Louisville is better than the five or six teams that would be ranked ahead of them.

I don't see Louisville dropping any further than 12.

[Warrior]

The bat computer says 23.

This bat brain agrees.

[AlienWarrior]

We WILL be ranked because we play Louisville on Stupor Bowl Sunday.

[g0lden3agle]

What I think the rankings SHOULD be:

1) Kansas (18-1)
2) Michigan (19-1*)
3) Florida (16-2)
4) Indiana (18-2*)
5) Duke (17-2)
6) Syracuse (18-2)
7) Gonzaga (19-2)
8) Arizona (17-2)
9) Louisville (16-4)
10) Ohio State (15-4)
11) Oregon (18-2)
12) Butler (17-3)
13) Cincinnati (16-4)
14) Kansas State (15-4)
15) Michigan State (17-4*)
Things start to get extremely mucky at this point.
16) Wichita State (19-2)
17) Ole Miss (17-2)
18) Miami (15-3*)
19) Marquette (14-4)
20) NC State (16-4)
21) Missouri (15-4)
22) Pittsburgh (17-4)
23) Georgetown (14-4)
24) San Diego State (16-4)
25) New Mexico (17-3)

Other notables:

Minnesota (15-5), Creighton (18-3*), Notre Dame (16-4), Wisconsin (14-6), UCLA (16-5), Memphis (16-3), UNLV (16-4)

* Assumes:
Indiana over Michigan State
Michigan over Illinois
Miami over Florida State (Wanted to go other way)

You should forward this to hunt so he does have to bother with a post requesting reader input

[MU82]

We WILL be ranked because we play Louisville on Stupor Bowl Sunday.

You do realize that the writers who vote in the AP poll don't all get together and decide to rank teams based on when they might or might not be on TV, right?

The networks have zero say in this stuff.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

23 on Parrish Goodman and Davis mentioned that he has MU tied at 26.

[Windyplayer]

#25 in the USA Today poll!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/

[chapman]

#25 in the USA Today poll!

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/

First appearance in the coach's poll this year, no?

[MUMountin]

Villanova not even garnering a vote after two top-5 wins in a week.

[Windyplayer]

First appearance in the coach's poll this year, no?

Correct. And MUMountin, I was thinking the same thing. I know they have seven losses, but they deserved some recognition in the polls.

[martyconlonontherun]

he USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2012-13 season: Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary''s; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Tim Cluess, Iona; Keith Dambrot, Akron; Kermit Davis, Middle Tennessee; Steve Donahue, Boston College; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Bruiser Flint, Drexel; Tim Floyd, Texas-El Paso; Mark Fox, Georgia; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Ron Fang Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Dave Paulsen, Bucknell; Saul Phillips, North Dakota State; Steve Pikiell, Stony Brook; Randy Rahe, Weber State; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Shaka Smart, Virginia Commonwealth; Andrew Toole, Robert Morris; Don Verlin, Idaho; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara.

Never knew Jeter got a vote. It would be awesome to see an average of coaches ranking their own team vs other coaches.

[chapman]

Kermit Davis, Middle Tennessee

I guess that's where their two votes came from. 

[Windyplayer]

#25 in the AP as well.

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

[TallTitan34]

25th in AP:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

[jsglow]

Big gap back to GTown in 26th with Bucky and UNLV way behind that.  Win tonight; play Louisville tough.  We'll stay.

[jeffreyweee]

Clearly we were only ranked 25th because we have a game on ESPN tonight and it'll get more attraction with a 25 next to our name similar to the Miami v Duke game.

[Windyplayer]

If Butler can stay at #9 after losing to LaSalle, we can stay at #25 should we lose to Louisville.