I think it would be a good thing if both A-10 teams were ranked and SLU leaped the Spiders. Would give the team needed motivation.
They’ll get a chance to prove they belong on Saturday. So far they have three weak-ish wins and a loss to a San Francisco team that’s 6–4.
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What matters most is simply that we didn't lose, while a bunch of teams ahead of us did (UConn, Arizona State, Clemson, UCLA, Louisville).
Of course he keeps SLU ahead of us, even though they lost to his #40 team while we lost only to his #5 team. Makes perfect sense...Rothstein, who unlike Goodman is an AP voter, moves us from 30 last week to 24 this week:
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SLU also beat his #32 team, so they have a better win than we do.
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Yes, they have two wins better than our best win, at the moment. It's entirely justifiable.
This might be one of your funniest lines ever. So, national college basketball voters are going to be swayed bigly by us beating the predicted last place team in the SEC and a MVC team coming off a 14 point loss to Wisconsin that we beat by 2.
After looking at it, those teams had good wins last week, so it is fine. We just need to keep winning. Not only for the ranking, but more importantly, for the dance.New poll is out...Spiders actually dropped a spot to #27. We got 142 points, up from 140 last week. SLU still one spot behind us, although they lost a bunch of votes.
VT, X, and Oregon all passed us, while Clemson and Louisville dropped below us.
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Hence why they decided to cancel the rest of their OOC. Sadly, UNI is not going to get us the traction we thought it might. Hopefully, Loyola-Chicago takes there place
Like you, I hope we are able to climb back into the polls for the notoriety it brings. Fortunately, we don't have far to climb.
My issue is the difference in rankings between last week and this week. We win 2 games and drop one place. Many of the teams that moved up I don't think had as good a week as U of R. For example Michigan does not play and they move up 6 spots.
| 17 | 5 | North Carolina | ACC | 5-2 | 492 | _ | Share |
| 18 | 5 | Illinois | Big Ten | 5-3 | 468 | _ | Share |
| 19 | 6 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-0 | 367 | _ | Share |
| 20 | 1 | Duke | ACC | 3-2 | 352 | _ | Share |
| 21 | 6 | Florida State | ACC | 4-1 | 335 | _ | Share |
| 22 | - | Xavier | Big East | 8-0 | 249 | _ | Share |
| 23 | 3 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 6-1 | 245 | _ | Share |
| 24 | - | Virginia Tech | ACC | 6-1 | 181 | _ | Share |
| 25 | - | Oregon | Pac-12 | 6-1 | 167 | _ | Share |
First step is to stop believing we’re a mid major. Many people don’t consider the A10 a mid major conference, and even if you do, having the mindset that being a mid major is a disadvantage does nothing except create a crutch/excuse and help lower expectations.
By ourselves, assume you are referring to Hardt, Qualls, Mooney and the admin? I have been beating the drum for a few years bit the higher upside don't seem to believe.
