IlliniKrush Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 11:35 AM) Where's jimbos drinker? I'll fill in for him in the meantime... "Weber can't recruit" "I love bill self" "I love russ rob and ju ju" "Julian Wright is the best post passer in the history of the sport" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 11:58 AM) I'll fill in for him in the meantime... "Weber can't recruit" "I love bill self" "I love russ rob and ju ju" "Julian Wright is the best post passer in the history of the sport" im here, just in no need to defend my up and down rollercoaster ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) New rankings out: UCLA number 1 in both polls. WSU up to 10th in the ap, still only 16th in the coaches poll. Butler 14 in ap, 15 in coaches. SIU gets 30 votes in the ap and 22 in the coaches. EDIT: And looking at the polls more closely, how the crunk did Depaul get votes? Edited December 4, 2006 by Rowand44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 01:20 PM) New rankings out: UCLA number 1 in both polls. WSU up to 10th in the ap, still only 16th in the coaches poll. Butler 14 in ap, 15 in coaches. SIU gets 30 votes in the ap and 22 in the coaches. How is WSU still behind LSU in both polls? Even worse, they are one spot behind them in the AP. They won at LSU and haven't lost to anyone, how is LSU the better team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(danman31 @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 01:36 PM) How is WSU still behind LSU in both polls? Even worse, they are one spot behind them in the AP. They won at LSU and haven't lost to anyone, how is LSU the better team? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 the polls are such a crapshoot at this point of the season because you have people trying to balance what they've seen against what they thought they'd see. once there's more weight to the "what they've seen" the polls will get more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) the polls are such a crapshoot at this point of the season because you have people trying to balance what they've seen against what they thought they'd see. once there's more weight to the "what they've seen" the polls will get more accurate. Yeah...i'd argue that losing to Oral Roberts and Depaul and beating one good team, albeit very good, isn't grounds for putting you at #12. I don't mean to purposely pick on Kansas, but that's just another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 02:01 PM) Yeah...i'd argue that losing to Oral Roberts and Depaul and beating one good team, albeit very good, isn't grounds for putting you at #12. I don't mean to purposely pick on Kansas, but that's just another example. My guess is they keep the more premiere teams near the top to make their ratings more sexy...KU should be in the low teens, early 20's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palehosefan Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I've heard others suggest that the polls shouldn't start until January 1st for basketball. I like the concept, as teams would have gotten through their OOC schedules and will be getting ready or just into conference play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 at this point, too, i think the rankings are more a way to promote certain match-ups than anything else. for example, i don't think it was much of a coincidence that osu found itself at number one a few days before their nationally televised espn game against north carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) at this point, too, i think the rankings are more a way to promote certain match-ups than anything else. for example, i don't think it was much of a coincidence that osu found itself at number one a few days before their nationally televised espn game against north carolina. Exactly, which is why there is no reason to start polls late in basketball. People would have to be more avid fans to know they are watching a top ten team early on. Also, polls don't get used at the end anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) A couple of interesting games tonight: USC is at Kansas, who the hell knows which Jayhawks show up. And the game that really intrigues me is Winthrop at Wiscy. Edited December 4, 2006 by Rowand44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Winthrop and Wiscy heading into OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Badgers are going to win it. Good effort by the Eagles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Winthrop shot 60% from 3. They were down as many as 13 in the 2nd half, but just kept hitting 3s. And it didnt help Wisconsin insisted on shooting 3s eventhough they were terrible from behind the line and shooting 2's well. I didnt get to see the game, although this time it didnt even matter that Im Chicago market because its not even on in Wisconsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 17-14 OT scoring? That's high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 QUOTE(danman31 @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 03:19 AM) So no one probably cares about Mizzou basketball and rightfully so, but they beat Evansville 73-54 today. That in itself isn't post worthy, but Evansville shot 28.1% as a team. Two starters went ofer the field (0-11 and 0-9 respectively) and another fouled out in ten minutes of action. That's impressive sucking. Basically Evansville's highlight was one of the players' girlfriends. Thanks for rubbing it in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 (edited) Wisconsin got up in OT, and then fouls/3pointers just kept the game going on. Edited December 5, 2006 by Soxbadger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Kansas players like to fall down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Winthrop's performances against UNC in what was like a road game and at Wisky make me feel a little better about NIU's 10 point loss to them at home this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hawkeyes up 10 on UNI at the half in one of the worst played halves I think I've seen this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Ok State takes down Cuse and UNI played one of the worst 35 minutes of basketball you'll ever see and ended up beating Iowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 A couple of other games to note: Purdue continues to impress, they beat a real good Loyola team quite easily. And UIC absolutely blew out NIU, I was very surprised to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Well, after watching Marquette lethargically take down Delaware State tonight, I'm not too confident going into the Wiscy game on Saturday. The energy that was there during the Duke and Texas Tech games just hasn't been there the past two games. Maybe I'm being too hard on them... after all, this is my first season actually following a college basketball team from start all the way through. This might sound silly, but is it 'normal' for higher ranked teams to sleepwalk through their non-conference schedule (sans, of course, the big games like Duke, Wiscy, T-Tech). Maybe they're just playing down to their competition. All I know is that the BC is going to be rockin' on Saturday, and I'll be quite dissappointed if MU isn't amped. A victory is possible, but they're going to have to play damn well defensively, which hasn't necessarily been the case the past couple games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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