12/21 Rankings

[Hacksaw]

AP Poll:
33. Missouri State (45)
40. Wichita State (18)
53. UNI (1)

Coaches Poll:
44. Missouri State (8)
50. UNI (1)

[9YRPLAN]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

beyond lame. oh well, we dont play well when ranked, right?

[UNI MadCat]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

I love that we actually lost a vote in the AP poll. I would love to know the one person who voted us in last week and their rationale for dropping us this week after we did the only thing we could do -- dominate an inferior opponent on the road.

[06panther10]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

How does wichita shoot up that high with ONE good win?

I wouldn't trade our OOC results with either MSU or MSU.

[jnutt]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

the Shockers looked good against Pitt in a loss on ESPN. The voters may remember that. Plus they won tournament games. That always helps you get ranked in the years that follow.

[Hacksaw]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

12/28 Rankings

AP Poll:
34. Wichita State (35)
46. UNI (5)
46. Missouri State (5)

Coaches Poll:
41. UNI (8)
52. Wichita State (1)

[9YRPLAN]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

the depaul loss is looking terrible.

[NorthernIowaBacker]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

Yes it is. However DePaul has the chance to help us out real quick.

They have 10-2 Pittsburg tonight, #13 Georgetown this weekend and then #8 Villanova next week. Then we just need to continue to take care of business. Starts again tomorrow night.

[UNIpanther99]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

DePaul is at 7-5, 178 RPI. With their upcoming schedule, even if they tank, I doubt their RPI will get much lower. Certainly it hard to call that game anything but a bad loss, but it could certainly be worse.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

DePaul only matters if we do not take care of business in conference. 13-5 or better in conference and we are fine (assuming a Bracketbuster win). 12-6 and it becomes a factor, 11-7 or worse and we are in trouble anyways.

[Panther789]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

DePaul only matters if we do not take care of business in conference. 13-5 or better in conference and we are fine (assuming a Bracketbuster win). 12-6 and it becomes a factor, 11-7 or worse and we are in trouble anyways.

I think people are slightly overconfident in this regard. CU went 14-4 in the conference last year, won a BB game, finished 26-7 overall and still got left out.

If we finish 13-5, I think there is a good chance (depending on how ISU, BC, and Siena do), that our resume will look very similar to CU's going into St. Louis.

Hopefully we can storm through the conference and this doesn't become an issue.

[06panther10]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

CU would have gotten in if they weren't absolutely destroyed in their second round game by Illinois State.

They embarassed themselves and lost by 35 or something, and it knocked them right out of the tourney.

[Panther789]

Re: 12/21 Rankings

CU would have gotten in if they weren't absolutely destroyed in their second round game by Illinois State.

They embarassed themselves and lost by 35 or something, and it knocked them right out of the tourney.

That might be true. I know its way too early to speculate about this sort of thing, but imagine the following scenario.

13-5 in the conference, win Bracket Buster, and go into St. Louis at 23-6.

Say we win a game, then lose a close one in the semi-finals to end up at 24-7.

I think its safe to say we would be sweating on selection Sunday. The bottom line is, we have to win a ton of games, but I think we can do it.