New Polls Released, UNI #26 in AP, #30 in USA Today

[achrist70]

Re: New Polls Released, UNI #26 in AP, #30 in USA Today

I didn't say he should show favoritism, but he goes out of his way to try and put us down

[95UNIGRAD]

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Iowa native Eamonn Brennan doesn't have us in his top 25, I have always felt that he has gone out of his way to shun UNI, and the Valley minus Wichita.

Who? I have no idea who that is. Even if he's supposed to be someone we should listen to, isn't it just an opinion? Who cares?

[CyCarp]

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Obviously it's way early, but it's fun to look at. Joe Lunardi didn't update his Bracketology after his preseason one yet, but he did post it on Twitter yesterday. Sorry it's kinda broken up, he posted it over a bunch of messages. Has us at 31st (8 seed). We've obviously caught his attention since we weren't even one of the first 8 out in his initial bracket.

Updated Seed List (CAPS=AQs): 01-UK, 02-DUKE, 03-WISC, 04-TEXAS, 05-ZONA, 06-Lville, 07-UVa, 08-ZAGS, 09-WICH, 10-NOVA, 11-Unc, 12-Kansas.

13-SDSU, 14-OhSt, 15-Miami, 16-Mich, 17-MichSt, 18-Ark, 19-Wvu, 20-Okla, 21-CONN, 22-Ill, 23-Utah, 24-Cuse, 25-Md, 26-Bay, 27-IowaSt, 28-VCU

29-Butler, 30-Prov, 31-NoIowa, 32-OklaSt, 33-Gtown, 34-Fla, 35-Iowa, 36-Cal, 37-NCSt, 38-NDame, 39-Ucla, 40-Stan, 41-Wash, 42-Neb, 43-Byu.

44-StJohn, 45-Dayton, 46-HARV, 47-OleMiss, 48-Creigh, 49-GB, 50-NMSU, 51-LATECH, 52-BELM, 53-UCSB, 54-WOFF, 55-FGCU, 56-BUFF, 57-GSU, 58-NE.

59-EWU, 60-SFA, 61-DENVER, 62-VERM, 63-NCCU, 64-LAFAY, 65-HPOINT, 66-RMU, 67-TEXSO, 68-NIAGARA (1-0, MAAC "leader").

FIRST OUT: Purdue, Xavier, St. Mary's, Texas A&M. NEXT OUT: So Methodist, Pitt, Oregon, Seton Hall

[unipanthers8907]

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Utah beat Wichita State last night in overtime, but I see #19 Michigan State lost to Notre Dame and #21 Maryland lost to #7 Virginia. Michigan State may fall out of the Top 25, but I think Notre Dame will move in. Hopefully Maryland or another team drops out.
If we beat George Mason on Saturday I think we get in at #25.

[Purrrrrfect]

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I went to bed and WSU was up 12-0...what happened for Utah to make even a game of it?

[achrist70]

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Wichita had to go on a late run to even get the game to OT, Wichita is not overly impressive in the post

[panther-state]

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Don't forget Iowa beat UNC. That win will raise more eyebrows than any we have so don't be too surprised if the Squawks have wiggled their way up there

[achrist70]

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I honestly question how good North Carolina really is, I am not trying to take anything away from the Iowa win, it is never easy to win in Chapel Hill, but the Tar Heels have been less than impressive in a lot of their games.

[DownGoesKansas]

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It's really not worth thinking about. Too much going on. Notre Dame is 7-1 now with a win over Michigan state and no one else, who knows how voters will treat that. Iowa State plays Arkansas so one has to lose this week.

If we keep winning we will be ranked.

[ceaser150]

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I honestly question how good North Carolina really is, I am not trying to take anything away from the Iowa win, it is never easy to win in Chapel Hill, but the Tar Heels have been less than impressive in a lot of their games.

They are a top 25 team. They beat UCLA and Florida fairly handily.

[UNIpanther99]

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It's a really busy week in college basketball and we really aren't much of a part of it. I wouldn't be surprised if we win and still lose some votes.

[DownGoesKansas]

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It's a really busy week in college basketball and we really aren't much of a part of it. I wouldn't be surprised if we win and still lose some votes.

And it is probably the way it should be. Early season rankings are pointless

[Codytwo]

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And it is probably the way it should be. Early season rankings are pointless

An argument has been made that pre-season ratings are the most accurate:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/the_pre-season_ap_poll_is_great

[SteinPizza]

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They are a top 25 team. They beat UCLA and Florida fairly handily.

For now, UNC appears to be a two player team. Paige and Meeks. Meeks is an absolute beast, but he fouled out with a couple of minutes left. Both those guys are capable of beating lots of teams by themselves, but if both are off, there's currently nothing to fall back on.

[UNIdad]

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I honestly question how good North Carolina really is, I am not trying to take anything away from the Iowa win, it is never easy to win in Chapel Hill, but the Tar Heels have been less than impressive in a lot of their games.

Wasn't UNC very inconsistent last year? Lost to some bums, but beat some great teams.