Week 8 AP Top 25

[troyvogel]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?poll=1&year=2006&week=8

[NJ Panther]

Thank goodness for coaches. They have us above Iowa (well, duh) and the ISU Hype. At the beginning of the season I would have thought 10-1 would have been good enough. Now I really believe its going to take 15-1 to get ranked. I think they'll finally have to do it if we beat Wichita and MSU in the same week. I love that the Valley is getting all this respect, yet its going to take the consensus pre-season marquee team going 15-1 to get ranked. Oh, and getting to 15-1 is gonna be far from easy in the Valley. It irks me, but what matters is getting into the dance, beating some people, and then watching the old crappy coaches network say they knew it all along.

[NJ Panther]

I'm too lazy to look this up, but when was the last time we won in Peoria? Don't think any of the current players have won there, but could be wrong

[JCPanthers]

From Valley Talk:

"Bradley is 14-1 against UNI in Peoria, with the only loss coming in the 2001-2002 season...."

[GoCats05]

From Valley Talk:

"Bradley is 14-1 against UNI in Peoria, with the only loss coming in the 2001-2002 season...."

I remember that game--it was so awesome to finally beat them on their court. It's time to start evening out that record.....14-2 come next Wed!!!

GO PANTHERS!!!

[CR Panther]

I don't know what more they need to do to break the top 25. An RPI in the teens and 10-1. I guarantee if those were the stats of an ACC or Big 10 team, they would be in. It shouldn't take 15-1 to get some love.

[CF Panther]

I don't know what more they need to do to break the top 25. An RPI in the teens and 10-1. I guarantee if those were the stats of an ACC or Big 10 team, they would be in. It shouldn't take 15-1 to get some love.

An ACC or Big 11 team with a 10-1 record and an RPI in the teens would be in the top 10-15, not struggling to work their way to the top 25. Oh well, I would prefer that we keep "sneaking" up on people a little bit. We have a target on our backs, and it only gets bigger when you're ranked.

[NJ Panther]

From Valley Talk:

"Bradley is 14-1 against UNI in Peoria, with the only loss coming in the 2001-2002 season...."

Yeah, I thought they won one Mac's first year that broke a long streak. Talking to one of the players before the season he said he did'nt know why everyone was talking about Iowa, Creighton, etc. because what the Panthers really need to do is finally win one in Peoria. I'll be on an airplane, but I'll be routing hard for the boys to pull of a big one on the road

[GoCats05]

An ACC or Big 11 team with a 10-1 record and an RPI in the teens would be in the top 10-15, not struggling to work their way to the top 25. Oh well, I would prefer that we keep "sneaking" up on people a little bit. We have a target on our backs, and it only gets bigger when you're ranked.

I agree, we become ranked and the target just gets bigger on our back. Let us continue to prove all those pompous arrogant sports writers they haven't a clue. I like sneaking up on teams!

[PantherFan]

Rankings are nice. RPI is what is important.

[TravelingPanther]

the longer we're ranked the more attention we get, and the better seed we get come march.

[wonkadog]

Thank goodness for coaches. They have us above Iowa (well, duh) and the ISU Hype. At the beginning of the season I would have thought 10-1 would have been good enough. Now I really believe its going to take 15-1 to get ranked. I think they'll finally have to do it if we beat Wichita and MSU in the same week. I love that the Valley is getting all this respect, yet its going to take the consensus pre-season marquee team going 15-1 to get ranked. Oh, and getting to 15-1 is gonna be far from easy in the Valley. It irks me, but what matters is getting into the dance, beating some people, and then watching the old crappy coaches network say they knew it all along.

What hype did ISU have? You mean the good recruits or what? I think ISU is exactly where I thought they'd be right now...a few good wins and a couple bad losses.

[NJ Panther]

Should have specified the ISU, meant Indiana State, which has become a hype machine ever beating Indiana.

[wonkadog]

ha, oops

ok, sorry to be so easily riled up...

[Newsbreaker]

IMHO, because of our league, our name, and our limited history, we can't just be good to be ranked. We have to be outstanding.

We ARE outstanding, however it's going to take a dominating start to league play. Remember, while respect for the Valley is at an all-time high, right now many people probably look at the MVC and see 3-4 very good teams. Their logic is, rank one (vote for one) you have to vote for several, and ranking muliple MVC teams isn't acceptable to them. To be ranked, one team has to break out and look great amoung a very good league.