Coaches Poll Week 10

[Beaker416]

UNI picked up 8 more votes in this weeks poll as we now have 18 total votes, even though our RPI is at an all time high our place in the coaches rankings isn't as we had 23 votes in Week 8. We're currently sitting #34, up 2 spots from last week. Our highest recent ranking was in Week 8 when we were ranked #31.

Personally I prefer to stay unranked for just a little bit longer as we have less of a target on our back and it gives the team more of a desire to prove themselves. It'll be interesting to see what the AP poll looks like.

[pantherfan4ever]

i would be suprised if we were ranked at all this year, personally. we were getting pretty close and then we had 1 set back to a very very very tough team to beat at home, in Bradley. we fell a few and then had huge road wins at wichita state and missiouri state who are both very good teams and teams that the coaches and experts respect. even with both of those road wins we still only climbed a few. I would love to see us clean the rest of our slate and not lose again, but realistically there is a good chance we drop a couple more in conference. it just seems that for ever loss that we would get we need to get 3 or 4 very solid wins to get back to where we were. so unless we win um all, it would be pretty hard to get ranked, in my opinion. especially considering we have already won 2 of the games that would really get us noticed for winning the road games at wit st and msu.

with all of that said, i LOVE not being ranked! we stay under the radar (somewhat) and it keeps our guys playing at their top level consistantly to prove everyone wrong. ALL i care about it getting into the tourny and doing some damage!

[Newsbreaker]

I agree with the above. I don't think we'll be ranked, until possibly the final rankings of the year.

Other then Iowa, we simply haven't had a 'first segment' win...ie, a win that gets you on a national sports show in the first segment, a real national eye catcher. There aren't any left sitting on the schedule that I can see either. Maybe, if we run the table, our record will be impressive enough that we can't be ignored.

The "Best" way to get ranked would be if SIU wasn't on our slate at all until after Feb 1, and if they were unbeaten in league play when we beat them. They have a name that national broadcasters are more aware of, and have an easier route to a top-25 slot then we do at this time.

That's not the case, however.

We win a tournament game, or get into the Sweet 16, and we'll find it much easier in the future to crack the rankings.

[ejacobson]

I think that everyone is being a little down, the Coaches poll has ranked us lower than the AP poll all year, which is baffling but non the less they have. I think that the guys can run this thing down and win out the valley regular season and if they go these next two weeks and four games (CU, Ill St, SIU, and DU) 3/4 at home then we'll get more votes. It can and I think will happen that the boys break the top 25 this year. There are some tough games left on the scheduele but those are games which can and should be won, neither of the two losses were games that the guys got beat, they lost it on thier own and I don't think that Mac is going to let them lose one late in the game again.

[NJ Panther]

This was a bad week for a team in our position because the bottom part of the top 25 and the top receiving vote getters beat up on the top. Its so ridiculous what it takes to get ranked when you brandished with the "Mid-Major" label. Oh well, thats what March is for

[DWadle1983]

As I said on the AP thread, the MVC, and other mid-majors, will get shafted until they have more games on TV.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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What sports channels do you have on your cable/dish in Green Bay?

[Purple member]

[QUOTE=Beaker416]UNI picked up 8 more votes in this weeks poll as we now have 18 total votes, even though our RPI is at an all time high our place in the coaches rankings isn't as we had 23 votes in Week 8. We're currently sitting #34, up 2 spots from last week. Our highest recent ranking was in Week 8 when we were ranked #31.


Our best chance to make a leap will be this week. There are only 2 teams on our schedule that have votes in the coaches poll (UMKC and Creighton). We already beat UMKC by 20+ and it didn't seem to get us much respect. Maybe, if we can do a number on Creighton (not easy) they will give us some.

[Beaker416]

I'd be really suprised if Dana and the UMKC coach weren't already casting their ballots are way. My guess is that it's a lot of the other coaches that we're going to need to impress.

[B.True]

its funny...i think all the coaches out there in d1 hoops know a lot about other teams. they've talked to them, recruited against them, traded films with them......with that said, i think that if i were a coach on the poll, i'd be thinking about voting for the teams i played in the season....heck, it helps out my RPI....thus, i think vzosec and altman are, and have been 2 of those coaches voting for the panthers and will continue for the rest of the season. win 2 more and you'll see a few more votes....3 in a row from this point would get the team in the top 25. not sure if i care...just hopefully the team continues to play well and is ready when march rolls around.

go panthers....

[DWadle1983]

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What sports channels do you have on your cable/dish in Green Bay?

ESPN, ESPN2 and CSTV. There have been a handful of MVC non-conference games on, such as WSU playing Michigan State, and SIU's in Alaska.