2019-20 National Rankings

[AZ Shocker]

Lowest rated one loss team in the country (by far). 7 straight NCAA's with exception of a Final Four NIT run last year doing what no other team has done before (3 road wins and a billion Freshmen). Same elite coach strutting the sidelines...where's the damn respect??? Geez....

[Shockm]

Whoever loses to ECU this year (we almost did and someone good will I think), will really drop big time in the national ratings, and the metric rankings too. Their metrics are really bad.

[Shocker_Power]

Agreed, but fix the error by moving them down to a 20-25 spot, not booting them out entirely. They may not be top 10, but that's a great team that deserves to be in the top 25.

I think it's a little early to be throwing the term "great" at that team. I can see that team imploding for one reason or another.

[WuShock Reaper]

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaa.../coaches-poll/

#17 West Virginia (previous 17)
#22 Memphis (11)
#23 Wichita State (23)
#31 Houston

[Cdizzle]

Seems as though voters do not have a high opinion of the SEC. Which is fine, if applied unilaterally.

[Shox The Revenant]

If we lose to Memphis, we drop out of the Top 25. Pathetic. A team whose only losses were to ranked teams and we'll get dropped. You can take that to the bank. WSU still under the 'very little room for error' expectation.

[Triticum]

If we lose to Memphis, we drop out of the Top 25...You can take that to the bank.

Losing to Memphis is a check I don't plan on cashing.

[pogo]

Seems as though voters do not have a high opinion of the SEC. Which is fine, if applied unilaterally.

Only seems to have an effect if you lose (Memphis) but no credit if you beat the snot out of one.

[Blackmag]

Duke got beat at home by SFA and don’t take a big hit in polls, Memphis loses in a close one to a good Georgia team without one of their best players and they fall 11 spots. Little bit of overkill. Who ever loses Thursday will probably be out of the top 25, which is too bad. Certain teams and conferences get a lot more leeway

[Stickboy46]

Memphis is going to be pissed Thursday... As they should be. That's a ridiculous drop

[moshock]

Memphis is going to be pissed Thursday... As they should be. That's a ridiculous drop

Agreed - but not as pissed as they will be on Friday

[WuShock Reaper]

Top 25 and 1 - CBS Sports

By Gary Parrish
posted: 01/08/20, 10:42am cst

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-rutgers-makes-its-top-25-and-1-debut-after-knocking-off-penn-state/

#13 West Virginia (previous #13)
#19 Memphis (previous #20)
#20 Wichita State (previous #25)

Losses last night, pushed Shockers into the Top 20.

[TheShocktocles]

Lowest rated one loss team in the country (by far). 7 straight NCAA's with exception of a Final Four NIT run last year doing what no other team has done before (3 road wins and a billion Freshmen). Same elite coach strutting the sidelines...where's the damn respect??? Geez....

Oh Man!!!!! You thought "they" were going to be fair and give credit where credit is due. Nope thats not how they roll. Shocks just got to go win it all before they get the respect they deserve.

[pie n eye]

Top 30 is nothing to sneeze at but KenPom doesn’t doesn’t seem overly impressed by the 14-1 Shockers so far.

Am I missing something? We do have plenty of room to improve but we pass my eye test.

[WSUwatcher]

Top 30 is nothing to sneeze at but KenPom doesn’t doesn’t seem overly impressed by the 14-1 Shockers so far.

Am I missing something? We do have plenty of room to improve but we pass my eye test.

KenPom doesn't do a lot of eye evaluation or other qualitative stuff, pie, and his numbers for WSU are what they are. The Shocks moved up about half a point in overall rating, which was enough to squeak into 30th just ahead of St. Mary's, and Houston at 25th (the highest ranked AAC team for Pomeroy) is about another half point ahead of WSU. IF WSU can get the job done on the road this weekend, there's a reasonable chance they'll move higher. Also, other metrics and ratings (like the NCAA's mighty NET, which hopefully will be useful in evaluating EVERYONE come tourney time, and not just be turned into an excuse for promoting midlevel teams from name conferences because the TV people need eyeballs) have WSU higher already.

Shocks just need to stay healthy, keep winning the tough ones (and not blow any less tough ones), and continue improving; if so, everything else will take care of itself.