Official Top 25 Poll Watch

[shox1989]

Tonight's rpis of interest (warren nolan):

WSU #27, UNLV #7, CU #15, Temple #16, Murry St. #34, Alabama #37

UNI #61, Davidson #66, MoST #80, Colorado #83, The Drake #102, Indy St. #112, TULSA #113, Illini. St. #117, Charleston Southern #138, UAB #144, UTAH ST. #146

UE #156, Fullerton #197, BU #218, SIU #236, Chicago St. #324

[pogo]

Looks like the old saying "cream rises to the top" and the other "turds sink to the bottom" is hold ing true.

[MoValley John]

Looks like the old saying "cream rises to the top" and the other "turds sink to the bottom" is hold ing true.

I don't understand the entirety of the point you are trying to make, but I need to correct you on a thing or two. While it is absolutely true that cream rises to the top, other turds sink to the bottom isn't completely factually accurate. Some turds rise to the top and others sink, it all depends on the turd. A turd formed from cream would certainly rise, while I would guess that a pound cake turd would sink. Mexican food turds simply disintegrate.

[pinstripers]

he's right

[Aargh]

How did a discussion of Weems end up in the Poll Watch thread?

[shox1989]

Lunardi has WSU as #31 on his S curve. The final 4 IN at large teams are #47 to #51. Which means there are 30 teams that are more safely IN right now, but another 20 teams behind us.

I don't know where he had us before we lost to the Drake, but as of right now we are safely in.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/ncbexperts/id/7528625/uconn-huskies-bid-safe-now-cbb?addata=2009_insdr_mod_ncb_xxx_xxx

[GoShockers89]

Lunardi has WSU as #31 on his S curve. The final 4 IN at large teams are #47 to #51. Which means there are 30 teams that are more safely IN right now, but another 20 teams behind us.

I don't know where he had us before we lost to the Drake, but as of right now we are safely in.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-coll...od_ncb_xxx_xxx

That sounds about right to me. We have a good chance to further solidify things with this homestand- a couple wins will probably lurch us into the RPI top 20 heading into the Creighton rematch.

[shox1989]

BTW- Lunardi has Creighton at #13 on his S curve. That means they are just one spot away from being a 3 seed.

[shocks02]

Does anyone else think we might crack the top 25 tomorrow?

[shockerfan]

Does anyone else think we might crack the top 25 tomorrow?

Going with the AP poll:

#20 Indiana went 1-1. Loss was against #23 Michigan. They will probably stay in the top 25

#21 Florida St went 2-0 with a win over #18 Virginia. They will only go up in ranking

#22 Mississipi ST went 1-0

#23 Michigan went 1-1 but only lost to #10 Michigan St and beat #20 Indiana. I doubt they will fall out. Even if they do I think they will stay ahead of us.

#24 Gonzaga went 1-1 and will likely fall out of the top 25, but how far?

#25 Vandy went 0-2 this past week. Most certainly will fall from the polls.

#26 (69 votes) Harvard went 2-0

#27 (65 votes) Louisville went 1-0

#28 (40 votes) K-State went 1-1

#29 (12 votes) West Virginia went 1-1

Given the Shox only received 9 votes last week I think Harvard and Louisville will crack the top 25 as Gonzaga and Vandy fall out.


In short, I doubt we get enough votes to crack the top 25 this week. Shox will have to go 2-0 this week and will surely break the top 25 next week if they should do that.

[AZ Shocker]

Wichita St. should be ranked! C'mon 20-4 overall record playing in the in the MVC!!!! Gimmie a break bias bcs voters.... Reward Gregg's program for God's sake and show some "real" voting responsibility.

[GoShockers89]

Does anyone else think we might crack the top 25 tomorrow?

There were certainly a ton of losses from teams ranked 20-25. Additionally, most of the teams ranked in the 26-30 range dropped at least one also.

My guess is that we'll be around 27 in each poll tomorrow. Might get a sniff from Gary Parrish in his Top 25 and one this evening.

[60Shock]

The big question is can we break the near poll jinx? Crucial to beat NI. Then beating CU definitely gets us in. Losing to CU does not kill us as long as the game is close. We may very well be two weeks away from breaking in if we can go at least 3-1 over this period.

[DwShock]

Wichita St. should be ranked! C'mon 20-4 overall record playing in the in the MVC!!!! Gimmie a break bias bcs voters.... Reward Gregg's program for God's sake and show some "real" voting responsibility.

Yeh what he said. +1

[DwShock]

There were certainly a ton of losses from teams ranked 20-25. Additionally, most of the teams ranked in the 26-30 range dropped at least one also.

My guess is that we'll be around 27 in each poll tomorrow. Might get a sniff from Gary Parrish in his Top 25 and one this evening.

Nope mr parrish thinks ND and Iowa St are better than the Shockers. I guess teams are ranked via conference and not talent and ability as a team.