Poll Watch, 2012-13 Edition

[im4wsu]

#20 NC State beat #1 Duke

[rrshock]

#20 NC State beat #1 Duke

That definitely doesn't help WSU one bit whatsoever.

[wsushox1]

That definitely doesn't help WSU one bit whatsoever.

Doesn't hurt them either.

[rrshock]

Doesn't hurt them either.

You are correct. It just won't let them move up on NCSt's behalf.

[1972Shocker]

#17 Notre Dame loses at home 58-65 to Connecticut.

[1972Shocker]

#18 Kansas State just barely survives 65-64 on the road at West Virginia.

[ShockerPrez]

KSU wins in WV. WV is a horrible basketball team. The Big 12 is not very goof this year.

[WuShock Reaper]

Top 25 (AP voters) and other Key Losses during this week (01/07/13 thru 01/13/13):

#01 - Duke lost at #20 - North Carolina State
#02 - Michigan lost at #15 - Ohio State
#04 - Arizona lost at Oregon
#08 - Minnesota lost at #5 - Indiana
#10 - Missiouri lost at Mississippi
#12 - Illinois lost at home to #8 - Minnesota and lost at Wisconsin
#17 - Notre Dame lost at home to Connecticut
#19 - Georgetown lost at home to Pittsburgh
#21 - Cincinnati lost at home to #17 - Notre Dame
#23 - WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS
#24 - UNLV lost at #25 - New Mexico


These teams are either “Not Rated (NR)”, are stealing seed votes from us, or have potential to do so:

#27 - Wyoming lost at home to Boise State
#28 - Oklahoma State lost at Oklahoma
#31 - Maryland lost at home to Florida State and at Miami
#32 - Kentucky lost at home to Texas A&M
#33 - Temple lost at Xavier
#35 - North Carolina lost at Miami
#36 - Pittsburgh lost at home to Marquette

#NR - Colorado at home to UCLA
#NR - Georgia Tech lost at Marquette and lost home to Virginia Tech
#NR - Connecticut lost at Marquette
#NR - Arizona State lost at Oregon
#NR - Virginia lost at Wake Forest and lost at Clemson
#NR - Seton Hall lost at home to Louisville and lost at home to Providence
#NR - South Carolina lost at Mississippi State and lost at home to Auburn
#NR - LSU lost at Auburn and lost at home to #11 – Florida

[Dave Stalwart]

I forgot about all that. Maybe we won't fall that hard after all. Tough week for a lot of teams at the top.

[WuShock Reaper]

My Predictions for the AP poll on Monday (01/14/13) is:

#21 - VCU
#22 - Cincinnati
#23 - Oregon
#24 - UCLA
#25 - Marquette
#26 - UNLV
#27 - Wichita State

[tropicalshox]

We will a great opportunity to jump right back into the top 25 with two wins this week.

[Dave Stalwart]

We will a great opportunity to jump right back into the top 25 with two wins this week.

That's just what I was thinking. Even this morning I was thinking it would be pretty wishful to expect 3-0 this week. Regardless, I figured this would be a 2-1 kind of week or possibly 1-2 if we really struggled. If an Evansville loss produces a stomping of ill st and a close win over cu, I will certainly call it a great week. On the other hand, if a lazy win at Evansville produced a close win over ill st an a loss to cu, I would gladly make the trade :)

We'll see.

Here's to Carl back in the lineup and a great shocker team emerging starting this week!

[rrshock]

We have to get two this week to even think about it. A win over another ranked team will definitely help.

[im4wsu]

RPI ranking has us #21

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=5

[CBB_Fan]

According to this, we drop to number #35. We went from receiving 135 points to 6. Also, #29 in ESPN's power rankings (33 points to 16). This is what happens when you lose to Evansville. Everyone else in college basketball can lose and we'll still drop the furthest.