Poll Watch, 2012-13 Edition

[WuShock Reaper]

ESPN.com's Power Rankings: Jan. 21

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/powerrankings

#20 - Overall
#13 - Myron Medcalf, Writer - I am guessing all the crap we gave him early on, has really sunk in.
#15 - Rece Davis, ESPN Host - He has always liked the Shockers.
#17 - Emmonn Brennan, Writer
#17 - Brett Edgerton, Editor
#17 - Andy Katz, Senior Writer
#17 - Jason King, Writer
#18 - Jason McCallum, Statistical Researcher
#18 - Miles Simon, Analyst
#19 - Jay Bilas, Analyst
#20 - Chad Ford, Analyst
#20 - Joe Lunardi, Analyst
#20 - Dick Vitale, Analyst
#21 - Stephen Bardo, Analyst
#21 - Fran Fraschilla, Analyst
#23 - Dana O’Neil, Writer
#23 - Robbi Pickeral, Writer
#25 - John Gasaway, Writer - was the only voter to drop Creighton 5 spots.
#25 - Seth Greenberg, Analyst - Does he hold a grudge or what? Contact Joe Ragland if you need background.

[wsushox1]

21 in coaches poll.

[GoShockers89]

20 in AP

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

[shock-it-to-me]

20 in ap

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

edit: dang, got beaten to the punch by 10 seconds. Well, at least I provided a link :)

[insaneykaney]

Now we just gotta keep the momentum going and stay there!

[wsushox1]

VCU ranked above us, that pisses me off.

[The Mad Hatter]

And since we have beaten 2 of the 3 teams directly in front of us (VCU and CU), there will be opportunity for voters to move us up rather quickly now that those three teams are bunched together and people start to ask themselves how WSU stacks up against them (so long as we keep winning, of course).

[GoShockers89]

ESPN.com's Power Rankings: Jan. 21

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/powerrankings

#20 - Overall
#13 - Myron Medcalf, Writer - I am guessing all the crap we gave him early on, has really sunk in.
#15 - Rece Davis, ESPN Host - He has always liked the Shockers.
#17 - Emmonn Brennan, Writer
#17 - Brett Edgerton, Editor
#17 - Andy Katz, Senior Writer
#17 - Jason King, Writer
#18 - Jason McCallum, Statistical Researcher
#18 - Miles Simon, Analyst
#19 - Jay Bilas, Analyst
#20 - Chad Ford, Analyst
#20 - Joe Lunardi, Analyst
#20 - Dick Vitale, Analyst
#21 - Stephen Bardo, Analyst
#21 - Fran Fraschilla, Analyst
#23 - Dana O’Neil, Writer
#23 - Robbi Pickeral, Writer
#25 - John Gasaway, Writer - was the only voter to drop Creighton 5 spots.
#25 - Seth Greenberg, Analyst - Does he hold a grudge or what? Contact Joe Ragland if you need background.

Interesting, Gasaway was our biggest cheerleader a year ago. He had us ranked 8th heading into the MVC Tournament IIRC, then caught a ton of **** on twitter when we screwed the pooch against VCU in the first round. Gun shy, I suppose.

[GoShockers89]

Really interesting breakdown at the top of this week's poll.

First place votes: Duke 39, Michigan 11, Syracuse 8, Kansas 7.

I am too lazy to look but I would imagine you have to go back at least 8 years to find a poll this late in the season with 4 different teams receiving first place votes. I would not be surprised if you have to go back much, much further.

This thing is wide open this year. I think it's finally the season that a non-BCS school breaks the glass ceiling and takes home a title. Nobody at the top holds a candle to Kentucky's team from a year ago and there is serious talent at the top of the MWC/A-10/MVC/WCC.

[WuDrWu]

ESPN.com's Power Rankings: Jan. 21

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/powerrankings

#20 - Overall



#13 - Myron Medcalf, Writer - I am guessing all the crap we gave him early on, has really sunk in.
#15 - Rece Davis, ESPN Host - He has always liked the Shockers.
#17 - Emmonn Brennan, Writer
#17 - Brett Edgerton, Editor
#17 - Andy Katz, Senior Writer
#17 - Jason King, Writer
#18 - Jason McCallum, Statistical Researcher
#18 - Miles Simon, Analyst
#19 - Jay Bilas, Analyst
#20 - Chad Ford, Analyst
#20 - Joe Lunardi, Analyst
#20 - Dick Vitale, Analyst
#21 - Stephen Bardo, Analyst
#21 - Fran Fraschilla, Analyst
#23 - Dana O’Neil, Writer
#23 - Robbi Pickeral, Writer
#25 - John Gasaway, Writer - was the only voter to drop Creighton 5 spots.
#25 - Seth Greenberg, Analyst - Does he hold a grudge or what? Contact Joe Ragland if you need background.

Does Bomani Jones have a vote in that poll?

[GoShockers89]

John Feinstein had us ranked the highest at #11.

A list of voters who had us unranked for those of you who like to harass via Twitter:

C.L. Brown
Eric Sprott
Jason Franchuk
Jason Smith
Percy Allen
Roger Clarkson
Ron Morris
Scott Mansch
Scott Reid

Breakdown here: http://www.pollspeak.com/component/o...1,172/v,/w,12/

[SB Shock]

It is a good day to be a shocker!

[60Shock]

John Feinstein had us ranked the highest at #11.

A list of voters who had us unranked for those of you who like to harass via Twitter:

C.L. Brown
Eric Sprott
Jason Franchuk
Jason Smith
Percy Allen
Roger Clarkson
Ron Morris
Scott Mansch
Scott Reid

Breakdown here: http://www.pollspeak.com/component/o...1,172/v,/w,12/

Leave them be. Hararassing usually ends up working in the opposite direction.

[ShockTalk]

The key is to have some staying power in the polls. Don't fall into Wednesday being a trap game. Kill SWMO. Take care of business at home. Establish a body of work to get inside the top-15. Then, IF we slip up against UNI or ISUB, it won't send us to the "other" category. Lets continue building our body of work Wednesday. Go SHOX!!!

THIS!!! The Shocks cannot afford another loss in the next 3 weeks. Our last four games are not kind. 1 home game against Evansville and 3 away games against Ill St, IN St, and CU.

[shockmonster]

John Feinstein had us ranked the highest at #11.

A list of voters who had us unranked for those of you who like to harass via Twitter:

C.L. Brown
Eric Sprott
Jason Franchuk
Jason Smith
Percy Allen
Roger Clarkson
Ron Morris
Scott Mansch
Scott Reid

Breakdown here: http://www.pollspeak.com/component/o...1,172/v,/w,12/

No need to harass. Just need to mention that the Shockers have beaten VCU and Creighton. Almost all of those had both VCU and Creighton in their Top 20.