Poll Watch (2013-14 Edition)

[Rosewood]

Girls, please

IT IS KNOWN

[jocoshock]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/20/college-basketball-talks-latest-top-25-6/

Shox stay put a 7 in NBC's poll. Wisconsin drops from 4 to 10. KU jumps from 9 to 4. Florida moves from 5 to 4.

[Cdizzle]

The really unfortunate thing about this week's poll is that we did as much as we can do in any remaining game in the regular season: We thoroughly destroyed the #2 team in the league on national TV. That was the best win left available on our schedule, we got it convincingly, and will get jumped in the polls.

Thanks Valley!

[wsushox1]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspor...test-top-25-6/

Shox stay put a 7 in NBC's poll. Wisconsin drops from 4 to 10. KU jumps from 9 to 4. Florida moves from 5 to 4.

lol at the KU jumping

[jocoshock]

It's actually Villanova with the better profile -- even factoring in how the Shockers waxed Indiana State on Saturday -- and that was becoming more apparent to me over the weekend.

We may be splitting hairs, but Villanova has played a tougher schedule than Wichita (No. 11 vs. No. 82), a slightly tougher non-conference schedule (No. 21 vs. No. 63) and has beaten more teams (4-3) in the projected field or under consideration. And the quality of Villanova's best wins -- N-Kansas, N-Iowa -- surpasses anything Wichita (N-BYU, @Saint Louis, Tennessee) can put on the table.

Two final thoughts on the topic:

• I am fully aware Villanova could lose Monday night to Creighton and render all of this moot.
• I actually think the fourth-best team in the country is neither the Wildcats nor Shockers, but in fact is Kansas. However, that's another story for another day.

It's an Insider article, so this is all I can see, but Villanova jumps the Shox on the S-Curve. Appears to have the #1 seed vacated by Wisconsin. Looks like we may be (temporarily) hitting a ceiling...

http://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10322336/latest-update-joe-lunardi-bracket-math-college-basketball?src=mobile

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

lol at the KU jumping

4 Straight wins ove Top 25 teams. Two of those on the road.

Lol at Kansas all you want, as i despise them also. But you cant discount the stretch of games they just played and won.

[jocoshock]

KAKE Sports @KAKEsports 1m
WSU remains 5th in latest basketball poll, KU climbs to 8th and KSU back in at 22nd. Story to follow. pic.twitter.com/qAr6aPgUUt

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

Wisconsin falls to 9th

[jdmee]

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Villanova jumps the shocks by 9 points.
WSU is still 65 over Flordia.


Kansas 8
St Louis 19
K State 22

[shockmonster]

Not surprised. Last year Pitt, Gonzaga, and Ohio State were all supposed to be better and boatrace the Shocks. Nothing new.

[shock-it-to-me]

The latest vegas odds have KU as the favorite to with the national championship, and I can't say I disagree (as much as I hate them). If they get turnovers under control, they really would be difficult for anyone to beat. However, if we did get matched up with them in the tourney, and if we COULD create a lot of turn overs and if we were hitting our shots, I'm not saying we couldn't beat them.

[Play Angry]

Shockers votes increase from 1,300 to 1,368 this week.

Nothing to freak out about. We are still moving up on people's ballots, and Villanova will suffer a loss in their upcoming three game road swing. Florida (#6) will also stub their toe a few times in the coming weeks.

We will continue to rise.

[shockerofandover0943]

SLU moved up to 19. Top 20 road wins look nice.

[Play Angry]

The latest vegas odds have KU as the favorite to with the national championship, and I can't say I disagree (as much as I hate them). If they get turnovers under control, they really would be difficult for anyone to beat. However, if we did get matched up with them in the tourney, and if we COULD create a lot of turn overs and if we were hitting our shots, I'm not saying we couldn't beat them.

Good grief, don't make it sound like a longshot.

[shock-it-to-me]

Good grief, don't make it sound like a longshot.

Have you watched them play recently?

[Play Angry]

Have you watched them play recently?

All year.

Have you watched us?