AP and Coaches Poll Watch Thread (2015-16 Edition)

[shocks02]

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

AP poll is out.

[shock]

No. 25

[KCShockerFan]

Bunch of douchebag commentors on the list.

[gdb620]

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

AP poll is out.

I'm impressed. Went to the ap link and saw we are #25. Went to ESPN and they hadn't posted it yet!

[Stickboy46]

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

AP poll is out.

I'm ok with this. Still ranked and will climb back up as we win out and others fall

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Surprised #24 Texas got such a boost from the win at Baylor. Only received 1 vote last week.

[ShockBand]

Wow, maybe we do finally have a little bit of "street cred" after all, since we didn't get completely bounced out. Time to pummel a couple of teams this week!

[WSUwatcher]

Surprised #24 Texas got such a boost from the win at Baylor. Only received 1 vote last week.

They've started doing good things lately, and they're a good story because they're playing well despite losing their starting center for the year a while back. Former Shocker recruit Kerwin Roach is also doing a nice job for them. If WSU ends up as a #6 or #7, there are any number of teams I'd rather see them paired against than Texas.

[ShockerPhi]

Surprised #24 Texas got such a boost from the win at Baylor. Only received 1 vote last week.

I also thought that was ridiculous. They were the equivalent of 36 last week and suddenly they're 24?

All hail the Big12 I guess....

[Play Angry]

Ahead of #26 South Carolina by 4 votes (132 vs. 128).

Really happy we stayed in the polls, and as others have said, it is definitely indicative of strong respect for our brand.

[Stickboy46]

Surprised #24 Texas got such a boost from the win at Baylor. Only received 1 vote last week.

Texas is @OU and @ISU this week ... so very good chance they fall back out again ..

EDIT: ... they actually have a pretty brutal end to the season

@OU, @ISU, vs WVU, vs Baylor, @KSU, vsOU, vsKU, @OSU

6 of the last 8 are against ranked teams (though some are propped up by Big 12 rankings)

[WstateU]

I know the coaches' poll is monkeys at typewriters but in the case of those teams they actually follow the S-Curve where the AP does not.

You're speaking my language...

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

I also thought that was ridiculous. They were the equivalent of 36 last week and suddenly they're 24?

All hail the Big12 I guess....

To be fair, that is the wrong way to look at it. Nobody ranked them 36th. 1 voter ranked them 25th and the other 64 just didn't rank them. It could be that the other 64 all thought they should be 26 last week, and merely moved them up to 24 after a good week.

Like I said, I'm surprised Texas jumped from virtually no ballots to a vast majority, but looking back, it isn't that hard to see how it happened. Doesn't take anything ridiculous by the voters (and I love to criticize them) for something like this to happen.

[ShockerEngineer]

I know the coaches' poll is monkeys at typewriters but in the case of those teams they actually follow the S-Curve where the AP does not.

[gdb620]

Ahead of #26 South Carolina by 4 votes (132 vs. 128).

Really happy we stayed in the polls, and as others have said, it is definitely indicative of strong respect for our brand.

W

Agreed. At this point in 2012 the Shox were 20-4 and unranked. In 2013, after losing two in a row, 19-4 and unranked, dropping out from #15. Respect for "our brand" has definitely moved up a level or two. The respect is deserved, but it wasn't there just a few years ago.