2016-17 National Rankings

[ShockerFever]

Does every single discussion have to come back to ISUr? The phrase "obsession noted" seems like an understatement for you Fev.

I guess we could form a parallel here from you to me. Noted.

[shocks02]

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

8 votes in the AP, good for #29. Illinois State received 2 votes.

[Play Angry]

Better than I would have expected. Saturday is a can't miss opportunity to fuel the rocket.

[ShockdaWorld]

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

8 votes in the AP, good for #29. Illinois State received 2 votes.

I have ZERO complaints about that.

[Hurley]

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

8 votes in the AP, good for #29. Illinois State received 2 votes.

Has to be ABSOLUTELY MADDENING to Redbird fans to receive less votes than us. This is their dream season, and WSU is in a "rebuilding" year....hilarious.

[Cdizzle]

They are going to be soooo pissed. All the lolz.

[Play Angry]

Will be interesting to see the breakdown - I'm curious whether a single voter like Feinstein slotted us ~20th to account for most of our points or if a myriad of voters placed us in the ~24-25 range.

Doesn't matter much though since poll mechanics always favor visibility when building the bandwagon to break into the rankings.

[Dave Stalwart]

If we pick up a couple more wins this week we're going to be back to gaining traction finally. We missed the opportunity last time we had Illinois State at their place so here is opportunity number two

[Dave Stalwart]

My prediction is that northern Iowa will play spoiler this week for the red birds. Northern Iowa is back to winning and they absolutely can win on Wednesday. Wednesday is a huge game for the Panthers and they will be feisty. The red birds better be careful or they might be about to hit a two game losing streak

[Cdizzle]

Let the saltiness begin

"They are nowhere near a top 25 team, us beating them by 15 says all you need to know.. their
SOS is garbage.. but good for them. I am sure those 8 votes make up for living in Kansas and going to an academic cellar dweller.."

[DwShock]

3 votes in the coaches, Redbirds 0

[jdshock]

Let the saltiness begin

"They are nowhere near a top 25 team, us beating them by 15 says all you need to know.. their
SOS is garbage.. but good for them. I am sure those 8 votes make up for living in Kansas and going to an academic cellar dweller.."

I'll have them know, I live in Missouri.

Wait... did I just burn myself?

[WuDrWu]

My prediction is that northern Iowa will play spoiler this week for the red birds. Northern Iowa is back to winning and they absolutely can win on Wednesday. Wednesday is a huge game for the Panthers and they will be feisty. The red birds better be careful or they might be about to hit a two game losing streak

Northern Iowa is on a 5 game winning streak against Drake, Drake, Evansville, Southern and Loyola. They deserved to lose to SIU and Loyola, the latter at home.

I will concede that UNI has found their ability to muck up the game and keep it mostly in the 50s, which is what they have to do to be even a decent team. But it's not as if they've suddenly found their 2010 stride or something. They'll get an awakening Wednesday, I promise you.

Back to ISU. ISU is good. Really good. They're old and physically talented and have a feeling of urgency. If our players or frankly our fans, assume that getting them into CKA is all that needs to be done to win, we're also in for a serious awakening this weekend.

[SHOCKvalue]

Let the saltiness begin

"They are nowhere near a top 25 team, us beating them by 15 says all you need to know.. their
SOS is garbage.. but good for them. I am sure those 8 votes make up for living in Kansas and going to an academic cellar dweller.."

Wait... wut? ISUr does academic smack talk? You're kidding, right?

The school with 70% less academic research funding, an endowment 60% smaller, all the while having the inherent advantages that come with 30% more students on campus?

Okie-dokie then, I guess.

[ShockerFever]

Has to be ABSOLUTELY MADDENING to Redbird fans to receive less votes than us. This is their dream season, and WSU is in a "rebuilding" year....hilarious.

LMFAO