2017-18 National Rankings

[wheathead]

People STILL don't know what to do with us. WSU just doesn't fit into the logic train that is college basketball. WSU just can't be good enough for top 5 can they?? YES! YES THEY CAN.

[ShockerFever]

We jumped Kentucky to #6. Poll is in the video...

The ultimate team to say **** you to. I like it.

[ShockerFever]

Here is the official poll: http://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Not sure how we lost ground on Villanova. I guess their 15-point win over Columbia was more impressive than our 52-point win over UMKC. Who knew?!

That’s called the Jerry Carino Robotic Vote Effect.

[Dan]

Kentucky will lose to KU tomorrow. That ought to be a good enough loss to move them a few spots ahead of us next week.

[Stickboy46]

Poll Tracker isn’t up yet, but just browsing and David Cobb dropped us from #2 to #3

and Jerry Carino dropped us from #3 to #7. Some people apparently aren’t comfortable with voting against the masses.

Carino Dropped us 4 spots and bumped Kentucky up 3 spots. I guess almost losing to average teams is better than winning by 52.

[AndShock]

Carino Dropped us 4 spots and bumped Kentucky up 3 spots. I guess almost losing to average teams is better than winning by 52.

The guy is literally a drone. He even admits his polling methodology is to do whatever the actual poll is, he only deviates if he finds something “egregious.”

[shocktheheart]

Doug Doughty dropped us 8 spots to number 15 from number 7

[Cdizzle]

Of the 5 teams between Kentucky and West Virginia (poll movers) in the preseason poll, all 5 teams gained votes. Those gains were 23, 25, 31, 7, 28.

I'll let you geniuses guess which one was WSU.

In case you are worried about it those teams had:
15pt Home victory over Columbia
No game
17pt Home victory over UNI (I seem to remember this not counting for anything)
52pt Home victory over UMKC
42pt Home victory over CSU-Fullerton

It boggles the mind.

[shocktheheart]

Kevin McNamara of Providence World Journal dropped us three spots to number 10. Florida, Miami, and USC leapfrogged us.

[T.VuOP]

Carino Dropped us 4 spots and bumped Kentucky up 3 spots. I guess almost losing to average teams is better than winning by 52.

My guess: for most UK players, it's their first college game, meanwhile, for WSU, it's their senior season. Carino may favor the talent over experience.

[Cdizzle]

My guess: for most UK players, it's their first college game, meanwhile, for WSU, it's their senior season. Carino may favor the talent over experience.

There is no rational defense.

If you don't have WSU in the Top 5 of your poll, you would probably qualify for the mental gymnastics Olympics.

[shocktheheart]

Doug Doughty dropped us 8 spots to number 15 from number 7

UCLA, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Miami, USC, UNC, and Florida all jumped us.

Miami won by 34 over Navy and 32 over Gardner-Webb
Notre Dame beat DePaul by 14
USC beat CS Fullerton by 42
Minnesota beat SC Upstate by 15
Cincinnati won by 30 over Savannah St
UNC beat UNI by 17
WSU beat UMKC by 52.
Florida hasn't even played so why wouldn't they jump us

Don't see how any of these teams jumps us

[shocks02]

UCLA, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Miami, USC, UNC, and Florida all jumped us.

Miami won by 34 over Navy and 32 over Gardner-Webb
Notre Dame beat DePaul by 14
USC beat CS Fullerton by 42
Minnesota beat SC Upstate by 15
Cincinnati won by 30 over Savannah St
UNC beat UNI by 17
WSU beat UMKC by 52.
Florida hasn't even played so why wouldn't they jump us

Don't see how any of these teams jumps us

Maybe Doug read the score backwards? UMKC 109, WSU 57. "Yikes, better drop them to 15."

[WuShock Reaper]

Doug Doughty dropped us 8 spots to number 15 from number 7

doug.doughty@roanoke.com

[Cdizzle]

It's difficult to not get aggravated when media members are actively working against your team.

http://collegepolltracker.com/basketball/team/wichita-state-shockers/2017