http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankingsindex


getting 15 votes....


that puts us at a tie for 38th with BYU and Clemson...

2/5/2007 3:31:15 PM

that's thread worthy

2/5/2007 3:32:26 PM

your face is thread worthy

2/5/2007 3:33:09 PM

uncalled for

2/5/2007 3:33:41 PM

but no love in the coaches poll?

2/5/2007 3:35:52 PM

^

nope



with what was predicted at the beginning of the year, to get votes in one of the top 25 polls at ANY point during the year would have to be unexpectedly good

2/5/2007 3:37:26 PM

we win out=top 25

not gonna happen, just saying

2/5/2007 3:39:58 PM

shoot i dont think we need to win out to get top 25. could happen sooner than that.

not gonna happen, just saying..... or will it?

but rly, agree with original post. huge accomplishment for this season to even get a vote.

now termin8 the beez!1

2/5/2007 3:45:51 PM

true, but it's nice to see

2/5/2007 3:46:32 PM

We don't deserve any votes...

And this is not thread worthy

2/5/2007 3:46:43 PM

17-0 start by Clemson... and vote-wise they're tied with us. That's something right there

2/5/2007 3:47:59 PM

I called it

Quote :

"AndyMac All American 4539 Posts user info edit post Here's the question 2 ranked teams defeated in a row, do you think we get any votes next week? 2/3/2007 8:09:37 PM"

2/5/2007 3:48:56 PM

you didnt call anything...you asked a question.

2/5/2007 3:49:24 PM

If I understand how the polls work that means there are a few people out there that think we are top 25?

Interesting

2/5/2007 3:57:21 PM

I obviously implied that I thought we could/would.

and everyone who posted after me expressed incredulity that I had said such a thing.

Then I backed up the possibility with evidence.

2/5/2007 3:58:50 PM

what you said did not imply shit

it asked me if i thought we would get votes

2/5/2007 4:00:04 PM

I thought we would get votes.

I wondered if anyone else thought so.

Nobody else thought we would.

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:01 PM. Reason : Why would I ask the question If I didn't think we would?]

2/5/2007 4:00:48 PM

i did

2/5/2007 4:09:12 PM

Quote :

"Why would I ask the question If I didn't think we would?"

the bigger question is...........if you thought we would, then why did u ask the question??? You should have stated, "I think we'll get votes"

2/5/2007 4:15:05 PM

I, for one, appreciate this thread

2/5/2007 4:18:19 PM

why is UNC Still ranked so highly

2/5/2007 4:19:47 PM

sober46an3 won this thread

Quote :

"you didnt call anything...you asked a question."

2/5/2007 4:22:26 PM

^^why do you think

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:23 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/5/2007 4:22:53 PM

yeah what the fuck, only to #5?

2/5/2007 4:23:08 PM

because everyone knows we're awesome, and they're like "oh, hey they only lost to that powerhouse NCSU by 4!"

2/5/2007 4:26:57 PM

this time last year we were #15

2/5/2007 4:31:29 PM

Jesus Christ, sorry I didn't word it succinctly enough for you people.

The fact remains, I called this shit.

2/5/2007 4:32:49 PM

you didnt call anything...you asked a question

2/5/2007 4:33:21 PM

I called your mom to thank her for dinner and a blowjob.

2/5/2007 4:33:52 PM

i'm glad i read the original post and thats about it

2/5/2007 4:34:31 PM

^^hmmm..she told me you just asked her.... and that she said no.

but i guess thats consistent with your defention of "calling" it.

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[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:35 PM. Reason : f]

2/5/2007 4:34:42 PM

hahahaha

2/5/2007 4:35:23 PM

4-4 to finish would make us 17-12, which would be pretty damn good. but wait, we are NC State and what we hope for will never happen.

2/5/2007 4:35:56 PM

there aint no way we are missing out on the tournament

2/5/2007 4:37:28 PM

plus the acc tourney

2/5/2007 4:37:59 PM

Yeah we need some more wins, we have 2 "signature" wins now, now we just need to win enough of the games we have left and maybe win a round or two in the ACC tourney.

2/5/2007 4:40:00 PM

We are probably going to play the first day at the ACC tournament so we will surely have to have two wins in the ACC tourney plus a 4-4 finish which would put us at 19-13. Why are we even talking about this though?

2/5/2007 4:41:33 PM

yep the acc tourney will make or break us for either the NIT or NCAA tourneys.

I cant believe that BC and UVA arent in the top25 despite being on top of the best conference in the USA and, yes ,that UNC only dropped 2 spots.

Fuckin' media!

2/5/2007 4:43:15 PM

i think if we win in the first round of the acc tourney we gotta be in, right?

2/5/2007 4:45:16 PM

Im not so sure the ACC is the best conference....Id say Pac-10 has us for sure.

^No, do you understand the NCAA Tournament at all?

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:46 PM. Reason : dumbandloaded]

2/5/2007 4:46:14 PM

a bunch of you should be ashamed for ruining a perfectly good thread.

2/5/2007 4:46:17 PM

I didn't expect UNC to fall much either. It's not that they are biased towards UNC, they are biased toward highly ranked teams.

Wisconsin lost and also only dropped 2 spots.

2/5/2007 4:46:57 PM

Quote :

"Im not so sure the ACC is the best conference....Id say Pac-10 has us for sure."

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/pac_10_vs_acc/:

Quote :

"Pac-10/ACC Challenge I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail about my statements that the Pac-10 is overrated. I’d like to present some food for thought on the matter. Let’s look at the Pac-10’s wins over top 30 teams from outside the conference. I will selfishly use my ratings as the gospel here. UCLA over Kentucky (N) UCLA over Georgia Tech (N) UCLA over Texas A&M (h) Oregon over Georgetown (A) Arizona over Memphis (H) Now the ACC… UNC over Ohio State (H) UNC over Kentucky (H) UNC over Arizona (A) BC over Michigan State (H) Duke over Air Force (N) Duke over Indiana (H) Duke over Georgetown (H) Virginia over Arizona (H) Clemson over Georgia (H) Florida State over Florida (H) Maryland over Michigan State (N) Georgia Tech over Memphis (N) Georgia Tech over Georgia (H) That’s 13 to 5. Granted, there may have been a few more opportunities for the ACC to get wins, especially at home, and maybe using my ratings skews things a bit. Feel free to try this exercise with the RPI. And feel free to try it using the record against the top 25, or top 32, or top 43, or whatever figure you want. I doubt it will make the Pac-10 look a whole lot better. Until further notice, I’m chalking this up to a case of some guy saying the Pac-10 is the best, some other guy agreeing, and then a few more people blindly jumping on board. And it’s become a self-fulfilling prophecy. When Stanford beats UCLA, the reaction is “Wow, Stanford is better than we thought!” while UCLA’s reputation doesn’t suffer at all. "

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:49 PM. Reason : quoted text]

2/5/2007 4:48:31 PM

Only two of those ACC wins are over a PAC10 team though...

Rankings don't always mean everything. I mean Butler is #10. Does that mean they would beat Duke?

2/5/2007 4:50:34 PM

i bet if we win one game in the acc tourney and finish like 4-4 we get into the tournament

prolly like a 14 seed

2/5/2007 4:50:50 PM

The ACC is #1 in the RPI, Pomeroy, and Sagarin.

Quote :

"I mean Butler is #10. Does that mean they would beat Duke?"

I think they would.

Quote :

"prolly like a 14 seed"

I don't know if at large teams ever get 14 seeds. It's possible I guess though.

2/5/2007 4:52:53 PM

^^^,^the pom ratings are pretty solid. and in those, duke is ranked 7 and butler 17 (not saying they're perfect but they are objective and based on performance alone)

[Edited on February 5, 2007 at 4:53 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2007 4:53:10 PM

At large teams are almost never higher than a 10 seed.....DNL doesn't follow sports.

11-16 are the weak conference champions.

2/5/2007 4:53:57 PM

no way we'd ever be a 14 seed... thats for all the little schools that win their conference... 10 or 11 is the highest we'd go if we got in

2/5/2007 4:54:22 PM

if we get in this year we WILL NOT be a 10-11 seed

2/5/2007 4:58:32 PM