bracketology fyi

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

1/16/2006 1:33:16 PM

NC State is Weekly Watch: Team of the Week

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2294159

1/16/2006 1:36:21 PM

Quote :

"25. Iowa 13-4 56 NR"

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 1:36 PM. Reason : notable]

1/16/2006 1:36:37 PM

1/16/2006 2:04:20 PM

how did boston college go Up?

1/16/2006 3:40:44 PM

They beat FSU. Duh.

But actually, they didn't go up. They fell from 14 to 21.

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 3:42 PM. Reason : ]

1/16/2006 3:41:29 PM

I meant bracketology, sorry

1/16/2006 3:42:35 PM

i think bracketology is the espn brainchild view on how things will end up by the time bracket season rolls around

1/16/2006 3:48:48 PM

^^^^^Why are they using a picture with Levi Watkins in it

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 3:49 PM. Reason : ^]

1/16/2006 3:48:52 PM

and still, there has to be some unc alums working at sportsline:

1 Duke
2 Florida
3 Connecticut
4 Texas
5 Villanova
6 Pittsburgh
7 Memphis
8 Illinois
9 Gonzaga
10 Syracuse
11 Washington
12 UCLA
13 West Virginia
14 Wisconsin
15 Michigan State
16 Indiana
17 George Washington
18 North Carolina
19 Louisville
20 North Carolina State
21 Ohio State
22 Xavier
23 Iowa
24 Louisiana State
25 Maryland

1/16/2006 4:05:31 PM

We're 14th in the AP poll as well.

1/16/2006 4:07:49 PM

does anyone have a picture of Ced's dunk against GT that was absolutely thunderous? my god that was sweet.

1/16/2006 7:50:22 PM

this is nice for us as well

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?week=10&pollId=1&season=2006

1/16/2006 8:11:04 PM

Quote :

"Yes, Tar Heels fans, we know you beat the Pack by 13 on Saturday. You're nipping on their heels in the Power 16, too."

on page 3

Quote :

"if only we hadn't lost to Carolina..."

often do i sound a broken record...but i'm right. that loss to Carolina stings like a hornet.

1/16/2006 8:14:55 PM

yeah, but the way our team rebounded by that loss was amazing. Got to look at the positives. Rival games are never as bad of losses to equivalent skill teams that aren't rivalry games

1/16/2006 8:17:22 PM

Quote :

" that loss to Carolina stings like a hornet."

14 > 23
Fourteen is greater than twenty three.


Go pack. Feb 22: that loss will be avenged. IMHO

1/16/2006 10:30:21 PM

how the hell is tar hell staying at top 25.
They lost to Miami and didn't drop any position.
should have gone out of ranking.
overrated as hell

1/16/2006 10:53:05 PM

Updated charts for this week appear below. I switched the groupings. It's now NCSU-Duke and UNC-Wake because Wake is tanking so badly that I had to change the axis scale to that of UNC.

1/17/2006 12:13:38 AM

others receiving votes: Wake forest....

who in the hell is giving them votes?

1/17/2006 12:26:12 AM

I wish these people would rank the teams as what they really should be. Instead they pick a preseason number to give each team, then move them up if they win or down if they lose. For those graphs to move up and down so much from week to week is definately not evident of how good the teams really are. Rankings are such crap and so biased.


Good job on the graphs tho.. I appreciate them

1/17/2006 1:26:26 AM

I posted that ^ and then found this:

Quote :

"It seems to me the pollsters are still clinging to the pecking order they established in November, so much so that a team that started the season unranked (Ohio State) still can't eclipse a team that started in the top 10 (Louisville) even if both have similar resumes. Considering the teams have now played as many as 16 games in some cases, the AP and Coaches' polls have got to be the slowest-reacting organizations since FEMA. "

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/01/16/stew.cbb/index.html

1/17/2006 3:05:24 AM

^ gg

1/17/2006 7:30:05 AM

andy katz has a video on espn about us being the team of the week.. and also the team outside looking in (in respect to the top 10)

1/17/2006 12:01:41 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/01/16/stew.cbb/index.html

1/17/2006 8:26:18 PM

Coaches Poll - Games to note this week:


1. Duke (31) 16-0 775 ---------vs. #14 NC State

2. Florida 16-0 737 ----------no more ranked teams in the season

3. Connecticut 14-1 688 ---------Def. #20 Syracuse 88-80; @ #15 Louisville

4. Memphis 15-2 659--------------no more ranked teams

5. Illinois 16-1 641 -------------Lost to #11 Indiana 62-60

6. Texas 14-2 597

7. Villanova 11-2 574------------- vs #20 Syracuse

8. Gonzaga 13-3 560------------- no more ranked teams (2-3 against ranked teams, one win was 3OT, one was Maryland. How are they a #8 team?)

9. Pittsburgh 14-0 559

10. Washington 14-2 430

11. Indiana 10-3 398 -------------def #5 Illinois 62-60

12. Michigan State 14-4 386 -------------vs #25 Iowa

13. Wisconsin 14-2 367 ------------- vs #19 Ohio State

14. N.C. State 14-2 362 ------------- @ #1 Duke

15. Louisville 13-3 316------------- vs #3 UConn

16. UCLA 14-3 289------------- vs #17 West Virginia

17. West Virginia 12-3 284------------- @ #16 UCLA

18. George Washington 12-1 267 -------------no more ranked teams

19. Ohio State 12-2 238 ------------- vs #13 Wisconsin

20. Syracuse 15-2 234 ------------- lost to #3 UConn 88-80

21. Boston College 12-4 180

22. Maryland 12-4 111

23. North Carolina 10-3 88

24. Oklahoma 10-4 58

25. Iowa 13-4 56 @ -------------#12 Michigan State

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Tennessee 39-------------@#4 Memphis; vs. #2 Florida
Air Force 35-------------no ranked teams the entire season
Xavier 25
Colorado 22
Michigan 16
Nevada 16-------------no more ranked teams
Southern Illinois 11-------------Lost to N Iowa 71-65 2OT (no ranked teams all season)
Northern Iowa 10-------------no more ranked teams
Bucknell 10-------------no more ranked teams
UAB 9
LSU 8
Cincinnati 4
Miami 4-------------vs #21 Boston College
Creighton 3-------------no more ranked teams
Wake Forest 2-------------@ #14 NC State
Ohio 2-------------no more ranked teams this year
Nebraska 2
Florida State 1-------------vs #23 UNC
Manhattan 1-------------no more ranked teams this season
Arizona 1.





[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 9:55 PM. Reason : .]

1/17/2006 9:38:21 PM

if Iowa could beat Michigan State, that would be nice

1/18/2006 9:43:50 AM

bttt

1/23/2006 10:18:20 AM

dammit i was just searching previous pages for this damn thread

1/23/2006 10:22:32 AM

this weeks poll should be interesting. It should give the pollsters a chance to shake this stuff up and make it more realistic, but we know that won't happen.

1/23/2006 10:47:35 AM

I could see us moving to 15 or 16

dont think we should though

1/23/2006 10:52:24 AM

i'd think we'd be around the same +/- 1

1/23/2006 11:04:22 AM

i don't know if anyone saw this on the espn insider blogs from Andy Katz (from the 17th)...i just ran into it:

Quote :

" OK, I've ripped on the polls long enough, but this is getting ridiculous. I'd like someone to explain how West Virginia, undefeated in the Big East, including a win at Villanova, can be ranked No. 17 in the coaches' poll (and No. 12 in the AP). West Virginia is playing like a top-10 team now. That's what the poll is supposed to be about, a snapshot of the week, not what could be in March. The other befuddling ranking is for N.C. State. The Wolfpack are making a strong case for being the second-best team in the ACC, yet they are No. 14 in both polls? Talk to any coach in either league and they'll tell you that West Virginia and N.C. State are playing like top-10 teams -- now. "

1/23/2006 1:10:38 PM

^ That’s basically what I was alluding to earlier in my post. These polls a really b.s. and should even come out until at least 3 or 4 weeks within the regular season. While they might not paint as accurate a picture as what starting in closer to the end of December would, it is definitely better than basing poll spots on a preseason poll that is built on nothing but assumption.

1/23/2006 1:15:11 PM

but the average fan wouldn't realize that good games were on tv without the little numbers next to their names@!@@@!

1/23/2006 1:58:02 PM

1. Connecticut (19) 16-1 751
2. Duke (10) 17-1 748
3. Memphis (1) 17-2 693
4. Florida 17-1 677
5. Texas (1) 16-2 654
6. Villanova 13-2 606
7. Gonzaga 15-3 558
7. Illinois 17-2 558
9. Washington 16-2 479
10. Pittsburgh 15-1 466
11. Indiana 12-3 462
12. Michigan State 15-4 450
13. West Virginia 14-3 420
14. N.C. State 15-3 360
15. George Washington 14-1 337
16. Ohio State 14-2 332
17. UCLA 15-4 225
18. Boston College 14-4 210
19. Maryland 13-4 204
20. Tennessee 12-3 151
21. Wisconsin 14-4 131
22. Oklahoma 11-4 102
23. Louisville 13-5 100
24. Syracuse 15-4 55
25. North Carolina 11-4 49

1/23/2006 2:09:00 PM

14 in Coaches, Carolina 25

1/23/2006 2:09:31 PM

how the fuck did they stay in the polls??? These are the worst rankings ive ever seen just bc of that. I also thought Pitt shouldve fell more and we shouldve gone up at least a spot. But come on, UNC lost at UVA and barely beat FSU. If we did that we wouldnt even recieve votes

[Edited on January 23, 2006 at 2:12 PM. Reason : The UNC bias is pathetic.]

1/23/2006 2:10:43 PM

but are you surprised, it will take back to back losses within the poll voting week for them to knock UNC out and even then they would be one vote out of the polls.

1/23/2006 2:18:26 PM

aha

Akron got more votes than WF

1/23/2006 2:24:17 PM

Sportsline Top 25

Quote :

"1 Connecticut 2 Duke 3 Florida 4 Texas 5 Villanova 6 Memphis 7 Gonzaga 8 Illinois 9 Washington 10 West Virginia 11 Michigan State 12 Pittsburgh 13 Indiana 14 UCLA 15 George Washington 16 Ohio State 17 Louisiana State 18 North Carolina State 19 Tennessee 20 Syracuse 21 Maryland 22 North Carolina 23 Northern Iowa 24 Boston College 25 Georgetown "

1/23/2006 2:31:24 PM

how the fuck can they call that a poll

1/23/2006 2:39:31 PM

they lost to virgina and miami for fucks sake

1/23/2006 3:05:18 PM

CBS Sportsline is a fucking joke. I bet that douche bag Doyle is making those polls all by himself.

1/23/2006 3:13:23 PM

AP:
1 Connecticut
2 Duke
3 Memphis
4 Texas
5 Florida
6 Villanova
7 Gonzaga
8 Illinois
9 West Virginia
10 Washington
11 Michigan State
12 Pittsburgh
13 Indiana
14 George Washington
15 North Carolina State
16 Ohio State
17 UCLA
18 Maryland
19 Tennessee
20 Boston College
21 Georgetown
22 Louisville
23 Wisconsin
24 Oklahoma
25 Syracuse

1/23/2006 3:15:08 PM

not sure GW should be above us but 15/14 isnt bad for a L/W

1/23/2006 3:16:22 PM

at least AP had enough sense to not rank Carolina.

1/23/2006 3:17:21 PM

For once I can say I'm satisfied w/ these rankings of our team. Makes sense.

1/23/2006 3:22:32 PM

^

yeah, UNC really should not be ranked. That's all there is to it. We should be ahead of GW. Whatever

1/23/2006 3:22:38 PM

amen

1/23/2006 3:22:39 PM

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

1. Connecticut (19) 16-1 751
2. Duke (10) 17-1 748
3. Memphis (1) 17-2 693
4. Florida 17-1 677
5. Texas (1) 16-2 654
6. Villanova 13-2 606
7. Gonzaga 15-3 558
7. Illinois 17-2 558
9. Washington 16-2 479
10. Pittsburgh 15-1 466
11. Indiana 12-3 462
12. Michigan State 15-4 450
13. West Virginia 14-3 420
14. N.C. State 15-3 360
15. George Washington 14-1 337
16. Ohio State 14-2 332
17. UCLA 15-4 225
18. Boston College 14-4 210
19. Maryland 13-4 204
20. Tennessee 12-3 151
21. Wisconsin 14-4 131
22. Oklahoma 11-4 102
23. Louisville 13-5 100
24. Syracuse 15-4 55
25. North Carolina 11-4 49
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Michigan 42, Georgetown 38, UAB 37, Xavier 34, Northern Iowa 29, Colorado 21, LSU 17, Air Force 12, Creighton 11, Bucknell 10, Cincinnati 9, Arizona 9, Iowa 8, Nevada 4, Kansas 3, Kentucky 2, Miami 2, Southern Illinois 2, Texas A&M 2, Vanderbilt 1, Wichita State 1, Manhattan 1, Marquette 1, Akron 1.

1/23/2006 3:23:17 PM