wtf these were in conference games against worthy opponents, no shit they were gonna be close games. fuck sportsline.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 1:10 PM. Reason : 7]

2/6/2006 1:09:55 PM

if thats their reasoning, gonzaga should be unranked

2/6/2006 1:09:55 PM

Week 14 ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Connecticut (22) 20-1 761
2. Duke (8) 21-1 749
3. Memphis (1) 21-2 709
4. Villanova 17-2 677
5. Gonzaga 18-3 630
6. Florida 20-2 612
7. Texas 19-3 606
8. George Washington 18-1 505
9. Illinois 20-3 486
10. West Virginia 17-4 482
11. Michigan State 17-5 429
12. UCLA 19-4 410
13. Pittsburgh 17-3 384
14. Tennessee 16-3 380
15. N.C. State 18-4 339
16. Georgetown 16-4 306
17. Ohio State 16-3 303
18. Boston College 17-5 271
19. Iowa 18-5 192
20. Oklahoma 14-5 175
21. Indiana 13-6 110
22. Michigan 16-4 98
23. Washington 16-5 93
24. North Carolina 14-5 81
25. Colorado 15-4 45
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
LSU 41, Kansas 40, Northern Iowa 36, UAB 33, Bucknell 29, California 9, Miami 9, George Mason 8, Creighton 8, Wichita State 6, Nevada 6, New Mexico 5, San Diego State 4, Kentucky 3, Wisconsin 2, Stanford 1, Maryland 1, Florida State 1.
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Maryland 23, Northern Iowa 24.

2/6/2006 1:11:41 PM

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

ESPN coaches poll ....we moved up to #15

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 1:13 PM. Reason : ^ beat me to it]

2/6/2006 1:13:14 PM

fucking tarholes are ranked????? wtf

2/6/2006 1:17:12 PM

um

yes

why shouldnt they be?

if a team shouldnt be ranked it is colorado

2/6/2006 1:20:16 PM

3 of the 4 teams we have lost to are in the top 25 again

2/6/2006 1:20:29 PM

So why is 2 loss Memphis getting votes for #1 over 1-loss Duke (who beat them) and UConn???

Calipari?

2/6/2006 1:21:43 PM

actually that is confusing

seton hall got votes last week, won both of their game and got no votes this week

2/6/2006 1:21:57 PM

even worse (better?), maryland was #23 last week and only received 1 vote this week

Quote :

"fucking tarholes are ranked"

don't worry, they'll be gone after they lose to duke and miami this week

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 1:26 PM. Reason : crapolina]

2/6/2006 1:24:42 PM

i'm glad college bball seasons are ultimately decided by brackets


now if only we could get bullshit-free football

2/6/2006 1:26:11 PM

its obvious that cbssportsline hates us...

The field, by seeds
No. 1s: UConn, Duke, Texas, Memphis

No. 2s: West Virginia, Villanova, UCLA, Tennessee

No. 3s: Florida, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Michigan State

No. 4s: Iowa, Gonzaga, Illinois, Ohio State

No. 5s: Creighton, LSU, Oklahoma, Boston College

No. 6s: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Michigan, Marquette

No. 7s: Wichita State, George Washington, Northern Iowa, Kansas

No. 8s: Indiana, Alabama, UAB, Stanford

No. 9s: Kentucky, Nevada, Southern Illinois, Arkansas

No. 10s: Arizona, UW-Milwaukee, Seton Hall, Bucknell

No. 11s: Syracuse, California, Missouri State, Washington

No. 12s: Iona, NC-Wilmington, Western Kentucky, San Diego State

No. 13s: Montana, Utah State, George Mason, Temple

No. 14s: Davidson, Winthrop, Murray State, Kent State

No. 15s: UC Irvine, Penn, Northwestern State, Delaware State

No. 16s: Albany, IUPUI, Lipscomb, Central Connecticut, Southern

2/6/2006 1:53:50 PM

^ Ha they have Iowa as a 4 seed!?! I guess they are assuming that Iowa will keep playing well or something. Fuck they lost by 30 just two weeks ago to Michigan State. Cbs sportsline needs to run that Muhammed cartoon so that Al Queda will bomb their ass.



[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 2:13 PM. Reason : Bin Laden]

2/6/2006 2:04:10 PM

I'm tired of this shit... we are 18-4 we beat a top ten team and took another to the wire. I got on Foxsports today and they had a huge article about the Holes in addition to the rankings headline which read "Tarheels back into top 25" we are 7-2 in the toughest conference in the nation and we are getting 6 seeds what a load of shit.

2/6/2006 2:09:06 PM

Quote :

"we are 7-2 in the toughest conference in the nation and we are getting 6 seeds what a load of shit."

ever heard of the big east? it's clearly the toughest conference this season

2/6/2006 2:28:17 PM

^not hard to be the toughest when you have 35 teams, the acc is still the best top to bottom conference, on any given night anyone can beat anyone, that doesnt happen in other conferences. We're not the best at the top but still are top to bottom.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 2:30 PM. Reason : ]

2/6/2006 2:29:04 PM

no the big east is better this year

they only have 4 more teams than we do

2/6/2006 2:31:01 PM

their 12th team could never beat their 1. That is what makes the ACC so great.

2/6/2006 2:32:05 PM

you think wake could beat duke??

2/6/2006 2:34:12 PM

Yes, if FSU and VT can take them to the wire, no reason wake couldnt.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 2:37 PM. Reason : Their first game wouldve been a lot closer if Duke hadnt shot 60 percent from 3pt range (60-100)]

2/6/2006 2:36:23 PM

absolutely

2/6/2006 2:36:51 PM

AP

NCSU #16
UNC #23

2/6/2006 2:46:24 PM

Not in list form yet, but full top 25 can be found here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_ylt=AtIbfTqHYPaHCgUSiYs6atXevbYF?slug=ap-t25-collegebkbpoll&prov=ap&type=lgns

2/6/2006 2:47:29 PM

Christ, you people don't even watch basketball, do you?

Wake can't beat anyone. They fucking suck. Duke shooting a high percentage from 3-point range isn't some "accident," it's because Wake doesn't even try to stop anyone.

And we are not the best conference, or even the 2nd-best, this year. Not at the top, not top-to-bottom, not in any way you try to look at it.

2/6/2006 2:49:50 PM

Quote :

"And we are not the best conference, or even the 2nd-best, this year. Not at the top, not top-to-bottom, not in any way you try to look at it. "

agreed. the reason that our low ranking teams can beat our high ranking teams is because our high ranking teams arent that great, not because our low ranking teams are good. (other then duke).

2/6/2006 2:51:51 PM

Associated Press 2/6

1 Connecticut
2 Duke
3 Memphis
4 Villanova
5 Gonzaga
6 Texas
7 Florida
8 George Washington
9 West Virginia
10 Illinois
11 Tennessee
12 Michigan State
13 UCLA
14 Pittsburgh
15 Georgetown
16 North Carolina State
17 Boston College
18 Iowa
19 Ohio State
20 Oklahoma
21 Washington
22 Michigan
23 North Carolina
24 Indiana
25 Northern Iowa
Others Receiving Votes: LSU 116, Kansas 88, Bucknell 81, UAB 52, Creighton 40, Wichita St. 30, Seton Hall 26, Colorado 24, Maryland 17, Nevada 16, Marquette 15, California 14, Wisconsin 14, San Diego St. 8, George Mason 7, S. Illinois 6, Kent St. 4, Louisville 4, Miami 3, Hofstra 2, Stanford 2, Wis.-Milwaukee 2, Florida St. 1, Utah St. 1.
Updated: (02/06/2006) at 13:48 EST

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 2:55 PM. Reason : ap]

2/6/2006 2:55:01 PM

Quote :

"No. 5s: Creighton, LSU, Oklahoma, Boston College "

hahahaha

2/6/2006 2:58:59 PM

#11 is high for tennessee

2/6/2006 3:02:36 PM

George Wash. will be number 1 by the end of the reg. season if they dont lose again

2/6/2006 3:16:22 PM

how does joe lunardi and his bracketology have North Carolina at a 5 seed...and rising...and he has NC State at a 5 seed and stable??


how can that be??

2/6/2006 3:17:49 PM

Quote :

"And we are not the best conference, or even the 2nd-best, this year. Not at the top, not top-to-bottom, not in any way you try to look at it. "

So I am assuming that you are saying that the Big Ten is better than us as well as the Big East. I agree that the Big East is the best conference this year, but the ACC > Big Ten by vitue of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Top to bottom we are still better than that league.

2/6/2006 3:25:20 PM

The bottom teams in the Big Least couldn't beat the ACC bottom teams though. South Florida??? Who the hell could they beat? I mean thats a guaranteed win for the top Big East teams.

2/6/2006 4:01:34 PM

Quote :

"how does joe lunardi and his bracketology have North Carolina at a 5 seed...and rising...and he has NC State at a 5 seed and stable?? how can that be?? "

Joe Lunardi is a bumbling idiot and I have learned over the years to never take anything he says or does seriously, especially his Bracketology bullshit.

And I absolutely hate that ESPN makes that steaming pile of shit of an analysis its front page CB story every fucking week.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 4:27 PM. Reason : /rant]

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 4:27 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/6/2006 4:25:17 PM

The big east is better at the top but we easily are better from top to bottom. Yea we have Wake and GT which sucks ass but the rest of the conference has been relatively solid this year. Half of the big east is good, but the other half sucks ass. USF is 6-15, ND has one conference win, Depaul is 9-11, both providence and St. John's are 10-10. Wake would easily dominate USF.

u can argue the big east or the acc, but don't even try to bring in the big 10 which we whooped their ass in the challenge even with one of our best teams (BC) not playing in it.

2/6/2006 4:29:40 PM

Quote :

"Joe Lunardi is a bumbling idiot and I have learned over the years to never take anything he says or does seriously, especially his Bracketology bullshit."

Wow. Its his job. He has gotten the right 64 teams the last like 3 years. He is real bad.

Man knows what he is doing. He had us a 10 last year and guess what? We were a 10.

2/6/2006 4:32:19 PM

At the end of the year he's spot on. His early bracketologies are shit though, and this year is especially so.

2/6/2006 4:34:42 PM

^^That's not necessarily what angers me. I just think it's ludicrous to try to lay out the brackets and pick seeds midway through the season. It's even more meaningless than the rankings at this time.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 4:35 PM. Reason : .]

2/6/2006 4:34:59 PM

I really think that the SH blow out loss blew everyone's confidence in us. Which is fine, if we finish with 3ish losses in the ACC we will be fine.

2/6/2006 4:43:31 PM

Quote :

""we are 7-2 in the toughest conference in the nation and we are getting 6 seeds what a load of shit.""

I think what a lot of people either forget or fail to realize is that conference tournament results factor in these predictions as well. Obviously Joe doesn't have us doing to well in the ACC tourney right now, but that could change as the season progresses and he will reflect accordingly. Also, we are 7-2 with one team nipping one game behind our tails and others not too far behind as well. What I don't understand is how people can get bent out of shape of a prediction in the first place.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 4:57 PM. Reason : .]

2/6/2006 4:55:17 PM

but isnt this so much better than the fucking bubble watch we had grown so accustomed to?

I love this...feeling cheated because we arent rated higher than a 6 seed.

I could most definitely get used to this.

2/6/2006 4:58:45 PM

I could ge used to being a 1 seed

2/6/2006 5:03:22 PM

Tennessee a 2 seed?


Seriously, what the fuck sportsline?

they must WANT to see a 15 win...

2/6/2006 5:37:36 PM

2/6/2006 6:53:15 PM

how's wake not lower than that yet?

2/6/2006 7:31:44 PM

^They haven't gotten votes in the last 2 polls so they are not ranked at all. Look at the graph closer.

2/6/2006 7:33:38 PM

ah, touche

2/6/2006 7:35:19 PM

bitchin' graphs, keep up the good work!

2/6/2006 8:44:37 PM

All I was saying is how this is just further evidence of the UNC bias when you compare our hype and rankings to UNC's at this point in the season... I understand it doesn't mean anything but in a way it does (money, recruiting, etc.)

The Big East is a fine basketball conference, but year in and year out the ACC is the top dog. This year I will concede that the Big East looks stronger.

2/6/2006 8:48:09 PM

well unc had to be ranked before the first big duke/unc game, of course!

2/6/2006 10:45:34 PM

gonzaga down 56-51 with about 6:30 left...i hope they lose, cause that 5 beside their name is just ridiculous.

[Edited on February 7, 2006 at 1:38 AM. Reason : espn2....56-53 now, under 6 minutes]

2/7/2006 1:38:06 AM