Well, we didn't play a very good team, but we still won handily in a Quad 1 Big Ten road game. Additionally, #10 Kentucky dropped a home game to unranked Florida last night, so one would THINK we'd at least move up to #13, but I'll never trust the pollsters to properly penalize a Blue Blood, lol. These are the remaining games from teams ranked above us this week:
#6 Wisconsin at Nebraska
Cal at #11 Arizona
Butler at #13 Creighton
#1 UConn at St. John's
#9 Marquette at Georgetown
#4 Houston at #8 Kansas
#7 Duke at #3 North Carolina
#12 Iowa State at #18 Baylor
#5 Tennessee at #10 Kentucky
#2 Purdue at #6 Wisconsin
Stanford at #11 Arizona
Kind of difficult to gauge what teams we might pass if we beat Nebraska.
- We'd certainly pass #13 Creighton if they lose at home to Butler ... go Bulldogs!! Also my sister's alma mater, so I always cheer for them. Hinkel is a MUST visit for all hoops fans, BTW!
- We'd probably pass #12 Iowa State if they lose at #18 Baylor.
- Obviously, if #11 Arizona drops even one game, we are passing them ... but that's highly unlikely.
- We SHOULD pass #10 Kentucky anyway (we went from #10 to #14 for a similar loss to Maryland...), but we'd definitely pass them if they lose again.
- If #9 Marquette drops one to Georgetown, we'd definitely pass them. However, I think keeping them a Quad 1 home loss is more important.
- We probably do not pass #8 Kansas if they lose to #4 Houston, but I guess who knows?
- Probably not passing #7 Duke, even if we should.
- If #6 Wisconsin loses twice, we might pass them? Difficult to tell, but I doubt a loss to #2 Purdue would drop them THAT much, so it depends how much the pollsters think a loss at Nebraska is worth.
- If #5 Tennessee loses twice (including a bad loss at home to South Carolina earlier this week), I guess they could theoretically drop below us.
- No way #4 Houston drops below us.
- Even with two losses this week, I cannot see #3 North Carolina dropping below us.
- No way #2 Purdue drops below us.
- No way #1 UConn drops below us.
So, I think if we beat Nebraska, we would fall anywhere between #13 and #9 depending on how wacky the rest of the week is.