Illinois #10 in 2/5 AP Poll

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Let's hope we can break the trend because this has been the Illini every time we have entered the top 10 so far this season:

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Always good to be a "Top 10 Team," regardless of what anybody says! Even though MSU is only receiving one vote in the poll, I think a win in East Lansing (hopefully combined with some chaos elsewhere) could move us up a few spots, too! FWIW, here are the teams ahead of us this week in action in some matchups to keep an eye on:

#4 Kansas at Kansas State (KU a 4.5-point favorite) ... Monday at 8:00 pm on ESPN
#8 Arizona at Utah ... Thursday at 7:00 pm on Pac-12 Network
#6 Tennessee at Texas A&M ... Saturday at 7:00 pm on ESPN
#8 Arizona at Colorado ... Saturday at 9:00 pm on ESPN
 
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Surprising to me that neither Northwestern or Nebraska got a single vote.

I'm also not sold on the strength of the Mountain West -- three teams in the Top 25, and two just outside the Top 25. Can one of you convince me? Who have any of these teams beaten other than each other?
 
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What I notice is Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois then literally not even one Big Ten team even receiving votes in the top 25. Is the conference that mediocre this year? Not sure that I remember it this bad. Now, the last two years, per tournament results, the extremely overrated and maybe these rankings reflect that?

Edit: MSU getting 1 vote.
 
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Second place is 1st loser said:
What I notice is Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois then literally not even one Big Ten team even receiving votes in the top 25. Is the conference that mediocre this year? Not sure that I remember it this bad. Now, the last two years, per tournament results, the extremely overrated and maybe these rankings reflect that?

Edit: MSU getting 1 vote.
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I do think the conference is down and I do think that NCAA tourney results are impacting rankings.
 
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WeWillWhen said:
Surprising to me that neither Northwestern or Nebraska got a single vote.

I'm also not sold on the strength of the Mountain West -- three teams in the Top 25, and two just outside the Top 25. Can one of you convince me? Who have any of these teams beaten other than each other?
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I am not surprised at all. Northwestern lost a close game at Purdue (which is forgivable), but then they lost a late lead at Minnesota and got blown out in the subsequent OT. While Nebraska has two of the best wins, they were both at home. Nebraska is 1-6 in road games, and the game last night is the first time that they were even competitive in a road B1G game. Until Nebraska actually starts winning some road games, they will not sniff any votes.

Both of these teams have nice wins, but neither of them are deserving of votes (at least at this point of season).
 
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