Polls & Bracketology - Illinois #12 in AP Poll

Status
Not open for further replies.
#3      

FeelYourPaign

FeelYourPaign
So Cal
FeelYourPaign
#5      

DeonThomas

DeonThomas
South Carolina
DeonThomas
KenPom with some surprising results --- as compared to other rating agencies --- at this point in the season:

15 - Illini (not bad, but a little worse than most)
17 - Iowa
36 - Wisconsin
60 - Northwestern
78 - Rutgers
 
#6      

Piotyr

P
Piotyr
frozenrope9190 said:
Well, several pollsters are saying we're locks for the tournament, even if we lose the next 6 games and the first round of the BTT. What a step up from the lean years of Groce and latter half Weber.
Click to expand...
Yeah, now that they got that 11th victory in conference, they're in even if disaster hits and they lose out. Same with Purdue.
 
#7      

altgeld88

altgeld88
Arlington, Virginia
altgeld88
Piotyr said:
Yeah, now that they got that 11th victory in conference, they're in even if disaster hits and they lose out. Same with Purdue.
Click to expand...
And, unlike the waning days of Weber and the Groce regime, it's unthinkable that we would lose even a majority of those final six games, and not unlikely that we might go 5-1. Such is the culture that BU has built, thank goodness.
 
#9      

The Galloping Ghost

The Galloping Ghost
Washington, DC
The Galloping Ghost
altgeld88 said:
We're #12 in new AP poll. All other BT teams dropped; we rose one place:

apnews.com

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.
apnews.com apnews.com
Click to expand...
Despite the consternation in the postgame thread, last week was successful. Now let's take two this week and move into the top 10.
 
#10      

frozenrope9190

frozenrope9190
Aurora, IL
frozenrope9190
altgeld88 said:
We're #12 in new AP poll. All other BT teams dropped; we rose one place:

apnews.com

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.
apnews.com apnews.com
Click to expand...
And this is evidence of what I've been frustratingly harping on in this thread. We get blown out against Purdue, then play a sloppy game against a mid-level team at home...and still move up 1 spot in the rankings. Why? Because other teams lose. Other teams play bad games against subpar teams and still win. No team plays a beautiful set of basketball for 40 minutes every game. We are still elite even though we're not always "on". The goal, the only goal, is to win that game. Whether by 1 or by 40. Whether by beauty or grit. People can criticize about our flaws and needs to get better and that's fine. But the doom and gloom ("we'll make no noise in the dance", "we'll never be truly elite", "if we play like this again we lose by 20") just gets in my craw after we WIN a game. We're 12th in the country despite all those flaws. Not too shabby.
 
#12      

Chad Fleck

Chad Fleck
Eureka, IL
Chad Fleck
Color me surprised to move up 1. I would have thought a 2 spot drop or so. But I guess it's understandable to lose a top 5 team and their place and then win your home game.
 
#14      

Deep

Deep
Deep
These ranking mean nothing. I would like us to be a top three seed in Ncaa tournament. I do not want to be a 4 or 5 as the road is harder.
 
#15      

InDaAZ

InDaAZ
Eugene, Oregon
InDaAZ
frozenrope9190 said:
And this is evidence of what I've been frustratingly harping on in this thread. We get blown out against Purdue, then play a sloppy game against a mid-level team at home...and still move up 1 spot in the rankings. Why? Because other teams lose. Other teams play bad games against subpar teams and still win. No team plays a beautiful set of basketball for 40 minutes every game. We are still elite even though we're not always "on". The goal, the only goal, is to win that game. Whether by 1 or by 40. Whether by beauty or grit. People can criticize about our flaws and needs to get better and that's fine. But the doom and gloom ("we'll make no noise in the dance", "we'll never be truly elite", "if we play like this again we lose by 20") just gets in my craw after we WIN a game. We're 12th in the country despite all those flaws. Not too shabby.
Click to expand...
2047BFC0-8812-4D0F-8650-A68CF0BBEFCD.jpeg
 
#17      

Chad Fleck

Chad Fleck
Eureka, IL
Chad Fleck
Deep said:
These ranking mean nothing. I would like us to be a top three seed in Ncaa tournament. I do not want to be a 4 or 5 as the road is harder.
Click to expand...
You are welcome to ignore it if you don't think it matters. I understand that some people think this way, but it tends to be the same conversation over and over again.

I do agree about your 4/5 seed point.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.