altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Water is wet.
The sun will rise.
Someone will post "rankings mean nothing" in the Polls & Bracketology thread.
Water is wet.
The sun will rise.
Someone will post "rankings mean nothing" in the Polls & Bracketology thread.
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.
OOF Nebraska with the 95% chance to get the last seed they're really stinking it up huhView attachment 15341
We had a very good week in regards to winning the B1G despite our loss to Purdue.
Someone will post " pruman is high ".....................Someone will post "if we play like we did today..." in the pregame thread.
Great post. Illinois fans are spoiled by 2 generational teams, the Flying Illini and then the 2005 37-2 team. Both those teams had multiple NBA caliber players and were the results of years of program building. And neither played beautiful ball all 40 minutes of every game. We remember the comeback in the Arizona game, not why a comeback was needed.No team plays a beautiful set of basketball for 40 minutes every game.
My work laptop did not like that link at all.I found this site pretty interesting. https://bracketodds.cs.illinois.edu/seedadv.html
I always assumed the difference between being seeded 3 vs 4 was more influential than being seed 2 vs 3. But these numbers actually show the bigger gap is between the 2 vs 3 seed.
So I would take it a step further and say we really want to be a top 2 seed.
FIFY!purman91 will post " pruman is high ".....................
I reallllly wish Maryland would have pulled off that game yesterday.View attachment 15341
We had a very good week in regards to winning the B1G despite our loss to Purdue.
Someone will post " pruman is high ".....................
fifyLose and win, and move up?
I was not talking about hype........my comment was more for how good a team is or how much of a chance they have to win their league or NCAA Title.Literally not true since these rankings are what dictate the amount of hype around a team based on coverage by national media. They mean a whole hell of a lot, actually.
The argument is that hype relates to exposure. Exposure relates to recruiting. Recruiting relates better teams. Better teams relate to the part I bolded in your post.I was not talking about hype........my comment was more for how good a team is or how much of a chance they have to win their league or NCAA Title.
Probably will be Pruman that posts it.Someone will post " pruman is high ".....................
I saw an interesting blurb on SportCenter yesterday, where they gave B10 results. The first game they covered was Purdue/Maryland, where they talked about how close it was, how Purdue nearly stumbled and didn't play well, and what a great upset that would have been. The next game they covered was Illinois/Northwestern where they said a passing sentence about how NU cut it to 1 but there was just too much Kofi. WE knew how close it was and how sloppy it was at times, but to them? That was a ROUT compared to the other game, a Top 8 team playing at home full strength against a 3-10 Maryland squad. Because this stuff happens all the time.Great post. Illinois fans are spoiled by 2 generational teams, the Flying Illini and then the 2005 37-2 team. Both those teams had multiple NBA caliber players and were the results of years of program building. And neither played beautiful ball all 40 minutes of every game. We remember the comeback in the Arizona game, not why a comeback was needed.
I think this team has a shot to go really deep in the tournament if the NCAA gods work the matchups in our favor and timely 3's are made. But this team is not about basketball perfection, it is a team of over achieving guys, willing themselves through screens, or hitting a layup with 3 guys hanging on their ams, who bought into Brad's vision, worked their butts off to improve themselves, improve the program, and maybe win a bit now.
I think we are on two different waive lengths. I will move on.............The argument is that hype relates to exposure. Exposure relates to recruiting. Recruiting relates better teams. Better teams relate to the part I bolded in your post.
So they’ve got that going for them!OOF Nebraska with the 95% chance to get the last seed they're really stinking it up huh
So Duke loses at home to an unbranded team and they move up in the coaches poll. HuhWe're #12 in the Coaches Poll this week, too. Purdue dropped like a stone. The delta between Duke's rankings is interesting.
2023-24 Men's College Basketball Rankings - ESPN
Find the 2023-24 NCAAM rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAM teams.www.espn.com
View attachment 15343
Purdue got very lucky vs Minnesota. Poor job by MdHead coach. Probably why he got fired at Wake Forest.View attachment 15341
We had a very good week in regards to winning the B1G despite our loss to Purdue.
Flying Illini - Nick Anderson and Kendall Gill had long NBA careersGreat post. Illinois fans are spoiled by 2 generational teams, the Flying Illini and then the 2005 37-2 team. Both those teams had multiple NBA caliber players and were the results of years of program building. And neither played beautiful ball all 40 minutes of every game. We remember the comeback in the Arizona game, not why a comeback was needed.
I think this team has a shot to go really deep in the tournament if the NCAA gods work the matchups in our favor and timely 3's are made. But this team is not about basketball perfection, it is a team of over achieving guys, willing themselves through screens, or hitting a layup with 3 guys hanging on their ams, who bought into Brad's vision, worked their butts off to improve themselves, improve the program, and maybe win a bit now.
Me thinks the difference between the two schools of thought are because one camp is thinking short term and the other long term....I think we are on two different waive lengths. I will move on.............
Losing is not success. If you're point is to express that it wasn't the disaster that some portrayed it as, fine. But success is winning.
It's not https (even though it says so in the link) so browsers don't like it.My work laptop did not like that link at all.