ISU 16th in the AP & Coaches Poll
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The joke is how the big 12 has ranked this year. If you are the best conference more teams should be ranked. Meanwhile the ACC and AAC teams are overranked. No way KU should be tenth after wining the big 12 and having an RPI in the top 4. Meanwhile Louisville is ranked 4 with an RPI of 24 and Cinci, Memphis and SMU are all ranked.
Duke lost to Wake who has an RPI of 122 and they are 7th?
No wonder Parrish does his poll attacks. There are some stupid voters.
ISU has been ranked below RPI all season.
Duke lost to Wake who has an RPI of 122 and they are 7th?
No wonder Parrish does his poll attacks. There are some stupid voters.
ISU has been ranked below RPI all season.
KU is a 3 seed, and if OSU beats them, will not move up. B12 most likely will not even have a 2 seed.
As long as the seeding is proper with our RPI and top 50 wins, I don't care too much about this. Ranking is nice though.
Not that it will help us but I noticed this AM we have the highest overall winning % in the Big XII.
If we win the Big 12 Tourney, we'll have won 8 of our last 10 and have to be considered one of the hottest teams (minus WSU). I think that gets us a 2 seed.
Supposedly the selection committee doesn't consider any "last X games" metrics anymore; however, you are probably right so far as the individual committee members would certainly have positive gut impression of ISU.
Eight losses is eight losses no matter who you played. Their ranking does not indicate a two seed. They may not even have Embiid.
This ranking does and it is one that the selection committee uses.
RPI = 3
Also, Self has put out there that despite sitting for the Big 12, Embiid will play in the dance. True or not, it should assure the committee and hence their seeding be unaffected.
Finally 39 of these ranking systems put them in the top 8 with only 11 putting them outside the top 8. That is an average of just over a 6 ranking (5th best).
College Basketball Ranking Composite
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How about you and I bet on KU's seed? I'll take 2 or 1 and you can have all the other numbers.
My hope is at least 1 win this week and get a 3 seed. I think that is realistic based on our RPI.
Jeff Faraudo thinks we are barely top 25. (Coming in at 25 on his poll).
Fletcher Mackel is another strange one. Clones at 23, behind the likes of Harvard, Oregon, VCU, Stephen F Austin..
Most of them are 14-21 which is pretty fair.
Percy Allen of the Seattle Times actually moved Iowa up 1 even though they lost 2 this past week, 1 of which was to a lower conference team at home. Meanwhile he dropped ISU 4 slots for their split. Though his overall list was pretty good.
I guess if I did the poll I probably would have some unpopular choices as well, gotta remember these are just some guys opinions, (even though they are wrong)
Serious question. Does anyone actually review the contributors to this poll and maybe boot the ones whose ballots are dubious?
Re: AP Top 25
Hahahahahaaa! So hasn't this guy ripped on everyone ranking ISU too low the last few weeks, now this?
Hahahahahaaa! So hasn't this guy ripped on everyone ranking ISU too low the last few weeks, now this?
