What will Iowa state be ranked?
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To paraphrase a quote from the movie "Miracle"
"The name on the front of your jersey is a hell a lot more important than the one in the back!"
"The name on the front of your jersey is a hell a lot more important than the one in the back!"
The committee has shown time and time again that they will adjust for games when you are missing a player of that caliber.
Agree, just name bias in Duke. It is the way things go. Not focus should be taking down Jayhawks on Wednesday.
Well when has THAT ever happened?
Just wait until Wednesday night when Bilas will talk about Duke more times than Iowa State
Won't matter for these rankings, but Duke has a guy with injury expected for several weeks:
www.espn.com
I don't watch Duke games but evidently he's a defensive specialist (only 2.5 points per game, but plays nearly 18 minutes per game).
Duke defensive stopper Brown out several weeks
Duke forward Maliq Brown, who sprained his knee in Saturday's win over Notre Dame, will miss "an extended period of time" -- weeks -- Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer said Monday.
www.espn.com
I don't watch Duke games but evidently he's a defensive specialist (only 2.5 points per game, but plays nearly 18 minutes per game).
There is zero chance we move off of #3 with voters given the chance to jump Duke.
The only thing missing will be voters actually sacrificing a fatted calf on an alter to their satanic god, the Blue Devil.
The only thing missing will be voters actually sacrificing a fatted calf on an alter to their satanic god, the Blue Devil.
If our best player was out I would hope we would be given some grace as well.
Kansas beat Duke
Duke beat Auburn
Auburn beat Iowa State
Iowa State beats Kansas?
Duke beat Auburn
Auburn beat Iowa State
Iowa State beats Kansas?
For what it's worth, here's how the reddit r/CollegeBasketball user poll went:
1. Auburn (84) | 2266
2. Iowa State (1) | 2133
3. Duke (6) | 2083
4. Alabama | 1959
5. Florida | 1912
6. Tennessee | 1828
7. Marquette | 1744
8. Kentucky | 1501
9. Kansas | 1465
10. Houston | 1367
Has to be #2 and with Broome out for a while #1 is looking realistic soon if they can run the gauntlet this week. A #1 Iowa State basketball team, never thought I'd see that in my lifetime but it's within the realm of possibility now.
Lucky for us, we don't HAVE a best player.
Yep, and on that note, what happened to the ACC? This was THE power conference in basketball for decades along with the Big East before the Big East dissolved even up until about 5 years ago or so then it's all kind of fallen apart since then. They're almost as bad as ACC football is now, didn't see that coming.
The next two games are big. Our conference schedule is top-heavy this year. We should be favored heavily in both games, but losing to KU under any circumstances is never a big surprise, and West Virginia is a tough road game. If we manage to get through that, then you're 6-0 in league play and of the remaining 14 games, there's only maybe three I look at and say "That's probably going to be a loss" (at Arizona, at KU, at Houston).
