New Polls 1/16

[swok34]

AP:

1. Tennessee
2. Duke
3. LSU
4. North Carolina
5. Connecticut
6. Maryland
7. Ohio State
8. Baylor
9. Rutgers
10. Depaul
11. Purdue
12. Michigan State
13. Georgia
14. Stanford
15. Arizona State
16. Minnesota
17. Oklahoma
18. Virginia Tech
19. Vanderbilt
20. New Mexico
21. Temple
22. Boston College
23. BYU
24. Notre Dame
25. George Washington

[catfan28]

28. Missouri
33. Texas A&M
34. Texas
37. K-State
41. Texas Tech

[Bball Girl]

Some difference

USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll

1. Tennessee (29)
2. Duke (2)
3. North Carolina
4. LSU
5. Connecticut
6. Maryland
7. Ohio St.
8. Baylor :bu:
9. Rutgers
10. DePaul
11. Purdue
12. Minnesota
13. Arizona St.
14. Michigan St.
15. Stanford
16. Georgia
17. Oklahoma :ou:
18. New Mexico
19. Vanderbilt
20. Temple
21. Boston Coll.
22. Notre Dame
23. BYU
24. Virginia Tech
25. Geo. Washington

Dropped Out: No. 24 Florida, No. 25 Washington

Others Receiving Votes: Florida 38, Washington 37, Louisville 25, Missouri 22, Utah 18, N.C. State 15, Virginia 12, Louisiana Tech 10, Texas A&M 9, USC 7, Mississippi 5, Kentucky 5, St. John's 4, Kansas 3, Montana 2, Texas 1

[sybarite]

I always wonder who thinks Montana can beat Texas.

[brolewis]

I don't know if it was intentional after our TTU-BU discussion thread ;), but you left off Baylor.

[Bball Girl]

I don't know if it was intentional after our TTU-BU discussion thread ;), but you left off Baylor.

No...wasn't intentional. Last week I managed to delete OU...so at least Baylor is there...just not highlighted. Sorry about that.

[YCN]

Texas is ranked #8 in the RPI and has played the toughest schedule in the country. They unranked with one point in the coaches' poll, 9 in the AP poll. Their record is 8-6.

Boston College is ranked #36 in the RPI and has played the #32 schedule. They are ranked #21 in the coaches' poll with 122 points, and #22 in the AP poll with 154 points. Their record is 12-5.

If you subtract from Texas' record the "gimme" wins over 113 Stephen F. Austin and 277 Sam Houston State, their record stands at 6-6 against top 100 teams, with 2 of 6 losses at home.

If you subtract the gimmes from BC's record: 185 Drexel, 130 Richmond, 161 Vermont, at 151 New Hampshire, 179 Holy Cross, 225 Massachusetts, at 203 Qunnipiac, 315 Niagara, 306 Colgate; then BC's record against top 100 teams stands at 3-5, with 3 of 5 losses at home.

So that's the background for Texas getting a total of 10 voting points, compared to 276 for BC.

And if anyone wonders why I hate the polls for the way they are irrationally constructed, well there you are.

[brolewis]

No...wasn't intentional. Last week I managed to delete OU...so at least Baylor is there...just not highlighted. Sorry about that.
I know it wasn't intentional. Just a little ribbing after our discussion.

[swok34]

I always wonder who thinks Montana can beat Texas.

That's funny, syb.

[Daddo]

What exactly do the blessed Tigers need to do? Beat the national champions? Oops, no, that won't do it. If there are half a dozen places in the NATION to win on the road than in Austin, I'm the Easter Bunny. But you lose by less than a half dozen points at Texas and Mizzou is back on the "ignore" list.

Maybe if the state's major newspapers didn't put news of our win over the national champions and a 12 game win streak on page eight behind high school wrestling, figure skating, and the forecast for Islamibad, there might be awareness that there's a team in Columbia, besides Quin's team that can't beat Sam Houston State.

Of course, given an administration at the school whose idea of promoting the games is to make the assistant coaches pass out free tickets in the dining hall ("After all, they ain't worth anything, might as well give away a few hundred, maybe you little dollies can draw 2 whole thousand people, har har har")

Bitter? Me?

[swok34]

Daddo.....

mostly you need to keep winning. Texas Tech didn't make it back into the mix with it's win over Baylor either.

[Scamp]

Columnist Ron Kantowski: Blowing bubbles can be serious (Las Vegas Sun)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sports/2006/jan/19/519989959.html

An entertaining column about the AP Top 25 voting panel. What happens if you forget Tennessee? :oo