Michigan #20 in AP & Coaches Poll
AP: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/1
B1G teams: MSU #13, Iowa #15, Wisconsin #16, Michigan #20, OSU #24
Coaches: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/2
B1G teams: MSU #14, Iowa #15, Wisconsin #18, Michigan #20, OSU #23
Beat State!!
February 17th, 2014 at 12:51 PM ^
seems fair. can't lay an egg at home.
February 17th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
Can't argue with that after crapping the bed yesterday.
February 17th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
home, in the thick of a Big title race will do it every time.
February 17th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
By most outlets we look to be a 4 seed currently. I'm not too worried about seeding in general as it just comes down to the matchups.
February 17th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Then that would probably be true. Too much room to move up or down in the tourney!
February 17th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
February 17th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
Pollstalker hasn't posted the AP vote distribution yet, but it will be interesting to see. Typically, a majority of the votes sit near the actual ranking, so I bet about half of the votes are in the 19-21 range. Still, even last week, a couple people had us unranked who did submit ballots. It will be interesting to see which writers did this for this particular poll.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:08 PM ^
Get it done against Sparty, and finish strong, and something on the 2/3 line is still possible. I would not bet the mortgage money on it, though.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
I wouldn't bet a San Francisco mortgage either, that place is expensive.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:09 PM ^
Will the Big Ten regular season winner still receive the best 2 seed at this point? Seems like the conference tourney will be more important than ever this season. Hoping we see Purdue in the first round.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:10 PM ^
None higher than 13th. Seems wrong, but when you look at any individual team, also hard to find a lot of fault with those positions. Hope we light it up in March and make the pundits look dumb.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
Has anyone ever created an objective system for ranking how well conferences do in the NCAA tourney? Some kind of point system that would be able to rank the best conferences based on how far they go? I always here people say that we really find out about the best conferences in the post season, whether it be bowl games or the tourney. Bowl games are easy to look at with wins and losses. But the NCAA tourney is more difficult based on seeding and all that. Anyone on mgoblog want to tackle that one?
February 17th, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
Thanks for volunteering, looking forward to your analysis.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
Performance above seed level.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:16 PM ^
I still think the Big Ten is the strongest conference top to bottom with the Big 12 and ACC not far behind. There are still a lot of games to be played so don't put so much stock in the rankings at this point. The Big Ten will get favorable seeds and regions when Selection Sunday rolls around due to SOS and RPI top 50 wins.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:35 PM ^
The poll is just a total crapshoot at this point.
February 17th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
based on whether we're playing D, hitting from 3, or none of the above.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:50 PM ^
One week from today, Michigan will be ranked much higher.
February 17th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
Or maybe not at all. But let's hope for yours.
February 17th, 2014 at 1:56 PM ^
Michigan #20
That'll go up after Sunday's win over MSU
MSU #13
Way too high
February 17th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
Very interesting that we are the only team in the Top 25 with 7 losses...including a "looking worse by the week" loss to Charlotte.
We're getting a lot of respect based on our "strong" road wins in conference....though Northwestern & Nebraska have won in some of those same tough road venues.
We really need this win against MSU (and really to finish with 1 more regular season loss, max), otherwise could selection Sunday, we could see our seeding slip quickly.
February 17th, 2014 at 2:22 PM ^
If we manage to win the B1G, I think the committee will have a hard time figuring out what to do with Michigan. We will likely have at least 8 losses and possibly as many as 9 or 10, and yet we will have won or shared one of the best conferences in the country. It will be interesting to see how much weight they give to our relatively poor non conference performance.
February 17th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
To follow up on that, I think our seed will really come down to how we look down the stretch. If we take care of business, and go 5-1 or better down then stretch as well as making the B1G semis, I think it will go a long way in showing the committee that we are not the same team as we were in 2013.
February 17th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
I'd think we'd probably be seeded fairly similarly to how we were in 2012 after winning the Big Ten at 13-5 at a 4. We were 24-9 before the tourney that year, this year a 13-5 finish(with say an exit in the BTT semis) would put us at 22-10, but we'd have a much better road performance track record.
February 17th, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
Wren's doing a swell job on the signings and extensions, eh?!
February 18th, 2014 at 10:51 AM ^
I have to agree that #20 seems fair. Our schedule has been crazy the last couple of months and no one should of expected Michigan to beat all the ranked teams they have played. However on Sunday against Wisconsin they were very flat. If they want to make a good run in the tournament, they are going to have to find ways to stay electric. They need to play as they did against State, Wisconsin, Iowa in their first meetings. I would like to see us go to at least the elite 8 this year. Anything after that is a bonus!