Michigan #4 in AP Poll /#4 in Coaches Poll
Michigan up to No. 4 in the AP poll. Indiana garners all but one first place vote, with that going to No. 2 Gonzaga
Full poll: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings
- Indiana
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Michigan
- Miami (FL)
- Kansas
- Georgetown
- Florida
- MSU
- Louisville
- Arizona
- Syracuse
- Kansas State
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma State
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Saint Louis
- Memphis
- Butler
- Notre Dame
- Marquette
- Pittsburgh
- Oregon
- Louisiana Tech
That's 5 ranked B1G teams, with Illinois coming in at an unofficial 31st under the others receiving votes category. Indiana really emerges as the team to beat in a difficult league.
Update:
Michigan is also #4 in Coaches Poll, viewable by the same link as above. Here's the poll in case you don't want to leave:
- Indiana (28)
- Gonzaga (3)
- Duke
- Michigan
- Kansas
- Florida
- Miami (FL)
- Georgetown
- Louisville
- MSU
- Arizona
- Syracuse
- Kansas State
- New Mexico
- Ohio State
- Wisconsin
- Memphis
- Oklahoma State
- Saint Louis
- Notre Dame
- Butler
- Marquette
- Saint Mary's
- Akron
- VCU
February 25th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Fixed. Just trying to make it so you didn't have to click another link to see the whole poll, so it was fast.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:15 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 4:49 PM ^
oregon making their debut? not sure where you have been, but they were in the top 15 earlier this year
February 25th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
If we win out though I do not think there is anyway they will be a #1 see over us.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
If we win out nobody is going to get a #1 seed over us.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
February 26th, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
Ditto. I don't know how the "Zags are ranked so high based on such a weak schedule. Their SOS is 66th...behind eleven Big Ten teams (if I counted right).
February 25th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
I was just about to post this. I must be slow.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
I was in the right place at the right time I think, hah.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
It wouldn't be for the Big ten championship or even a share if Indiana doesn't lose before they reach AA.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:52 PM ^
a game to determine whether Indiana gets the title outright or shares it. And even that requires them losing to Minnesota.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
Indiana and State NEED to go down.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
We will beat State next Sunday, but we need someone else to trip up Indiana.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:10 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
I think OSU at Indiana is going to be the game they get upset. I think they're playing a lot better after getting throttled by Wiscy.
February 25th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
by 15.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
What from UM's past performances convinces you of this? MSU was winning by around 30 for a large chunk of the game. I hope you're right but I don't see UM winning.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:28 PM ^
We get blown out once and the season is a complete loss? If you watched yesterday, you would have noticed just how important J Morgan is to this team.
February 25th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
I wouldn't try to extrapolate one game's result to the next, for example MSU lost pretty badly @Minnesota and then thumped them at home. Counter-examples to your logic are numerous.
I would say that before our matchup I was confident we'd win at home, after that matchup I was less confident but I think we'll have an answer for them in our own house. Morgan and LaVert both bring excellent defensive elements to this team, so that should help against MSU. Appling has looked terrible in his last two outings as well, so hopefully he continues to be a non-factor for State.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
Happy that the voters as a whole put Michigan above Miami, The ACC is the weakest it's ever been
February 25th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
could very well be a bracket buster for a lot of people. I think they are a good team, but not number 2. I would put them between 8-12.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Everybody is a bracket buster this year. Nobody is even close to being an end all, beat all number 1 this year.
The Big ten will have 5-6 teams in the sweet 16 tho and 2-3 in the final four
February 25th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
B1G teams are in the Final Four. Just like the regular season, we're going to beat each other up.
And I didn't mean bracket buster like they'll run the table. I think some people wil expect them to go to the Final Four or better, but I just don't see it.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
We're going to have 7 teams in the tourney more than likely. Michigan and Indiana are looking like number 1 seeds right now, so all you need is Ohio, MSU or Wisconsin in one of the other brackets and we have a pretty good shot at 3 in the final four
February 25th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
you mean anything is possible. Cause we all know how the NCAA tourney is chalk to the Final Four.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
Thank you.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
the only time 3 teams from the same conference title had 3 teams in the Final Four was in 1970, which doesn't even really count because they were all independent schools.
3 teams from the Big Ten in the Final Four? It's not going to happen, realistically.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:58 PM ^
The Big East had 3 teams reach the 1985 final four - Georgetown, St. John's and Villanova (who beat #1 seed Michigan in the 2nd Round)
February 25th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
I must have missed that one. However, it is still only once.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:06 PM ^
the idea that our talented but young and vulnerable squad is number four may suggest that there is no really superior team in college hoop this year. If Indiana comes on strong at the end they could prove to be that squad, but. Meanwhile, if we finished the year at #4 I would say we had overachieved or at very least performed to expectations.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:23 PM ^
Do you huff paint?
February 25th, 2013 at 3:02 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
I just don't get how Miami is ranked so high. Their win over Duke was impressive, and they have a solid win against MSU. But those are far outweighed by an 8-point loss to Florida Gulf Coast (???), a blowout loss to Arizona, a loss to Indiana State (???), and a blowout loss to Wake Forest. That resume doesn't add up to a top-5 team to me.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
for Florida Gulf Coast, and Reggie Johnson was out for Arizona and Indiana State. The Wake loss was obviously bad.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:14 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 1:39 PM ^
if say, THJ was out and then McGary?
February 25th, 2013 at 1:59 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^
I meant Arizona.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
Reggie Johnson is not even a starter. You don't hear us blaming our losses all on Jordan Morgan being out. At least Morgan is a starter.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
I've heard lots of people saying February would have gone differently for Michigan if Morgan had been healthy.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:57 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
Compared to how the basketball team has been for the past 15 years, with 4 games to go in the regular season this year's team's floor is now a 3-seed. That's pretty damn awesome.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
I just did the dump from Pollspeak into my tracker in Excel. The distribution of AP votes is interesting this week -
- 6 votes for 2nd place
- 15 votes for 3rd place
- 22 votes for 4th place
- 12 votes for 5th place
- 4 votes for 6th place
- 2 votes for 7th place
- 1 vote for 8th place
- 2 votes for 9th place
- 1 vote for 10th place
Here is the distribution graphically - last week (Week 16) as well as this week (Week 17, so you can see the shift), and the running average of the rankings:
