Where Will MBB Land In Polls This Week?

I don’t know, but one thing I learned is that whoever didn’t vote for them into the top 25 is a dumbass.

I'm going to guess around 15.  We should be higher based on our resume, but I dont think polls will want to over-correct too badly.

Beat Louisville and we may be top 5.  Lose and we will be 20-25.

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Top 10 with a couple stray votes for #1

#1  

undefeated, beating # 6 and #8 like rented mules.  does any other team have our resume so far?

They should be #1

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Somewhere between 10-15 in the media poll and 9-12 in the coaches poll.

Honestly I see us in the top 10.  We're undefeated with two (quite impressive) wins over top-10 teams, and a couple wins over solid teams as well (Creighton and Iowa St).  I don't see how we're behind either of the teams we beat this weekend.  

I answered top 15 in an earlier post

Good Board Topic:

I say we should be #1, most impressive resume so far, but I would also say top 5 is cool but I have a feeling we'll be around #10 because just because.

They've got to leap into the top ten after today.

Biggest jump ever was unranked to #4.  Seems possible.

Um top 5

This is a top 10 team and deserves to be ranked as such.  That said, I expect top 15 at the least.

High. 

Polls don't matter and I don't pay much attention to them, but... well, there's not much going on this afternoon, so I looked and here we are. This week's AP poll:

1. Duke (BAINNNNNN)
2. Louisville (it was a block)
3. Michigan State (hahahahaha)
4. Kansas (won their tournament, does have a loss this year)
5. Maryland (hasn't played anybody)
6. North Carolina (hahahahaha)
7. Virginia (undefeated)
8. Gonzaga (hahahahaha)
9. Kentucky (that Evansville loss, but has beaten MSU)
10. Ohio State (undefeated)
Oregon, Texas Tech, Seton Hall the next three.

A couple teams have individual big wins just as big as ours, though without looking closely I don't think anybody has two wins as good as our two. 

There's no telling what voters will do when they just drop us in there. MSU now has two losses and teams like Maryland haven't even been tested. I'm guessing that we'll be late top ten, ahead of the teams we just smoked and maaaaybe OSU and MSU; we won't jump teams like Virginia, and Maryland probably gets the benefit of the doubt.

But who knows?

That Louisville game could, indeed, launch us to #1. It doesn't matter what we're ranked, of course, but just like last year the expectations are changing rapidly and seeding becomes a major consideration. 

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BTW, hindsight is 50/50 or something. Last year Michigan started red-hot, but we had some serious offensive weaknesses that were exposed later. Specifically, there wasn't much outside shooting, and Iggy couldn't pass to save his life when he put the ball on the floor. Nobody that could efficiently create their own shot. 

But I feel like this team is much sloppier than last year's team at the same time... and deeper with far fewer offensive weaknesses. DeJulius and Brooks can both shoot and drive. Franz can shoot, and in that one drive to get us to 47 points he looked like he could be deadly driving to the basket. Simpson can drive both ways. Livers can bomb from distance and is fleshing out the rest of his game.

And we've got incredible depth. 

This team might be really, really, what-are-final-four-tickets-going-for-on-stubhub good. 

My guess is 12th or 13th.  College basketball polls are pretty useless so nobody seems to get bent out of shape when they take a while to correct themselves.

MSU 4-2 with not top 10 wins and a loss to an unranked team.

UM 7-0 with 2 wins over top 10 teams.

MSU will drop to like 7and UM will be around 15.  Because Izzo is the greatest coach in all the land.

I want to be #2 with Louisville #1. wow--its a day before the game and I'm avoiding football content. weird.

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We should be top 10 at a minimum. We beat all three teams convincingly. The media has hyped us up a lot, and our returning starters are big time winners in Simpson, Teske, and Livers. Juwan can coach. If we beat Louisville on Tuesday which is a big if, we will jump to number 1 without a doubt. 

Around #15. Objectively should be top 10 based on results, but who cares. Just keep winning. 

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#9 with UNC and Gonzaga ~#11-15 range.

If we beat Louisville and Iowa we will be #1, and likely darn near unanimous as #1. 

It's insane that this team only had a few top 25 votes to start the season, but I never expected them to play this well, particularly in the offensive side of the ball. It's pretty awesome.

Is say that rankings are for those who can’t get it done.  7-0 undefeated and unranked, we’ve done well without all of the pomp and circumstance, no. 1!!!

I would say say 17. 

We are a MF'ing basketball school! 

Hopefully tomorrow we are a nut-crushing football school!!!

I'd vote Michigan as #1, but I'm thinking they'll be around 15.

If Iowa St can beat Seton Hall, that only improves the quality of our resume, given our wins include 2 transitive wins over Oregon and Seton Hall.

Lot of season left, and polls don't really matter, but it would be cool to beat the record for biggest jump from unranked to highest rank.  Apparently, Kansas jumped from NR to #4 in 89-90.

I'm good with being 2 or 3 heading into Filthville.

Don’t know.

But they have the best tournament resume in the nation if the season ended today. 

Better be top 10.

Based on resume, they should be at least top 5, possibly #1.  They have a better record and better wins than anybody in the country.  They should be above MSU, Kentucky and Duke since all have very bad losses.

I suspect they may end up #6-10 though due to bias.

#7.

They should just put them #2 though so it can be a 1vs2 against Louisville.