MBB #14 in USAToday Poll, #10 in AP Poll
Michigan 14
MSU 6
Iowa 12
Wisconsin 13
OSU 23
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/
EDIT to add AP rankings
Michigan 10
MSU 7
Iowa 15
Wisconsin 14
OSU 24
January 27th, 2014 at 2:36 PM ^
Tom Izzo (who shoots 100 free throws every day because he missed a FT in a high school game 40+ years ago) doesn't understand what you mean by "letting go."
January 27th, 2014 at 2:07 PM ^
Never close the yearbook!
January 27th, 2014 at 1:34 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
It's gonna be very interesting to see what Sparty looks like next year when they lose literally every one of their good players, with no great recruits to replace them.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:48 PM ^
Poop, and tears, and the burnt out frames of cheap hand-me-down couches.
January 27th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:35 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:36 PM ^
injuries? Come on. We were lucky to win. /s
January 27th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
Glad to see we're on top of Iowa and Wisconsin. I can understand being behind MSU, given our extra losses.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
January 27th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
Michigan 10
MSU 7
Wisconsin 14
Iowa 15
Ohio State 24
January 27th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
Behind both wisconsin and iowa? What?
January 27th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
Yeah, I don't think there are many complaints to be had about the AP Poll. The teams above us all have a legitimate claim of superiority, especially with our non-conference troubles. Losing to Charlotte really hurt us.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
I'm ok with the AP results.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
All I care about!
January 27th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
This just shows how ridiculous and useless these rankings are.
January 27th, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^
Win the B1G and let's make a run in March!!
January 27th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
As much as we hate our friends in Ohio, 11 Warriors piece on power rankings seems to be spot on. Don't let the title get you upset - the reporting seems fair.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2014/01/32768/big-ten-basketball-power-ra…
January 27th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
Looking at some of the individual ballots, it is nice to see a few folks were paying us an even bigger compliment. Seth Davis did indeed put us at #6, Joe Rexrode had us at #7 and numerous folks had us at #9. One voter who had us unranked last week even put us as high as #5. That being said, the AP Poll seems a little more sensible to me as well.
January 27th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
John Feinstein has us at #5 too.
January 27th, 2014 at 2:09 PM ^
...in a poll of 23 goldfish selected at random from the display tanks at Meijer.
January 27th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
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January 27th, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
All that matters to me right now is , Winning, Big ten regular season champion, Big ten touney seeding, Big ten tourney champions, NCAA seeding, Final four appearence and a NCAA championship. That Charolette loss is whats holding us down right now. Nothing a few more W's won't cure
January 27th, 2014 at 3:48 PM ^
Just like in football........
January 27th, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
Silliest rank in these rankings has got to be Wichita State. Yeah, I understand they have won all their games, but dang. Who is their best win? Alabama? Missouri State? Does anyone think they could beat any of the rest of the top 10 even in a home game?
Rob
January 27th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
My gut feeling is that they are receiving a nice bump from their impressive tourney run last year to further legitimize this year's undefeated record. I'm not saying this is necessarily right, but going toe-to-toe with Louisville in the 2013 national semifinal game is definitely not hurting their ranking this year.
January 27th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^
Somehow, I'd forgotten that.
Rob
January 27th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
So where's the bump for winning our national semi final game?
January 27th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
We started in the Top 10. That clearly was wrong to begin the season. Are we now? Seemingly yes, but our bump was right out of the gate.
January 27th, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
'14.....
Of course we're ranked 14th after this week's epic run...
2014 - magical year.
January 27th, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
I am late to the party but think of it this way:
1) USA today poll is a fucking joke. Fuck it. Don't pay attention.
2) We are the second highest 4 loss team in the AP poll at #10. The only team ranked higher than us with 4 losses is Kansas, who is on fire right now (not to say that we are not, but KU is probably the best team in the country right now). We moved up 11 spots in the poll. The next highest move was 3.
I am fine with the AP Poll.
January 27th, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
I'd rather be ranked low with a chip on my shoulder, than high and feeling like I'd accomplished something great - prior to March.
January 27th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
The fact that we're talking about these polls and not kenpom/sagarin is the problem. These polls only have legitimacy because people like all of us link to it and argue about it. Let's just discuss computer rankings and if enough of us do that, the big media publishers will just publish those rankings and quit making stupid polls.
January 27th, 2014 at 9:44 PM ^
USA Today poll is silly, but fortunately not important. It won't have any impact on whether we can go on from here to win the Big 10 or accumulate quality wins that will help us with our seeding. It certainly won't cause us to lose in March.
But yeah, having us behind Iowa with the head-to-head win, the two recent huge road victories, and the same number of losses as the Hawks doesn't make sense. Having us behind a Wisconsin team that only just now snapped a three game losing streak, including at home against us, also doesn't make sense. They've got the one game overall record advantage, but we're three games ahead of them in the conference. I don't get it. MSU ahead of us is fine for now. Maybe when we beat them at home we'll pass them then.
January 27th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
if it said "Duke" on our jerseys. To wit:
Team A:
- 15-4
- 0 wins vs. RPI top 10
- 4-4 vs. top 25
- 3-0 vs. 26-50
- 9-3 last 12 games
- #9 KenPom
Team B:
- 15-4
- 2 wins vs. RPI top 10
- 3-3 vs. top 25
- 2-0 vs. 26-50
- 10-2 last 12
- #7 KenPom
AP voters have ranked Team A #6; Team B, #10.
Coaches have Team A #7; B, #14.
Team A is Kansas; Team B, Michigan.
And in the end, the NCAA committee doesn't even look at rankings. The above is why. They are stupid and biased. We should all stop paying any attention to them.
January 27th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
January 28th, 2014 at 2:27 AM ^
It's great to be living in basketball world where polls don't mean much as opposed to football world where idiot pollsters can sink your season.