AP Top 25

1. Duke (66)

2. Connecticut (5)

3. Villanova (1)

4. Memphis

5. Florida

6. Illinois

7. Oklahoma

8. Gonzaga

9. Washington

10. Michigan St.

11. Louisville

12. UCLA

13. Geo. Washington

14. Boston Coll.

15. Texas

16. Maryland

17. North Carolina

18. Indiana

19. Kentucky

20. Nevada

21. N.C. State

22. Wake Forest

23. Tennessee

24. Ohio St.

25. Iowa

12/21/2005 2:24:42 PM

is this supposed to be an ongoing thing, or are you just bragging about tennessee

12/21/2005 2:26:17 PM

^ oh, Tennessee is in there? Oh, they are indeed! I hadnt noticed.

12/21/2005 2:28:10 PM

Is this for real? How in the world is UNC ranked above us based solely on accomplishments THIS season?

BS

12/21/2005 2:29:10 PM

yeah for real. BS.

12/21/2005 2:39:01 PM

we did lose to Iowa

12/21/2005 2:42:18 PM

man i hate comcast cable at my dad's

12/21/2005 2:45:54 PM

Wait, now that I think about it....did we actually FALL in the rankings from last week after a win?


EDIT: No, on the AP poll we stayed #21 for two weeks in a row. It's because it's the AP poll, and since UNC is blasted all over the media, they automatically get a better hype than anyone.
AP poll = gay.

[Edited on December 21, 2005 at 2:51 PM. Reason : .]

12/21/2005 2:49:12 PM

UNC beat Kentucky on the road and almost knocked off Illinois. We lost to Iowa on the road and beat Notre Dame at a "neutral" site (really a Notre Dame home game though). The rest of our schedule has been pretty easy. I think UNC has more claim to a higher ranking. Doesn't mean shit anyway...

12/21/2005 2:54:39 PM

like rankings this early in the year mean jack

12/21/2005 2:56:12 PM

We've lost to Iowa(#25) they've lost to Illinios(#6) - they've beaten Kentucky (#19)


I'd say their ranking is too high, but ahead of us isn't too much of a stretch, considering.

How is Wake still there after losing to DePaul?

12/21/2005 2:56:26 PM

speaking of bullshit rankings, cbs sportsline has their own college bball rankings. this shit is rediculous. look for yourself: http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/polls/top25

carolina #11?!?! wat the fuck is that?

12/21/2005 2:58:56 PM

Yeah, and Gonzaga is still in the top 12 with 2 losses.... NC State is conveniently omitted as well....

12/21/2005 3:07:50 PM

And to those saying it doesn't matter - it does seem to matter when seeding for the tournament -

teams that are ranked high at the beginning of the season get more room to screw up and rebond than a team that is unranked, ie:

one team starts at #10, another starts Unranked. Both have the same records (let's say 18-8), with similiar quality wins the two teams won't finish the season ranked the same. One will be a #3 seed and one will be a #5.

12/21/2005 3:13:26 PM

They may be a little higher than they deserve but UNC is not bad this season.

Makes me feel uneasy about playing them.

12/21/2005 5:46:57 PM

there was really NO crowd at the notre dame game

12/21/2005 10:27:20 PM

well it is christmas break, what do you expect during this time of year?

12/21/2005 11:11:09 PM

except that game was 3 1/2 weeks ago

12/21/2005 11:16:38 PM

Funniest part from the Sportsline poll:

Quote :

"Rick Pitino has a 34-3 record in December as the Cardinals' coach. All three losses have come against Kentucky."

So wait...you knew it was likely that UL would lose the game (cupcake schedule + rivalry), and somehow you still felt justified at having them #3 before.



Actually, no, having Syracuse ranked is probably the funniest part.

12/21/2005 11:38:41 PM

17. North Carolina




BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

12/22/2005 12:37:03 AM

^they'll probably still move them up to the top 10 with the loss

12/22/2005 12:39:58 AM

at least

12/22/2005 12:44:34 AM

12/22/2005 3:46:43 AM

"overrated" "overrated" "overrated"

12/22/2005 12:54:32 PM

oh rockey top ull always be home sweet home to meeee ooohhhh oohhhh orckey top WHEW rocky top tennessee''

best fight song in the world

12/22/2005 9:37:20 PM

Eye of the Tiger = best pre-fight song in the world

12/22/2005 11:05:42 PM

We'll see how much UNC butt the AP kisses next time. We should go up, they should go down. We shall see.

12/22/2005 11:06:27 PM

UNC moves to #6 next week we fall to #175

12/22/2005 11:12:58 PM

Quote :

"Team Stat Comparison WEST VIRGINIA OKLAHOMA Points 92 68 FG Made-Attempted 32-48 (.667) 25-54 (.463) "

Jesus Christ I missed this game, but 67% shooting! Was Oklahoma playing defense or what? We should move ahead of them with that kind of showing.

12/23/2005 12:57:37 AM

my guess is we are right outside the top 10...theres a chance we make 10 but highly doubtful

12/23/2005 1:01:52 AM

not a chance. we had a good road win, but nothing worthy of jumping 8 (or 11, depending on the poll) places.

12/23/2005 1:04:01 AM

i think we'll jump to somewhere in the 14-15 range, with unc jumping to #3

12/23/2005 1:08:02 AM

yeah we should be about 14-15th

the WVU game was awesome...I love that team. They are so well coached and run their offense so precisely...I hope they show up in the tourney again next year.

Last year when they beat WF in triple overtime I was bouncin' off the walls...what a great, classic game that was.

12/23/2005 1:36:24 AM

NC STATE

anyway, the polls are nuts. It's still way early in the season for anyone to have a feel for the top 25 teams and where they all belong. We'll see where all this goes in a month or 2

12/23/2005 1:43:26 AM

^^ thats' what we'll be at the end of the year... probably...

12/23/2005 6:06:51 AM

so how many spots will carolina move up this week

12/23/2005 12:31:51 PM

Yea WV is just plain sick.

12/23/2005 12:37:22 PM

by ESPN

1. Duke (30) 11-0 774
2. Connecticut (1) 9-0 739
3. Villanova 8-0 716
4. Memphis 9-1 667
5. Florida 11-0 643
6. Illinois 12-0 632
7. Washington 10-0 583
8. Gonzaga 9-2 533
9. Michigan State 10-2 470
10. Louisville 9-1 453
11. UCLA 10-1 444
12. George Washington 8-0 402
13. Boston College 8-2 342
14. Maryland 8-2 311
15. Oklahoma 6-2 304
16. Texas 9-2 287
17. Indiana 7-2 271
18. N.C. State 9-1 264
19. Kentucky 8-3 184
20. Ohio State 8-0 172
21. Nevada 8-1 168
22. Wisconsin 9-1 116
23. Pittsburgh 9-0 84
24. Wake Forest 9-2 79
25. North Carolina 6-2 61
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Syracuse 48, Arizona 41, Bucknell 38, Tennessee 29, West Virginia 28, Northern Iowa 23, Iowa 22, Colorado 21, Indiana State 18, Clemson 18, Air Force 17, Michigan 17, Missouri State 12, Oklahoma State 10, Texas A&M 8, Notre Dame 7, Iona 6, Buffalo 4, Cincinnati 4, Vanderbilt 3, Kansas State 2.

12/26/2005 1:50:44 PM

wow. The shaft that NC State gets is unbelievable.

Had Carolina went TO ALABAMA and won, they'd up like 10 spots. We didn't move at all. AT ALL.

BUT, had we lost, we'd probably drop out of the rankings while Alabama moved to like #20.

12/26/2005 2:07:03 PM

ahaha

wake's ranked higher than carolina

12/26/2005 2:07:44 PM

how'd maryland jump so high?

[Edited on December 26, 2005 at 2:09 PM. Reason : nevermind]

12/26/2005 2:08:43 PM

oh, and UNC stays in the polls after a clobering @ USC

12/26/2005 2:08:46 PM

That was some of the worst carolina basketball I've ever witnessed. It was like the JV team showed up to play. Carolina would have been beaten by just about every team in the country playing they way they did on the road.

12/26/2005 2:19:56 PM

^I agree. Played a fairly weak USC team and lost by 15 and are still ranked. One good win and UNC is ranked. Wow and Kentucky is not the usual Kentucky this year.

12/26/2005 2:38:29 PM

bah, who cares about this top 25 bs anyways!

12/26/2005 2:44:39 PM

Quote :

"15. Oklahoma 6-2 304"

Them being that high after getting waxed 92-68 by unranked WVU is worse than UNC being in it at all. I thought we might move ahead of them with a good road win, but I guess I was wrong.

12/26/2005 2:50:16 PM

well the GW game will be huuuuuuuuuuuuuge

12/26/2005 3:37:19 PM

This thread is titled "AP Top 25"...you guys are discussing the ESPN Coaches poll....voted on by a bunch of guys that were either concentrating on their own teams last week or already checked out for Christmas.

12/26/2005 3:50:20 PM

AP poll is usually more biased towards UNC. It will be even worse.

12/26/2005 3:51:25 PM

the new ap poll (12/26/05)

1 Duke 11-0 1714 1
2 Connecticut 9-0 1658 2
3 Villanova 8-0 1595 3
4 Memphis 9-1 1459 4
5 Florida 11-0 1401 5
6 Illinois 12-0 1361 6
7 Washington 10-0 1270 9
8 Gonzaga 9-2 1267 8
9 Michigan State 10-2 1136 10
10 Louisville 9-1 989 11
11 UCLA 10-1 987 12
12 George Washington 8-0 932 13
13 Boston College 8-2 801 14
14 Oklahoma 6-2 735 7
15 Texas 9-2 651 15
16 Maryland 8-2 638 16
17 Indiana 7-2 564 18
18 Kentucky 8-3 521 19
19 North Carolina State 9-1 482 21
20 Nevada 8-1 413 20
21 Ohio State 8-0 392 24
22 Wake Forest 9-2 268 22
23 North Carolina 6-2 169 17
24 Wisconsin 9-1 136 _
25 West Virginia 7-3 135 _

12/26/2005 4:03:08 PM