ESPN/Coaches Poll

As expected, West Virginia gets bounced from Top 25 after two losses this past week.

BC does as well, but incredibly they still wind up with 6 votes.

Big East back to 8 with Nova the next likely to be bounced. ACC back to 4, but all 4 in the Top 10.

1. Pittsburgh (29) 15-0 773 1
2. Duke 14-1 729 2
3. Wake Forest (2) 14-0 725 4
4. Connecticut 14-1 660 5
5. Oklahoma 15-1 617 6
6. North Carolina 14-2 611 3
7. UCLA 13-2 576 7 (tie)
8. Syracuse 16-1 560 9
9. Clemson 16-0 528 11
10. Michigan State 13-2 503 12
11. Texas 12-3 421 7 (tie)
12. Georgetown 11-3 365 10
13. Notre Dame 12-3 363 13
14. Marquette 15-2 353 15
15. Arizona State 14-2 328 16
16. Xavier 13-2 279 18
17. Minnesota 15-1 262 19
18. Butler 14-1 256 20
19. Purdue 12-4 182 14
20. Louisville 11-3 173 21
21. Baylor 13-2 159 23
22. Villanova 13-3 110 17
23. California 15-2 109 NR
24. Michigan 13-3 78 NR
25. Saint Mary's 15-1 62 NR

Dropped out: No. 22 West Virginia, No. 24 Boston College, No. 25 Tennessee.

Others receiving votes: Arkansas (12-2) 51; Illinois (14-2) 47; Memphis (12-3) 42; Brigham Young (13-2) 37; Gonzaga (10-4) 17; Dayton (14-2) 14; Tennessee (10-4) 11; Utah State (15-1) 11; Wisconsin (12-4) 10; Florida (14-2) 9; Illinois State (14-2) 9; West Virginia (11-4) 7; Boston College (13-4) 6; Davidson (11-3) 6; Ohio State (11-3) 5; Miami (Fla.) (12-3) 4; Washington (11-4) 3; Missouri (13-3) 2; Texas A&M (14-2) 1; UNLV (13-3) 1.

Cheers,
Neil

I think we'll see 7 or 8 Big East teams in the poll most weeks as the season progresses. It seems like it will be difficult to keep an 8th or at least 9th team in, as they will likely be losing once a week if they are anywhere near .500 in the league.

(01-12-2009 01:22 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  I think we'll see 7 or 8 Big East teams in the poll most weeks as the season progresses. It seems like it will be difficult to keep an 8th or at least 9th team in, as they will likely be losing once a week if they are anywhere near .500 in the league.

Oh, I agree. I just hope that we manage to keep 7 in the polls by the end of February with at least 3 of them in the Top 10.

Please note that despite all the hype the league is getting (perhaps not quite warranted yet) the highest 1-loss team belongs to the ACC, the highest 2-loss team belongs to the ACC, the highest 3-loss team belongs to the Big 12, and the highest 4-loss team belongs to the Big Ten.

Our better teams are going to accrue losses more quickly now and if this trend continues, it may not bode well for keeping teams in the Top 10, even though they may remain in the Top 25.

Cheers,
Neil

To basically agree with you Omni, I think come tourney time we very well may see one or two league teams with a #1 or #2 seed, than a boatload of BE teams with #3-5 seeds.

Speaking of... here's what Lunardi says currently. Subject to great change of course, although it'd be great to keep this type of seeding overall.

1- Pitt
1- UConn
2- Syracuse
3- UofL
3- GTown
4- Marquette
4- Notre Dame
8- Villanova
8- WVU

ESPN Bracketology

WVU will be back in the polls. Don't worry. But them boys better grow up fast...

Amazing how you can lose on the road to the #14 team and drop 15 spots. But if you're an ACC team you can lose at home to a horrible team and only drop two spots.

WVU could have lost on the road to #1 by 1 point, and they'd still drop like a stone. That's been the modus operandi since the dawn of Mountaineer sports...

What Bit said is true. Always has been.