UC moving up in coaches’ poll
Posted by bkoch 12/27/10, 1:29 pm

The 12-0 Bearcats still aren’t ranked, but they did get a little more recognition today in the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, receiving 24 votes that would put them at No. 32. They received only vote from the coaches last week.

http://news.cincinnati.com/ucblog

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (65) 11-0 1,625
2 Ohio State 12-0 1,550
3 Kansas 11-0 1,480
4 Connecticut 10-0 1,406
5 Syracuse 13-0 1,397
6 Pittsburgh 12-1 1,273
7 San Diego State 14-0 1,157
8 Villanova 10-1 1,135
9 Georgetown 11-1 1,106
10 Missouri 11-1 1,085
11 Kentucky 9-2 969
12 Purdue 11-1 857
13 Texas 10-2 829
14 Minnesota 11-1 717
15 Notre Dame 11-1 559
16 Brigham Young 12-1 541
17 Kansas State 10-3 493
18 Texas A&M 11-1 432
19 UCF 11-0 420
20 Michigan State 8-4 404
21 Memphis 9-2 319
22 Louisville 10-1 263
23 Illinois 10-3 180
24 Vanderbilt 9-2 127
25 Temple 9-2 122

* Others receiving votes: UNLV 106, Baylor 95, Wisconsin 84, Cincinnati 80, Washington 73, West Virginia 52, Florida 35, Arizona 27, Tennessee 27, Butler 23, Boston College 17, Wichita State 17, Florida State 6, North Carolina 6, Oklahoma State 6, Old Dominion 6, Saint Mary's 5, Northwestern 4, Washington State 4, Gonzaga 4, Cleveland State 1, USC 1

* Dropped from rankings: Baylor 15, Tennessee 19, Florida 20

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ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (31) 11-0 775
2 Ohio State 12-0 742
3 Kansas 11-0 712
4 Connecticut 10-0 673
5 Syracuse 13-0 656
6 Pittsburgh 12-1 598
7 San Diego State 14-0 571
8 Villanova 10-1 543
9 Georgetown 11-1 538
10 Missouri 11-1 514
11 Purdue 11-1 446
12 Kentucky 9-2 433
13 Minnesota 11-1 371
14 Texas 10-2 330
15 Notre Dame 11-1 317
16 Brigham Young 12-1 268
17 Kansas State 10-3 230
18 Texas A&M 11-1 222
19 Michigan State 8-4 180
20 Louisville 10-1 152
21 UCF 11-0 115
22 Memphis 9-2 104
23 Baylor 8-3 81
24 Wisconsin 10-2 77
25 Illinois 10-3 72

* Others receiving votes: UNLV 53, Temple 47, West Virginia 46, Washington 38, Vanderbilt 34, Florida 33, Cincinnati 24, Tennessee 14, Butler 12, Wichita State 12, Oklahoma State 11, Saint Mary's 7, Washington State 7, Old Dominion 6, Utah State 4, Northwestern 3, Arizona 2, Florida State 1, Gonzaga 1

* Dropped from rankings: Tennessee 18, Florida 19

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

I think the fact that we go 10 deep and have 4 or 5 or more scoring options makes this a dangerous team.

I really can't wait to play the better teams to get a measure of how good this team can be.

(12-27-2010 04:03 PM)Vottomatic Wrote:  I think the fact that we go 10 deep and have 4 or 5 or more scoring options makes this a dangerous team.

I really can't wait to play the better teams to get a measure of how good this team can be.

It will take a little while I expect the game against Nova to be ugly. First real game against a good team, will probably be a blood bath. We'll get to see how they react to, most likely, thier first loss.

(12-27-2010 04:08 PM)Kenyon#4 Wrote:  

(12-27-2010 04:03 PM)Vottomatic Wrote:  I think the fact that we go 10 deep and have 4 or 5 or more scoring options makes this a dangerous team.

I really can't wait to play the better teams to get a measure of how good this team can be.

It will take a little while I expect the game against Nova to be ugly. First real game against a good team, will probably be a blood bath. We'll get to see how they react to, most likely, thier first loss.

Nova isn't that good. Neither Fisher nor Wayns can shoot from three. Stokes is really their only weapon from their. Yarou is their only good big man and I think Yancy is better. Limit Fisher's and Wayn's penetration and there is no reason that UC can't win that game.

(12-27-2010 04:08 PM)Kenyon#4 Wrote:  

(12-27-2010 04:03 PM)Vottomatic Wrote:  I think the fact that we go 10 deep and have 4 or 5 or more scoring options makes this a dangerous team.

I really can't wait to play the better teams to get a measure of how good this team can be.

It will take a little while I expect the game against Nova to be ugly. First real game against a good team, will probably be a blood bath. We'll get to see how they react to, most likely, thier first loss.

Three days after the we crush XU.
Away game.
Tough individual matchups.
Seasoned point.

They do play Rutgers & USF before us.

14-0, this time next week UC is ranked.

I can except a loss at Nova. I mean, not many teams win there, even really good teams. I doubt it'll be a blood bath though. Maybe a 71-62 loss. But we'll see.

(12-27-2010 05:18 PM)JFlight21 Wrote:  

(12-27-2010 04:08 PM)Kenyon#4 Wrote:  

(12-27-2010 04:03 PM)Vottomatic Wrote:  I think the fact that we go 10 deep and have 4 or 5 or more scoring options makes this a dangerous team.

I really can't wait to play the better teams to get a measure of how good this team can be.

It will take a little while I expect the game against Nova to be ugly. First real game against a good team, will probably be a blood bath. We'll get to see how they react to, most likely, thier first loss.

Nova isn't that good. Neither Fisher nor Wayns can shoot from three. Stokes is really their only weapon from their. Yarou is their only good big man and I think Yancy is better. Limit Fisher's and Wayn's penetration and there is no reason that UC can't win that game.

I'm expecting over confidence, then panic, when they realize they aren't playing the little sisters of the poor anymore. I don't think it would be a bad thing if we do lose that game, it would be a valuable learning expierence this team hasn't had yet. They can either use it as an excuse to tank it, or use it as a tool to adjust and improve.

What worries me is Cronin doesn't have a good track record of getting his teams back on track when things don't work out perfectly.

We never play well the game after X. Combine that with it being a road game against a good team, and that one could be ugly. I think we'll know what we got by the end of January though.

I'm not expecting to win at Nova....

but really that doesn't matter...up next Depaul