L. Jason Smith ‏@TheCAJasonSmith 24s
Memphis Tigers up a spot to No. 20 in AP Top 25. L'ville drops four spots to No. 11. Cincy down to No. 15. SMU up five spots to 18. UConn 19


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doh. think where we'd be if we'd beaten houston

L. Jason Smith ‏@TheCAJasonSmith 2m
Kentucky stays in AP poll at No. 25.

(03-03-2014 12:08 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  L. Jason Smith ‏@TheCAJasonSmith 2m
Kentucky stays in AP poll at No. 25.

Wow

5 teams in the top 20. I'll take it.

I put us at #22, so pleasantly surprised. So...we split this week with a #18 and a #15 and we should still be in the top 25 the week before the conference tourney.

How cool is it that we are in the FINAL week of the REGULAR CONFERENCE season and we are playing back-to-back games against RANKED CONFERENCE opponents?

When is the last time THAT happened?

Kudos for SMU for stepping up their game. This has been a great first season for the AAC. Unfortunately, we lose UL, but for HALF of the conference to be ranked going into the last week of conference play is way beyond my wildest expectations.

We lose UofL, but we gain (hopefully) a more 'normal' Temple squad. This has been an embarrassment for a usually proud program in Philly.

Not that a good Temple replaces a great UofL, but it will help.

UConn is ranked ahead of us ... so at least they don't have that to complain about this week.


1. Florida (46)
2. Wichita St. (14)
3. Arizona (5)
4. Duke
5. Virginia
6. Villanova
7. Syracuse
8. Kansas
9. Wisconsin
10. San Diego St.
11. Louisville
12. Michigan
13. Creighton
14. North Carolina
15. Cincinnati
16. Iowa St.
17. Saint Louis
18. SMU
19. UConn
20. Memphis
21. New Mexico
22. Michigan St.
23. Oklahoma
24. Iowa
25. Kentucky

Others receiving votes: Texas 70, VCU 58, UCLA 45, Gonzaga 38, Stephen F. Austin 38, Kansas St. 19, Saint Joseph's 19, Ohio St. 17, Green Bay 13, Harvard 7, Arizona St. 5, UMass 5, Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 2, Xavier 2, NC Central 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Southern Miss. 1.

At least huskie fans can be happy now

(03-03-2014 12:35 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  At least huskie fans can be happy now

Yep, and with SMU ranked one ahead of them I suppose all is right now in their world.

Kentucky still ranked at #25 is an ABSOLUTE joke.

And AAC teams are...
Louisville #11 (dropped from #7 after loss to Memphis)
*I'm still not sure how Louisville is #11 myself.

Cincy # 15 (dropped from #11 after loss to UConn)
*This seems fair.

SMU #18 (up FIVE spots after beating UCF this week?)
*They ranking Larry Brown NOT his team. UCF? But they did sweep UConn.

UConn #19 (from out of polls to #19 after beating USF and Cincy)
*I guess this makes sense. They swept Memphis, and split with Cincy.

Memphis #20 (up ONE spot after losing @ Houston, and beating Louisville)
*The Houston loss hurts more than the Louisville win helped.

We have FIVE teams ranked #11 to #20 and ALL within 2 games of each other, and they have ALL beat up on each other. The ONLY reason these teams are seeded higher than Memphis is number of RPI 51 - 150 wins. Memphis has 2. Everyone else has many more than that.

But with that said, we still control our seed because all wins from this point are top 50 RPI wins. I'm thinking if we win out we get a 5 seed. Lose out and get a 10. Win 2 or 3 more, and we 6/7/8 depending on how it all goes with everyone else.

Losing to UConn twice is really hurting us, more than beating Louisville twice is helping actually. And losing to Houston hurt too. Cincy and Louisville still don't have a loss outside RPI top 50. Tigers do now in Houston, who is actually up to RPI 147 now.

(03-03-2014 12:16 PM)ddramone Wrote:  I put us at #22, so pleasantly surprised. So...we split this week with a #18 and a #15 and we should still be in the top 25 the week before the conference tourney.

How cool is it that we are in the FINAL week of the REGULAR CONFERENCE season and we are playing back-to-back games against RANKED CONFERENCE opponents?

When is the last time THAT happened?

Kudos for SMU for stepping up their game. This has been a great first season for the AAC. Unfortunately, we lose UL, but for HALF of the conference to be ranked going into the last week of conference play is way beyond my wildest expectations.

how about we win both games this week and get in the top ten or just outside the ten?? now that would be super.

Disappointing we did not protect our home court better. We got one of the games back by winning on the road at Louisville. It would go a long way for RPI and seeding if we could get the win at Cincy. That's gonna be a tough one to get.

(03-03-2014 12:47 PM)JhanJo Wrote:  Disappointing we did not protect our home court better. We got one of the games back by winning on the road at Louisville. It would go a long way for RPI and seeding if we could get the win at Cincy. That's gonna be a tough one to get.

Agreed. Losing at home to Cincy/UConn really hurt us. Then losing in OT @ UConn the second time is really hurt us even more.

Beating Louisville twice helped, as will a win over Cincy at their place. And a win over SMU at home. I feel much better about our chances as of now than I did this time last week.

Then the tourney is on our home court, and we could/will see 2 or 3 of these other 4 teams again. If we focus, we can take the tourney and get a higher seed.

Should be a fun ending to season. Even though I'll have a heart attack if I keep getting so worked up!

didn't Saint Louis lose 2 games this past week?

(03-03-2014 12:19 PM)Sundanceuiuc Wrote:  We lose UofL, but we gain (hopefully) a more 'normal' Temple squad. This has been an embarrassment for a usually proud program in Philly.

Not that a good Temple replaces a great UofL, but it will help.

Considering what Temple lost off last years squad I wouldn't call this an embarrassment, just a down (rebuilding year). Temple will be a major player in this league most years.

(03-03-2014 01:14 PM)mempho_to_diego Wrote:  didn't Saint Louis lose 2 games this past week?

Teams that moved down 4 or more spots
-Kentucky lost twice to unranked teams- down 8 spots
-St. Louis lost twice to unranked teams - down 7 spots
-Louisville lost to ranked team - down 4 spots
-Creighton lost to unranked team - down 4 spots
-Cincinnati lost to unranked team - down 4 spots
-Michigan St. lost twice once to a ranked team and also to unranked team - down 4 spots.

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken · 14s
Does it take an act of Congress for Kentucky to fall out of the top-25?

(03-03-2014 02:06 PM)80sTiger Wrote:  Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken · 14s
Does it take an act of Congress for Kentucky to fall out of the top-25?

If they beat Florida and Alabama this week they could be in the top 10 next week.