AP Poll
1 Villanova (63) 18-1 1,623
2 Virginia (1) 18-1 1,537
3 Purdue (1) 19-2 1,499
4 Duke 17-2 1,439
5 Kansas 16-3 1,338
6 Michigan State 17-3 1,243
7 West Virginia 16-3 1,217
8 Xavier 18-3 1,180
9 Cincinnati 17-2 1,087
10 North Carolina 16-4 1,014
11 Arizona 16-4 974
12 Oklahoma 14-4 917
13 Ohio State 17-4 787
14 Texas Tech 15-4 763
15 Gonzaga 17-4 610
16 Saint Mary's 19-2 571
17 Wichita State 15-4 547
18 Clemson 16-3 474
19 Auburn 17-2 470
20 Florida 14-5 366
21 Arizona State 15-4 353
22 Tennessee 13-5 260
23 Nevada 18-3 190
24 Rhode Island 15-3 189
25 Michigan 17-5 123

Others receiving votes: Miami 83, Louisville 81, TCU 45, Kentucky 38, Kansas State 35, Seton Hall 25, Creighton 20, Florida State 14, Houston 5, New Mexico State 4, Boise State 2, Providence 2


AP voter detail:

http://collegepolltracker.com/basketball...rcats/2017

5
Chris Dachille

6
Jesse Newell

7
Cecil HurtDave MatterJoe RexrodeJustin JacksonRick BozichTony ParksZach Osterman

8
Andrew LopezAntonio MoralesDoug DoughtyJohn McNamaraJon RothsteinJon WilnerLauren BrownlowMatt McCoyScott GleesonShannon RyanTheo Lawson

9
Bob HoltBrant WilkersonCarlos SilvaDave BorgesDavid CloningerDavid CobbGary D'AmatoJerry CarinoJoe JulianoJohn FeinsteinJustin FergusonKevin McNamaraMatt VautourNorm WoodScott RicheyScott WolfSheldon MicklesTerry HutchensTerry Toohey

10
B.J. RainsBrian McInnisChris MurrayCraig MeyerDick VitaleGeoff GrammerJ.P. ButlerJoey KnightKevin BrockwayKevin LyttleLuke DeCockMarcus FullerMark BermanPaul KleeThuc Nhi NguyenTyson Alger

11
John BohnenkampRichard CroomeScott Mansch

12
Elton AlexanderJason ButtJon NyatawaSeth Davis

13
Mark Cooper

15
Doug HallerGraham Couch




USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (31) 18-1 798
2 Virginia 18-1 759
3 Purdue (1) 19-2 740
4 Duke 17-2 707
5 Kansas 16-3 639
6 Michigan State 17-3 589
7 West Virginia 16-3 571
8 Cincinnati 17-2 566
8 Xavier 18-3 566
10 North Carolina 16-4 517
11 Oklahoma 14-4 407
12 Arizona 16-4 403
13 Ohio State 17-4 385
14 Texas Tech 15-4 346
15 Gonzaga 17-4 288
16 Wichita State 15-4 280
17 Clemson 16-3 275
18 Saint Mary's 19-2 217
19 Auburn 17-2 190
20 Arizona State 15-4 187
21 Tennessee 13-5 158
22 Florida 14-5 136
23 Rhode Island 15-3 107
24 Miami 14-4 98
25 Michigan 17-5 97

Others receiving votes: Kentucky 92, Nevada 90, Seton Hall 55, Louisville 45, Creighton 30, TCU 29, Providence 7, Alabama 6, Kansas State 6, Boise State 5, Middle Tennessee 4, Florida State 2, New Mexico State 2, Louisiana 1

Moving on up. Back when UC was sitting around 20, some of us believed being back in the top 10 was only a matter of time. Glad to see it. Just keep winning.

Florida is up to #20. As of now, our 2 losses are to #20 and #8.

(01-22-2018 12:08 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Moving on up. Back when UC was sitting around 20, some of us believed being back in the top 10 was only a matter of time. Glad to see it. Just keep winning.

Don't get too full of yourself, you predicted it last year and it didn't happen. 50-50, not bad.

(01-22-2018 12:28 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 12:08 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Moving on up. Back when UC was sitting around 20, some of us believed being back in the top 10 was only a matter of time. Glad to see it. Just keep winning.

Don't get too full of yourself, you predicted it last year and it didn't happen. 50-50, not bad.

Go back and look at last year. I didn't predict it. I hoped for it, but their objective metrics were never what they have been all year this year. They've been right around the top 10 in kenpom all year this year. Last year they were mostly between 20-30 all year. Last year I thought they would be Mick's best offensive team (they were by the numbers) and thought they needed to be a top 5 defensive team to be a top 10-15 team (they never got there). Don't move the bar on me.

UC is a really good team this year and the AAC is very solid (8 RPI 100 teams...more than the B12, PAC, and Big East

We are Top 10 with many chances for Top 100 RPI wins left on the schedule. We have a shot at a protected seed if we take care of business.


Some people can't see this and want to pooh pooh...unreal

Kind of suprised Houston got votes instead of SMU. SMU had home wins over Wichita and Tulane while Houston beat Wichita and lost to Tulane.

(01-22-2018 12:43 PM)BcatMatt13 Wrote:  Kind of suprised Houston got votes instead of SMU. SMU had home wins over Wichita and Tulane while Houston beat Wichita and lost to Tulane.

The WSU/Houston game was Saturday when voters were paying attention. With volatile human polls that matters. Objectively I'd say SMU is a better team than Houston though.

(01-22-2018 12:31 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 12:28 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 12:08 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Moving on up. Back when UC was sitting around 20, some of us believed being back in the top 10 was only a matter of time. Glad to see it. Just keep winning.

Don't get too full of yourself, you predicted it last year and it didn't happen. 50-50, not bad.

Go back and look at last year. I didn't predict it. I hoped for it, but their objective metrics were never what they have been all year this year. They've been right around the top 10 in kenpom all year this year. Last year they were mostly between 20-30 all year. Last year I thought they would be Mick's best offensive team (they were by the numbers) and thought they needed to be a top 5 defensive team to be a top 10-15 team (they never got there). Don't move the bar on me.

lol. You ever think about becoming a politician.

(01-22-2018 12:52 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  lol. You ever think about becoming a politician.

I don't know if you'd make a good one also, but you have the name for it:

Cincy BROsevelt

Kensucky out of the polls lol. The big blue faithful are now turning on Cal. People think our fans are irrational, go check out the UK board lol.

UC is now the only team ranked in the state of KY!

Michigan gets absolutely bombed by Nebraska and only drops a spot...SMU with wins over Arizona, USC, and Wichita can't even get a vote. That Northern Iowa loss is going to bite them in the ass all season. 10 points separate them from 14-6 and 18-2...pretty crazy how unlucky they've been.

(01-22-2018 01:07 PM)Ring of Black Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 12:52 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  lol. You ever think about becoming a politician.

I don't know if you'd make a good one also, but you have the name for it:

Cincy BROsevelt

Nice, I like it

(01-22-2018 01:49 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Michigan gets absolutely bombed by Nebraska and only drops a spot...SMU with wins over Arizona, USC, and Wichita can't even get a vote. That Northern Iowa loss is going to bite them in the ass all season. 10 points separate them from 14-6 and 18-2...pretty crazy how unlucky they've been.

Great point. While we all know the AAC has challenges, it is undervalued as evidenced by some of the current metrics and by Houston and SMU not getting more poll votes right now. Both teams recorded a win against a top ten team; it hardly moved the needle. A team in the B12 or even the new BE with a similar record would have moved in @ #24 or #25 on the strength of that win and the body of work.

Lets enjoy this while we can, we all know when UC loses one or two of their away games ( @ SMU,@UH and @ WSU ) they will drop faster than a screen doored submarine.

I am kinda worried over mid Feb. schedule of @SMU, @UH and WSU, all in seven days. Will the team stay in Texas and get home one day before WSU game, going to be tough.

(01-22-2018 03:41 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  Lets enjoy this while we can, we all know when UC loses one or two of their away games ( @ SMU,@UH and @ WSU ) they will drop faster than a screen doored submarine.

Or disappear like a fart in the wind.

(01-22-2018 03:44 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I am kinda worried over next weeks schedule of @SMU, @UH and WSU, all in seven days. Will the team stay in Texas and get home one day before WSU game, going to be tough.

That's going to be such a tough stretch. There is a decent chance we'll be 22-2 heading into those 3 games though. If we can come out of that week at 24-3, I think we'll all be very happy.

(01-22-2018 03:54 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 03:44 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I am kinda worried over next weeks schedule of @SMU, @UH and WSU, all in seven days. Will the team stay in Texas and get home one day before WSU game, going to be tough.

That's going to be such a tough stretch. There is a decent chance we'll be 22-2 heading into those 3 games though. If we can come out of that week at 24-3, I think we'll all be very happy.

I will take in a heartbeat going 2-1 that week (Feb 11-18) and even taking a loss at WSU the final game of the season ..provided we win every other game we are supposed to, to finish the regular season at 27-4 (RPI Forecaster gives us a RPI of 8 in this situation. assuming the loss at SMU and WSU) going into the AAC tournament ....which we will win by the way.

(01-22-2018 04:23 PM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 03:54 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(01-22-2018 03:44 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  I am kinda worried over next weeks schedule of @SMU, @UH and WSU, all in seven days. Will the team stay in Texas and get home one day before WSU game, going to be tough.

That's going to be such a tough stretch. There is a decent chance we'll be 22-2 heading into those 3 games though. If we can come out of that week at 24-3, I think we'll all be very happy.

I will take in a heartbeat going 2-1 that week (Feb 11-18)

I too could live with it... but... **** that beat them all! Crush their hopes and dreams and then do it again in the tournament. Taking away whatever bid exists for the AAC tourney winner. I really want to get a good seed. I feel like some years if we were placed in other parts of the bracket we'd be sitting on another Sweet Sixteen or two already.