LongLiveRalph Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 1. Kansas (55) 22-1 1,613 2. Syracuse (8) 23-1 1,553 3. Kentucky (2) 22-1 1,514 4. Villanova 20-2 1,366 5. West Virginia 19-3 1,361 6. Purdue 19-3 1,301 7. Georgetown 17-5 1,211 8. Duke 19-4 1,142 9. Kansas State 19-4 1,139 10. Michigan State 19-5 968 11. Wisconsin 18-5 871 12. Tennessee 18-4 850 13. Ohio State 18-6 845 14. Texas 19-4 789 15. New Mexico 21-3 725 16. Gonzaga 19-4 693 17. Brigham Young 22-3 532 18. Butler 20-4 422 19. Northern Iowa 21-2 298 20. Georgia Tech 17-6 269 21. Temple 19-5 223 22. Vanderbilt 17-5 222 23. UNLV 19-4 209 24. Baylor 17-5 202 25. Pittsburgh 17-6 149 Others Receiving Votes Texas A&M 115, Cornell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary's 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida State 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Wichita State 5, Richmond 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2. Conference breakdown: Big East- 5 ranked teams Big 12- 4 Big 10- 4 SEC- 3 MWC- 3 (New Mexico, BYU, UNLV) ACC- 2 WCC- 1 (Gonzaga) Horizon- 1 (Butler) MVC- 1 (No. Iowa) A-10- 1 (Temple) PAC-10- ZERO What I find to be crazy? The long-dominant ACC has only two ranked schools (Duke and GT) and the PAC 10 has ZERO teams who are ranked. In fact, not even one PAC 10 team is in the "Also received votes" category. Hard to believe with longtime basketball powers like UCLA and Arizona (and to a lesser extent, Stanford and Washington) that nobody could crack the rankings this year. In fact, K-State is the only team in the top-13 west of the Mississippi River. There's some pretty decent hoops in Upstate NY. Obviously Cuse is having a great year, but Cornell and Siena are both playing solid ball and have a chance to make some March noise.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 1. Kansas (55) 22-1 1,613 2. Syracuse (8) 23-1 1,553 3. Kentucky (2) 22-1 1,514 4. Villanova 20-2 1,366 5. West Virginia 19-3 1,361 6. Purdue 19-3 1,301 7. Georgetown 17-5 1,211 8. Duke 19-4 1,142 9. Kansas State 19-4 1,139 10. Michigan State 19-5 968 11. Wisconsin 18-5 871 12. Tennessee 18-4 850 13. Ohio State 18-6 845 14. Texas 19-4 789 15. New Mexico 21-3 725 16. Gonzaga 19-4 693 17. Brigham Young 22-3 532 18. Butler 20-4 422 19. Northern Iowa 21-2 298 20. Georgia Tech 17-6 269 21. Temple 19-5 223 22. Vanderbilt 17-5 222 23. UNLV 19-4 209 24. Baylor 17-5 202 25. Pittsburgh 17-6 149 Others Receiving Votes Texas A&M 115, Cornell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary's 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida State 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Wichita State 5, Richmond 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2. Conference breakdown: Big East- 5 ranked teams Big 12- 4 Big 10- 4 SEC- 3 MWC- 3 (New Mexico, BYU, UNLV) ACC- 2 WCC- 1 (Gonzaga) Horizon- 1 (Butler) MVC- 1 (No. Iowa) A-10- 1 (Temple) PAC-10- ZERO What I find to be crazy? The long-dominant ACC has only two ranked schools (Duke and GT) and the PAC 10 has ZERO teams who are ranked. In fact, not even one PAC 10 team is in the "Also received votes" category. Hard to believe with longtime basketball powers like UCLA and Arizona (and to a lesser extent, Stanford and Washington) that nobody could crack the rankings this year. In fact, no teams in the top-13 are west of the Mississippi River. There's some pretty decent hoops in Upstate NY. Obviously Cuse is having a great year, but Cornell and Siena are both playing solid ball and have a chance to make some March noise. Yeah, baby! GO BIG RED! We're actually ranked #22 in the ESPN/Coaches' Poll...I say they make the Sweet 16 at least this year.
Max Fischer Posted February 9, 2010 Posted February 9, 2010 I see little difference in year's past. Other than Northern Iowa and K-State, all other teams are pretty much perennial tournament teams. Given their competition, one loss and Cornell, Siena, No. Iowa, etc may not ever get a vote again this season.
LongLiveRalph Posted February 9, 2010 Author Posted February 9, 2010 I see little difference in year's past. Other than Northern Iowa and K-State, all other teams are pretty much perennial tournament teams. Given their competition, one loss and Cornell, Siena, No. Iowa, etc may not ever get a vote again this season. Two ACC teams and zero PAC 10 teams, and you see little difference in years past???? No UNC, no UCLA???
bbb Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 SI and NJ.com are both saying there is a possiblity of the A-10 getting 6 teams in.........Being a Bona grad, I love that. We need to get back to the 5 or so we were getting before. That would be more than just about every conference.
BuffOrange Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 The ACC is a muddle of mediocrity. The worst teams - NC St. and Miami - are not much worse than Maryland - the 2nd best team.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 11, 2010 Posted February 11, 2010 SI and NJ.com are both saying there is a possiblity of the A-10 getting 6 teams in.........Being a Bona grad, I love that. We need to get back to the 5 or so we were getting before. That would be more than just about every conference. The A-10 is probably the second best conference this year, next to the Big East. ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC...they all have 1 or 2 really good teams but are otherwise very weak. Speaking of weak conference, where the fudge did the Pac 10 go this year? Do we only see one tourney rep. from the Pac 10?
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