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First thought is that my favorite place to look at basketball rankings is cbssports.com because it is so easy to switch to various ones. I link the Coaches poll:
NCAA College Basketball Rankings - Coaches Poll - CBSSports.com
Michigan State is now 9 and UNC is 11 and I do not think anyone who knows much about basketball would say that either team even if they are the loser of the game between them this week is out of the running for a number 1 seed.
Kentucky is at 4.
UK has not been punished for close wins against inferior opponents. Long Beach State could beat them, but the hard thing to figure out is if they will beat UNC and UConn with their absurd talent and become #1 over Kansas or if they lose to UNC, UConn, LBSU and Louisville and end up dropping out of the top 25 before conference play. Either scenario is possible.
Dec 5 North Carolina 12:30 PM
Dec 9 @Connecticut 9:30 PM
Dec 12 @Indiana 12:00 PM
Jan 2 Louisville 3:30 PM
Tennessee is at 12.
TN dropped but was not punished too badly for losing to a top 10 team by 1 point on a neutral floor. It should make us all proud that people complain now about 17 point wins. ETSU could beat TN, USC looks horrible this year but I think as a fan if you are satisfied with anything less than winning all the remaining OOC games except Kansas you are setting your standards too low. Memphis gets to play Syracuse and Gonzaga after they play us, but when you watched them lose to Kansas on the road by 3 points it made you feel like Pastner has a very talented bunch that could beat us.
Dec 31 @Memphis 4:00 PM
Jan 10 Kansas 1:30 PM
Florida is at 17
Florida beat Michigan State and the win was poo pooed by many on here, but they also absolutely humiliated the Florida State team that just won their early season tournament and are 27th in the coaches poll. They still have great matchups and could be ranked pretty highly headed into conference play.
Dec 10 Syracuse 9:00 PM
Dec 19 Richmond 6:30 PM
Jan 3 @N.C. State 3:00 PM
Vanderbilt is out of the coaches poll for now. They beat St. Mary's on the road and Arizona without dramatic help from their highly touted freshman. If they lose only one of the remaining games prior to conference play (which I think is likely) they will be ranked in the top 25 again. Their only loss is to a Cincinatti team that is ranked and should remain that way. Here is Vanderbilt's remaining schedule prior to conference play.
Dec 2 Missouri 9:30 PM
Dec 5 DePaul 4:00 PM
Dec 8 @Illinois 8:30 PM
and 6 games they should win all of.
South Carolina has one loss to a Miami team that may end up ranked. During that game they had their best power player in Archie out for most of it. Dominique Archie has a sprained MCL and there is no timetable on his return as far as I know. Still they have opportunities to get some respect still. They beat South Florida in a nice win on the road. They have:
Dec 6 @Clemson 1:00 PM
Dec 16 Richmond 7:00 PM
Dec 30 @Boston College 9:00 PM
Jan 2 Baylor 1:00 PM
along with some teams they should definitely beat badly.
I am sure people will say they have no shot at winning those games, these will probably be the same people who told me that UF was awful.
Georgia is absolutely terrible...
The SEC East has more quality teams this year than the SEC as a whole had last year. 4 teams are almost certainly heading to the NCAA tournament.
The SEC West is dealing with troubles.
Ole Miss looks like an NCAA team. They lost at Villanova, but they will pile up wins against all the teams remaining OOC except for the only big game they have left Dec 23 @West Virginia.
Miss State has looked pretty bad without Sidney and if he is not cleared it is hard to see them doing well in conference play and making the tournament. They have a truly terrible loss to Rider to start the season but their loss to Richmond was by 1 point to a Spiders team that is good. At 4-2 they get:
Dec 5 St. Bonaventure
Dec 10 DePaul 6:30 PM
Dec 12 @UCLA 4:30 PM
And then 6 more until conference play I see them winning. With UCLA being as young as they are, they could potentially win all 3 games. If Sidney is cleared I would expect them to. If they can win 2-3 they could have a less than stellar SEC season (8 wins before the conference tournament) and be at 20 wins and looking at a possible tournament spot.
Alabama just got a big OOC win when they beat Michigan. They do not have a bad loss on their schedule, they lost to Cornel and FSU at home but those are good teams I expect to certainly be in the tournament. They also beat Providence and Baylor on the road. They would enter conference play at a very respectable 10-4 even if they dropped both of the bigger games they have left,Dec 12 Purdue at home and Dec 19 Kansas St. 8:30 PM
LSU is very hard for me to figure out. Drilled by UConn and Arizona State, and watching them play they look so short handed that it seems like they will struggle mightily in the SEC portion of the schedule. They could get 6-7 more wins before SEC play starts against bad teams but it hard to see clear victories in the remaining big games:
Dec 22 @Washington St. 10:00 PM
Dec 29 @Xavier 7:00 PM
Jan 2 Utah 8:00 PM
Arkansas has players hurt and players suspended. They have possible rapists and Pelphrey may not make it all the way through the season if they keep playing like this. OOC left includes Dec 2 @Oklahoma 8:00 PM Dec 30 @Baylor 9:00 PM
Jan 2 UAB 8:00 PM
Jan 5 Texas 7:00 PM
and with the horrible losses they have had to the likes of ETSU, you do not assume that they can beat the lesser teams I left off. They have not only been losing, they have been losing badly.
Auburn is terrible. Claim to fame is losing by 2 to NC State. They may end up being better than Arkansas this year though.
The SEC West could potentially have 3 NCAA tournament teams from the top 3 group but that is very unlikely. They may end up with just 1.
5 or 6 SEC teams make the tournament and we will be a much better conference than the PAC 10, and we may be better at the end of the year than the Big 10 (which I am claiming) but will still lag a good bit behind the Big East, the ACC and perhaps the Big 12. Not bad at all.
"The season is a marathon not a sprint" John Wooden
"Suck it Trebek" Burt Reynolds as played by Will Ferrel.
NCAA College Basketball Rankings - Coaches Poll - CBSSports.com
Michigan State is now 9 and UNC is 11 and I do not think anyone who knows much about basketball would say that either team even if they are the loser of the game between them this week is out of the running for a number 1 seed.
Kentucky is at 4.
UK has not been punished for close wins against inferior opponents. Long Beach State could beat them, but the hard thing to figure out is if they will beat UNC and UConn with their absurd talent and become #1 over Kansas or if they lose to UNC, UConn, LBSU and Louisville and end up dropping out of the top 25 before conference play. Either scenario is possible.
Dec 5 North Carolina 12:30 PM
Dec 9 @Connecticut 9:30 PM
Dec 12 @Indiana 12:00 PM
Jan 2 Louisville 3:30 PM
Tennessee is at 12.
TN dropped but was not punished too badly for losing to a top 10 team by 1 point on a neutral floor. It should make us all proud that people complain now about 17 point wins. ETSU could beat TN, USC looks horrible this year but I think as a fan if you are satisfied with anything less than winning all the remaining OOC games except Kansas you are setting your standards too low. Memphis gets to play Syracuse and Gonzaga after they play us, but when you watched them lose to Kansas on the road by 3 points it made you feel like Pastner has a very talented bunch that could beat us.
Dec 31 @Memphis 4:00 PM
Jan 10 Kansas 1:30 PM
Florida is at 17
Florida beat Michigan State and the win was poo pooed by many on here, but they also absolutely humiliated the Florida State team that just won their early season tournament and are 27th in the coaches poll. They still have great matchups and could be ranked pretty highly headed into conference play.
Dec 10 Syracuse 9:00 PM
Dec 19 Richmond 6:30 PM
Jan 3 @N.C. State 3:00 PM
Vanderbilt is out of the coaches poll for now. They beat St. Mary's on the road and Arizona without dramatic help from their highly touted freshman. If they lose only one of the remaining games prior to conference play (which I think is likely) they will be ranked in the top 25 again. Their only loss is to a Cincinatti team that is ranked and should remain that way. Here is Vanderbilt's remaining schedule prior to conference play.
Dec 2 Missouri 9:30 PM
Dec 5 DePaul 4:00 PM
Dec 8 @Illinois 8:30 PM
and 6 games they should win all of.
South Carolina has one loss to a Miami team that may end up ranked. During that game they had their best power player in Archie out for most of it. Dominique Archie has a sprained MCL and there is no timetable on his return as far as I know. Still they have opportunities to get some respect still. They beat South Florida in a nice win on the road. They have:
Dec 6 @Clemson 1:00 PM
Dec 16 Richmond 7:00 PM
Dec 30 @Boston College 9:00 PM
Jan 2 Baylor 1:00 PM
along with some teams they should definitely beat badly.
I am sure people will say they have no shot at winning those games, these will probably be the same people who told me that UF was awful.
Georgia is absolutely terrible...
The SEC East has more quality teams this year than the SEC as a whole had last year. 4 teams are almost certainly heading to the NCAA tournament.
The SEC West is dealing with troubles.
Ole Miss looks like an NCAA team. They lost at Villanova, but they will pile up wins against all the teams remaining OOC except for the only big game they have left Dec 23 @West Virginia.
Miss State has looked pretty bad without Sidney and if he is not cleared it is hard to see them doing well in conference play and making the tournament. They have a truly terrible loss to Rider to start the season but their loss to Richmond was by 1 point to a Spiders team that is good. At 4-2 they get:
Dec 5 St. Bonaventure
Dec 10 DePaul 6:30 PM
Dec 12 @UCLA 4:30 PM
And then 6 more until conference play I see them winning. With UCLA being as young as they are, they could potentially win all 3 games. If Sidney is cleared I would expect them to. If they can win 2-3 they could have a less than stellar SEC season (8 wins before the conference tournament) and be at 20 wins and looking at a possible tournament spot.
Alabama just got a big OOC win when they beat Michigan. They do not have a bad loss on their schedule, they lost to Cornel and FSU at home but those are good teams I expect to certainly be in the tournament. They also beat Providence and Baylor on the road. They would enter conference play at a very respectable 10-4 even if they dropped both of the bigger games they have left,Dec 12 Purdue at home and Dec 19 Kansas St. 8:30 PM
LSU is very hard for me to figure out. Drilled by UConn and Arizona State, and watching them play they look so short handed that it seems like they will struggle mightily in the SEC portion of the schedule. They could get 6-7 more wins before SEC play starts against bad teams but it hard to see clear victories in the remaining big games:
Dec 22 @Washington St. 10:00 PM
Dec 29 @Xavier 7:00 PM
Jan 2 Utah 8:00 PM
Arkansas has players hurt and players suspended. They have possible rapists and Pelphrey may not make it all the way through the season if they keep playing like this. OOC left includes Dec 2 @Oklahoma 8:00 PM Dec 30 @Baylor 9:00 PM
Jan 2 UAB 8:00 PM
Jan 5 Texas 7:00 PM
and with the horrible losses they have had to the likes of ETSU, you do not assume that they can beat the lesser teams I left off. They have not only been losing, they have been losing badly.
Auburn is terrible. Claim to fame is losing by 2 to NC State. They may end up being better than Arkansas this year though.
The SEC West could potentially have 3 NCAA tournament teams from the top 3 group but that is very unlikely. They may end up with just 1.
5 or 6 SEC teams make the tournament and we will be a much better conference than the PAC 10, and we may be better at the end of the year than the Big 10 (which I am claiming) but will still lag a good bit behind the Big East, the ACC and perhaps the Big 12. Not bad at all.
"The season is a marathon not a sprint" John Wooden
"Suck it Trebek" Burt Reynolds as played by Will Ferrel.
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