I think there's alot of the fanbase that's fairly new to basketball still, so while in part it's bragging rights, I get the feeling there's a fair number who just treat it the same as they do football polls
I was thinkin about that but I would rather have that Pitt win in our back pocket come selection saturday... Oakland is better that the 05 Santa Clara team if I remember correctly so it's not a crippling loss
We'll probably end up around 20th. Aside from Louisville who's going to drop out altogether, I doubt anybody else in the top 25 play as poorly or suffer as embarrassing a loss as we do this week. Still it's early and there's plenty of time to make up ground, plus the polls don't matter that much anyways.