The Falcon wrote:Rankings at this time of year are usually insane. Half of the teams that are being ranked will be out of the top 25 and some teams that no one believed in will have worked their way in.
If we can beat Stanford, Michigan, and win the Las Vegas tournament we should do well in the rankings going into conference play. Those are tough games.
On paper, I have been saying that we should be a top 10 team; however, we don't know if Keith will stay eligible, we don't know if Emelogu will be the player that Larry thought when we brought him here; we don't know how Tolbert and Semi will blend with the rest of the team; and we don't know how long it will take Sed, Shake, and Jarrey to become college players; and we don't know about injuries.
Having said all of that, I would like to hope and believe that we will have a great year.
Preseason rankings mean nothing. Make a copy of that list and check back at Christmas time. The top ten will all be in there somewhere. After that you might as well throw darts.
GreenbeltPony wrote:Wasn't UCONN unranked in the AP poll the year they had the postseason ban? I thought it was a fact that teams that aren't eligible for the postseason aren't ranked by the AP poll.
So you think people are allowed to vote for us in the poll and they are just going to always keep us out of the top 25? How would that work? You are thinking of the coaches poll which excludes teams not eligible for the tournament.
Really hope we give the team the atmosphere they deserve in Moody. Yes the circumstances around this season absolutely suck but the team is elite and the schedule is great. No reason we shouldn't have a great home court again this year.
StallionsModelT wrote:Really hope we give the team the atmosphere they deserve in Moody. Yes the circumstances around this season absolutely suck but the team is elite and the schedule is great. No reason we shouldn't have a great home court again this year.
This.
This season will be a litmus test for our fan base, an opportunity to show the college sports world that we are deserving of a top 25 team and long term success.
StallionsModelT wrote:Really hope we give the team the atmosphere they deserve in Moody. Yes the circumstances around this season absolutely suck but the team is elite and the schedule is great. No reason we shouldn't have a great home court again this year.
This.
This season will be a litmus test for our fan base, an opportunity to show the college sports world that we are deserving of a top 25 team and long term success.
We should be fine. I don't think anyone goes to a basketball game on the fact that we might go to the tournament in 3 months. People go to watch us win. Which hopefully we still will.
