Seton Hall to become 7th ranked team this season

[shupirate98]

Some early returns as AP ballots start to trickle out...

Seth Davis: Nova 11, SHU 21
Rick Bozich: Nova 10, SHU 19, SJU 25
Dave Borges: Nova 7, SHU 18

[hoyahooligan]

Washington lost a 2nd time this week so they're likely out. I don't expect Georgetown to be ranked, but with as much carnage as there was this week, I'm hoping they're in the top 30 still so that they can move back into the top 25 with 2 wins this week.

[shupirate98]

Some more ballots:

Chris Lang: Nova 8, SHU 19
Jerry Carino: Nova 8, SHU 20, SJU 24
Mark Berman: Nova 8, SHU 18
Geoff Grammer: Nova 9, SHU 19, Butler 23, SJU 24
Bret Strelow: Nova 8, SHU 21, Butler 22
John Bohnenkamp: Nova 9, SHU 19, Butler 22

Not looking good at all for Hoyas.

[PhillyPirate]

SHU sweeps weekly awards with Gibbs being BE Player of the Week and Khadeen Carrington being Rookie of the Week. I think that is the first time this has happened in the Big East this year. Carrington is also the third Pirate to win ROW (Whitehead twice, and Delgado once). Seton Hall is gonna be a force the next few years

[shupirate98]

AP poll out. Nova 8, SHU 19, SHU 24.

[hoyahooligan]

AP out

Nova 8th, Seton Hall 19th, St. John's 24th.

new teams in besides Seton hall VCU 20th, Arkansas 23rd, ODU 25th

ODU only has 1 loss but it's to Illinois St by 19pts Only top 50 win is VCU at home.

Sadly Hoyas fall way off the map only receiving 7pts this week after 140 last week. Going to take a win over Nova to get back in the rankings.

Butler 28th with 53pts, Hoyas 40th, Xavier 44th with 2pts,

[shupirate98]

Butler comes in 28th in AP, Georgetown 40, Xavier 44. Hofstra got a vote. OK then.

[Bill Marsh]

I have to say that I don't care who's ranked and I don't pay any attention to the polls. They are an anachronism, left over from the 1940's when the first poll was introduced. With computers we're far better able to compare the relative accomplishments of teams across the country who play different schedules than by taking an opinion poll.

just as in politics, polls tell us more about the voters and their opinions than they tell us about the actually issues being surveyed - in this case, the comparative merits of various teams. A big problem with polls is that the voters think they're voting on who the "best" teams are. They shouldn't be because that's a completely theoretical question. They should be voting on which teams have accomplished the most. Actual accomplishments are far more important in judging competition than someone's opinion of whose got the "best" team. So many extraneous factors enter into the judgments of these voters in response to that question as to make the whole process a sham.

Just my 2 cents on the matter Rant ended.

[TheBall]

You think the Hoyas would have tumbled so far if xavier beat depaul?

Xavier losing to depaul has such a negative domino effect throughout.

[Jet915]

Nice to see SJU stay in the AP poll. Will need to beat Nova tomorrow to stay though...