Rankings for 2021-22

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

Link:

Big East Conference Men's Basketball Average Home Attendance - BigEast.com – December 16, 2021

15,939 • Creighton
13,248 • Marquette

9,998 • Xavier
9,269 • Connecticut
8,106 • Seton Hall
8,079 • Big East Avg.
7,535 • Butler
7,218 • Providence
6,501 • Villanova
6,130 • Georgetown

4,424 • St. John's
3,059 • DePaul

Glad St. John's attendance is that low, going forward we can't have a repeat like this where we schedule nothing but cupcakes at CA. Ticket sales will force CMA to schedule like a Big East team next year. The Pitt game at MSG will help attendance some, but not much.

New York is not a 'college basketball city'. To wit:

Largest U.S. Cities by Population: 2021 Metro Area Rankings – MacroTrends,com - 2021

18,823,000 • New York City • (Rank: #1 in U.S.)
8,877,000 • Chicago • (Rank: #3 in U.S.)
1,443,000 • Milwaukee • (Rank: #38 in U.S.)
843,000 • Omaha • (Rank: #59 in U.S.)
741,000 • Dayton • (Rank: #68 in U.S.)

Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Attendance – Atlantic 10.com – December 16, 2021

13,407 • Dayton

7,080 • VCU
5,871 • Richmond
5,013 • Rhode Island

4,989 • Saint Louis
3,902 • St. Bonaventure
3,580 • George Mason
2,800 • Davidson
2,326 • UMass
1,984 • Duquesne
1,918 • La Salle
1,602 • Saint Joseph's
1,357 • George Washington

825 • Fordham

Neither is St. Louis.
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[kayako]

Nova's attendance is misleading because we elected to not play any OOC games at the WFC, because more than 3 games played there disqualifies Philadelphia region for the NCAAT for us. SJU didn't play at MSG either.

The last non-covid regular season had BE attendance average at 5th, but 2-5 are very close.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2021/Attend.pdf

1. Big Ten - 12,709
2. SEC - 11,188
3. ACC - 10,866
4. B12 - 10,521
5. BE - 10,130
6. PAC12 - 7,071

This is without UCONN, so I expect BE numbers to improve a bit in coming years.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

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Creighton jumped 24 places last night. Congratulations to the Bluejays on a huge win.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL NET RANKINGS – NCAA.com – games through Friday, December 17, 2021

NET Ranking on Sat. Dec. 18, 2021 • NET Ranking on Fri. Dec. 17, 2021 • Team

11 • 13 • Xavier
14 • 14 • UConn
17 • 10 • Villanova
24 • 24 • Seton Hall
40 • 41 • Providence

53 • 52 • DePaul
57 • 81 • Creighton
79 • 74 • Marquette
84 • 86 • St. John's

135 • 132 • Butler
167 • 169 • Georgetown

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[Fieldhouse Flyer]

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I won’t be posting daily updates, but I was curious to see how much Butler’s loss to Purdue hurt Butler’s NET Ranking. Purdue moved from NET #8 to #4.

NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL NET RANKINGS – NCAA.com – games through Saturday, December 18, 2021

NET Ranking Sun. Dec. 19, 2021 • NET Ranking Sat. Dec. 18, 2021 • Team

12 • 11 • Xavier
21 • 14 • UConn
16 • 17 • Villanova
26 • 24 • Seton Hall
31 • 40 • Providence

57 • 53 • DePaul
58 • 57 • Creighton
68 • 79 • Marquette

114 • 85 • St. John's
163 • 135 • Butler
171 • 167 • Georgetown

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[stever20]

Jeff Goodman with his top 25 right now is close to what we'll see tomorrow IMO-
13 Seton Hall
16 Providence
17 Xavier
23 Villanova

[kayako]

Hall and Xavier are locks. I think Nova hangs on and Providence sneaks in.

[stever20]

Seth Davis-
10 Seton Hall
17 Xavier
23 Providence
25 UConn

[BEXU]

Not sure how we end up behind Tn when you compare stats:

10 9 Tennessee SEC 8-2 wl 1-0road 1-2neutral 6-0 home 1-0 Q1 1-0 Q2 2-0 Q3 5-0 Q4 SOS 131
11 12 Xavier Big East 11-1wl 1-0road 1-1neutral 9-0 home 3-1 Q1 2-0 Q2 2-0 Q3 4-0 Q4 SOS 17

[Django]

Not sure how we end up behind Tn when you compare stats:

10 9 Tennessee SEC 8-2 wl 1-0road 1-2neutral 6-0 home 1-0 Q1 1-0 Q2 2-0 Q3 5-0 Q4 SOS 131
11 12 Xavier Big East 11-1wl 1-0road 1-1neutral 9-0 home 3-1 Q1 2-0 Q2 2-0 Q3 4-0 Q4 SOS 17

Very simple. The SeCUM basketball programs are the laundromat for filthy, dirty football bowl cartel money.

[xusandy]

My wife is a big UK fan. Latest rakings have XU 2 ahead of UK in one poll, 2 behind in the other, with Tennessee between in both polls. As a loyal UK fan, her take is "...so why in Tennessee even ranked at all, and (of course) which nutcases think XU is better than UK?" PERCEPTIONS!
PS. I know better than to respond to her with anything other than "...hmmm...."