The Holy Land of Hoops

When the polls come out tomorrow I'm guessing around 15. But I homestly think they should be around 10.

The way the AP and Coaches polls work is that someone ahead of you needs to loose for you to advance. Creighton was 26th and 24th in the two polls. K State and Baylor had bad weeks, so there are two places to jump. Ohio State lost another game but beat Illinois. They were 15th, so they won't fall below too far 20. Michigan will have the biggest jump in the polls, beating two ranked teams and will jump over Creighton in the Coaches Poll. They were already ahead of the Bluejays in the AP. So all things considered, I think 20 plus or minus one, is what I expect for Creighton.

Writers are hating on not only Creighton but the conference. I'm bias being a Creighton fan but big east should have 2 top 10 teams....Nova and the Jays. Providence should be ranked in top 25 as well. This is a 4 bid league maybe 5 if Mar or G-town or St. Johns can figure it out. Maybe the hate is based on being on fox sports 1 not ESPiN...but honestly the announcing and channel is frankly better.

They will jump some teams because of the @Villanova win and the press it got. I hope the writers took notice. We should probably be around 15-18. My guess is 18. It's a joke that the #2 team in Kenpom is unranked.

Jet915 wrote:They will jump some teams because of the @Villanova win and the press it got. I hope the writers took notice. We should probably be around 15-18. My guess is 18. It's a joke that the #2 team in Kenpom is unranked.

Well you were #13 or #14 in Kenpom at the time of the last voting, but you're right, it's still absurd.

XUFan09 wrote:

Jet915 wrote:They will jump some teams because of the @Villanova win and the press it got. I hope the writers took notice. We should probably be around 15-18. My guess is 18. It's a joke that the #2 team in Kenpom is unranked.

Well you were #13 or #14 in Kenpom at the time of the last voting, but you're right, it's still absurd.

Gary Parish (CBS 25+1) has Creighton at 17. I think his rankings are pretty good.

http://cbsprt.co/1epz6Wk

mpwalsh8 wrote:

XUFan09 wrote:

Jet915 wrote:They will jump some teams because of the @Villanova win and the press it got. I hope the writers took notice. We should probably be around 15-18. My guess is 18. It's a joke that the #2 team in Kenpom is unranked.

Well you were #13 or #14 in Kenpom at the time of the last voting, but you're right, it's still absurd.

Gary Parish (CBS 25+1) has Creighton at 17. I think his rankings are pretty good.

http://cbsprt.co/1epz6Wk

He updates quite frequently as well.

This is my guess... Flame away.

1. Zona
2. Cuse
3. Wichita St
4. Florida
5. Michigan St
6. San Diego St
7. Kansas
8. Michigan
9. Villanova
10. Oklahoma St
11. Louisville
12. Kentucky
13. Cincinnati
14. Wisconsin
15. Iowa
16. Duke
17. Creighton
18. Saint Louis
19. Pittsburgh
20. Memphis
21. Massachusetts
22. Oklahoma
23. UConn
24. Ohio State
25. Texas

MackNova wrote:This is my guess... Flame away.

1. Zona
2. Cuse
3. Wichita St
4. Florida
5. Michigan St
6. San Diego St
7. Kansas
8. Michigan
9. Villanova
10. Oklahoma St
11. Louisville
12. Kentucky
13. Cincinnati
14. Wisconsin
15. Iowa
16. Duke
17. Creighton
18. Saint Louis
19. Pittsburgh
20. Memphis
21. Massachusetts
22. Oklahoma
23. UConn
24. Ohio State
25. Texas

I think those are pretty accurate, for what will come out tomorrow. This is my top 25 as of right now, not what it WILL be, but what I THINK it SHOULD be.What I think it will be tomorrow is close to yours. I'm ranking these teams on how good I really think they are, and I've seen all of these teams at least once.
1. Arizona
2.Syracuse
3. Michigan St
4. Kansas
5. San Diego St
6. Florida
7. Michigan
8. Louisville
9. Oklahoma St
10. Creighton
11. Villanova
12. Wichita St
13.Kentucky
14. Iowa St
15. Iowa
16. St.Louis
17. Wisconsin
18. Duke
19. UCONN
20. Memphis
21. Texas
22. UMASS
23. Providence
24. Pittsburgh
25. Cincinnatti

The jump for Creighton could be bigger than some expect for 2 reasons. First, if you look at last weeks polls, people either had Creighton in the teens, or Unranked. All should have them ranked this week. Second, I would predict that most of the people that did not have them ranked were from the east coast and had not seen them play. They will want to minimize the impact on Nova, and to do that will want to elevate Creighton. Hence the media blast we got this week. I would say 15 is achievable.

If I am right, it just goes to show how absurd the polls are.