Polls/Bracketology

DrG · Post by **DrG** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:19 pm

If I were BYU, I would take that as a bilious insult. Maybe we need to stop paying so much attention to the polls and worrying more about the kinds of wins we need for Selection Sunday.

Minuteman4208 · Post by **Minuteman4208** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:19 pm

If you had told me at the beginning of the season that we would be ranked #22 on December 9th I'd have wept tears of joy. But once you get a taste it makes you hungry for more. I feel SLIGHTED, we extend our perfect record and drop a spot...

Even though this isn't really a big deal, I hope the team uses this as fuel for their "we aren't getting the respect we deserve" fire.

padillaleskanic · Post by **padillaleskanic** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:22 pm

so cool to see us ahead of teams like unc, michigan, sd state, and iowa. ive seen them all this year and they're all great teams. we're definitely getting some props which is great but still lots of room to keep climbing

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:22 pm

^^

I'm not upset, look at the total votes of the teams around us. Were were just 4 points away from #21 and 39 points away from 20th. But we are 119th ahead of #23 Iowa. The take away, we are closer to the teens than we are to the bottom.

20. Gonzaga 8-1 365 19
21. Colorado 9-1 330 —
22. UMass 8-0 326 21
23. Iowa 9-1 207 23

Dickie Dunn · Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:25 pm

Forgot to add:

Others receiving votes: UCLA 104, New Mexico 62, Pittsburgh 47, Boise St. 34, Michigan 26, VCU 17, Dayton 11, Cincinnati 5, Harvard 5, Indiana 3, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Creighton 2, George Washington 2, Oklahoma 1, Toledo 1.

69MG · Post by **69MG** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:26 pm

94 users on line at 1:25 on a Monday afternoon with no game to be played for 5 days. Awesome!

MajBugman · Post by **MajBugman** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:27 pm

^ Your tax dollars at work, that's me.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:28 pm

hahaha

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:28 pm

Despite dropping a spot Umass received more votes this week (326) than last week (274).

Refuse2Lose83 · Post by **Refuse2Lose83** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:31 pm

Such BS. Beating NIU could make us drop out of the polls if this is the trend. We're easily a top 20 team.

Max11 · Post by **Max11** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:34 pm

Dickie Dunn wrote:Forgot to add:

Others receiving votes: UCLA 104, New Mexico 62, Pittsburgh 47, Boise St. 34, Michigan 26, VCU 17, Dayton 11, Cincinnati 5, Harvard 5, Indiana 3, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Creighton 2, George Washington 2, Oklahoma 1, Toledo 1.

GW should be getting more respect. They have a very good squad this year.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:36 pm

Unfortunate that things fell like they did last, with few teams losing ahead of us. I'd like us to get up into the 15-17 range, where we can withstand a reasonable loss without dropping out of the rankings. When you are in the 20's, you have no margin for error. Not sure a win over UNI will get us much more respect, nor should it, so we rely on others losing this week for a chance to move up next week, when our schedule jumps back up a few notches.

Looking ahead, if we win the next three, we should really jump. We haven't gotten everyone's attention yet, and that would do it.

UNI
@Ohio
-n- Florida St
Providence
Miam (OH)

I'd love to enter conference play at 12-1. 11-2 would be slightly disappointing at this point, but in the big picture I think we all would have signed up for it in October.

What's great is that I wouldn't be surprised at all with 13-0. It's probably at least tied for the likeliest outcome.

Puffers_Porter · Post by **Puffers_Porter** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:37 pm

Man...super disappointing. I was all excited to check the AP today and see us at #20. Thank you coaches for recognizing! I also cant believe that GW beats Creighton and Maryland and still have only 2 votes! Makes no sense.

Former Lurker · Post by **Former Lurker** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:38 pm

Certainly a let down and a bit of a disappointment when I first saw the release but it's still incredibly cool that I'm waiting for the polls to come out each week and expect to see UMass in them.

fenway617 · Post by **fenway617** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:38 pm

This was one of those weeks in the poll where it was less about what UMass did and more about what other teams did. North Carolina and Colorado to name a few.