Polls/Bracketology

Party Merits · Post by **Party Merits** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:32 pm

Who left Umass off of their ballots?

JPBoSox2 · Post by **JPBoSox2** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:44 pm

The haters:

JPBoSox2 · Post by **JPBoSox2** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:54 pm

A lot of those frustrate me. Chuck McGill writes in Charleston, where we went 3-0, beat a local ACC team and beat a nationally ranked team. Kevin Gorman is a Pitt shill (openly) and has them higher than any other voter and ranks no A10 teams.

uz2b-len · Post by **uz2b-len** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 2:57 pm

Whatever. Hope we force them to rank us.

Kosty · Post by **Kosty** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:08 pm

How can anyone their right mind, not see that we're 8-0 and have the #1 RPI at this point and NOT at least put us in 25th????

mlaconte459 · Post by **mlaconte459** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:55 pm

I like it.. gives this team more of the "underdog" fire to continue talking about.. The more these kids feel they need to proove themselves and work hard every single day to become recognized is fine with me

bharms08 · Post by **bharms08** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:41 pm

JPBoSox2 wrote:A lot of those frustrate me. Chuck McGill writes in Charleston, where we went 3-0, beat a local ACC team and beat a nationally ranked team. Kevin Gorman is a Pitt shill (openly) and has them higher than any other voter and ranks no A10 teams.

Its actually Charleston, West Virginia. But yeah I'm definitely confused why the following voters (Dave Foster, Joey Johnston, Mark McCarter, Michael Hunt, and Steve Wiseman) dont have us in their poll, yet have New Mexico in?

Like others have mentioned, c'est la vie. Keep winning and they'll have no choice but to vote umass in

Ryan Goslings Abs · Post by **Ryan Goslings Abs** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:59 pm

Longtime lurker, finally made an account.

thought this was of note, this guy from the bracket matrix had UMass at a 2 seed, now has them at a 3. Still very impressive for a team that wasn't really on anyone's radar nationally before the season.

http://dailybracket.wordpress.com/

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:07 pm

Welcome Abs.

Yeah, this guy does a daily bracket and seeds it as though today was Selection Sunday. We've been on his radar since we beat LSU.

vanmeter · Post by **vanmeter** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:43 pm

Welcome aboard Abs. Always nice to see new fans on the site.

HoopHead · Post by **HoopHead** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:53 pm

Welcome ABS!

Is that for the stomach muscles or Anti-Locking Brakes??

HoopHead · Post by **HoopHead** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:58 pm

OK, I meant Anti-locking Braking System, ABS!! Nothing like a blown punchline, as feeble as it is!!

Maximis · Post by **Maximis** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:12 pm

LONG time reader if these boards and I finally made the leap to register. Love seeing UMass ranked anywhere in the top 25. It's a long season and being ranked lower gives this team even more fuel to keep rising. I can't wait to see what the rest of this season brings. I just wish they played more than one game per week!!!! Go UMass.

Chris20 · Post by **Chris20** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:25 pm

Welcome Maximis.

It does seem like we've had more week long breaks this year. We have two more after this, with 7 days between FSU and Providence over Christmas, and then a 6 day break during conference play later in the year.

Hard to take when it's going so well.

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:35 pm

Nice seeing the new members joining! Just make sure you all go to the games!!!

I was disappointed in the drop in the AP... with winning 2 games and beating a quality team in BYU and doing it the way we did, we should have stayed where we were at a minimum.

And I have no idea why anyone would be leaving us off their poll at this point. What else do these guys need to do to prove they are AT LEAST a Top 25 team.

But it's nice to see the Coaches Poll catch up and keep pushing us up.