My AP (BB) poll
Here is my Associated Press men's basketball ballot for this week:
1. North Carolina
2. Louisville
3. Connecticut
4. Michigan State
5. Duke
6. Texas
7. Notre Dame
8. Gonzaga
9. Xavier
10. Florida
11. Tennessee
12. Pittsburgh
13. UCLA
14. Memphis
15. Arizona State
16. Oklahoma
17. Purdue
18. Marquette
19. Ohio State
20. Davidson
21. Wake Forest
22. UNLV
23. Creighton
24. Saint Mary's
25. Wisconsin
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Pffft? We should be somewhere around 18-20 right now. I think we will be higher by the end of the year, but not right now.
I'm hoping for a 2 or 3 seed in March. I don't think we'll get a 1 seed, and I expect us to be better than a 4 seed.
Right now, though, I don't see how anyone can complain about UCLA's ranking considering our poor showing against Michigan...
Call me crazy...I still think Texas is better than some of the others mentioned above them, specifically, Michigan State. Pitt is probably better than Notre Dame too but I think all and all this is a good poll. Nice work Dohn
Yeah, we looked horrible against Michigan.. we wont go far in March if do not have consistant interior scoring. I dont think Aboya and Keefe are the answer.
Good work, Brian. I think that's exactly where UCLA should be. Even though we won over Miami (OH), Prairie View A&M, Cal Baptist and Biola, we were sloppy at times and lacked inside threat. Collison is best point guard in the country and Jrue is the best freshman in the country, we're no '08 Memphis.
We should be unranked. Our team needs a little motivation. Rankings are crap in basketball anyway. As long as you make the big dance, every team has a chance to win it all.
VB, rankings matter in basketball too. They help determine your seeding in the big dance and how hard of a road a team has to win it all.
vb, your comments are never to contribute positively to our little community, they are always to inject negativity and bad feelings. kinda like Satan's job....
brian, a day before posting this poll, you posted your harris poll and had ucla unranked. now a day later in this poll you have them ranked 13. what changed your mind so massively?
@ Anonymous 9:23PM
Harris Poll = CFB
AP Poll = CBB