Brighton Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Quote 1 Baylor 2 Gonzaga 3 Villanova 4 Virginia 5 Kansas 6 Iowa 7 Wisconsin 8 Duke 9 Kentucky 10 Illinois 11 Creighton 12 Michigan St. 13 Texas Tech 14 Tennessee 15 West Virginia 16 North Carolina 17 Arizona State 18 Houston 19 Florida State 20 Oregon 21 UCLA 22 Texas 23 Rutgers 24 Ohio St. 25 Alabama Others receiving votes: Louisville 55; Florida 52; Michigan 38; Louisiana State 27; San Diego St. 23; Dayton 23; Richmond 21; Maryland 15; Indiana 14; Seton Hall 12; Memphis 12; Connecticut 11; Stanford 10; Oklahoma State 9; Northern Iowa 8; Brigham Young 8; Syracuse 4; Providence 4; Purdue 3; Arkansas 2; Western Kentucky 1; Stephen F. Austin 1; Saint Mary's 1; Loyola-Chicago 1; Georgia Tech 1. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/coaches-poll/2020-2021/2020-11-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Chris Mooney is the A 10 voter and I guess he doesn't think we are that good. I note that the Tulane HC, a team we killed last year also didn't think we deserved a vote in the top 25. Maybe Mr. Mooney will change his opinion after we kick their butts twice this year-I guess beating them by 16 on their home court last year and returning everyone plus adding back GJ and FT Jr. doesn't register with Mooney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 Maybe they live up to the hype or not, but the blatant disrespect from the conference is too much to take sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinert310 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Brighton said: Maybe they live up to the hype or not, but the blatant disrespect from the conference is too much to take sometimes. I totally understand how you feel, because it triggers me sometimes too, but the way I look at it is: I’d much rather be ranked at the end of the year than the beginning. Hopefully, all the guys see this and use it to destroy the A10 this year. I’d bet money these rankings are posted in the locker room somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 It's an East Coast league. ATLANTIC 10. HQ in Newport News. Tournament in Brooklyn/Washington/Atlantic City. Top 20 players of last 20 years dominated by St. Joe's kids and even has La Salle guys even though both haven't won squat since whenever. Dayton gets a bump due to last year; like La Salle did with its Sweet Sixteen luck appearance a few years back. All means nothing until the smoke clears in March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinert310 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 36 minutes ago, Taj79 said: It's an East Coast league. ATLANTIC 10. HQ in Newport News. Tournament in Brooklyn/Washington/Atlantic City. Top 20 players of last 20 years dominated by St. Joe's kids and even has La Salle guys even though both haven't won squat since whenever. Dayton gets a bump due to last year; like La Salle did with its Sweet Sixteen luck appearance a few years back. All means nothing until the smoke clears in March. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 disrespectful. all good tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Taj79 said: It's an East Coast league. ATLANTIC 10. HQ in Newport News. Tournament in Brooklyn/Washington/Atlantic City. Top 20 players of last 20 years dominated by St. Joe's kids and even has La Salle guys even though both haven't won squat since whenever. Dayton gets a bump due to last year; like La Salle did with its Sweet Sixteen luck appearance a few years back. All means nothing until the smoke clears in March. Exactly, our presence is tolerated but it was never the goal of the East Coast contingent for two Midwestern teams to take over their league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I don't think I'd concern myself with Chris Mooney. His coaching and intelligence seem to be on the same mediocre level. 15 years at Richmond 2 NCAA tourney's. Last year with their 2nd place finish was his highest A10 finish ever along with 2 3rd's and 1 tied for 3rd. Hard to believe he's lasted this long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 1 hour ago, 3star_recruit said: Exactly, our presence is tolerated but it was never the goal of the East Coast contingent for two Midwestern teams to take over their league. Well they need to tell the programs not named VCU, Richmond, and Davidson to either step the hell up or put the Patriot League on speed dial. The league should be better than what they've been for a few years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 It’s Fordham and La Salle that are the weak sisters. I’d like to replace them w/Loyola and Belmont. That would make for a strong league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 8 hours ago, slu72 said: It’s Fordham and La Salle that are the weak sisters. I’d like to replace them w/Loyola and Belmont. That would make for a strong league. At this point I'd settle for Chaminade and CBC. Fan Guy and rgbilliken like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Straight up bulletin board material for our guys akin to Drago killing Apollo Creed and just motivating Rocky to train real hard in Siberia. F Mooney we're coming for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I'm sure Ford posted this on a board and highlighted in yellow UR and Dayton getting votes. Then probably telling the team, "See, not everyone's a believer in you guys. Time to turn some heads." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Last year's pre-season trophies are now available on eBay. I'm not sure why people get upset about these beauty pagents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 3 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Last year's pre-season trophies are now available on eBay. I'm not sure why people get upset about these beauty pagents. being ranked is always better than being unranked. It will always have a positive effect on media coverage, recruiting, fan interest etc. While preseaon ranking is probably the least important, it still helps with above. slufan13 and bauman like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSLU68 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 until we put up Xavier, Dayton, Creighton, Gonzaga type numbers for 5-10 years we are knocking the door trying to get into the men's room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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