SJUWillRockNYC
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Every game is tough, to win the nc, you gotta beat damn good teams, which is tough.
In the end you just go out there and you get the win. One game at a time, no looking ahead.
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In the end you just go out there and you get the win. One game at a time, no looking ahead.
Possibly but I think you're way overestimating most of the AP. Some voters who share their ballots online would have us ranked as they pay attention to more, but time and time again the big majority of the rest of the voters are a week or two behind them when it comes to unranked teams.
Going from zero (or a few) votes to ranked without beating a ranked team almost never happens. Keep in mind PC may have 0 AP votes after their 0-2 week (plus they lost their superstar).
Regardless, Creighton most likely will be ranked (and it'll be tough to go 2-0), so it's unlikely this scenario will happen. And hey, if Creighton isn't ranked and we do go 2-0 then I'd be thrilled regardless.
Yeah I was thinking the same. Their NET is only #79 but that'll have some really nice movement tomorrow. Maybe they'll be on the bubble soon.
Wow, NET has improved from #45 to #31 (!!!). One spot ahead of Nova now.
Quad 1: 2-2
Quad 2: 3-1
Quad 3: 2-1
Quad 4: 4-0
If the Tournament were held today, we'd 100% be in (and not in the First Four). After the BC game I thought it'd take a couple months to have this type of resume (especially the NET) but the team has done an incredible job in just under a month.
Quad 1: 2-2
Quad 2: 3-1
Quad 3: 2-1
Quad 4: 4-0
If the Tournament were held today, we'd 100% be in (and not in the First Four). After the BC game I thought it'd take a couple months to have this type of resume (especially the NET) but the team has done an incredible job in just under a month.
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None of the major brackets have updated yet, but looking at some of the smaller blog style brackets that update daily, yesterday's win improved the Johnnies' ranking by 8-20 spots, or 2-5 seed lines. Many now project us as a 7 or 8 seed, best I've seen is a 6 seed and worst 11 seed (not the First Four).
Some examples:
hoopshd.com
makingthemadness.com
Expect the Johnnies to be a big storyline when the major brackets update this week.
Some examples:
Joby’s Nitty Gritty Rankings (JNG)
Joby’s Nitty Gritty Rankings Explained ONCE AGAIN, in 2024 the JNG was the #1 100% Computer-based Metric in predicting the actual NCAA Tournament field IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! Out of the 11…
hoopshd.com
Bracketology: Confrencapaloza – Making the Madness
makingthemadness.com
Expect the Johnnies to be a big storyline when the major brackets update this week.
MugCostanza
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FWIW, Bart's site gives us a 95% chance of making the tournament with the most likely seed being a 7. This is a predictive metric and not a typical bracketology based on results up to this point. Worth noting that Bart is most bullish on us out of all the metrics sites, having us at 17th.
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barttorvik.com
The 4 lowest ranked 16 seeds also are part of the play in. So the worst 4 teams and the last 4 at large teams all play in.
That’s basically what the 11 seeds are, mediocre major conference teams.
Yeah. I think it should only be those teams, not the 16 seeds. I think they split it.
Thats why there are 4 of them in the play in for two spots. Those small conference teams are in the play in games for 16 seeds.
AP ballot from UConn writer:
www.ctinsider.com
#4 UConn
#11 Marquette
#21 Creighton
#25 Seton Hall
Interesting he has Hall in with a #73 NET, but they do have some of the most impressive wins of any team. Think St. John's will get a few votes as well. Creighton moved up one spot from his prior ballot (will need to move up two spots overall from #27).
UConn moves up on Borges' Top 25 ballot
UConn moves up a spot on Dave Borges' AP Top 25 ballot, and a new Big East team makes its debut.
www.ctinsider.com
#4 UConn
#11 Marquette
#21 Creighton
#25 Seton Hall
Interesting he has Hall in with a #73 NET, but they do have some of the most impressive wins of any team. Think St. John's will get a few votes as well. Creighton moved up one spot from his prior ballot (will need to move up two spots overall from #27).
I'd say Seton Hall deserves it over us. The team I don't think deserves it is Creighton.AP ballot from UConn writer:
UConn moves up on Borges' Top 25 ballot
UConn moves up a spot on Dave Borges' AP Top 25 ballot, and a new Big East team makes its debut.
#4 UConn
#11 Marquette
#21 Creighton
#25 Seton Hall
Interesting he has Hall in with a #73 NET, but they do have some of the most impressive wins of any team. Think St. John's will get a few votes as well. Creighton moved up one spot from his prior ballot (will need to move up two spots overall from #27).
The Messenger’s College Basketball Top 25: Can No. 3 Houston Leapfrog No. 2 Kansas in the Week Ahead?
The Houston Cougars, the last unbeaten team, play at TCU next weekend — a common opponent that nearly took down Kansas (lost by two) on the road. As for No. 1, it’s Purdue and Purdue only
themessenger.com
#20 and #21
The Messenger’s College Basketball Top 25: Can No. 3 Houston Leapfrog No. 2 Kansas in the Week Ahead?
The Houston Cougars, the last unbeaten team, play at TCU next weekend — a common opponent that nearly took down Kansas (lost by two) on the road. As for No. 1, it’s Purdue and Purdue only
#20 and #21
Oh wow. They're both AP voters so that's 11 points. Much better than I expected.
As I stated earlier, the voters who post their ballots online are way ahead of the curve for teams like St. John's, so I'd be extremely surprised if end up ranked tomorrow, but still great to receive this many points thus far.
Edit: my mistake, Goodman is no longer an AP voter so that's 5 points instead of 11, but still nice to have at least one ballot with a strong showing.
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