Not getting ranked now may be more motivating to staff and players, chip on shoulder “stuff”
Last edited:
2024-25 Rankings
- Thread starter ADORAZ
- Start date
We are currently predicted to be a 9 seed. We are absolutely a bubble team and every game is a must win until we aren’t a bubble team anymore and are solidly in the tournament.
Not sure you would have been good fit on Apollo 13 mission Gene.
What a silly post.
Fair point, I don't really care if we're ranked tomorrow or next week, but I would like to be a consistent Top 25 team for once. My expectation for this year was to be one (for at least like 5 or so weeks), and I think we if we play to expectations then we should be ranked for most of the remainder of the year.
Most importantly, being ranked would correspond with a 6 or better seed, which I'd be very happy with. That's where I hope we finish the year, but to your point it makes zero difference if the AP thinks we're the #25 or #26 team in mid-January.
Last edited:
Matt, as per Joe Lunardi we are currently a 9 seed I believe. If we lose at home to Georgetown, and I’m not saying we will, but if we do, we will drop to either last 4 in and first four out. The Big East is not well respected this year based on our OOC results. Baylor and Georgia were not yet ranked last week I believe, but they were close and both teams had very good weeks. They also beat us head to head. They’re not ranking us before them. We need to get to the point where we are predicted to be a 7 seed or higher before we can just shrug off a loss as no big deal. We do have three injuries to rotation players going into this game. So, if we do happen to lose to a lesser rated Georgetown team at home, hopefully they take that into consideration. Who knows though. Let’s just keep winning and get to the point where a loss doesn’t matter and give ourselves some breathing room because right now we have none. We are also entering what most consider to be the light part of our Big East schedule. This is the part of the schedule where tournament worthy teams pile up wins. We need to win 4 of the next 5 before going into the Marquette game. That’s basically where we’re at right now. I believe in this team , their toughness and their competitiveness. I think we can end this season doing something special but we are not there yet. Injuries to three of your top eight players is tough to overcome for any team. Thank God it’s the light part of our schedule. But, make no mistake, in order to give ourselves the opportunity to accomplish something special this season we have to keep this train rolling or we will not have that opportunity.
Losing home games are not good right now. If we all our home games we will be in the NCAA tournament. I highly doubt that happens but it should be the goal. It takes some of the pressure of road games which are harder.
Georgia should be ranked.
I do get the feeling we are a 4-5 seed. This is the first Pitino team of hopefully many.
I’m throwing out our 2 decades of patterns of outcomes and going with Pitino’s until he retires.
Well Matt, we all saw what happened last year when we ended our season with a NET in the low 30’s. Plus, the Big East was better last year rankings wise. We didn’t make it because our OOC schedule sucked and we had some bad losses. We only had one win against a team that made the NCAA tournament last season. That’s why we didn’t make it. This year , our NET right now is a little better but the Big East is worse this year as a conference. We also , as of now, only have one win against a projected NCAA tournament team in New Mexico. This team right now, while playing and coming together, is guaranteed nothing based on the current metrics. Will that change? I believe it will as long as we can stay healthy and continue to play with the fervor that we are currently playing with. But, right now we need to beat these lesser teams. We have no bad losses right now and we need to keep it that way because our conference is not ranked as high as these other power conferences like the SEC, BIG 10 and Big 12. These conferences will eat up the bulk of the At-large bids. That’s just a fact. As I said, let’s just keep this train rolling.
You’re conflating two different things: belief in team, and our resume.
Many posters in this thread believe in the team and think they’re going to be the most successful one in 25 years.
Our resume ranges somewhere between lousy and mediocre. Our best wins are against a NIT team and a bubble team. Our losses are against two borderline top 25 teams and another bubble team.
Based on our resume and future opportunities all being in February, yeah I think we must boost our resume before that stretch in case flukey stuff happens.
can't call this negative... this our sobering reality.
As long as we don't lose to DePaul or Seton Hall... I think we avoid a "bad loss"... which is nice, but means nothing.
As of now- you're on the money- we haven't beaten a Tournament team. Our UConn / Marq games loom large.
SJUWillRockNYC
Well-known member
Why not get to 16-3 (7-1) by the end of next week.
MugCostanza
Well-known member
Computer rankings after this week
KenPom: 19
Bart: 24
Haslam: 21
EvanMiya: 22
KP projects us to finish 15-5 in the conference and we'll only be underdogs in the @Marquette and @UConn games.
Bart currently has us at the top 8 seed and gives us a 97% chance to make the tournament.
KenPom: 19
Bart: 24
Haslam: 21
EvanMiya: 22
KP projects us to finish 15-5 in the conference and we'll only be underdogs in the @Marquette and @UConn games.
Bart currently has us at the top 8 seed and gives us a 97% chance to make the tournament.
If we win 15 conference games, we’ll be higher than that.
Game will be a challenge no question if both Deivon and Glover are out
Agreed NCJohnnie. We’re going to need decent minutes from a kid like Ayo or Lefty. We are just too thin at guard right now. Ayo more of a wing but we need to get the starting five enough of a break at some point so they can finish strong. You can’t have all five starters play 38 minutes.