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USA Today Poll
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:24 pm
by cph2133
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:36 pm
by tiznow
This week they did not receive any votes in either.
I know it is early but if they received six votes last week, how do they not receive even one vote this week?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:46 pm
by theziggies
Coach Miller has a vote ... so I guess not even he felt they were one of the top 25 teams in the country last week. If he thinks that, no one else should get mad about it!!! =)
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:17 am
by Falconfreak90
Fly below the radar....fly below the radar.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:03 am
by Redwingtom
Falconfreak90 wrote:Fly below the radar....fly below the radar.
Yeah, but it is still a slap in the face to our program. With the final ranking we had last year and our recent body of work, we should have been a heck of a lot higher this year to start things out.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:41 am
by Falconfreak90
Oh, I agree Tom. But this happens to teams in the MAC in all sports, it seems. I think as long as the team keeps winning, the rankings will happen!
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:10 pm
by tiznow
Falconfreak90 wrote:Oh, I agree Tom. But this happens to teams in the MAC in all sports, it seems. I think as long as the team keeps winning, the rankings will happen!
Yes and no. Last year, when the Falcons were ranked but fell in the pools even when they won. I believe it happend in consecutive weeks last Feb.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:03 pm
by Dayons_Den
It can also hurt down the line as far as tourney seeding. Much like BCS points it is much easier to sustain than to break in to rankings. That hurt us three seasons ago when we got the unkind draw of UCLA.
I like going under the radar as well, but I had to throw that point out there.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:23 pm
by Jacobs4Heisman
Dayons_Den wrote:It can also hurt down the line as far as tourney seeding. Much like BCS points it is much easier to sustain than to break in to rankings. That hurt us three seasons ago when we got the unkind draw of UCLA.
I like going under the radar as well, but I had to throw that point out there.
The rankings and tourney seedings have absolutely no causal relationship whatsoever.
We didn't deserve any rankings at the beginning of the year, and we don't now. A few votes here and there would be warranted I think, but any more is greedy at this stage.
If we start whooping up on the teams at the end of the OOC schedule, then we can start talking votes.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:51 pm
by Dayons_Den
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:The rankings and tourney seedings have absolutely no causal relationship whatsoever.
You don't think if we were ranked higher heading in to the 2006 tourney we would have received a better seed and draw??
When we got that 12 seed and drew UCLA I felt bad because we deserved a better seed.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:40 pm
by VDub26Falcon
Redwingtom wrote:Yeah, but it is still a slap in the face to our program. With the final ranking we had last year and our recent body of work, we should have been a heck of a lot higher this year to start things out.
Don't forget...we also lost 4 starters and 6 seniors from the team last year and with the MAC that's all some voters see, the fact that we lost everyone.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:56 pm
by Jacobs4Heisman
Dayons_Den wrote:Jacobs4Heisman wrote:The rankings and tourney seedings have absolutely no causal relationship whatsoever.
You don't think if we were ranked higher heading in to the 2006 tourney we would have received a better seed and draw??
When we got that 12 seed and drew UCLA I felt bad because we deserved a better seed.
I thought 12 was low as well, but our seeding had nothing to do with our ranking. The rankings are not even in the room. They never have been for the men's or women's committees.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:03 am
by transfer2BGSU
Beat Notre Dame and then see what happens
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:25 pm
by WBBFAN
transfer2BGSU wrote:Beat Notre Dame and then see what happens
You hit it on the nose!
It's not about who you were last year, especially when practically your whole team graduated. And, it's not about respect.
It's not even about winning 4 games in a row! It's about who you played, who you beat and then who they played and if they won or lost. It's also about who you might have lost to and their record and schedule prior and after beating you.
We could win both teams this weekend, and still not get votes at 6-0. But, beat or have a great game against ND, and I think we'll see some movement.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:39 pm
by bgwomenbbfan
it took about 2 years for the voters to figure out who Ali, Liz, Caryn, Megan, and Amber were and how good they were. Can we expect, or even wish for them to have done their homework and know how good this group is so quickly? The only player the voters REALLY know right now is Kate and if they gave top 25 votes based on just her, we'd be hearing All America type conversation surrounding #20...and we aren't hearing that at all.