Poll Position

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 11th, 2010, 3:10 pm

In the coaches poll, we fell only 2 spots to #7, the holes dropped to 13th. In the AP, we fell 3 to 8th, and the holes only dropped to 12th. unc has a tough schedule this week, facing the same two teams we had last week...Clemson and GT. If Georgia Tech wins, they will be looking pretty in the ACC standings, having beaten both Duke and UNC. If they lose...they are going to face a lot questions from the home crowd. They also play UVA (should be a win) and Clemson after the heels..tough crowd in the ACC again.

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 11th, 2010, 3:22 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:In the coaches poll, we fell only 2 spots to #7, the holes dropped to 13th. In the AP, we fell 3 to 8th, and the holes only dropped to 12th. unc has a tough schedule this week, facing the same two teams we had last week...Clemson and GT. If Georgia Tech wins, they will be looking pretty in the ACC standings, having beaten both Duke and UNC. If they lose...they are going to face a lot questions from the home crowd. They also play UVA (should be a win) and Clemson after the heels..tough crowd in the ACC again.

Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 11th, 2010, 3:25 pm

Jesus_hurley wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:In the coaches poll, we fell only 2 spots to #7, the holes dropped to 13th. In the AP, we fell 3 to 8th, and the holes only dropped to 12th. unc has a tough schedule this week, facing the same two teams we had last week...Clemson and GT. If Georgia Tech wins, they will be looking pretty in the ACC standings, having beaten both Duke and UNC. If they lose...they are going to face a lot questions from the home crowd. They also play UVA (should be a win) and Clemson after the heels..tough crowd in the ACC again.
Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.

Yeah..I should have stated that clearer...uva, unc, then clemson. Good point about facing someone else first.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » January 11th, 2010, 6:24 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:In the coaches poll, we fell only 2 spots to #7, the holes dropped to 13th. In the AP, we fell 3 to 8th, and the holes only dropped to 12th. unc has a tough schedule this week, facing the same two teams we had last week...Clemson and GT. If Georgia Tech wins, they will be looking pretty in the ACC standings, having beaten both Duke and UNC. If they lose...they are going to face a lot questions from the home crowd. They also play UVA (should be a win) and Clemson after the heels..tough crowd in the ACC again.

I found it odd that we dropped the same number of spots as them when we lost to the #17 team on their home court and UNC lost to Charleston. I think both UNC and UCONN get a little more respect than they probably deserve. They're #12 and #14, yet they're the only 4 loss teams in the entire top 25.

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 11th, 2010, 11:35 pm

bjornolf wrote: I found it odd that we dropped the same number of spots as them when we lost to the #17 team on their home court and UNC lost to Charleston. I think both UNC and UCONN get a little more respect than they probably deserve. They're #12 and #14, yet they're the only 4 loss teams in the entire top 25.

But that loss was so last Monday

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 13th, 2010, 9:22 pm

Jesus_hurley wrote: Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.

You nailed that one...GT lost to UVA. Now the heels will face a determined Tech team.

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 13th, 2010, 10:45 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
Jesus_hurley wrote: Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.
You nailed that one...GT lost to UVA. Now the heels will face a determined Tech team.

A stopped clock is right twice a day.....

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 13th, 2010, 10:47 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
Jesus_hurley wrote: Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.
You nailed that one...GT lost to UVA. Now the heels will face a determined Tech team.

This also makes Virginia tops in the ACC. 2-0. It may be the only 2 wins they get in the ACC this year, but for now we are all looking up at them.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 13th, 2010, 11:01 pm

Jesus_hurley wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:
Jesus_hurley wrote: Fortunately Georgia Tech goes to UVA before facing UNC so the post-Duke letdown will not happen against UNC-CH.
You nailed that one...GT lost to UVA. Now the heels will face a determined Tech team.
This also makes Virginia tops in the ACC. 2-0. It may be the only 2 wins they get in the ACC this year, but for now we are all looking up at them.

$:-\$ wow..hadn't thought of that.

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 14th, 2010, 12:47 pm

Will UNC-CH stay in the top 25 next week if they lose to GT this weekend?

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 14th, 2010, 1:04 pm

Probably, since both Clemson and GT are ranked.

ArkieDukie · Post by **ArkieDukie** » January 18th, 2010, 1:29 pm

Duke is #6 in this week's ESPN/USA Today poll.

unc is #23, and the victs are #21. Can someone please tell me how these 2 teams are still ranked?

$:-\$

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 18th, 2010, 1:57 pm

ArkieDukie wrote:Duke is #6 in this week's ESPN/USA Today poll.

unc is #23, and the victs are #21. Can someone please tell me how these 2 teams are still ranked? $:-\$

We came in at 7 in the ESPN poll. UNC-CH is 24. 2 or 3 more losses and they might fall out of the top 25!

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » January 19th, 2010, 11:48 am

Jesus_hurley wrote:
ArkieDukie wrote:Duke is #6 in this week's ESPN/USA Today poll.

unc is #23, and the victs are #21. Can someone please tell me how these 2 teams are still ranked? $:-\$
We came in at 7 in the ESPN poll. UNC-CH is 24. 2 or 3 more losses and they might fall out of the top 25!

If you lose closely to a team with a higher rank, it might be that you don't fall as much. One could even argue that you rise a little. E.g., if UVA lost by 2 to Duke, UVA's rank wouldn't go down much, and might actually rise a little, as people would take the UVA performance to be a good loss. SO, a loss to GaTech might have helped the Holes.

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

The alternative explanations might include:
1) Roy paid 'em off. ;)

2) Too many Hole journalism degree people who have a vote.

3) Duke Hatred Tsunami.

4) Too many judges thought they were voting for Rhode Island (similar uni's).

5) Too many judges thought they were voting for Cornell (similar alma mater).

6) Dickie V. told them to vote for the Holes.

7) Too many judges based out of Charlotte.

8) Blaming the losses on the absence of Zeller. Otherwise, they're a top 5 team.

9) Subliminal messages in the AT&T Beaker commercials command people to vote for the Holes.

10) That American Idol Tar Hole dude from last year rigged the voting. ;)

Post by **wilson** » January 19th, 2010, 12:05 pm

ArkieDukie wrote:unc is #23, and the victs are #21. Can someone please tell me how these 2 teams are still ranked? $:-\$

Most would tell you that they're surviving on two wins vs. top-10 competition (Michigan State & Ohio State). This is to some extent true, but nearly every other team in the country would have exhausted those wins' utility by now, as they happened about two months ago (to be fair, Duke is one of the handful of teams that would probably linger in the top 25 with a similar resume, but that's another matter). Also, all of their losses but the one to College of Charleston are not bad losses, as they have come against ranked competition...Kentucky, Texas, and Syracuse are all top-5 teams, and Georgia Tech and Climpsun are also ranked. Among those, only the Climpsun loss qualifies as maybe a bad one, simply because it was so resounding.
Sadly, carolina is better than it might appear, whether or not their resume to date warrants continued inclusion in the top 25. They will bounce back, they will make the tournament, and they will at least give us good contests, if they don't outright beat us at least once.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » January 25th, 2010, 1:30 pm

Duke did well with their Clemson win and stayed in the top 10. (8/ap, 7/coaches). The holes, however are GONE BABY!
In the coaches poll, they got one vote, in the AP they got squat. In fact, in the AP poll, Harvard got more than the heels did, with 1 vote. Way to go Tommy!

Jesus_hurley · Post by **Jesus_hurley** » January 25th, 2010, 1:49 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Duke did well with their Clemson win and stayed in the top 10. (8/ap, 7/coaches). The holes, however are GONE BABY!
In the coaches poll, they got one vote, in the AP they got squat. In fact, in the AP poll, Harvard got more than the heels did, with 1 vote. Way to go Tommy!

Once the 'Holes win 2 in one week they'll vault back to the top 10....

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » January 25th, 2010, 5:25 pm

Let's go unc!
Keep up the good work.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » January 25th, 2010, 8:36 pm

IIRC, someone gave the Holes a vote in the ESPN poll.

gadzooks · Post by **gadzooks** » January 25th, 2010, 9:13 pm

Lavabe wrote:IIRC, someone gave the Holes a vote in the ESPN poll.

Yep, one vote in the ESPN poll, none in the AP. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings? ... asonType=2

Deeeee-lightful!

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