Rough week for the top 25

[cougjunkie]

They played 39 games this week and went 21-18. Wow. College Hoops is brutal.

[woot]

And Duke is getting a beat down right now.

[smokymountainrain]

And Duke is getting a beat down right now.

Wow. At the hands of a mediocre St Johns team, no less.

[Surfah]

I was debating with a guy at church (non-member Terps fan) how far BYU would fall. I told him I doubt they drop much at all and wouldn't be surprised to see them stay in the top 10. He said no way. I told him everyone but Ohio State this week dropped a game. But he wasn't buying it. It will be interesting to see what if any shakeup in the rankings tomorrow. I think they'll remain the same for the most part except for maybe teams like St. Mary's falling out.

[il Padrino Ute]

I was debating with a guy at church (non-member Terps fan) how far BYU would fall. I told him I doubt they drop much at all and wouldn't be surprised to see them stay in the top 10. He said no way. I told him everyone but Ohio State this week dropped a game. But he wasn't buying it. It will be interesting to see what if any shakeup in the rankings tomorrow. I think they'll remain the same for the most part except for maybe teams like St. Mary's falling out.

Unfortunately for BYU, I'm going to have to agree with the other guy. The BCSification of college basketball has made the margin of error for schools from non-BCS conferences practically nonexistent. We all know how tough it really is to get a win in The Pit, but to those east of the Mississippi, a loss is unacceptable.

[Surfah]

Unfortunately for BYU, I'm going to have to agree with the other guy. The BCSification of college basketball has made the margin of error for schools from non-BCS conferences practically nonexistent. We all know how tough it really is to get a win in The Pit, but to those east of the Mississippi, a loss is unacceptable.

I am not sure the loss at Pit will mean as much as the legitimacy of SDSU in the eyes of the voters. That I think will be key. Most understand how difficult it is to win at the Pit. I am not sure they buy SDSU as a legit one seed or even two seed.

[old_gregg]

And Duke is getting a beat down right now.

it's doing my battered soul some good.

[pellegrino]

And Duke is getting a beat down right now.

that's always a good thing

[jay santos]

The good thing is our RPI stayed strong and will likely stay very high through the rest of the season. So even if we fall a little this week, voters will see that RPI discrepancy and move us back faster than they normally would.

[Flystripper]

I expect us to be out of the top ten. Probably in the 11-14 range. This is fine. There is so much more basketball left to play.

[cougjunkie]

I expect us to be out of the top ten. Probably in the 11-14 range. This is fine. There is so much more basketball left to play.

I think we stay in the 7-9 range. Syracuse and Villanova will not stay ahead of BYU after back to back losses. Also directly behind BYU are Purdue (blown out by OSU), Missourri (lost to Texas), and TAMU lost to Nebraska.

Notre Dame with a win at #2 Pitt might jump from 15 in to the top10 but that is it. Kentucky has an outside shot but neither of their wins this week were impressive.

I see the top 10 like this:

1. Ohio State
2. Texas (big jump)
3. Kansas
4. Pitt
5. Duke
6. SDSU
7. UCONN
8. BYU
9. Notre Dame
10. Kentucky

[cougjunkie]

Seth Davis just posted his top 10.

1. Ohio State
2. texas
3. Kansas
4. Pitt
5. UCON
6. Duke
7. Villanova (yikes even with two bad losses)
8. Notre Dame
9. BYU
10 Mizzou

[KillerDog]

Bottom line, good wins are worth a lot more than losses that aren't bad losses.

[SeattleUte]

They will much more forgive Duke losing to St. John's or Villanova losing to Georgetown than BYU losing at the Pit. BYU's burden is to convince them that BYU isn't St. Mary's, it's 1996-98 Utah or 1998-99 Gonzaga, not BYU 2000's. The skeptical, rational mind presumes BYU is the same as always unless proven othewise. BYU has needed to maintain an aura of traveling on a beam of light. Losing to New Mexico killed that aura. It will take its toll on the seeding unless BYU can win out. Lingering doubters will note the weak conference and that Jimmer scores too many points.

[cougjunkie]

With Washington going down top 25 teams finish the week 22-20.