Predict the Top 5 for MBB this weekend
1. Louisville
2. Kansas
3. Maryland
4. Virginia
5. Michigan
5v1 on Tuesday
November 30th, 2019 at 12:09 AM ^
- Michigan
- Michigan
- Michigan
- Michigan
- Fuck Ohio State
November 30th, 2019 at 12:19 AM ^
A very good last 3 games but too early for the powers that be to rank us that high. If we beat # 2 Louisville on Tuesday, then we may break the top 5.
November 30th, 2019 at 12:55 AM ^
I'd buy Louisville, Kansas, Virginia, Maryland, Duke, and Kentucky ahead of us and I wouldn't be shocked if we were #5 or so after this week. If we win at Louisville, who will be #1, and tack on a home win over Iowa I don't see how we wouldn't be #1 at that point with 3 top 10ish type wins and none at home coming off of an @Louisville win. Nobody else more than 1 quality except maybe Duke if they win @MSU and with a Kansas win.
November 30th, 2019 at 3:42 AM ^
The AP is very slow at giving too much credit (though they had no problem knocking Michigan out of the top 25 when Beilein left)
I think they should be 8 at worst, wouldn't be surprised to see AP put them at 15.
November 30th, 2019 at 5:40 AM ^
Whose Louisville played??
We've played Creighton, Iowa State, North Carolina, and Gonzaga; why do you think the powers that be shouldn't rank us #1? If we had started the year in the top 5, I'd bet money we'd be number one going into the Louisville game.
November 30th, 2019 at 7:03 AM ^
Like I said the AP is slow to react. If there’s 2 things sports writers don’t know what to do it’s ranking teams and writing sports.
November 30th, 2019 at 8:33 AM ^
Objectively Michigan is #1. This "rating thing" is at the bottom of the "concern list" of the Michigan coaches and players. This is entertaining for the fans but registers a solid "zero" for the people that matter.
For this "fan" what interests me is that this team has great room for improvement. I am most intrigued to see how high they can elevate their play. What Coach Howard and his staff has done here is stunning...and the measures they are employing to acquire this level of play are most pleasing. ( I consider Jay Wright to be the best coach in college basketball-love, love, love how his players play with joy, with discipline and with reckless abandonment-all at the same time.) I love how the Michigan coaches are framing the playing of this game-similar to Wright. Congratulations to all.
November 30th, 2019 at 1:22 AM ^
1. Michigan
2.-5. Don't care.
November 30th, 2019 at 8:46 AM ^
#5 is way underrated. You can expect them to remain in the top 5, if not #1, for a very, very long time.
November 30th, 2019 at 12:33 AM ^
1. Louisville (because they will)
2. Virginia
3. Michigan (because they should since the won't put M higher)
4. Kansas (didn't they lose to Duke?)
5. Maryland (hasn't beaten anyone)
And, by the way, Creighton is threatening to improve M's strength of record if they can finish the win over TT in OT.
November 30th, 2019 at 12:37 AM ^
ESPN just suggested there is a chance we are ranked #1
November 30th, 2019 at 12:40 AM ^
That would be awesome if we didn't have to play Louisville right away
Would prefer to be ranked behind them before that game
November 30th, 2019 at 1:20 AM ^
Winner of that game is definitely #1
November 30th, 2019 at 12:39 AM ^
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3. Uhhh...turtles?
4. Virginia Cavaliers
5. Michigan Wolverines
November 30th, 2019 at 12:45 AM ^
Who down voted?
November 30th, 2019 at 1:16 AM ^
This is silly and shows a complete lack of understanding of the way that the polls work. A grand total of one (one!) team has gone from unranked to the top five in the AP Top 25 era (since 1989-90). It. Just. Doesn’t. Happen.
The reason is twofold:
- The teams are not being ranked based upon their résumés, and
- There is a ton of inertia in the poll.
Voters are absolutely reticent to change their opinions much until they have absolutely no chance. The idea that they will say, “eh, yeah, I thought Michigan was about the 30th best team in the country last week, but, man, now that they beat two top ten teams, they’re obviously one of the top five teams” — it just won’t happen.
Posts like this make the Michigan fanbase look delusional. Post better.
November 30th, 2019 at 1:53 AM ^
You are no fun. This was meant to be a “fun” post. People can post their predictions no matter how delusional.
And by the way, your comment about a “lack of understanding” is instead your “void” of any sense of fun. So I “call” your lack of understanding and I raise with two degrees in math from Michigan and a Stanford masters degree to say drop the logic and the reference to historical statistics which have no meaning. I wouldn’t normally do that except for the BS “silliness” of your post.
By the way, media pundits are already saying Michigan should be number 1.
November 30th, 2019 at 2:15 AM ^
That was...an odd flex
November 30th, 2019 at 8:48 AM ^
Clearly, BNut, the “fight” in me is coming out before The Game. :)
November 30th, 2019 at 2:39 AM ^
“Calling” and then “raising” constitutes a string raise and is not allowed anywhere except on television. ;)
Given your pedigree, you should know that this is an occasion when past performance is likely indicative of future results, because it’s hardly unprecedented for an unranked team to win a couple of high-profile games. The fact that this rarely leads to the kind of jump that you’re positing is absolutely relevant, and it’s a systemic issue: the pollsters don’t reevaluate their ballots from scratch every week, but rather they start with last week’s ballots, move teams down who played poorly, and moved teams up who played well.
The fact that some media pundit says that Michigan should be #1 just shows that the role of media pundits is to be controversial.
November 30th, 2019 at 3:21 AM ^
So national ESPN analysts are calling for Michigan to be #1, but we can’t speculate on too 5 ? You are dumb and should feel bad.
November 30th, 2019 at 3:46 AM ^
So, has it happened once, or does "It. Just. Doesn't. Happen." Your statements contradict history. It either happened before or it didn't.
November 30th, 2019 at 8:14 AM ^
Your list of reasons sucks. You left off the biggest and most obvious one.
3. Unranked teams very rarely, if ever, have had a week like Michigan just had. While still being undefeated, btw.
Other reasons Michigan should make a big jump.
1. Michigan was already receiving votes and is a high profile team who spent the week playing on ESPN.
2. A major reason they weren't ranked was because of uncertainty about Juwan Howard's ability to go to head to head with the big name coaches. That's something easy to change one's opinion about.
November 30th, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
Sure, unranked to top 5 has only happened once..... but how often in one poll week has an unranked team beat a top 40 team, then dominated a top 10 team, then absolutely destroyed another top 10 team? Probably not often at all.
November 30th, 2019 at 1:16 AM ^
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November 30th, 2019 at 1:59 AM ^
Duke
Kentucky
Kansas
Louisville
North Carolina
Michigan State
Others receiving votes: Michigan
November 30th, 2019 at 5:30 AM ^
You're delusional. No way Michigan is top five after those two wins. Top 15, yes. After Louisville gut punches them they'll be top 20. On the football side: after OSU removes Michigan's uterus today, UM will fall back to 20.
November 30th, 2019 at 6:20 AM ^
I think we will be around 10th, whereas we probably deserve top 5. Not only did we beat 6 & 8, we blew them out. What's gonna happen when Franz hits his stride? Beat Louisville in their gym and they have no choice to put us #1. Wouldn't that be crazy?
November 30th, 2019 at 6:35 AM ^
I agree about the #10 position, though KenPom puts them at #12. There is just too much momentum in these polls -- it's hard to climb far and easy to drop. M doesn't get enough credit either since it isn't Kentucky, Duke, or MSU (etc, the "basketball schools"). But a #10 cannot be denied, given the wins over "blue bloods" UNC and Gonzaga. I wonder how far they will drop. You would think M would be voted above either of them, given the blowouts endured at M's hands.
It was crazy to see that Gonzaga was favored by 4 to win the game yesterday, even though almost all the stats favored Michigan.
It was impressive to watch San Diego State (Brian Dutcher coach with Steve Fisher in attendance) beat Iowa last eve.
November 30th, 2019 at 7:11 AM ^
1. THE TEAM
2. THE TEAM
3. THE TEAM
4. Don't know
5. Don't care
November 30th, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
November 30th, 2019 at 7:31 AM ^
November 30th, 2019 at 8:12 AM ^
Louisville
maryland
virginia
michigan
kansas
WHEN michigan beats Louisville, they will be #1.
November 30th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
Kentucky dropped to #9 after losing at home. How could Duke stay in top 5 after the same feat.
November 30th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Because they are Duke and that was just a fluke.