Rankings for the week of March 1

[GODUKEGO]

I will post the AP and ESPN/USA Today when they come out later today.

Pomeroy #1
http://kenpom.com/rate.php

RPI #2
http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

Sagarin #3
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt0910.htm

Sorry but I can not resist:
UNC: RPI 87
Pomeroy 57
Sagarin 61
AP as we all know UNRANKED

[JasonEvans]

I am expecting us to be 4th in the AP and USAToday polls. Kansas will likely only slip to #2 and I will not be shocked to see Kentucky stay ahead of us, though it may be close.

I would very much prefer to be #3 or even #2, as I think it enhances our cred for a #1 seed. I am confident we would get a #1 seed if the tourney were picked today but I would not mind a bit of wiggle room.

--Jason "worth noting, we may be #3 in Sagarin but we have a big lead in his predictor model" Evans

[Mr Blue Devil]

I think:

1 - Cuse
2 - UK
3 - Kansas
4 - Duke

[hurleyfor3]

--Jason "worth noting, we may be #3 in Sagarin but we have a big lead in his predictor model" Evans

The Sagarin predictor ALWAYS rates us high, always always always. It's been this way as long as he's been posting the breakdown. Needless to say, it doesn't seem to have any correlation to our NCAA tournament performance in recent years.

[GODUKEGO]

I think:

1 - Cuse
2 - UK
3 - Kansas
4 - Duke

Agree with you with Kansas State #5.

[JasonEvans]

Agree with you with Kansas State #5.

While I hope to be #2 or #3, I won't be shocked if KSt has leaped us and we are #5. We are getting zero respect in the human polls.

-Jason

[SoCalDukeFan]

If we beat Maryland and UNC-CH and then win the ACC Tournament we will be a number 1 seed almost for sure. We might get it with one loss depending on everyone else.

If we win the NCAA Tournament then we will be number 1 for sure.

SoCal

[dukeENG2003]

Am I the only person who still thinks Kansas is the best team in the country by a fairly wide margin? Syracuse is nice, deserving of the #2 spot (WAY ahead of the pathetic defensive squad Kentucky is) but to me the Jayhawks are just better than everyone else and IMO should have stayed at #1.

[jv001]

Am I the only person who still thinks Kansas is the best team in the country by a fairly wide margin? Syracuse is nice, deserving of the #2 spot (WAY ahead of the pathetic defensive squad Kentucky is) but to me the Jayhawks are just better than everyone else and IMO should have stayed at #1.

I just don't think there are any great teams this year. There are several very good ones, but no great team. Kansas has not shown me any more than Syracuse or Kentucky and even Duke. All have their flaws. Go Duke!

[hurleyfor3]

Am I the only person who still thinks Kansas is the best team in the country by a fairly wide margin?

No. I'd still rank Kansas first, the Cuse second, then Ky third and then us. The #1 ranking should go to the best team in the country regardless of who lost most recently. That's still Kansas.

[DukieInBrasil]

It may be shocking to some but it would it would not be a terribly huge surprise if neither UK nor KU dropped at all, despite losing. The media has such a huge crush on them that the losses might be shrugged off. Maybe Syracuse goes to #1 and the 2 Ks with Us fall 1 slot behind. Duke ought to be #4 though. I don't think Duke has really shown that we're a #1,2 or 3 team right now. We're on an impressive win streak, but few of the teams we have beaten lately are superior teams. Although MD is showing some spunk lately. If/when we beat MD and UNC this coming week, we might have a better claim for a top 3 rank.

"If we win the NCAA Tournament then we will be number 1 for sure."

correct, and that will probably be the only way Duke gets ranked #1 this year.

[NSDukeFan]

No. I'd still rank Kansas first, the Cuse second, then Ky third and then us. The #1 ranking should go to the best team in the country regardless of who lost most recently. That's still Kansas.

I agree and would have to think Kentucky shouldn't be far ahead of us, if at all, based on their inferior SOS.

[dw0827]

Am I the only person who still thinks Kansas is the best team in the country by a fairly wide margin? Syracuse is nice, deserving of the #2 spot (WAY ahead of the pathetic defensive squad Kentucky is) but to me the Jayhawks are just better than everyone else and IMO should have stayed at #1.

I live very close to KU (25 miles) and I watch them a lot. Trust me, we match up very well against them. We play 10 games on a neutral floor and it could easily split 5 - 5 or 6-4 either way. To suggest that they are clearly superior simply isn't true.

My prediction for today's polls is 1) Syracuse 2) KU 3) Kentucky 4) Duke.

The least likely to make the final four is Kentucky because of their youth and inexperience in big time pressure games. It will do them in eventually.

[pfrduke]

Updated Lunardi Bracketology has us as #1 in the West, with Purdue as the #2, Pitt as the #3, BYU as the #4, and Butler as the #5. Oh, and Texas as the #8.

[cbnaylor]

It's final, Duke is #4.

Syracuse, Kansas, Kentucky

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

[pfrduke]

It's final, Duke is #4.

Syracuse, Kansas, Kentucky

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

Wow, we got a #1 vote in the coaches' poll. Wonder who that was.

[cbnaylor]

Could it be...no surely it couldn't be....Tommy Amaker, Harvard

[uncwdevil]

Updated Lunardi Bracketology has us as #1 in the West, with Purdue as the #2, Pitt as the #3, BYU as the #4, and Butler as the #5. Oh, and Texas as the #8.

Having to face Texas in the 2nd round would be brutal.

They've got a lot of talent and Pomeroy has then at #13.

I'd be fine with the rest of that bracket however.

[94duke]

As most of us would have guessed, MD is ranked.
22/23 AP/Coaches.

[tommy]

Updated Lunardi Bracketology has us as #1 in the West, with Purdue as the #2, Pitt as the #3, BYU as the #4, and Butler as the #5. Oh, and Texas as the #8.

With the exception of Texas as the 8, that scenario would be as perfect as we could hope for.