New polls 11/28/11

[CameronBornAndBred]

We moved up to 3rd (with two #1 votes) and play #2 Ohio State next. The heels dropped to 5th (teehee) and play #1 Kentucky on Saturday. As much as I'd love to see UK lose that #1 ranking for us to have a chance to be in the top spot, (providing we manage to beat the Buckeyes..not getting ahead of myself) I still can't pull for the heels to win. Regardless of the outcome of our game, I'd love to see carolina lose 2 games in 7 days. Anyways, no matter who wins what...this will be a fun week for basketball.

[juise]

Harvard finishes 27th in this week's poll with 101 points (#25 Texas A&M finished had 115 points). I hope the coaches give Tommy's Crimson a little more credit.

[DoubleDuke Dad]

We moved up to 3rd (with two #1 votes) and play #2 Ohio State next. The heels dropped to 5th (teehee) and play #1 Kentucky on Saturday. As much as I'd love to see UK lose that #1 ranking for us to have a chance to be in the top spot, (providing we manage to beat the Buckeyes..not getting ahead of myself) I still can't pull for the heels to win. Regardless of the outcome of our game, I'd love to see carolina lose 2 games in 7 days. Anyways, no matter who wins what...this will be a fun week for basketball.

Why stop at 2?:D

[bl33dblu3]

UNC could lose 3 times this week with a favor from Wisconsin on Wed

I'm interested in seeing this group of Florida frosh vs the 'Cuse on Friday

[juise]

Harvard finishes 27th in this week's poll with 101 points (#25 Texas A&M finished had 115 points). I hope the coaches give Tommy's Crimson a little more credit.

Nope. Harvard is 27th in the coaches' poll, too. Duke is #4. Meanwhile, #3 Syracuse gets a first place vote. Obviously doesn't mean much... just interesting to see what how people evaluate the different teams.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Harvard finishes 27th in this week's poll with 101 points (#25 Texas A&M finished had 115 points). I hope the coaches give Tommy's Crimson a little more credit.
Nope, they finish 2 spots outside in the coaches' too. They have 2 winnable games this week, so there is a good chance they will go into Storrs undefeated.

[westwall]

is that LOSING to Duke didn't hurt either Kansas or Michigan in the weekly polls. Both retained 14/15th places in each poll.

[loran16]

What has Cal or Texas A&M done to deserve to be ranked? Creighton too! Good god poll people. It's amazing at this rate that SLU wasn't jipped. I'd point out of course that Harvard actually played tougher competition than SLU but god damn it.

[JasonEvans]

They have 2 winnable games this week, so there is a good chance they will go into Storrs undefeated.

Outside of games involving your "home team" has there ever been an easier game to pick who to root for than Harvard versus UConn? Aside from uh_no and a few other die-hard UConn fans who hang around these parts, will there be anyone here not pulling HARD for Harvard in that game?

Heck, I might... might... rather see Harvard win that game than see Duke beat Ohio State.

-Jason "I said 'I might...' lay off already ;) " Evans

[hq2]

UNC could lose 3 times this week with a favor from Wisconsin on Wed


Don't see that happening; they still purty good. Us at #3 is about where I thought we should have been
in the preseason. May not stay there long; OSU should move us up or down.

[feldspar]

Interesting to note that we got two first-place votes in the AP poll this week. Not that I think we're necessarily deserving of them. We'll know more tomorrow night...

[juise]

Interesting to note that we got two first-place votes in the AP poll this week. Not that I think we're necessarily deserving of them. We'll know more tomorrow night...

I posted this in another thread where polls were being discussed:


Here's this week's poll analysis (http://http://www.pollspeak.com/component/option,com_psreport/Itemid,3/lang,en/p,40/p_1,40/r,T/r_1,T/s,18/s_1,18/t1,24/t1_1,24/v,0/v_1,0/w,4/w_1,4/) for Duke. #1 votes came from Joey Johnston and Jon Wilner.

[feldspar]

I posted this in another thread where polls were being discussed:

Nice. Thanks, juise. Joey is with the Tampa Tribune I believe.

[wncdevilfan]

Alright so lets be honest here. IF we could beat Ohio St. on Tuesday night, and Carolina could pull off a win over Kentucky, then that would put us #1 in the nation. Now I know polls don't matter all that much until the final one, but I like our boys to carry that #1 ranking every year. Just makes for some good bragging rights around the old workplace. Anyhoo, heres my question, would you pull for the holes over kensucky if we could get a #1 ranking out of it? As much as I hate to say it, #1 will be there later in the year, I hope kensucky kills the holes!!!!! Wouldn't pull for the holes if they were playing the taliban!!!! Just my opinion.

[Matches]

Don't care about being #1 in the polls, esp. in December.

The answer to "Heels or ___" is always... always... always... whatever comes after "or".

[MCFinARL]

I'd actually rather not be #1 in the polls this time of year, if the reason is that other teams have lost rather than that people actually thought Duke was that good to start with. It just adds pressure that doesn't help anything.

As for UNC-Kentucky, ugh. Can I cheer for both teams to lose?

[nmduke2001]

As for UNC-Kentucky, ugh. Can I cheer for both teams to lose?

If Kentucky wins, they will later vacate that win so essentially, they both lose.

[elvis14]

Alright so lets be honest here. IF we could beat Ohio St. on Tuesday night, and Carolina could pull off a win over Kentucky, then that would put us #1 in the nation. Now I know polls don't matter all that much until the final one, but I like our boys to carry that #1 ranking every year. Just makes for some good bragging rights around the old workplace. Anyhoo, heres my question, would you pull for the holes over kensucky if we could get a #1 ranking out of it? As much as I hate to say it, #1 will be there later in the year, I hope kensucky kills the holes!!!!! Wouldn't pull for the holes if they were playing the taliban!!!! Just my opinion.

I really don't like Ky basketball at all and think their coach is sleaze bag. Having said that, if anyone has a Ky shirt I could wear on Wednesday, I'd wear it. 9F all the way.

[feldspar]

Alright so lets be honest here. IF we could beat Ohio St. on Tuesday night, and Carolina could pull off a win over Kentucky, then that would put us #1 in the nation. Now I know polls don't matter all that much until the final one, but I like our boys to carry that #1 ranking every year. Just makes for some good bragging rights around the old workplace. Anyhoo, heres my question, would you pull for the holes over kensucky if we could get a #1 ranking out of it? As much as I hate to say it, #1 will be there later in the year, I hope kensucky kills the holes!!!!! Wouldn't pull for the holes if they were playing the taliban!!!! Just my opinion.


The answer to this is, and always will be: GTHC, GTH.

[dukelilsis]

I pull for Kentucky once a year (unless they meet UNC in the NCAA's) and that game comes this week. If the Heels played tge Taliban I would pull for UNC but only then.
As for #1--I prefer not to be at this time of year.

[Kfanarmy]

Hated rivalry methinks should come second to not supporting a cheat. I will root against UK in every game until they have a coaching change.

[Duvall]

Hated rivalry methinks should come second to not supporting a cheat. I will root against UK in every game until they have a coaching change.

Look, sometimes you have to work the dark side for the greater good.

GO KATS GO!

[gus]

Hated rivalry methinks should come second to not supporting a cheat. I will root against UK in every game until they have a coaching change.

As distasteful a notion as it is, I agree. I would rather UNC win then a team led by a cheat. I'm glad you chose your words carefully too... I can't say I'll be rooting FOR the heels.

[SoCalDukeFan]

The polls mean nothing.

The good news about the UNC-KY game is that I will happy no matter who loses.
The bad news about the UNC-KY games is that I will be sad no matter who win.

Ideally the both play poorly, are tied 15-16 at halftime, and a power failure causes the rest of the game to be called.

SoCal

[hurleyfor3]

Regarding unc/uk: why bother wasting energy caring about it in the first place?

[Indoor66]

The polls mean nothing.

The good news about the UNC-KY game is that I will happy no matter who loses.
The bad news about the UNC-KY games is that I will be sad no matter who win.

Ideally the both play poorly, are tied 15-16 at halftime, and a power failure causes the rest of the game to be called.

SoCal

I'm with you, SoCal. I hope they both lose.

[NYBri]

The rest will take care of itself.

[DU82]

Game on Saturday? No, there's no game on Saturday, the men are off (after tOSU) until the 7th, and the women play on Sunday. Any other contest that day doesn't matter.

I'm spending Saturday at a birthday party, where I'm sure no basketball will be discussed. (right, -jk?)

[hq2]

As for UNC-Kentucky, ugh. Can I cheer for both teams to lose?

Really. But remember, Roy isn't Cal (I don't think). Let's remember the difference. Even
in the Deano era, as much as we hated the four corners, his program overall was a
credit to the school. Not so sure about Cal's (how long will he last this time before
he skedaddles ahead of the posse?)

[OldPhiKap]

Really. But remember, Roy isn't Cal (I don't think). Let's remember the difference. Even
in the Deano era, as much as we hated the four corners, his program overall was a
credit to the school. Not so sure about Cal's (how long will he last this time before
he skedaddles ahead of the posse?)

I respect Roy, but dislike him in a general sense.
I do not respect Cal and dislike him in a specific sense.

I am still not rooting for Carolina in any sport under any circumstance.

Put me down as "don't give a @#%#" who wins but will be happy that someone loses.

[uh_no]

Put me down as "don't give a @#%#" who wins but will be happy that someone loses.

Seconded. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't make much difference to fret over it. All we can control is ourselves (well....we can't even REALLY do that...) but the best the TEAM can do is take care of business and whoever wins any other game wins it....

[Newton_14]

Look, sometimes you have to work the dark side for the greater good.

GO KATS GO!

With you all the way. Go UK. Plus, this is a possible win/win for us if we pull the upset tomorrow night. If that happens, then we either get the pleasure of watching UNC lose (again!) or we move to Number 1 in the polls.

Given a choice, I will settle for staying Number 3, and watching the Heels get run out of the gym Saturday.

[-jk]

Game on Saturday? No, there's no game on Saturday, the men are off (after tOSU) until the 7th, and the women play on Sunday. Any other contest that day doesn't matter.

I'm spending Saturday at a birthday party, where I'm sure no basketball will be discussed. (right, -jk?)

Um... Yeah.

We're a hoops free zone here... Yeah...

Well, maybe once in a blue moon. Or not. (Actually, my then-brand-new father-in-law admitted despairing that his girl might never find someone who would understand her obsession with Duke basketball. Heh!...)

-jk