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tommy
02-02-2014, 06:04 PM
Not that it matters at this point, but how will the rankings look this week?

We were 17 coming into the week, and have a solid road win over Pitt by 15 (a little shine comes off it due to their loss to UVA today) and then the high level, extremely close loss to the ascendant #1 team in the nation, which almost seems like a win. Who was above us and what'd they do this week?

16 - Iowa State - lost at Kansas, beat Oklahoma
15 - Iowa - lost to Michigan State, beat Illinois
14 - Wisconsin lost twice at home, to unranked Northwestern and to Ohio State
13 - Cincinnati - won at Louisville, beat South Florida
12 - Louisville - lost to Cincinnati, beat UCF
11 - Kentucky - lost at unranked LSU, beat Missouri
10 - Michigan - beat Purdue, lost at unranked Indiana
9 - Villanova - beat Georgetown and Temple
8 - Oklahoma State - lost twice, to Oklahoma and Baylor
7 - Michigan State - won at Iowa, lost neutral to unranked Georgetown
6 - Kansas - beat Iowa State, lost to Texas

So with the exception of Cincinnati and Villanova, everybody else lost at least once, some lost twice, several lost to unranked opponents. There will of course be a lot of movement, but with Duke's week, and how well we played in our loss, how many of these teams will we pass? I think the answer should be, "a lot."

Dr. Rosenrosen
02-02-2014, 06:37 PM
#12.

chaosmage
02-02-2014, 07:03 PM
Although we didn't win, with all the losses ahead of us AND that we took them to the wire (win or lose) should move us up. Someone asked Seth Davis on his twitter feed; his reply was high. High number or high in the polls, who knows. His level of dorkery seems to have doubled this year. If that is possible. 11 or 12 seems to be about right.

duketaylor
02-02-2014, 08:27 PM
I agree that 12 is about what I'd expect. Sagarin has us 3rd before the loss, now 4th. 'Cuse is 7th. Voters will move us up a fair notch and I expect UVA and VCU will both be back in the polls, where they belong.

Duke_92
02-02-2014, 09:17 PM
Not that it matters at this point, but how will the rankings look this week?

I know that rankings don't determine seeding, but it is at least correlated. We are on the borderline for being in the Raleigh Pod. So I think it is key that we move up and keep moving up. It would be great for the team to be in Raleigh and selfishly I bought tickets back in the spring! It certainly helps a lot that a bunch of teams ahead of us lost.

Furniture
02-02-2014, 10:03 PM
8.........

luburch
02-02-2014, 10:22 PM
If I had to guess I would say 14. Hard to move up too many spots with a loss.

Clay Feet POF
02-02-2014, 11:02 PM
I think with more voters watching our game than the others and it really being an OT barn burner we go to #10

Olympic Fan
02-03-2014, 12:57 AM
While I hope you guys are right, I think you are giving the writers w-a-a-ay too much credit.

I'll be surprised if Duke moves up at all ... much less to the 10-12 range.

Think there's a much better chance of that happening in the coaches' poll -- but even there, I only expect a small jump.

striker219
02-03-2014, 01:42 AM
While I hope you guys are right, I think you are giving the writers w-a-a-ay too much credit.

I'll be surprised if Duke moves up at all ... much less to the 10-12 range.

Think there's a much better chance of that happening in the coaches' poll -- but even there, I only expect a small jump.

So what happens then? Do voters just count this as a bye week and everyone stays where they are? I honestly don't know. I guess stranger things have happened.

arnie
02-03-2014, 07:05 AM
While I hope you guys are right, I think you are giving the writers w-a-a-ay too much credit.

I'll be surprised if Duke moves up at all ... much less to the 10-12 range.

Think there's a much better chance of that happening in the coaches' poll -- but even there, I only expect a small jump.

Hate to agree with Olympic Fan since he defiled me on another thread (called me a twerp or something), but I think he's right on the polls. I only see us moving up maybe 2 spots- the pollsters will see 5 losses and a recent 1-1 record.

bob blue devil
02-03-2014, 08:29 AM
my guess is 14 and wouldn't be surprised anywhere between 12 and 15.

casinos should put out a poll based on where they'd expect hypothetical neutral court lines to be.

CDu
02-03-2014, 09:12 AM
My guess is 17. Some of the teams behind us who didn't lose will pass us, while we'll pass some of the teams in front of us who had bad weeks.

The voters tend to get too caught up in the dichotomous result and rarely take into account quality of game and quality of opponent.

1 24 90
02-03-2014, 09:22 AM
FWIW, Seth Davis (who actually has a vote) has Duke at #10 and the CBS Sportsline Top 25 and 1 has Duke at #10.

ice-9
02-03-2014, 09:30 AM
Lucky 13 is my guess!

wk2109
02-03-2014, 10:24 AM
The voters tend to get too caught up in the dichotomous result and rarely take into account quality of game and quality of opponent.

I think that's true most of the time, but the AP poll is a media poll, and the media was hyping up Duke-Syracuse to mystical levels and the outcome of the game exceeded the hype. EVERYONE knew about this game and they know much more about it than just the final score. I'd guess #14 at worst.

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 10:25 AM
FWIW, Seth Davis (who actually has a vote) has Duke at #10 and the CBS Sportsline Top 25 and 1 has Duke at #10.

About time he finally came around.

He's had Duke out of the polls for a few weeks and just put them at #23 last week.

Turk
02-03-2014, 10:44 AM
I know that rankings don't determine seeding, but it is at least correlated. We are on the borderline for being in the Raleigh Pod. So I think it is key that we move up and keep moving up. It would be great for the team to be in Raleigh and selfishly I bought tickets back in the spring! It certainly helps a lot that a bunch of teams ahead of us lost.

Correlation is very loose. Better to go with RPI, KenPom, or Lunardi's "Nitty Gritty" report (alas, ESPN Insider). I think the Devils are in pretty good shape for Raleigh - don't see much other regional competition for the slot. Why would you think it's borderline? (Again, let's assume no stinkers like ND).

As for rankings, my guess is 12-14. I'll pick Lucky 13 just for giggles.

SirBlueDevil
02-03-2014, 11:33 AM
12th if we're not hated on by the poll gods that be, i truly hope it isn't the same ones who droped us from our 7th or was it 8th ranking prior to the Notre Dame game down to 17th after that loss! :mad:

Wander
02-03-2014, 12:05 PM
While I hope you guys are right, I think you are giving the writers w-a-a-ay too much credit.

I'll be surprised if Duke moves up at all ... much less to the 10-12 range.

Think there's a much better chance of that happening in the coaches' poll -- but even there, I only expect a small jump.

Setting aside your weird continuing predispositions against sports writers, I'd be shocked if Duke doesn't move up at all. I'd guess #14 or so.

JasonEvans
02-03-2014, 12:19 PM
I'm gonna guess we are #11. Just a hunch ;)

Virginia probably comes in at #20 and Pitt should stay in the top 25... barely.

-Jason "Cuse will be unanimous #1 after the Saturday epic win" Evans

gwlaw99
02-03-2014, 12:19 PM
We are 11 in AP poll
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Coaches only have us at 16.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/2

1 24 90
02-03-2014, 12:28 PM
I'm gonna guess we are #11. Just a hunch ;)

Virginia probably comes in at #20 and Pitt should stay in the top 25... barely.

-Jason "Cuse will be unanimous #1 after the Saturday epic win" Evans

Are you psychic? Good call.

Funny how Ohio State gets their first win all season against a team that will be in the tourney and falls out of the rankings. LOL

SirBlueDevil
02-03-2014, 12:32 PM
Because our new ranking spot is # 11 where i gave us a ranking of between 12 and 14, secondly when i clicked on the espn mens basketball page i saw where they finally took down that heading and picture that read "Game for the ages Duke/Syracuse"!

Hard enough trying to get a bad (although highly energetic and could've been worse) game out of your mind without Espn keeping it up to remind you (of course had duke won, i'd say keep it up as long as you like Espn) lol

nmduke2001
02-03-2014, 12:39 PM
We are 11 in AP poll
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Coaches only have us at 16.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/2

I could be mistaken, but I think the coaches is still showing week 13 and hasn't been updated for week 14 yet.

AceDukie77
02-03-2014, 12:41 PM
We are 11 in AP poll
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/polls/

Coaches only have us at 16.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/2

That is last weeks coaches poll (with Arizona #1)....... they haven't updated this weeks yet.

drcharl
02-03-2014, 12:43 PM
Glad to see that strength of schedule and road results are being taken into account in the rankings. Still troubled by seeing Wichita State being that high but I guess that's where 0 losses get you in spite of your relative competition.

El_Diablo
02-03-2014, 12:50 PM
Are you psychic? Good call.

Funny how Ohio State gets their first win all season against a team that will be in the tourney and falls out of the rankings. LOL

I think the winking smiley gives it away...he posted that after the rankings had been released.

uh_no
02-03-2014, 01:01 PM
Glad to see that strength of schedule and road results are being taken into account in the rankings. Still troubled by seeing Wichita State being that high but I guess that's where 0 losses get you in spite of your relative competition.

and being a reigning regional champion.....people seem to be dumping all over them here....yeah they've had an easy schedule...but people lose to easy teams too (we almost lost to vermont....)

they're coming off a final four, are undefeated, and kenpom has them at 9.....

Wander
02-03-2014, 01:12 PM
they're coming off a final four, are undefeated, and kenpom has them at 9.....

And now have a true road win against the #13 ranked team in the country - probably better than Duke's best win (although our schedule as a whole is far superior).

ice-9
02-03-2014, 01:13 PM
#9 sounds about right...that's still a lofty ranking if you think about it. Expected just short of an Elite Eight. I suspect most Shockers fan, if given the choice between a guaranteed Elite Eight conclusion or having to play through the tournament and seeing what happens, would take the former easily without hesitation.

nmduke2001
02-03-2014, 01:19 PM
I could be mistaken, but I think the coaches is still showing week 13 and hasn't been updated for week 14 yet.

Number 11 in the coaches...
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 01:22 PM
#11 is not to shabby at all, especially considering they went 1-1 this week.

I'll take it!

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 01:30 PM
Complete list below, to avoid clicking away from the page....




1.Syracuse (65)
2.Arizona
3.Florida
4.Wichita St.
5.San Diego St.
6.Villanova
7.Cincinnati
8.Kansas
9.Michigan St.
10.Michigan
11.Duke
12.Creighton
13.Saint Louis
14.Louisville
15.Texas
16.Iowa St.
17.Iowa
18.Kentucky
19.Oklahoma St.
20.Virginia
21.Oklahoma
22.Connecticut
23.Gonzaga
24.Memphis
25.Pittsburgh



Some thoughts...

- Interesting that Arizona only dropped one spot, despite losing to Cal *and* losing Brandon Ashley to injury possibly for the year. I'd have placed Florida above them, considering Florida did not lose this week and got Chris Walker back.

- Michigan stayed at #10 despite losing to unranked Indiana by 11. I would have dropped them at least one spot and moved Creighton up ahead of Duke.

Otherwise, hard to argue with the polls. Duke was fortunate so many other teams ahead of them imploded this week.

Duvall
02-03-2014, 01:32 PM
And now have a true road win against the #13 ranked team in the country - probably better than Duke's best win (although our schedule as a whole is far superior).

Why would we think that a win at Saint Louis is better than a win at Pitt?

pfrduke
02-03-2014, 01:34 PM
I don't really have an argument with Michigan being ranked ahead of us, but I'm surprised that in a week that saw them beat a mediocre team at home by 9 and lose to an unranked team on the road (albeit Indiana) that their ranking was unchanged. I guess they did lose 1,000 points in votes, so it's more about vote dispersal among other teams than about Michigan (although they would have stayed at 10 last week with 1,000 fewer points).

Wander
02-03-2014, 01:41 PM
Why would we think that a win at Saint Louis is better than a win at Pitt?

Well, St Louis is ranked 13th and Pitt is ranked 25th. That said, I won't argue with you if you disagree with the rankings and think Pitt is equal or better. Their resumes look pretty similar at first glance (lost to the good teams, beat everyone else, bad overall schedule).

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 01:45 PM
and being a reigning regional champion.....people seem to be dumping all over them here....yeah they've had an easy schedule...but people lose to easy teams too (we almost lost to vermont....)

they're coming off a final four, are undefeated, and kenpom has them at 9.....

Really not sure how last year's results have any bearing on this year.

- They lost 4 seniors; two were top minute-getters/starters

Malcolm Armstead SR G 6-0 10.6 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 4.0 Ast (28.6 mpg)
Carl Hall SR F 6-8 12.6 Pts, 6.8 Reb, 0.7 Ast (28.6 mpg)
Ehimen Orukpe SR C 7-0 2.6 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast (15.1 mpg)
Demetric Williams SR G 6-2 7.4 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 2.2 Ast (24.9 mpg)

- they had a pretty easy road to the final four; their #1 seed was Gonzaga (#20 kenpom). They beat Ohio State, who was #2 kenpom, but let's be honest; Ohio St usually chokes away March

Pitt was #68
LaSalle was #60 (and knocked off a high seed so Wichita St didn't have to face the higher seed)

The most impressive part of their run was how closely they played Louisville. I think they just got hot at the right time.

- This year's Wichita St team doesn't have to face Creighton

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/wichita-state/2013.html

I don't think anyone has any proof that this year's Wichita St team is any better than last year's team. "Defending" regional champs only means something if you have pretty much the same team as the previous year. I think the skepticism behind their undefeated season is valid. But that's why they play the games, right? :)

MCFinARL
02-03-2014, 02:48 PM
Well, St Louis is ranked 13th and Pitt is ranked 25th. That said, I won't argue with you if you disagree with the rankings and think Pitt is equal or better. Their resumes look pretty similar at first glance (lost to the good teams, beat everyone else, bad overall schedule).

After seeing St. Louis almost lose to 7-14 George Mason at home this week, they don't really pass my eye test, and I do think Pitt may be a better team. That said, as someone else pointed out earlier in this thread, lots of teams almost lose to bad teams, and it's hard to use that to justify a claim that those teams are worse than teams with many more losses.

Duvall
02-03-2014, 03:06 PM
Well, St Louis is ranked 13th and Pitt is ranked 25th. That said, I won't argue with you if you disagree with the rankings and think Pitt is equal or better. Their resumes look pretty similar at first glance (lost to the good teams, beat everyone else, bad overall schedule).

I'm pretty sure Pitt has been at least as good based on performance to date. While Pitt has not beaten a team yet better than Stanford, Saint Louis lost all two of its games to date against top-50 opponents. Penalizing Pitt for having played four good teams instead of two seems backwards, since Pitt has slightly better wins and slightly better losses.

budwom
02-03-2014, 03:25 PM
We have a solid opportunity to win a couple games this week and slip back into the top ten...

jv001
02-03-2014, 03:34 PM
Complete list below, to avoid clicking away from the page....



Some thoughts...

- Interesting that Arizona only dropped one spot, despite losing to Cal *and* losing Brandon Ashley to injury possibly for the year. I'd have placed Florida above them, considering Florida did not lose this week and got Chris Walker back.

- Michigan stayed at #10 despite losing to unranked Indiana by 11. I would have dropped them at least one spot and moved Creighton up ahead of Duke.

Otherwise, hard to argue with the polls. Duke was fortunate so many other teams ahead of them imploded this week.

For some reason, this Duke fan can't feel fortunate. We should have been 2-0 this week, except for the "homecooking" job we received from the ACC refs at Syracuse. Now that's the last time I'm going to say anything bad about the highway robbery that took place. :cool: GoDuke!

flyingdutchdevil
02-03-2014, 03:39 PM
We have a solid opportunity to win a couple games this week and slip back into the top ten...

I'd say it's more than solid. We're playing WF (102 in kenpom) at home and the 2nd worst ACC team - BC - on the road. Either loss would be fairly inexcusable, especially a) how late it is in the season and b) our amazing play of late.

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 03:43 PM
I'd say it's more than solid. We're playing WF (102 in kenpom) at home and the 2nd worst ACC team - BC - on the road. Either loss would be fairly inexcusable, especially a) how late it is in the season and b) our amazing play of late.

A loss to either would be grounds for dropping out of the top 25.

Those teams are horri-bad. WF was decent, but they lost Codi Miller-McIntyre to an ankle injury against GT. He says he'll play, but how well will he play with a bad ankle?

http://myfox8.com/2014/02/02/wake-forest-falls-to-georgia-tech-79-70/


Bzdelik described Miller-McIntyre’s status as “day-to-day,’’ but Miller-McIntyre vowed to be ready for the Deacons’ next game at Duke on Tuesday.

“I’m going to play at Duke,” he said while signing an autograph outside the locker room.

devildeac
02-03-2014, 04:10 PM
A loss to either would be grounds for dropping out of the top 25.

Those teams are horri-bad. WF was decent, but they lost Codi Miller-McIntyre to an ankle injury against GT. He says he'll play, but how well will he play with a bad ankle?

http://myfox8.com/2014/02/02/wake-forest-falls-to-georgia-tech-79-70/

Uh-oh, look for a career performance from him tomorrow night:rolleyes:;) .

Olympic Fan
02-03-2014, 04:16 PM
Just wanted to post and admit I was wrong that Duke wouldn't move up much. I have to apologize to the writers, who obviously aren't as stupid as I thought.

I think Duke might have been a bit overrated at No. 23 after the Clemson loss -- considering how Duke had played to that point. I think No. 11 is a fair ranking now, based on the season-long body of work.

But I will say this -- the Duke basketball team that we've seen the last three weeks is a top 5 team. I'm not sure if there's anybody in the country playing better right now.

FerryFor50
02-03-2014, 04:18 PM
Just wanted to post and admit I was wrong that Duke wouldn't move up much. I have to apologize to the writers, who obviously aren't as stupid as I thought.

I think Duke might have been a bit overrated at No. 23 after the Clemson loss -- considering how Duke had played to that point. I think No. 11 is a fair ranking now, based on the season-long body of work.

But I will say this -- the Duke basketball team that we've seen the last three weeks is a top 5 team. I'm not sure if there's anybody in the country playing better right now.

Until the stinker against Texas, I'd have argued Kansas.

And you could also argue Syracuse, since they're undefeated and beat Duke head to head.

But I agree that Duke is a top 5 team the past few weeks. Hopefully Quinn gets healthy and the level of play continues (and K continues to play a deeper rotation).

Wander
02-03-2014, 04:20 PM
But I will say this -- the Duke basketball team that we've seen the last three weeks is a top 5 team. I'm not sure if there's anybody in the country playing better right now.

Yup. On average - and those are key words, but on average - if you play a team on the road and take them to overtime or lose by less than 4, you're the better team, and Syracuse is ranked #1, so...

brevity
02-03-2014, 04:32 PM
Just wanted to post and admit I was wrong that Duke wouldn't move up much. I have to apologize to the writers, who obviously aren't as stupid as I thought.

No, the sportswriters are that stupid. This poll is just an aberration.

budwom
02-03-2014, 04:40 PM
I'd say it's more than solid. We're playing WF (102 in kenpom) at home and the 2nd worst ACC team - BC - on the road. Either loss would be fairly inexcusable, especially a) how late it is in the season and b) our amazing play of late.

I hear what you're saying, but prefer not to count my pullets prematurely.
May I point out that last year's Duke team won, what 29 or 30 games and we beat a completely crappy (10-12 at the time) BC team at BC by how much?
One point...62-61....

budwom
02-03-2014, 04:44 PM
No, the sportswriters are that stupid. This poll is just an aberration.

Regardless of the stupidity level of the writers, one thing you can count on is that they DO watch a lot of TV, and judging by
what I've heard today, a whole lot of people saw the syracuse-duke game...I wonder what the ratings were? Had to be
good, they hyped the game like crazy....and amazingly it deserved every bit of it.

SVP was raving about it today. One of two major TV sports events this weekend, and the Duke game wasn't the one that
really, really sucked (in terms of game excitement).

p.s. just read that ratings for the Syracuse game were tied for fourth highest among ESPN regular season games since 2002...

Duvall
02-03-2014, 05:00 PM
I hear what you're saying, but prefer not to count my pullets prematurely.
May I point out that last year's Duke team won, what 29 or 30 games and we beat a completely crappy (10-12 at the time) BC team at BC by how much?
One point...62-61....

Last year's BC team was mostly crappy (192nd-ranked defense). This year's BC team is completely crappy (286th-ranked defense).

flyingdutchdevil
02-03-2014, 05:03 PM
Last year's BC team was mostly crappy (192nd-ranked defense). This year's BC team is completely crappy (286th-ranked defense).

I'll be at the BC game this year. With my booming voice singing Miley during BC FTs, I can guarantee a win for the Blue Devils ;)

MCFinARL
02-03-2014, 07:00 PM
I'll be at the BC game this year. With my booming voice singing Miley during BC FTs, I can guarantee a win for the Blue Devils ;)

You're a regular wrecking ball, eh? Go for it!

NYBri
02-03-2014, 07:07 PM
But I will say this -- the Duke basketball team that we've seen the last three weeks is a top 5 team. I'm not sure if there's anybody in the country playing better right now.

Word.

NYBri
02-03-2014, 07:09 PM
Regardless of the stupidity level of the writers, one thing you can count on is that they DO watch a lot of TV, and judging by
what I've heard today, a whole lot of people saw the syracuse-duke game...I wonder what the ratings were? Had to be
good, they hyped the game like crazy....and amazingly it deserved every bit of it.

SVP was raving about it today. One of two major TV sports events this weekend, and the Duke game wasn't the one that
really, really sucked (in terms of game excitement).

p.s. just read that ratings for the Syracuse game were tied for fourth highest among ESPN regular season games since 2002...

The rematch could be better.

throatybeard
02-03-2014, 08:06 PM
Just wanted to post and admit I was wrong that Duke wouldn't move up much. I have to apologize to the writers, who obviously aren't as stupid as I thought.

^ This is a pretty hilarious attempt at an "apology."

I am surprised that we rose as far as we did, but there was a lot of carnage in the top 25, and the Syracuse game was one of the most hyped regular season games in the last three decades, and it didn't occur on Super Bowl day. A lot of people were probably paying attention.

Troublemaker
02-03-2014, 08:20 PM
I hear what you're saying, but prefer not to count my pullets prematurely.
May I point out that last year's Duke team won, what 29 or 30 games and we beat a completely crappy (10-12 at the time) BC team at BC by how much?
One point...62-61....


Last year's BC team was mostly crappy (192nd-ranked defense). This year's BC team is completely crappy (286th-ranked defense).

Furthermore, last season's Duke team without Ryan Kelly was more like a top 25 team than the top 5 team we were with him in the lineup. This season's Duke team has been playing like a top 5 team recently, too.

Hey, anything can happen in sports. Most likely scenario is Duke drubbing BC, though.

budwom
02-03-2014, 10:35 PM
Even Bilas is on the bandwagon now, listing Duke among his five current best teams...(along with Syracuse, Arizona, Wichita St. and Florida).

throatybeard
02-03-2014, 10:48 PM
Even Bilas is on the bandwagon now, listing Duke among his five current best teams...(along with Syracuse, Arizona, Wichita St. and Florida).

On pardon Wilbon's and Kornheiser's screaming. He gave KU an honorable mention. I was pleased. Bilas more or less discounts the Notre Dame and Clemson losses compaerd to how the team is playing now.

There is a lot of Wichita State hate on this board right now, but I'm fascinated to see how they'll do. Butler made the FF in 2010 and 2011...

Olympic Fan
02-09-2014, 02:03 PM
So far this week, No. 7 Cincinnati has fallen to SMU and No. 10 Michigan has been blown out by Iowa.

And as I type this, No. 9 Michigan State is losing at Wisconsin.

Good chance that Duke climbs to as high as No. 8 in this week's poll -- top 10 is almost certain.

tommy
02-09-2014, 03:41 PM
So far this week, No. 7 Cincinnati has fallen to SMU and No. 10 Michigan has been blown out by Iowa.

And as I type this, No. 9 Michigan State is losing at Wisconsin.

Good chance that Duke climbs to as high as No. 8 in this week's poll -- top 10 is almost certain.

Down goes Sparty. Not only should this move us up to number eight in the polls, but more importantly, it is another loss for a team that we will likely be competing with for seeding come tournament time.

jv001
02-10-2014, 11:58 AM
Duke ranked 8th in ESPN rankings and 8th in AP. Coaches Poll not out yet. Syracuse #1 in both and Pitt 25th in both. Beat the tarheels and GoDuke!

bob blue devil
02-10-2014, 12:19 PM
Duke ranked 8th in ESPN rankings and 8th in AP. Coaches Poll not out yet. Syracuse #1 in both and Pitt 25th in both. Beat the tarheels and GoDuke!

UNC got a vote. They're preparing a banner as we speak.

Bob Green
02-10-2014, 12:23 PM
Virginia is at 17. Here is the whole poll:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

Neals384
02-10-2014, 01:11 PM
And so it begins: a new streak of consecutive weeks ranked in the top 10!

SCMatt33
02-10-2014, 01:23 PM
Moving back into the the top ten this week keeps alive an interesting streak that seemed likely to die. For the 22nd consecutive time dating back to 2003 (and 39th out of the last 40 dating back to 1997), Duke and UNC will meet with at least one team in the top ten. This streak isn't as famous as the one dating back to 1960 with at least one team ranked, but is still fairly impressive.

Kedsy
02-10-2014, 02:51 PM
Moving back into the the top ten this week keeps alive an interesting streak that seemed likely to die. For the 22nd consecutive time dating back to 2003 (and 39th out of the last 40 dating back to 1997), Duke and UNC will meet with at least one team in the top ten. This streak isn't as famous as the one dating back to 1960 with at least one team ranked, but is still fairly impressive.

Also the 73rd in the last 76 games, dating back to 1982.

Olympic Fan
02-10-2014, 06:25 PM
Moving back into the the top ten this week keeps alive an interesting streak that seemed likely to die. For the 22nd consecutive time dating back to 2003 (and 39th out of the last 40 dating back to 1997), Duke and UNC will meet with at least one team in the top ten. This streak isn't as famous as the one dating back to 1960 with at least one team ranked, but is still fairly impressive.

It's actually back to December of 1955 ... if you are going to use the 1960 date, make it clear that you are talking about the AP poll. But the one AP miss in 1960 (UNC was ranked by the AP in the other three meetings), UNC was ranked No. 10 in the coaches poll that week.

The last time neither team was ranked in either major poll was the final meeting in the 1955 season.

This will be the 154th straight meeting involving at least one ranked team.