How is LSU bball not ranked.

The hate for will wade is strong. There are going to be a lot of mad soy boys when wade is cutting the nets down in Indy

Everyone hates Will Wade. LSU will have to have the me against the world mentality because there’s going to be a lot of hating on them and WW for a while

NET is all that matters. Keep winning and we’ll be fine

LSU Basketball is certainly more relevant this year than that disastrous football season we just had

As long as LSU continues to win, ranking is not that important.

I do agree that many of the sports pundits seem to have some bias against LSU. It seems like they couldn't wait to try to find a season to override last year's LSU season as being "the greatest" of all time.

If the basketball team keeps winning, the ranking will come.

I don't think this week's rankings have come out yet.

Objectively you could say it is because LSU doesn't really have any great wins thus far. The Arkansas win was impressive. But it was lessened once Alabama pounded them on Saturday.

The good news is that college basketball rankings are WHOLLY irrelevant. The NET is the only "ranking" that matters along with the objectively based "metric" ratings such as KenPom and BPI. There, LSU is MORE than fine. Which is ALL that matters.

Alabama has been the most impressive team in the SEC thus far. Even moreso than Tennessee...who Alabama beat...on Tennessee's home court. The Tigers have a huge opportunity tomorrow and this week. Beat Alabama, then the arguments against LSU being the top team in the SEC become very quiet. After that, they go to Rupp. No, this isn't one of Kentucky's better teams (far from it). But the "name" is still there and a win will get recognition.

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NET is all that matters. Keep winning and we’ll be fine

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correct. I don't understand the posters that care about silly media polls. They're irrelevant. NET is more relevant.

Besides, we're still early in the conference schedule. Just keep winning, that's all that matters.

And the only "ranking" that matters is where we stand in the SEC standings and the Selection Committee's seeding at year-end (and the NET rankings, because they're metric-based and objective, not subjective like silly media voter polls).

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I disagree. You get relegated to the SECN if you aren’t in the top 25. You never make sportscenter, halftime highlights, post game highlights unless you are top 25.

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LSU is playing on ESPN/ESPN2 in eight of the remaining 12 games. Many times the broadcast channels for the games are decided before the season.

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Now Wade has shown that he can still recruit regardless but being in the top 25 is HUGE in regards to program exposure.

It goes along the lines of the CFB playoff. If you are in contention for the CFB then you are constantly talked about which impacts your ability to recruit which impacts your ability to make the CFP. Not nearly as bad given roster sizes but still is a big deal.

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In days past that probably mattered a lot. Now, with every game on TV, not so much. The exposure is borne from March. Be a consistent player there and the exposure comes with it.

I think you're applying a football mentality...where rankings has ALWAYS been important to basketball where they aren't nearly as important. Even teams "ranked" in the 30's or 40's can get into the playoffs (NCAAT) where no one can ignore them. The human rankings aren't even considered by the selection committee.

The polls are a joke.