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New basketball polls out.. AP: Alabama 18/LSU 33.. Coaches: Alabama 16/LSU 35

Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:43 am
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:43 am
AP



Coaches

This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 1:01 pm
Posted by MrJimBeam
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:43 am to
Still not top 25? SMDH
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:44 am to
Ridiculous but should be good motivation
Posted by BVD
Go vols screw y'alls
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:49 am to
Wow LSU should be ranked
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:52 am to
LSU plays better outside of top 25. Couple years back, every time we made it in we lost.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126962 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:52 am to
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LSU should be ranked
Am I the only Tiger fan who believes the national AP sports writers are basically saying "GFY" to Coach Wade at this point because of the "damn strong offer" recorded phone call?
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:54 am to
It's definitely a possibility.
Posted by LSUTIGERS8181
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2012
10029 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:57 am to
How the hell is Illinois ranked?
Posted by PenguinPubes
Frozen Tundra
Member since Jan 2018
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:58 am to


It’s laughable at this point but whatever.

Beat bama and well easily be in
Posted by urinetrouble
Member since Oct 2007
20508 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:58 am to
We’re consistently a top 25 team based on predictive metrics in the all the computer models. But we don’t have any signature wins over ranked opponents that would register with the human polls. It’s pretty simple.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 11:58 am to
Because they beat duke. Never mind that duke is terrible.
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
8294 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:01 pm to
Just stop reading the op-ed like it's news. Who cares. Get in the tournament, win.
Posted by T
Member since Jan 2004
9889 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:04 pm to
quote:

Am I the only Tiger fan who believes the national AP sports writers are basically saying "GFY" to Coach Wade at this point because of the "damn strong offer" recorded phone call?


College basketball voters have a very hard time moving new teams into their polls because the majority of them don’t pay attention to teams that aren’t ranked. If you are ranked your highlights are shown on sportscenter and halftime shows. If you aren’t ranked, the only time your score even shows up on the bottom ticker is when a game within your conference is being shown.

Look at how long it’s taken bama to get noticed and they’ve been blowing everybody out for a while.

Had LSU beaten St. Louis they would have moved into the top 25 the next week and probably still be there.
Posted by JustSmokin
Member since Sep 2007
9151 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:07 pm to
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How the hell is Illinois ranked?

They are 9 in NET and 11 in kenpom so it's not just the human polls that likes them.
Posted by dfunklsu
Somewhere down in Texas
Member since Sep 2004
566 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:11 pm to
Computers love LSU, humans hate Will Wade.

Buckle up - Tough stretch of games coming up in the next month.

AP/Coach's Poll don't mean anything on January 18th.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126962 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:12 pm to
I agree with everything you wrote.

But still it's difficult to understand why the #2 team in the SEC at this point in the season can't garner at least enough attention from sportswriters throughout the southeast to break the Top 25.
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
18141 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:22 pm to
media polls are irrelevant in today's game. More relevant are the actual metric-based rankings, like NET.

Ignore the silly media voter polls. They're a relic from the past.
Posted by JustSmokin
Member since Sep 2007
9151 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:22 pm to
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AP/Coach's Poll don't mean anything on January 18th

Mostly agree but being ranked generates a little excitement in the program. Talking heads only mention top 25 teams and it fires up the fanbase.

But it's not important to the committee.
Posted by dfunklsu
Somewhere down in Texas
Member since Sep 2004
566 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:26 pm to
My big take away is that the Computers love LSU and the human polls hate Will Wade.

The Tournament Selection Committee is made up of flawed humans who will likely have a bias against Wade. LSU prolly drops a seed or two in the NCAA tournament due to the human element.
This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 12:29 pm
Posted by lsutigermall
Plantation Trace
Member since Nov 2006
7301 posts
Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:48 pm to
Let's do it. If we have a legitimate shot at anything, we should be able to play with 18 and knock off Kentucky.
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