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How is Duke still #5?
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:45 pm
do college basketball rankings not work the same as other sports, where you are ranked based on how you are currently playing? i get that with Zion they are the best team in the country, and also that rankings don't honestly matter, but it seems really odd to me that they have lost 3 out of their last 6 games and only dropped 4 spots in the polls. is this the pollsters just not wanting to drop them for losses without their best player or what? it seems odd to me when other teams like Michigan drop 3 spots for 1 loss to a top 10 MSU team 
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 1:46 pm
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:48 pm to sgallo3
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:53 pm to sgallo3
#1 they are Duke
#2 Zion is expected back
#3 they are Duke
#2 Zion is expected back
#3 they are Duke
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:56 pm to sgallo3
They run a clean program and don't pay players or their families.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 1:59 pm to sgallo3
Duke’s losses are also significantly better than MSU’s losses.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:04 pm to Obtuse1
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#2 Zion is expected back
Key word "expected" not "will be"
He's done by the way. No way he risks his financial future and puts on a Nike shoe while playing for Duke. He would have zero leverage.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:05 pm to tzimme4
Zion is playing this week 
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:05 pm to jrtplaya21
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Zion is playing this week
Sure, if you think so. Duke knows they're still a #1 seed if Zion has any "possibility" of returning.
Plus, they're bringing back a player with a knee injury and expect him to play 3 games in 3 days? Lol, that's insanely dumb
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:06 pm to sgallo3
There is only one team in the Power 5 conferences that has fewer losses than Duke that is ranked behind Duke.
That team is Tennessee, a team that the same record over the last 7 games as Duke (4-3). Tennessee has also had all of their star players available. Michigan has also gone 4-3.
The easy answer to your question is that every team besides Gonzaga, UVA, and UNC has been dropping games. What do you want pollsters to do? Put teams with worse records, fewer impressive wins, and easier schedules ahead of Duke for some reason? This isn’t even really considering the Zion issue.
That team is Tennessee, a team that the same record over the last 7 games as Duke (4-3). Tennessee has also had all of their star players available. Michigan has also gone 4-3.
The easy answer to your question is that every team besides Gonzaga, UVA, and UNC has been dropping games. What do you want pollsters to do? Put teams with worse records, fewer impressive wins, and easier schedules ahead of Duke for some reason? This isn’t even really considering the Zion issue.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:08 pm to tzimme4
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He's done by the way. No way he risks his financial future and puts on a Nike shoe while playing for Duke. He would have zero leverage.
I bet he plays this week.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:09 pm to Obtuse1
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I bet he plays this week.
We found ourselves a square, guys!
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:16 pm to tzimme4
Zion was on the web posing in Adidas stuff a few days ago. Nike will have to give him the best rookie shoe contract ever to get him.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:50 pm to sgallo3
Same ol' shite.
Same as it ever was.
Duke will get a bogus #1 seed...perfect region, the East as usual...and play at home in North Carolina as usual.
It's been a crock of shite the seeding and region placement for Duke for 30 years.
Coach K must have plants in the tournament committee.
Same as it ever was.
Duke will get a bogus #1 seed...perfect region, the East as usual...and play at home in North Carolina as usual.
It's been a crock of shite the seeding and region placement for Duke for 30 years.
Coach K must have plants in the tournament committee.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 2:54 pm to tzimme4
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Key word "expected" not "will be"
He's done by the way. No way he risks his financial future and puts on a Nike shoe while playing for Duke. He would have zero leverage.
He will play saturday 
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:04 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
As stated before by the Duke fan, who would you have moved ahead of them.
I would buy you putting TT ahead of them, won 9 in a row and have looked good doing it. They wouldn't realistically move LSU up there based on all the media stuff going on and their coach so up in the air.
They aren't getting that region over UNC or UVA right now. They probably won't get that region over UVA even if they beat them for a 3rd time. They will end up in the South (with UK/UT being a 1 seed and them being a 2) or maybe the East behind UVA.
A lot up in the air still for sure
I would buy you putting TT ahead of them, won 9 in a row and have looked good doing it. They wouldn't realistically move LSU up there based on all the media stuff going on and their coach so up in the air.
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Duke will get a bogus #1 seed...perfect region, the East as usual...and play at home in North Carolina as usual.
They aren't getting that region over UNC or UVA right now. They probably won't get that region over UVA even if they beat them for a 3rd time. They will end up in the South (with UK/UT being a 1 seed and them being a 2) or maybe the East behind UVA.
A lot up in the air still for sure
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:18 pm to jrtplaya21
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Nike will have to give him the best rookie shoe contract ever to get him.
Not if he plays again. He'll have to wear a Nike shoe which then will tell Nike he's comfortable enough with letting go the incident of his shoe blowout. He loses all the leverage of signing a shoe deal when he goes pro. It's about the money why he isn't going to play. I'm sure he wants to, but he's not stupid to lose millions.
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He will play saturday
So you're saying he won't play the games until they and then ASSUME they'll win?
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:24 pm to sgallo3
Because ESPN backs them $$$$ and of course the senile fricker 
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:46 pm to sgallo3
Same reason Texas is ranked highly in college baseball with a 12-6 record.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:00 pm to lsutigers1992
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They run a clean program and don't pay players or their families.
Thank you, next.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:01 pm to sgallo3
No polls are based on entire bodies of work
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