Hoyas not in ESPN's Power 16

[KHoyaNYC]

Ridiculous - Kansas?

sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?week=14&pollId=1

[SFHoya99]

NC State? Florida? How are we seven or eight teams behind Pitt?

[Locker]

Check out the individual ballots. Andy Katz was so impressed by the Pitt win that he dropped us from #14 last week to #16 this week.

Brilliant!

[DoubleOhHoya]

are we sure it's updated? the individual ratings page still says Feb 2.

[gopaland]

Note to the following analysts, please actually watch Georgetown play a game:

Jay Bilas, Lunardi, Gottlieb, Glockner

How are we not on this list yet - its inexplicable.

[hoyadrummer]

I could deal with not making the list. It wouldn't kill me to say that we are the 17th best team in the country right now, but only getting a single vote, that's CRAZY!!!

[HoyaSinceBirth]

too be fair we got 3 votes.

[DoubleOhHoya]

BFD

[ephoya04]

I emailed the dude...its a disgrace...I usually disagree with a lot of the bitching and moaning that goes on on this board, but this is an ABSOLUTE JOKE

[ephoya04]

Well I heard back from Andrew Glockner....the guy who posts the Power 16 (I'm surprised how fast I heard back actually) and here's what I wrote

Explain to me how Pitt loses twice this week...once to the Hoyas...and Pitt stays in the power 16 and Gtown doesn't get in?

....whoa what was that?!?! Oh yea it was your credibility flying out the window...I usually respect the work you guys do over there, but this is an ABSOLUTE JOKE

And he wrote...

"You're not the first to, um, mention that. Thanks for the email."

Oh really because that clarifies things

[SirSaxa]

Perhaps we are a little too concerned about rankings and predictions.
Maybe it is better to still be perceived as the underdog. It let's us continue to sneak up on people.
The wins are what really matter.

[Coast2CoastHoya]

Dude, I'd rather keep winning than worry about what those jokers think of us. Let the W-L do the talking after we flush the johnnies and stomp the mountaineers!

[Locker]

I heard back from Glockner, too. They have the right dude answering email, I think.

Me:

"Why'd Katz drop the Hoyas? Can you ask him to walk us through his mindset when he dropped Georgetown from #14 to #16 on the heels of our victory over Pitt?"

Glockner:

"Too impressive?"

Pretty good reply, especially since it came 30 seconds after I sent my email

[TrueHoyaBlue]

Seriously, Kansas? I'm sure that win at NEBRASKA was impressive?!? but losses to St. Joe's, Nevada, Kansas State(!?), and Missouri? Come on!

[daytonahoya31]

ya'll......we have ALOT more work to do. So we shouldn't be worrying about this. We should be worried about beating St. John's tonight and the lumberjacks on Sunday. We accomplish this, and we'll be in there. That e-mail that Glockner sent to ephoya04 tells me that he knows they messed up.
They probably put the list together in a rush and didn't do any real analytical thinking. Plus, they always want some fans to be Editeded off because controversy sells, and the site gets more hits.
In short, don't worry too much about the Katz's and the Glockner's of the world. Real attention comes from the committee about a month from now, and if we keep winning there will be no denying how good we are.

[ephoya04]

Amen!

[daytonahoya31]

by the way Ep, that Jigga quote at the bottom is priceless. You have my full endorsement as a true hip hop head

[SoCalHoya]

***HYPER ANTI JINX INCANTATION***

To the general media:

Please ignore the Hoyas. Nothing to scout here. Please go away. The Big East deserves none of its praise. The Hoyas have no outstanding players. Our coach is mediocre and has no real game plan. Please continue to focus on "dynamite" teams like UMCP and NCState.

[TigerHoya]

This is like Decourcy of The Sporting News who was on a local station down here yesterday.... I missed the whole Duke-refs discussion in the first segment with him but then they started talking about the Big East and he whined about L'ville's schedule about like Cuse whined about theirs. He then went on to say the best 4 teams in the League were UConn, Nova, WVU and Pitt. He then started talking about how great Rudy Gay is and how he's the best player in the league and all of college basketball better watch out if he realizes his full potential.

Then for the last part of his interview, he discussed storylines to watch for the rest of the season and started talking about watching to see if Duke keeps playing games on the edge and whether when they fall off it means they fall off completely and start losing a few. I guess Duke hasn't lost a game this year as far as he's concerned (and his other storyline to watch was Kansas - where's all the Jayhawk love coming from this year?)

[ephoya04]

Glad you approve Daytona