Hoyas Open at No. 8 in the Coaches Poll

[Big Dog]

sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

Pittsburgh #5
Marquette #17
Connecticut #18
Syracuse #20

[ColumbiaHeightsHoya]

Someone made a good point that Louisville was in the top of the rankings last year heading in. I think we will get a good feel for where we are at after the Oregon game.

[Dhall]

Ranked ahead of Duke, Kentucky, UCONN and Syracuse. Probably been about 15-20 years since that has been the case. Respect is back at least.

[prhoya]

That's right. BEAT UCON!

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Rankings don't matter if you don't back them up.

[nodak89]

here are the USA Today links

www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2006-10-27-preseason-poll_x.htm

www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2006-preseason-poll.htm

[LizziebethHoya]

Nova and Louisville got a good number of votes as well. The Big East is doing quite well for itself.

All in all, no big surprises on there.

[Filo]

Not real surpised with Ohio State and Wisconsin, but I think any Big Ten team with a high ranking has a lot to prove based on the dismal performance of the conference last year.

[YB]

This is a whole new year. Can't wait to see it unfold- let's back it up on the court, Hoyas!

[AustinHoya03]

"Others Receiving Votes:
...Maryland 12...George Washington 2..."

[TBird41]

austinhoya03 said:

"Others Receiving Votes:
...Maryland 12...George Washington 2..."

I figured Maryland would get one vote (Gary has one, right?) but 12? That must be part of the new ACC "lobbying campaign"

[YB]

GW's in a tough spot. They lose one game and it's NIT!!!

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Gary turned in 12 ballots.

[dikembe]

Number 8 seems about right for us...... Im disappointed in some of you tho, you got one thread saying "im terrified" and you got ppl over in this thread scared of Oregon. We are a good team ppl.... revel in that instead of running around scared.... think back to the alternative when were picked next to last in the Big East. This is the time to get pumped up. celebrate our new found prosperity, not mope around cuz we're scared of losing a game for gods sake. We are going to lose more than likely a couple or more games during the season, but we are going to win a whole lot more than we won last yr. So be happy!

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

I wouldn't be worried about Oregon - I'd worry about Oral Roberts - they actually made the tournament last year and have Caleb Green who is also on the Wooden watch list.

[dikembe]

stpetersburghoya said:

I wouldn't be worried about Oregon - I'd worry about Oral Roberts - they actually made the tournament last year and have Caleb Green who is also on the Wooden watch list.

Not worried about anyone on October 27.... let them worry about Big Roy and Jeff "The Next Big Thing" Green.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

tbird41 said:

austinhoya03 said:

"Others Receiving Votes:
...Maryland 12...George Washington 2..."

I figured Maryland would get one vote (Gary has one, right?) but 12? That must be part of the new ACC "lobbying campaign"

Fascinating that despite Gary's lobby for seven ACC teams in the Tourney, even his ballot couldn't come up with more than six teams (UNC, Duke, BC and GaTech made the top 25, UMCP and FSU got 12 and 11 votes, respectively).

[prhoya]

austinhoya03 said:

"Others Receiving Votes:
...Maryland 12...George Washington 2..."

12 votes from the 12 ACC teams... hilarious!

[williambraskyiii]

2 weeks from tomorrow...can this season start already?!!?!! It is unhealthy the excitement that I am feeling for this squad to hit the hardwood!

[RBHoya]

tbird41 said:

austinhoya03 said:

"Others Receiving Votes:
...Maryland 12...George Washington 2..."

I figured Maryland would get one vote (Gary has one, right?) but 12? That must be part of the new ACC "lobbying campaign"

UMCP may've had 12, but since Florida has 772, Georgetown has 538, Gonzaga has 88, etc. and there are only 31 coaches voting, you can assume that each vote is worth more than one point. I'd guess that a first place vote is worth 25, since you're atop the Top 25... which'd make sense with Florida's 772 total points and 30 first place votes (30 x 25 = 750, and they picked up 22 points from the guy who voted for OSU to be first).

What I'm getting at is, UMCP's 12 points in the others receiving votes could easily have been Gary putting them at 14 on his ballot and nobody else giving them any respect at all. Not that that's necessarily what happened but it's possible.