Is this New Pre-Season Poll for Real?

[jncuse]

Are you talking about the new Blue Ribbon rankings? It really is a joke, Creighton at 19 is embarrassing, Fsu at 20, Uconn at 15, Oregon at 2, do these people just pick names out of a hat.

While it's bad that we are not top 25, we should not be so close minded either towards other teams. To just dismiss Creighton at #19 for example is silly. They were #37 last year in KP, return their two top 2 players, and 6 of 8 I believe. That is a solid foundation for a team that could reach the outskirts of the top 25.

Oregon had a #1 seed last year, that they may or may not have deserved being in the Pac-12 -- they were a good team nonetheless. They played similar to a #1 in the tourney making it to the elite 8 fairly easily. They have 4 of 5 starters back. Putting them in the top 5 is far from outrageous.