AP Poll Dec 14

[syrBossHogg]

SU got 4 votes

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[syrBossHogg]

 

[moqui]

baby steps

 

[UpstateSM]

Glad to see Duke is still ranked after wins over powerhouses Coppin State and Bellarmine. Makes sense

 

[sutomcat]

baby steps

Yes. Shocking seeing the ACC with only one team in the top 15, and that team being FSU at 15.

Not a good start by the usual powers. Clemson has had a hell of a start and deserves to be ranked quite a bit higher.

 

[upperdeck]

6 bad minutes away from being ranked without really beating anyone of note..

 

[MikeSU02]

Just keep winning, but good to know we're picking up a few votes. Excited for this team.

 

[cusediehard]

I'm confident in our guys. Maybe no AAs but more depth than we've had in years. JB has lots of lineup configurations to choose from with shooters in BB, JG and AG (possibly also KR and WN), and dribble penetration with AG and KR.

 

[lindros2]

SU got 4 votes

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4 points, not 4 votes.
Appeared on one ballot.

New AP men’s Top 25 basketball poll: Some new names surface during an interesting week

The top team in the nation, Gonzaga, was on Covid pause last week and did not play.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Eric15]

Kentucky unranked. Duke and UNC not in the Top 20. What a wonderful bizarro world.

 

[JOC44]

I think this is one of the 25 best teams in the country. This may be the squad that tests how good you can be possibly without any 1st or 2nd team all league players but four or so 3rd team all league players.

 

[gbo]

This is going to be a bigly big year for Clemson. Got a weird feeling they will be cutting the nets down in January...

 

[Eric15]

This is going to be a bigly big year for Clemson. Got a weird feeling they will be cutting the nets down in January...

I can perfectly live with you guys being ranked ahead of us in football. But in basketball too -- that's just being mean.

 

[GoSU96]

and 5 teams in the football top 25

The ACC is a FOOTBALL conference.

 

[Eric15]

Maryland is a slight favorite at home vs. #19 Rutgers tonight.

That old adage of always taking the unranked home favorite against a ranked underdog.

 

[SURU]

Maryland is a slight favorite at home vs. #19 Rutgers tonight.

That old adage of always taking the unranked home favorite against a ranked underdog.

Kenpom has Terps 70-69

Generally, Rutgers doesn’t win in the road and Maryland doesn’t lose at home. The line makes some sense though I was surprised at first

 

[OrangeDW]

I can perfectly live with you guys being ranked ahead of us in football. But in basketball too -- that's just being mean.

Eat it Clemson. Still.

 

[dollarbill44]

4 points, not 4 votes.
Appeared on one ballot.

New AP men’s Top 25 basketball poll: Some new names surface during an interesting week

The top team in the nation, Gonzaga, was on Covid pause last week and did not play.

www.syracuse.com

Tomayto/ Tomahto.

 

[StPeteOrang]

Eat it Clemson. Still.

The refs from Saturday would have called that a charge lol

 

[alphaorange]

This is going to be a bigly big year for Clemson. Got a weird feeling they will be cutting the nets down in January...

hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahah

 

[lindros2]

Tomayto/ Tomahto.

Only if a vote was worth a point.
Like the presidential election.

 

[jncuse]

Kenpom has Terps 70-69

Generally, Rutgers doesn’t win in the road and Maryland doesn’t lose at home. The line makes some sense though I was surprised at first

So KP is still giving home teams the standard 3.5 point advantage? Seems that the advantage should be much less this year. Is that margin still proving to be the case this year?

Rutgers KP Margin is +20.4/100 possessions
Maryland KP Margin is +15.9 / 100 possessions

A difference of 4.5 and the teams average 70 possessions ... so on a neutral court Rutgers is about 3 points better. Which means he is giving Maryland the normal home advantage to make them a 1 point favourite.

 

[SURU]

So KP is still giving home teams the standard 3.5 point advantage? Seems that the advantage should be much less this year. Is that margin still proving to be the case this year?

Rutgers KP Margin is +20.4/100 possessions
Maryland KP Margin is +15.9 / 100 possessions

A difference of 4.5 and the teams average 70 possessions ... so on a neutral court Rutgers is about 3 points better. Which means he is giving Maryland the normal home advantage to make them a 1 point favourite.

Yes. RU was getting 3.8 points for the RAC last year and still is this year. Idk if it’s been the case though this season

 

[blust2i3d4]

SU got 4 votes

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SU got 4 points. It could be one vote giving us the 22th.

 

[twinight]

SU got 4 points. It could be one vote giving us the 22th.

twenty-tooth?