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AP Preseason Top 25

Michigan St. just missed the cut. Has to be the first time in a long time.
2011-12 when they were unranked in the pre with four future NBA players, and went on to finish ranked 5th, a number 1 seed, and a sweet 16 appearance.
 
These preseason polls mean nothing, but us vs like a colorado st on a neutral… what we giving? 7?
 
I think talent-wise we are closer to a 6-8 seed, but we may still be on the bubble and outside the top 25 for most of the season with the fairly difficult schedule.
 

ORV: Syracuse 5

Lots of good chances to see what we have in the early season. Looks like fair placement for now. We only have a few cupcakes on the non conference schedule Lafayette, Drexel, Lehigh, Cornell and the Hoyas

Cuse
 
These preseason polls mean nothing, but us vs like a colorado st on a neutral… what we giving? 7?
Early season probably around 2.5 or 3 points.
 
I don't like living in a universe where St. Bonaventure is ranked and we aren't.

Fortunately there will be a ton of opportunities early on this season to catapult into the Top 25 if we are good.
I think with our experience, we need to make a mark early in the year - win a few at Atlantis and beat IU or Nova and FSU in the early league game. I think with our talent we will have some head scratching losses (let's say G-town) so we need some brand name wins and I think getting those early is our best chance.
 
another year another log on the fire that burns inside me of hating preseason pollls
 
Bonetarders claiming they have more talent than Nova after beating Harvard in a secret scrimmage. Same Harvard that hasn't played a game since February 2020.


FIFY
 
Should be ahead of several of those teams - living in Cincinnati, I know we have more talent than Xavier - but we gotta prove it in the nonconference.
 
How many games before we ranked??

Not very many. Or a lot.

That’s a serious answer. The non conference schedule is rough enough to expect even a pretty good team to take some Ls. If they come out of it with 1 or fewer losses then they’ll be ranked. If they take 2 or more Ls, then it will be a long time to get enough wins against a weaker ACC to get there.
 

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