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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1198535, member: 362"]
Preseason polls tend to be a self fulfilling prophecy. It's easier to put KU in the top 5 and say "I told you theyd make the tourney" after the fact because they always do vs go out on a limb on a lessor known entity that could be top 5 but is also more likely to miss the tourney. Kansas will make the tourney but if you give that exact roster and current results to K State they wouldn't be ranked #5.

Same way the SEC football teams continuously jump other teams in the polls. Preseason rankings set the precident for SOS which is a big factor in teams rankings. If a mid level SEC team plays a highly ranked SEC team the mid level team get their ranking artificially inflated the week of the game so you can then look back and say "Miss State beat the #2, #6, and #8 teams in the nation!" and disregard the fact that that #2 is now #14 w/ 3 losses, #6 is now unranked w/ 4 losses, and #8 is now unranked  w/ 4 losses. The same folks will use the exact opposite agruement vs FSU and state "they haven't beaten a ranked team all season" at the end of the year despite the fact that at the time they played opponents ranked #5, #22, and #25 respectively. TCU has a better resume than Miss State if you take preseason rankings out of the equation, yet Miss State is ranked higher currently as example.
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