New Rankings

Should Florida be number #1? Well, they are in both the AP poll and the Coaches poll. But, let's not forget that they rank around 100 in their strength of schedule. We think that Wisconsin should be the number 1 team in the country. But what do we know?

We like the Coaches poll for the most part, though, because it represents very little bias and lots more knowledge than the AP.

But, it is late, so let's take a look at the rankings tomorrow.

We would like to point out that the AP has ranked Duke 14 (yesterday we noted they would drop to 14 or 15) and the Coaches poll has more realistically put them at 17. This is not a good team. They have a long season ahead of them, and, even at 17, they are ranked too high. In fact, they are the only ranked team with a losing record in their conference.

Enough of that.

Kansas knocked off Missouri at home tonight. This was close, but the Jayhawks have now won 10 straight. Lucky for them their next 4 games are against unranked teams. They have extremely well-balanced offensive and rebounding production--maybe the best in the country. But, let's face it, the Big 12 is not very strong this year. They may roll through the regular season but how they do in the Big 12 tourney will be the deciding factor in whether they will be #2 or #6 in whatever region they have to play in for the NCAA Tourney.

One of our favorites, Appalachian State, was left out of the rankings once again. With an RPI in the 30's, and if they win on Saturday against Davidson, App should be in the polls next week.

Marquette beat Louisville tonight, proving that the AP was right about ranking them #24. They do have a lot of proving to do, but don't forget they beat then #22 UConn and then #21 West Virgina. Overall, they seem to do well on the road.

Again, please tune in tomorrow as we will break down the top-25 and try to explain the RPI, which is consistantly wrong.

Less than 2 months until selection Sunday.