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zombie boy 2000
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Looks like the pride of Wisconsin is the new number one in this week's AP. Leap-frogged Ohio State to claim the prize...
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankingsindex
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I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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I'm actually shocked. This is right in terms of the season, but I'm shocked given the weekly 'snap shots' (which are what the polls are), which should have only put them back to #2. The Badgers didn't do anything to jump over tOSU last week. Although both Wisky and Florida beat them, so in that sense it's right.
BIG **** week for Wisconsin basketball since we have tOSU in Ohio. I'm skeered.
Also noticed the ESPN rankings aren't out yet. I wonder what'll happen if they rank tOSU #1.... :eek: -
Uh oh...
USA TODAY/ESPN men's basketball coaches' poll
Feb. 19, 2007
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank
1. Ohio State (17) 24-3 757 2
2. Wisconsin (10) 26-2 741 3
3. Florida (1) 24-3 710 1
4. UCLA (2) 23-3 682 7
5. North Carolina (1) 23-4 625 4
6. Kansas 23-4 604 8
7. Memphis 23-3 570 9
8. Pittsburgh 23-4 560 5
9. Texas A&M 22-4 542 6
10. Nevada 24-2 516 10
11. Washington State 22-4 483 11
12. Georgetown 20-5 409 16
13. Air Force 23-4 395 14
14. Southern Illinois 23-5 390 15
15. Butler 24-4 323 12
16. Marquette 21-7 184 13
17. Duke 20-7 157 NR
18. West Virginia 20-6 152 22
19. Virginia 18-7 141 NR
20. Texas 19-7 122 NR
21. Vanderbilt 18-8 118 NR
22. BYU 20-6 97 NR
23. Notre Dame 20-6 96 NR
24. Oregon 20-7 89 17
25. Alabama 19-7 75 NR
Dropped out: No. 18 Kentucky (18-8), No. 19 Indiana (17-8), No. 20 Oklahoma State (19-7), No. 21 Boston College (18-8), No. 23 Southern California (19-8), No. 24 Arizona (17-9), No. 25 Virginia Tech (18-8).
Others receiving votes: Louisville (19-8) 74; Virginia Tech 72; Southern California 65; Winthrop (23-4) 61; Boston College 33; Davidson (23-4) 31; Indiana 31; Kentucky 31; UNLV (22-6) 29; Arizona 19; Akron (20-5) 15; Stanford (17-8) 14; Oklahoma State 12; Maryland (20-7) 10; New Mexico State (20-6) 10; Appalachian State (21-6) 8; Vermont (21-6) 8; Creighton (18-9) 3; Virginia Commonwealth (22-6) 3; Xavier (19-7) 3; Kansas State (19-8) 2; Wright State (21-8) 2; Texas Tech (17-10) 1. -
Yeah... it's slightly odd, but well-deserved.
How 'bout the Cardinals?!? Two road wins against ranked Marquette and Pitt vaults them into the AP's twenty spot. They were completely off the radar a week ago. Not even on the bubble. And here they are, projected as a seventh seed by ESPN:eek:I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
Holy Crap!!!
And ESPN doesn't even have Louisville ranked!?!?!
wtf
It seems March is upon us...I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
As a Gopher fan, I find it hilarious how much better the Badgers are compared to the Gophers in most sports..
Guess that's what happens when you have a real athletic director and a nice campus stadium, eh?Pioneer Elite VSX-53, Polk RT800i fronts, Polk CS400i center, FX500i surround, Velodyne sub -
zombie boy 2000 wrote:Yeah... it's slightly odd, but well-deserved.
How 'bout the Cardinals?!? Two road wins against ranked Marquette and Pitt vaults them into the twenty spot. They were completely off the radar a week ago. Not even on the bubble. And here they are, projected as a seventh seed by ESPN:eek:
You can beat Marquette all day long as far as I'm concerned.
I don't think it is a stretch to call this upcoming week the biggest regular season week in the history of Wisconsin basketball. It certainly is one that will be the most anticipated of all time
The Badgers will be ranked anywhere from #1-3 with 2 tough road games looming.
Sweep both games and the Big Ten title is ours and a #1 seed in the NCAA tourney, and probably the #1 overall rankings heading into the tourney as well.
Split the games and we still have a chance to tie for the title depending on how things fall.
Lose both and hopefully our seed doesn't fall below a #2.
It is going to be a very nerve racking week for all of us Badger fans.
Of course, before the tOSU hype to build, we need to finish off MSU first, which can be tough. The Big 10 with home court advantage is like this:
Big 10 - 88.0%
SEC - 78.3%
MVC - 74.5%
Big East - 73.9%
Pac 10 - 71.9%
Big 12 - 71.6%
ACC - 69.8% -
Demiurge wrote:Uh oh...
USA TODAY/ESPN men's basketball coaches' poll
Feb. 19, 2007
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank
1. Ohio State (17) 24-3 757 2
2. Wisconsin (10) 26-2 741 3
3. Florida (1) 24-3 710 1
4. UCLA (2) 23-3 682 7
5. North Carolina (1) 23-4 625 4
6. Kansas 23-4 604 8
7. Memphis 23-3 570 9
8. Pittsburgh 23-4 560 5
9. Texas A&M 22-4 542 6
10. Nevada 24-2 516 10
11. Washington State 22-4 483 11
12. Georgetown 20-5 409 16
13. Air Force 23-4 395 14
14. Southern Illinois 23-5 390 15
15. Butler 24-4 323 12
16. Marquette 21-7 184 13
17. Duke 20-7 157 NR
18. West Virginia 20-6 152 22
19. Virginia 18-7 141 NR
20. Texas 19-7 122 NR
21. Vanderbilt 18-8 118 NR
22. BYU 20-6 97 NR
23. Notre Dame 20-6 96 NR
24. Oregon 20-7 89 17
25. Alabama 19-7 75 NR
Dropped out: No. 18 Kentucky (18-8), No. 19 Indiana (17-8), No. 20 Oklahoma State (19-7), No. 21 Boston College (18-8), No. 23 Southern California (19-8), No. 24 Arizona (17-9), No. 25 Virginia Tech (18-8).
Others receiving votes: Louisville (19-8) 74; Virginia Tech 72; Southern California 65; Winthrop (23-4) 61; Boston College 33; Davidson (23-4) 31; Indiana 31; Kentucky 31; UNLV (22-6) 29; Arizona 19; Akron (20-5) 15; Stanford (17-8) 14; Oklahoma State 12; Maryland (20-7) 10; New Mexico State (20-6) 10; Appalachian State (21-6) 8; Vermont (21-6) 8; Creighton (18-9) 3; Virginia Commonwealth (22-6) 3; Xavier (19-7) 3; Kansas State (19-8) 2; Wright State (21-8) 2; Texas Tech (17-10) 1.
wtf?
Where are the Gophers? They only lost to OS by 18 Pioneer Elite VSX-53, Polk RT800i fronts, Polk CS400i center, FX500i surround, Velodyne sub -
krabby5 wrote:As a Gopher fan, I find it hilarious how much better the Badgers are compared to the Gophers in most sports..
Guess that's what happens when you have a real athletic director and a nice campus stadium, eh?
It's all about recruiting. MN needs to be dedicated to building a contender, but that usually requires a coach who won't use your school as a stepping stone to bigger programs in all sports.
It doesn't help that 60% of your seats were filled with Badger fans last week, and the rest were Gophers, or empty.
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Demiurge wrote:The Big 10 with home court advantage is like this:
Big 10 - 88.0%
Unbelievable... that almost seems unprecedented:eek:I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
zombie boy 2000 wrote:Unbelievable... that almost seems unprecedented:eek:
It is, 2005 the SEC was at 85.7% and the Big 10 was 83.9%
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I've never seen a non OSU fan do that. It usually drives people nuts.Demiurge wrote:tOSU
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tryrrthg wrote:I've never seen a non OSU fan do that. It usually drives people nuts.
Go Bucks!
I respect the conference.
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The Fighting Banana Slugs of Santa Clara?
btw Demi... I saw Patrick Hallahan pushing a grocery cart through the ice cream aisle at Kroger on Friday night:DI never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
zombie boy 2000 wrote:The Fighting Banana Slugs of Santa Clara?
btw Demi... I saw Patrick Hallahan pushing a grocery cart through the ice cream aisle at Kroger on Friday night:D
Hope he was buying Chinese food so he could brush up on his chops.
God, I hate this BBall pressure already. Almost wish they were just #2 now.
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Demiurge wrote:Hope he was buying Chinese food so he could brush up on his chops.
God, I hate this BBall pressure already. Almost wish they were just #2 now.
Too funny... there will be plenty of time for number #2. Be careful whatcha wish for:D At least now you have the rare luxury of simultaneously wearing the target and playing the underdog. Come to think of it.... I would have to guess that this is the first time a #1 (who is really #2) played a #2 (who is really #1).
I think the universe just imploded...I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
zombie boy 2000 wrote:Too funny... there will be plenty of time for number #2. Be careful whatcha wish for:D At least now you have the rare luxury of simultaneously wearing the target and playing the underdog. Come to think of it.... I would have to guess that this is the first time a #1 (who is really #2) played a #2 (who is really #1).
I think the universe just imploded...
Wisconsin is #1 legitimately, if you look at the season so far. If you take the last 3 weeks, they're #2. Nothing happened in those few weeks to warrant the leap frog, granted Wisconsin's loss to Indiana shouldn't have put them behind tOSU to begin with, but I digress...
It's just nice to finally see some voters with common sense in sports.
We beat Ohio State at home, have actually beaten teams in the top 25, and have a better record. I'm still surprised it happened.
I know who I think the better team is. tOSU has the freak of nature in Oden (who should be carbon dated, I mean the dude looks 40), but Wisconsin has unmatched depth with a great coach, and the deserving POY. It's really Wisconsins to lose, but there's no discounting the effect of Big 10 home courts. They're a HUGE edge in any game. I don't care who you are. -
Demiurge wrote:It's all about recruiting. MN needs to be dedicated to building a contender, but that usually requires a coach who won't use your school as a stepping stone to bigger programs in all sports.
It doesn't help that 60% of your seats were filled with Badger fans last week, and the rest were Gophers, or empty.
That's because no one cares about this team right now...
when Clem was here, that place was one of the toughest places for opponents to play...always packed and a tough ticket to get..Pioneer Elite VSX-53, Polk RT800i fronts, Polk CS400i center, FX500i surround, Velodyne sub -
krabby5 wrote:That's because no one cares about this team right now...
when Clem was here, that place was one of the toughest places for opponents to play...always packed and a tough ticket to get..
They need to get another Coach Haskins then, IMO.
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Demiurge wrote:They need to get another Coach Haskins then, IMO.
I agree...just don't get caught this time:D
by the way, I went to the Badger-Gopher B-ball game at the Kohl Center last year (We were visiting our old college roommate who has connections)..that was awesome..nice atmosphere there..and the people around us knew we were Gopher fans...they were real respectful ... kinda surprised me;)
yer not all bad...:)Pioneer Elite VSX-53, Polk RT800i fronts, Polk CS400i center, FX500i surround, Velodyne sub -
krabby5 wrote:I agree...just don't get caught this time:D
by the way, I went to the Badger-Gopher B-ball game at the Kohl Center last year (We were visiting our old college roommate who has connections)..that was awesome..nice atmosphere there..and the people around us knew we were Gopher fans...they were real respectful ... kinda surprised me;)
yer not all bad...:)
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Wisconsins' sports programs are looking good. First the football team, and now basketball. I think that Oden will need a big night when the Badgers come visiting. Would be nice to see Oden return to OSU for his sophmore year though.
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So who will knock KU out of the first round this year?!? Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
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krabby5 wrote:That's because no one cares about this team right now...
when Clem was here, that place was one of the toughest places for opponents to play...always packed and a tough ticket to get..
No one really seems to care about ANY Minnesota teams anymore. Woohoo, we're funding a stadium with extra Minneapolis tax. Maybe we'll care then. -
oops...
that was a short stint.I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
*whew*
Illinois no longer has the Big Ten record for shortest tenure at #1... thanks Wisconsin! -
Well... don't count out North Carolina losing to rival NC State or possibly Maryland. I believe LSU will now start playing for their lives and could possibly upset Florida.
Wisconsin beats Ohio State and the song remains the same for another week...I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore -
dane_peterson wrote:No one really seems to care about ANY Minnesota teams anymore. Woohoo, we're funding a stadium with extra Minneapolis tax. Maybe we'll care then.
It's funny how other people rip on MN for their fan support and how their team travels so well......
What do you expect? We get the most pompous **** coaches, who can't coach or recruit..They can't even keep the top MN high school kids from going elsewhere..
We have 3 MAJOR sports teams sharing the absolute WORST excuse for a stadium ever..(the Twins, Gopher football, and the Vikings)..
Gopher basketball can't win without cheating, the Timberwolves are a laughing stock..They get caught cheating and are penalized by not getting first round picks for 5 years..and all of that for JOE SMITH (AKA not Michael Jordan):rolleyes:
I don't think it's a coincidence that Gopher hockey and the Wild ALWAYS sell out..they put out a quality product with people in charge who know what the hell they are doing..
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Yeah, that was fun while it lasted.
Talk about a guy just being on FIRE. Nietzel was crazy. Good game by MSU.
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Congrats to the Buckeyes for a hard fought victory. Sad to see my team lose such a heart breaker, but good to see the Big 10 getting so much recognition.
How about Brian Butch? Owwwwwwwww...nearly lost my lunch having to see that one.
