AP rankings

[dvb91]

Please God, hold off on the TKR board jinx just this once...

Lol. Might 'lose' out alphabetically.

 

[superfan01]

Should be official in 2 hours. I’m very excited. Even more so since we have such a likable coach and team. Rare moment: I feel lucky to be a Rutgers fan!

(I am 39 this year)

right now I don’t think we are in. Several have kept us off the ballot. Hope im wrong

 

[MV9000]

I saw a few of the analysts post their submissions before 1 pm. Which is a joke to not consider the whole body of work for the week. Ignorance will keep us off if we are not in.

 

[RuSnp]

Should be official in 2 hours. I’m very excited. Even more so since we have such a likable coach and team. Rare moment: I feel lucky to be a Rutgers fan!

(I am 39 this year)

The nice thing about these "first in my lifetime" potential events is once you get good basically anything is possible (however remote) from there.

A win at Iowa and there will be a post on "can we win the BIG regular season championship."

 

[RUhobbit]

Ok, now you guys have me nervous. I thought it was a sure thing based on the last month of games I’ve been watching

 

[Zak57]

Ok, now you guys have me nervous. I thought it was a sure thing based on the last month of games I’ve been watching

Well it should be but there a lot of morons out there.

 

[scarletNJ49]

The nice thing about these "first in my lifetime" potential events is once you get good basically anything is possible (however remote) from there.

A win at Iowa and there will be a post on "can we win the BIG regular season championship."

in all seriousness, anything can happen, but if we steal Iowa, we have two very winnable home games and a proxy homegame at MSG against an up and down Michigan team. There is a chance to lock up a .500 conference record or better in the next two weeks which is insane we can even talk this way. Feb will be rough, but .500 in the big and 20 wins seems probable.

 

[theRU]

You wont have consistency across the board but if enough put us in somewhere and those who had us in move us into the top 20 or higher we get even more votes. It averages out.

 

[theRU]

I actually prefer if they leave us out... Feel the team will have a chip on their shoulder for iowa

 

[armenius]

I saw a few ballots this morning that had us at 21/22. Hopefully that offsets the lazy voters.

 

[LBusDoor90]

Call me a conspiracy theorist but we 1) are not remotely close to a Blue Blood and 2) I still think it irks the ESPN-ABC monster (and their affiliated media voters) when we got the golden ticket to the B10 (BTN/Fox) to foil their plans to dominate the NYC market with the addition of Cuse to the ACC that is totally beholden to them.
I think our ranking in the big 2 sports will always be suppressed (just like I think that bogus call against Louisville for the Big East title in football was by design).
I will now remove my tinfoil hat and wait patiently for noon.

 

[UMRU]

Who was watching RU basketball the last time RU they were ranked?

I got to see one game in the barn with Dad during the undefeated season.

That was so long ago that when there was a bad call and the entire crowd was chanting "bullsh*t" and I asked Dad what they were saying, he actually got very embarrassed.

 

[superfan01]

Call me a conspiracy theorist but we 1) are not remotely close to a Blue Blood and 2) I still think it irks the ESPN-ABC monster (and their affiliated media voters) when we got the golden ticket to the B10 (BTN/Fox) to foil their plans to dominate the NYC market with the addition of Cuse to the ACC that is totally beholden to them.
I think our ranking in the big 2 sports will always be suppressed (just like I think that bogus call against Louisville for the Big East title in football was by design).
I will now remove my tinfoil hat and wait patiently for noon.

Espn ran a nice story on their website about our team a week or so ago. Was the cover story on the b-ball page. So that puts your conspiracy to rest. Nice try.

 

[theRU]

I saw a few ballots this morning that had us at 21/22. Hopefully that offsets the lazy voters.

Yeah I saw 21 in a few spots... I think I've counted at least 20 votes across 4 ballots so far

 

[Arizona Knight]

Call me a conspiracy theorist but we 1) are not remotely close to a Blue Blood and 2) I still think it irks the ESPN-ABC monster (and their affiliated media voters) when we got the golden ticket to the B10 (BTN/Fox) to foil their plans to dominate the NYC market with the addition of Cuse to the ACC that is totally beholden to them.
I think our ranking in the big 2 sports will always be suppressed (just like I think that bogus call against Louisville for the Big East title in football was by design).
I will now remove my tinfoil hat and wait patiently for noon.

I’m sure this post would cause laughter around the water cooler in Bristol. Is ESPN more aligned with the SEC and ACC, of course. But to the point of suppressing votes for Rutgers of all teams, no. As you said yourself, that’s tinfoil hat stuff.

 

[LBusDoor90]

Espn ran a nice story on their website about our team a week or so ago. Was the cover story on the b-ball page. So that puts your conspiracy to rest. Nice try.

Lol A single story negates it all? Ooook. Yes, when hot, we are darlings.
But as long as we aren't in a conference they have a full hand in the cookie jar of, we are a bit of a red-headed stepchild to them with so many teams depending on eyeballs and talent from our area.

 

[LBusDoor90]

I’m sure this post would cause laughter around the water cooler in Bristol. Is ESPN more aligned with the SEC and ACC, of course. But to the point of suppressing votes for Rutgers of all teams, no. As you said yourself, that’s tinfoil hat stuff.

Fair enough. I'm 51 and feel like I've seen enough to at least be suspicious of the media in this day and age. I'm glad I could give them a chuckle in Bristol.

 

[soundcrib]

What’s a Rutgers?

 

[Scarlet Blind]

There is a site for all ap poll voters.

https://collegepolltracker.com/basketball/

 

[RW90]

Anyone else's <F5> key getting worn out this morning?

 

[soundcrib]

:Pray: :Praying:

 

[MadRU]

Gary Parrish CBS #25

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ime-since-1979/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[herdof3]

Not to derail this thread, but our starting lineup was something like:

1 Brian Ellerbe
2 Rich Brunson
3 Kevin Black
4 Clarence Tillman
5 Roy Hinson

I think Chris Remley (who had a really awesome gf back then) came off the bench.

In the ‘80 and 81 seasons, Kelvin Troy was our big upperclassman and a beast and was our 4. In the 82 and 83 seasons, John Battle was the underclassman and the off the bench spark plug with his speed and tenacious D.

Great fun back in my school days!

Chris is still married to that awesome gf!

 

[RUhobbit]

Guess it's not released at 12 noon? Is it delayed till tmrw because of the holiday?

 

[soundcrib]

 

[Big boy stan]

Rankings are fake, they are a constructed thing, like minutes on a clock. I can make a ranking, you can, and the general public has anointed a group of people to do theirs and then combines them to make an AP ranking. But none of it has any positive or negative effect of whether the ball goes in the Orange hoop or not

While what you say is true, getting a little number ahead of my team name makes me happy.

 

[Rhuarc]

Don't you get points for where you rank? Like if you're 21st, that's like getting 5 votes? If that's the case and people have us ranked 17, 18th, etc. isn't a no brainer that we're in? How many actual votes are there?

 

[CHR2022]

RUTGERS RANKED 24!!!!

 

[NickRU714]

Rankings are fake, they are a constructed thing, like minutes on a clock. I can make a ranking, you can, and the general public has anointed a group of people to do theirs and then combines them to make an AP ranking. But none of it has any positive or negative effect of whether the ball goes in the Orange hoop or not

I’m assuming you feel the same about “Recruiting Rankings” as well?

I've tried explaining that Recruiting Rankings are meaningless. Not a popular opinion around here.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

It been almost 40 years!

When is this damn poll getting released?

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

It happen! It finally happen!!

 

[soundcrib]

 

[RUScrew85]

Nailed it

John battle, Chris Remley, and Chris Neiberlein were the guys off the bench who played with Roy Hinson

Hinson frosh year includes kelvin Troy and Darryl Strickland off the bench with black

Hinson soph has no Darryl Strickland ...but added Clarence Tillman

Chris Remley was on my floor, Clothier 3rd, freshman year. Still see him once in a while. Great guy.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

I actually prefer if they leave us out... Feel the team will have a chip on their shoulder for iowa

Not me. We have to continue building a culture of winning, and that includes learning how to win while ahead, not merely behind. Also, it probably helps us in the final rankings that the committee sees we spent some time ranked during the season, not just toward the end, assuming we finish ranked.

 

[Scarlet83]

Chris is still married to that awesome gf!

Wow! Didn’t even know that they tied the knot. That is great to hear!