Princeton has beaten nobody. They actually should be outside the top ten. Through 4 games they have a very poor resume. Only wins are Monmouth and Manhattan…not goodAt this point you could argue that RU should be 4th or 5th nationally behind UVA, ND, Cornell, and maybe Princeton.
We will know for sure after next week, but I can’t see putting Princeton ahead of us at this point. They have beaten no one and lost to a good but not great Maryland team and gave G’town their first win.At this point you could argue that RU should be 4th or 5th nationally behind UVA, ND, Cornell, and maybe Princeton.
We will know for sure after next week, but I can’t see putting Princeton ahead of us at this point. They have beaten no one and lost to a good but not great Maryland team and gave G’town their first win.
Right now it is UVa out front by a decent margin. I’d put Cornell and ND about even but good distance behind UVa. After that I think you could put Maryland, OSU, Duke and Rutgers in any order. I’d put Loyola just being that group with a chance to jump ahead with a win over Duke, which would also be great for us.
Loyola is in the group with RU, MD, OSU, and Duke right now…need to apply consistent logic…see Loyola v UMD H2HWe will know for sure after next week, but I can’t see putting Princeton ahead of us at this point. They have beaten no one and lost to a good but not great Maryland team and gave G’town their first win.
Right now it is UVa out front by a decent margin. I’d put Cornell and ND about even but good distance behind UVa. After that I think you could put Maryland, OSU, Duke and Rutgers in any order. I’d put Loyola just being that group with a chance to jump ahead with a win over Duke, which would also be great for us.
Obviously I’ll be at a Duke Friday night but I think I’m gonna go to Chapel Hill on Sat to catch that Brown v UNC game before I grab my flight back to Detroit Sat night…I’d like to get a close look at both those teams…I'd put Loyola in that group of 5 after the clear #1 and the next 2. Interesting 2 weeks coming up for Tobacco Road as Duke plays Loyola and UNC with the other game Brown visiting the Tar Heels. And Penn St may check in at #10 tomorrow. Princeton KNOWS the their tourney chances, outside of an AQ, ride on a win this week. That one will be a war.
You are right. I was looking at it through purely an RU lens — we beat them so they must be behind us. But objectively speaking, Loyola is our best win and our loss to Army is worse than their loss to us. So realistically they deserve to be ahead of us at this point regardless of the head to head outcome.Loyola is in the group with RU, MD, OSU, and Duke right now…need to apply consistent logic…see Loyola v UMD H2H
I’m an RU fan as you know…RU owns the head to head over Loyola so RU is the better team…but Loyola’s schedule is better to date and they handled UMD by 5 goals…not to mention they pounded Hopkins. So if UMD is in that group then Loyola is ahead of them based on H2H logic that was applied to RU v Loyola…
Now as you note and I noted in a thread here somewhere…two very big games next week
Princeton v RU…Princeton has beaten NOBODY…they have zero quality wins…RU honestly needs this win like they needed the Loyola win. GO RU!
Loyola v Duke. If Loyola goes to Duke and wins, they hold as many chips in the “at large” game as anyone in the country with the OOC schedule and results.
These are two very big games…they will both be tough games but both are win-able
I’m not necessarily saying Loyola is ahead of RU. I’m a huge H2H guy…especially if teams are similar. My only point is Loyola is right there in that next group of 4-5 teams not named UVA, ND, and Cornell…G
You are right. I was looking at it through purely an RU lens — we beat them so they must be behind us. But objectively speaking, Loyola is our best win and our loss to Army is worse than their loss to us. So realistically they deserve to be ahead of us at this point regardless of the head to head outcome.