JWill likes the Huskies

[JBG4]

Nice little conversation at the end of the USC game. J Will argued that UConn’s body of work makes us the best team in the country. Hopefully the media agrees come Monday.

 

[That Guy]

No chance we'll be #1. I bet they'll still have Houston in front of us as well.

Will likely be:
1. Purdue
2. Kansas
3. Houston
4. UConn
5. Arizona

 

[brihman]

I’d flip us with Houston. I don’t think they should be as highly ranked unless they beat Texas and Kansas in a couple weeks.

 

[Devland]

I kind of like not being number 1. I like the disrespect angle.

 

[J187Money]

Houston is still undefeated. That counts. And the computers love them. All I care about is a one seed. And that is 100% in our control.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

No chance we'll be #1. I bet they'll still have Houston in front of us as well.

Will likely be:
1. Purdue
2. Kansas
3. Houston
4. UConn
5. Arizona

1. Purdue
2. Kansas
3. UConn
4. Houston
5. Arizona

Houston hasn't beat anybody to deserve that spot. It should be Arizona at 4 but the rankings will keep them there just simply for being undefeated.

 

[61cygni]

I don't think Arizona drops that far

 

[CashewCrew]

I don't think Arizona drops that far

Me neith. They'll stay ahead of us

 

[TheHorde]

Did he give a shout out to that Clinger guy?

 

[shizzle787]

This is what it will be.

 

[Hoophound]

If we’d won at KU, we’d be #1. I’m fine with anything top 5. It seems like all the talking heads realize we have the highest ceiling. We need Castle to arrive to be the best team in the country.

 

[tzznandrew]

I kind of like not being number 1. I like the disrespect angle.

Give me #1. I want multiple weeks at #1. That comes with many long-lasting benefits. It's no surprise we were #1 years before we won a title.

Obviously titles trump mid-year attention. But there's real clout that comes with #1, and it says something about the health of your program. We have 5 titles with 3 different coaches. No one is overlooking us anymore.

 

[tzznandrew]

They shouldn't have jumped us with their win @ Duke, and they should fall behind us with this loss. The game wasn't even close and we beat a team ranked in the Top 10 by double digits this week essentially on the road.

What will it be? Probably this. Which is dumb.

 

[Waquoit]

Bottom line, nothing out there scares me as a fan of UConn.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Nice little conversation at the end of the USC game. J Will argued that UConn’s body of work makes us the best team in the country. Hopefully the media agrees come Monday.

If it was anyone other than Jay Williams it’d be more meaningful. He may be sincere or he may still be trying to atone for his bizarre game call, digressions and general inanity during UConn v Indiana.

 

[HooperScooper]

FWIW. UConn #4 here.

College basketball rankings: Purdue reclaims top spot in Top 25 And 1 after impressive win over Arizona

The Boilermakers have the best résumé of any team in position for the No. 1 spot

www.cbssports.com

And Borges has the Huskies #3.

How close is UConn men's basketball team to No. 1 on David Borges' weekly AP Top 25 ballot​

 

[Kitaman]

How many Championships have we won being number 1 in the Nation at Tourney start? We already know we have the best team in basketball.

Just saying we've won with unfavorable seeding, good seeding, local seeding, etc..
When you have 5 Championships, we simply know how to get it done, whatever we are ranked.

To me top 5 is the sweet spot, until Conference Tourney time.

 

[BGesus4]

How many Championships have we won being number 1 in the Nation at Tourney start? We already know we have the best team in basketball.

Just saying we've won with unfavorable seeding, good seeding, local seeding, etc..
When you have 5 Championships, we simply know how to get it done, whatever we are ranked.

To me top 5 is the sweet spot, until Conference Tourney time.

65%. Our championship last year broke a streak of five straight 1-seed champions.

Seeds of NCAA Tournament Champions - BracketResearch.com

Tables show how many times each seed has won the NCAA Tournament and the seed of each champ for every tournament.

bracketresearch.com

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I kind of like not being number 1. I like the disrespect angle.

Complete and utter disrespect to be ranked 5 out of 350+ basketball teams.

 

[UconnFanDC]

No chance we'll be #1. I bet they'll still have Houston in front of us as well.

Will likely be:
1. Purdue
2. Kansas
3. Houston
4. UConn
5. Arizona

I actually think they'll go Purdue, Kansas, Uconn, Zona then Houston

 

[superjohn]

65%.

What?

 

[Kembacity]

Give me #1. I want multiple weeks at #1. That comes with many long-lasting benefits. It's no surprise we were #1 years before we won a title.

Obviously titles trump mid-year attention. But there's real clout that comes with #1, and it says something about the health of your program. We have 5 titles with 3 different coaches. No one is overlooking us anymore.

Hard disagree that being #1 means much. I can agree that since we’ve been to the depths and now returned there’s something there, but if you’re hovering in the top 5 and when talking heads talk “who’s the best?” They mention you, you have the value that comes with being #1.

Anyone who pays attention knows who we are this season, so I don’t think flat out being #1 is getting us better recruits at this point

 

[BGesus4]

What?

My bad, omission on my post. 65% of Championships are won by a 1 seed.