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OSU should be the new #1

  • SportsAndLady
    KU
    top 50 7-2
    top 100 15-2

    UT
    top 50 7-2
    top 100 10-4

    Duke
    top 50 6-2
    top 100 14-2

    Pitt
    top 50 7-3
    top 100 12-3

    OSU
    top 50 7-2
    top 100 13-2

    It's literally a toss up for new #1...not that it really matters anyway, but it is fun to debate about.
  • Prescott
    St. Johns beat duke and Pitt. Let's vote them #1.
  • slingshot4ever
    I just don't want to see them lose their 1 seed or opening rounds in Cleveland.
  • ytownfootball
    ccrunner609;685160 wrote:ok as long as the other nuthuggers realize that losing to an unranked team that has beat 5 other ranked teams makes your loss not bad.

    You critiquing nut huggers humors me.
  • reclegend22
    ytownfootball wrote:Say what you want, but this has validity. Do you go to Ohio State sleeper?
    If the above post is in reference to Duke's two losses coming to "garbage teams," then come on. Stop it.

    St. John's is proving to be a very good basketball team (wins over Pitt, Georgetown, Duke, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Cincy, Marquette, etc.) and will be in the NCAA Tournament. Florida State is also an NCAA team at this point, and if/when Singleton returns, will also be a dangerous team. The Seminoles are one of the nation's most efficient defensive teams, and Duke lost to them on the road.

    As for sleeper, as I said before, there are cups of orange juice with more intellect.
  • ytownfootball
    reclegend22;685168 wrote:If the above post is in reference to Duke's two losses coming to "garbage teams," then come on. Stop it.

    St. John's is proving to be a very good basketball team (wins over Pitt, Georgetown, Duke, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Cincy, Marquette, etc.) and will be in the NCAA Tournament. Florida State is also an NCAA team at this point, and if/when Singleton returns, will also be a dangerous team. The Seminoles are one of the nation's most efficient defensive teams, and Duke lost to them on the road.

    As for sleeper, as I said before, there are cups of orange juice with more intellect.

    A little tongue in cheek but OSU did beat FSU ON THE ROAD so ranking Duke ahead of them would be a little what have you done for me lately more than anything.
  • ytownfootball
    ccrunner609;685182 wrote:after Duke lost their best player....Does OSU beat FSU without Lighty or Sullenger......NO.

    You know what they say about assumptions crunner....
  • ts1227
    ytownfootball;685128 wrote:When...exactly...did basketball polls become relevant?

    It got 60 posts in no time flat here...

    On that note, when will you all learn to not post on sleeper threads? smh.
  • ytownfootball
    ts1227;685187 wrote:It got 60 posts in no time flat here...

    On that note, when will you all learn to not post on sleeper threads? smh.

    When did message boards become relevant?

    Thanks.
  • ytownfootball
    ccrunner609;685189 wrote:by reading thi stuff, the ass-u part is already covered

    congratulations...again.
  • Laley23
    wildcats20;685058 wrote:They will be.

    Yes, but SJ may be ranked, and he left that out saying they are an unranked team.
  • sleeper
    ytownfootball;685031 wrote:Say what you want, but this has validity. Do you go to Ohio State sleeper?

    Yes I do.
  • SportsAndLady
    ccrunner609;685180 wrote: If OSU, Texas, Kansas lost their best player...they would of dropped 3-4 games.

    Texas has already lost 3-4 games, but you can take out Hamilton or Thompson and they would probably still be where they are now, maybe a loss or two more. Kansas, you can take off anyone on their roster, they would still be where they are now. They are so deep, they can afford to lose some players, and they already have with Selby missing the first 9 games of the season and a few games of late via injuries. OSU I think would have the biggest issue with an injury, because they really only go 6 or 7 deep. But I still think they would be a top 10 team if they lost Sullinger or anyone else in their starting lineup.

    Look at Purdue, they lost Hummel and are in the top 10.
  • Laley23
    I want to know how Irving became the best player after his injury. When pre-injury all I heard was Smith and Singler.
  • reclegend22
    Irving was averaging 17 points and 5 assists a game. If he wasn't the best, he was a top three point guard in the country. A complete game-changer. When he comes back in the next two weeks, the rest of the country will begin to see just how good Duke was before he left the court.
  • ironman02
    ccrunner,

    I thought you wanted Seth Curry to run the point. Before the season started, you wanted nothing to do with Irving running the show right out of the gate. Then you told us all how right you were about Curry after the Carolina game. Now Irving is the best player on the team?

    Seriously, though, Irving is definitely one of the best PGs in the nation. However, Duke's best player is Nolan Smith, and it's not even close.

    rec,

    Is Irving definitely coming back?
  • Ironman92
    San Diego State's best win?...only have 1 fewer loss. I can see them above Texas and maybe Pitt...but not Duke, Kansas or OSU
  • sleeper
    Laley23;685249 wrote:I want to know how Irving became the best player after his injury. When pre-injury all I heard was Smith and Singler.

    They need an excuse for when they flop out in the sweet 16 like they always do.
  • CinciX12
    sleeper;685476 wrote:They need an excuse for when they flop out in the sweet 16 like they always do.

    They won the national title last year you fucking idiot. How do they flop out in the sweet 16 like they always do when they accomplished what the rest of us all tried to do?
  • reclegend22
    ironman02 wrote:rec,

    Is Irving definitely coming back?
    As with anything in life -- except for maybe Karl Hess being a self-absorbed son of a bitch -- nothing is a guarantee. However, from what I am hearing/reading between the lines, both from Duke people who are generally "in the know" and interviews with staff, things are progressing better than anyone anticipated to this point. Many in Blue Devil nation are thinking a return by Carolina, if not before. I stress thinking, but I am actually very optimistic at this point that Duke will have Irving on the floor in the next 10 to 13 days.

    If there is one thing I am certain about, it is this: If Kyrie is indeed coming back, he will be playing in Chapel Hill.
  • hoops23
    I hope Duke doesn't rush Irving back, because the Cavs will need him at 100% next season. :)
  • reclegend22
    hoops23 wrote:I hope Duke doesn't rush Irving back, because the Cavs will need him at 100% next season.
    I'm just glad you appreciate our floor general's talents so much. That's a really comforting thing to read from a Tar Heel (or is it a Buckeye, at least for 2010 to 2011ish?:)).

    From my angle of things, I would think you would be hoping Irving gets as generous a taste of victory as he can while still in Durham so that he can bring some of it with him to Akron North. Shawn Kemp isn't walking through that door. Then again, why would you want him to? You're already fucked:)
  • wildcats20
    I hope Duke doesn't rush Irving back, because the Cavs will need him at 100% next season.
    I'm just glad you appreciate our floor general's talents so much. That's really comforting thing to read from a Tar Heel (or is it a Buckeye, at least for 2010 to 2011ish? ;)).

    From my angle of things, I would think you would be hoping Irving gets as generous a taste of victory as he can while still in Durham so that he can bring some of it with him to Akron North. Shawn Kemp isn't walking through that door. Then again, why would you want him to? You're already fucked:)
    A fat, 75 year old Kemp would start for the current Cavs
  • sleeper
    CinciX12;685483 wrote:They won the national title last year you fucking idiot. How do they flop out in the sweet 16 like they always do when they accomplished what the rest of us all tried to do?

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anomaly
  • reclegend22
    http://www.cocaine.org/justsayno.html