Graham Couch's AP Basketball Ballot

[Purdue0034]

Anyone else read this article?

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...h-ap-basketball-ballot-explanation/960835001/

Unbelievable! He has Arizona ranked 18th and Purdue ranked 21st. We didn't just beat Arizona we crushed them! In his mind its like the game never happened. Man, some people just have no business having a ballot. No wonder we always seem to get screwed when it comes to tournament seeding when you have people like Graham having an influence on rankings. He also states that home wins over lower major competition means nothing. What? So beating Northwestern at home means nothing? Sure its not like a true road win but it is still a solid win. He has Texas at 7 and 3 ranked 13th and he still has Notre Dame ranked. What a bunch of nonsense!

 

[DrEss]

He may have been at a kid’s function or raking leaves or feeding the cattle when our games have been on. I say, give him a break. Until Purdue is able to put up an NCAA Champs banner, we will never be at the forefront of the voter’s minds and lists.

 

[Purdue0034]

He may have been at a kid’s function or raking leaves or feeding the cattle when our games have been on. I say, give him a break. Until Purdue is able to put up an NCAA Champs banner, we will never be at the forefront of the voter’s minds and lists.

Man, I don't know! I need to defend the home turf when I see an injustice done! If the dude is too busy to pay attention to reality then maybe he should resign his spot on the ballot. Just because we haven't won a modern day NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is no reason to accept being disrespected in my opinion.

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

Love how he gives his rationale and then proceeds to not really follow it when it comes to Purdue. Dumb

 

[Knights2715]

Love how he gives his rationale and then proceeds to not really follow it when it comes to Purdue. Dumb

Exactly! He claims to have no bias, then proceeds to show extreme bias for/against certain teams. I made the mistake of reading that article late last night and then couldn’t sleep because it was infuriating.

 

[Emartin70287]

Could he maybe look at kenpom, bpi, sagarin please? Apparently that isnt a factor at all. One of his arguments was texas having two ot losses. didnt we have 1? And beating arizona was dismissed cause they were having a bad weak? So did we!

 

[FirstDownB]

Why do you have Arizona above Purdue?
-->Because you can't just look at a singular game result.

Why do you have Michigan State as #1?
-->Because they beat North Carolina.

Flawless and consistent logic

 

[PU pit bull]

And this line of thinking continues all the way to March..........maybe that's why it is madness

It is anything but objective$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Boiler BCT 93]

I get that Purdue thumped Arizona head to head. Everyone was thumping Arizona then. It was "thump Arizona week" in the Bahamas.

Well hello, it was also "thump Purdue" Week

 

[JaxBoiler]

I get that Purdue thumped Arizona head to head. Everyone was thumping Arizona then. It was "thump Arizona week" in the Bahamas.

Well hello, it was also "thump Purdue" Week

Just to be clear, "Thump Arizona week" equals two 6 point losses that were back and forth games and one 25 point a$s-whooping the entire game
.... and "thump Purdue" week equals a very close OT loss that Purdue had a 3 point lead until they didn't foul and they hit a 3 a the end to tie it, and a 4-point loss to a not so bad team, excited to knock off a dissapointed team that expected to play Villanova and Arizona/SMu in the next two days, that thought they could out-shoot when Haas was doubled, and a 25 win?

 

[Inspector100]

Just to be clear, "Thump Arizona week" equals two 6 point losses that were back and forth games and one 25 point a$s-whooping the entire game
.... and "thump Purdue" week equals a very close OT loss that Purdue had a 3 point lead until they didn't foul and they hit a 3 a the end to tie it, and a 4-point loss to a not so bad team, excited to knock off a dissapointed team that expected to play Villanova and Arizona/SMu in the next two days, that thought they could out-shoot when Haas was doubled, and a 25 win?

And you got all of that into one sentence. Well done!

 

[njm8845]

And you got all of that into one sentence. Well done!

And even phrased it in the form of a question... double points!

 

[gelesen]

He may have been at a kid’s function or raking leaves or feeding the cattle when our games have been on. I say, give him a break. Until Purdue is able to put up an NCAA Champs banner, we will never be at the forefront of the voter’s minds and lists.

I'm tired of this argument. Arizona St doesn't have to earn it by going to a final 4. They're just having a good year so far and have already jumped into the top 10.

 

[IlluminatiEXPOSETHEMNOW1]

Anyone else read this article?

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...h-ap-basketball-ballot-explanation/960835001/

Unbelievable! He has Arizona ranked 18th and Purdue ranked 21st. We didn't just beat Arizona we crushed them! In his mind its like the game never happened. Man, some people just have no business having a ballot. No wonder we always seem to get screwed when it comes to tournament seeding when you have people like Graham having an influence on rankings. He also states that home wins over lower major competition means nothing. What? So beating Northwestern at home means nothing? Sure its not like a true road win but it is still a solid win. He has Texas at 7 and 3 ranked 13th and he still has Notre Dame ranked. What a bunch of nonsense!

Who cares those rankings are all about bias. It's all rigged. The gig is rigged.

 

[IndySouthsider]

Shocking

A Lansing writer voted MSU #1.

 

[heytherehoodoo]

Who cares? Find something important in life too get up in arms about. Too many crybabies on this board. WAY too many.

 

[Emartin70287]

Thats kind of the whole point of this forum; to debate basketball. Thats why we are here. Im confused as to why you are here. So you can call people disagreeing with this guy crybabies? Nobody here is crying, just you being an asshat. I can get up in arms over other stuff, like net nuetrality for example, but that not really the context of this forum is it...Its Purdue basketball.

 

[BoilerGal74]

Politics are politics.... The competitiveness of the B1G is no exception. Cynic that I am, I don't believe this is anything but politics. But if we take care of business he will only be shown for the hack he is.

 

[Do Dah Day]

Politics are politics.... The competitiveness of the B1G is no exception. Cynic that I am, I don't believe this is anything but politics. But if we take care of business he will only be shown for the hack he is.

But ... but .... but ... let's illuminate hackiness NOW ... I am an impatient guy ... and he need to be illuminated.

 

[BoilerGal74]

But ... but .... but ... let's illuminate hackiness NOW ... I am an impatient guy ... and he need to be illuminated.

...And you did it so well

 

[Do Dah Day]

...And you did it so well

thank you ... thank you very much!

You ain't nuthin but a hound dog ... cryin' all the time ...

 

[Purdue85]

That guy is a clown with a keyboard and MS Word.

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