National ranking - curious if the #6 WIS road win moves the needle?
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I'm fine with not being #1. We'd be the overall #1 seed in the tournament if the regular season ended today.
Staying at 2 is fine, UCONN is the defending champion, let them stay at 1.
Why the hell do we want to be #1? Usually always ends quickly in an upset on the road by a conference bottom dweller.
I don't think enough national voters have their head pulled out of their ass enough to 1) notice and 2) make a flip. Most are going to keep #1 where they are until they lose. Ok with me.
I want Purdue to be #1 on April 9. Until then, I just want Purdue to keep winning and put themselves in the best possible position.
Keep getting better too. Today was our best defensive effort I’d say. Offense wasn’t bad either but wasn’t our best execution. Hopefully, both sides will be put together and make us super tough to beat.
It might be closer but not close enough to matter. UConn won a nice road game yesterday fairly easily.
10 voters had someone other than Purdue and UConn in their top 2. 9 had Purdue #3, 1 had UConn #3. Both of those teams that were ahead lost in UNC and Houston. So Purdue will gain points on UConn no matter what.
10 voters had someone other than Purdue and UConn in their top 2. 9 had Purdue #3, 1 had UConn #3. Both of those teams that were ahead lost in UNC and Houston. So Purdue will gain points on UConn no matter what.
No won’t happen , North Carolina lost an embarrassing game to a sun .500 team earlier in the week
Not likely. I was stunned at how so many on social media thought UCONN separated themselves from the rest of college basketball yesterday with a 13-point win over unranked St. Johns. UCONN might be better than Purdue. We'll see. But I'm not sure how that win does much to prove it. UCONN's got a cakewalk until their last 5 conference games. Purdue's conference schedule lightens up until their last 3 games in March.
Social media is the ultimate echo chamber for confirmation bias. Ignorant masses. Agree that UConn might be better than Purdue (so might UNC at their best), but their resume doesn't reflect that.
Good Post.
My eye test tells me Uconn may be better than us right now, but their resume is for sure behind ours. I don't see how beating St.Johns changes anything.
Agree. St. John's is worse than NU (IMO) and while it was technically a road game for UConn, those games at MSG typically have more UConn fans than opposing team fans.
Like where we are at #2 - looks like UCONN and Purdue have separated themselves from the pack a bit. Toughest schedule, #1 offense and #13 defense in Kenpom - complete team and possibly the best Purdue team I’ve seen. We are winning games - last two especially - that we lose in prior years. Keep working, pound IU on Saturday, and keep this train rolling!
Stay at 2, we get Midwest, UConn gets East, everyone is happy.
I’m confident the needle will move for Wisconsin as they will no longer be in the top 10 after two losses last week. After their first loss, our victory was not as significant to voters and Purdue will remain #2. It was a nice win. But so was UNC and Kansas wins over much better and more respected teams. When looking at Wisconsin’s overall season were they really deserving of being a top 10 rated team?
Yes and we could still be the number one overall seed by the end of the season in Detroit which is all we should really care about
I'll just never understand the mentality on this board shared by so many to be #2 or lower rather than #1.
Because we are still the number one overall seed so it’s irrelevant
The point is it doesn't matter. We get Detroit either way. UConn gets East either way. Houston (probably) gets South either way if the are top 4 and then whomever is left gets West.
Barring a collapse I don't think Kansas is passing us.
I’ve seen a bracket on line that has Mich St at the #4 seed in Detroit. Not sure I’d want to play MSU in Detroit.
You would think the committee would never do that to the overall #1 seed, but as we know, it's happened before. Way too early to do that deep of speculating anyway. Maybe you can pencil in the 1s and a couple 2s, but that's about it. And the 16s by conference.
Still a long way to go, but as I said in another thread, Purdue and UConn seem to be on a collision course like Baylor and Gonzaga in 2021.
Keep winning, and #1 overall is there for Purdue. I don't think we win out, but I don't expect any other teams to do so either.
They will have to win a LOT of games in the next month to get a 4 seed.
I was gonna say that too. On the matrix there's 1 5-seed, 1 6-seed, and then the majority are 9-11, with a few missing.
If I understand the bracketing rules correctly, that could only happen if at least 5 B1G teams ended up getting top 4 seeds. That would mean Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, MSU, and then Northwestern and/or Nebraska getting top 4 seeds---possible, but unlikely at this point.
NCAA bracketing procedure (from last year): Each of the first four teams selected from a conference shall be placed in different regions if they are seeded on the first four lines.
I would highly doubt the BIG 10 commish would allow Purdue to face MSU as a 4th seed at Detroit. This is why I don’t place much faith in ratings in January and February or early bracket predictions. Early rankings are kind of meaningless.
I also don’t understand fans who get upset Purdue is not #1 in January and February. The only thing that really matters is Purdue’s rating in April. Being #1 in January and February is not going to help Purdue win games against Illinois, UW and IU.
I also don’t understand fans who get upset Purdue is not #1 in January and February. The only thing that really matters is Purdue’s rating in April. Being #1 in January and February is not going to help Purdue win games against Illinois, UW and IU.
If the context is seeding, then I agree with you. If we're talking about being ranked #1 in polls, I'd argue it does matter albeit not to everyone I suppose.
Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right on that one. Just goes to show you that not everyone who does brackets for a hobby knows 100% what they're doing, especially when it comes to the bracketing.
There's also rules for conference rematches, depending on how many times teams played each other in the regular season. Different for playing once vs twice vs 3 times. So we could theoretically play Michigan State before we played Northwestern or Illinois or Wisconsin.
B1G commish has nothing to do with the selection of teams or where they play. He isn't on the committee.
And even if he was, which is possible, he can't be in the room when B1G teams are being discussed.
Don't think fans are upset as much as they are wishful. It absolutely does matter if we are #1. Notoriety and exposure for the university and it helps in recruiting. Yes, we want to be #1 in April but we also have to build the future.
Recruiting season is over! What counts most for notoriety is an NCAA championship not your bragging at some bar or online in February . So I guess you want to go to IU’s forum and brag we’re #1 before the game like that’s going to matter?
As I said, win a championship and you won’t have to worry about the future . Lose in the first or second round and it won’t matter what your rating in February is. Just ask Bulunga why he chose Kansas over Purdue. My guess is it had nothing to do with our February ranking. In recruiting there is only one ranking that matters and that’s the one given out in April after the dance. Our rating is not what influenced any of our current players. Just ask Edey or Catchings why they chose Purdue. I’ll bet chi town’s casinos it was not because of our February ranking.
I can’t believe you don’t understand that or see that. This year’s recruiting war is done. Next year’s recruiting will be directly proportional to our success in the dance. Another early exit will have 10x the impact a February rating has.
What’s your real reason for wanting to be #1. Other. Than taunting another school’s fan base online?
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