AuburnNTexas 7,104 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Over the years the coaches Polls seem to to be less accurate than other polls. Either because coaches are so busy with their own team they really don't spend much time watching other teams play or they delegate it to somebody else. Coaches watch film on their own team and the teams that their team is going to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike4AU 1,735 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, AUJedi said: I’ve not been keeping up with basketball lately as much as I should. But how is Kentucky ranked ahead of us in coaches poll. A team that lost by 30+ to Duke??? Because they are Ky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 17 hours ago, Mike4AU said: Because they are Ky. Yep....the way to get past Kentucky in the polls is beat them in Auburn on Jan 19.....a Saturday game and the place should be rocking.....but I notice we have them twice this year....should be interesting with DP back in the line-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 On 12/6/2018 at 1:48 PM, AUJedi said: I’ve not been keeping up with basketball lately as much as I should. But how is Kentucky ranked ahead of us in coaches poll. A team that lost by 30+ to Duke??? That’s something we’ve been trying to figure out in the season long poll thread. The only thing we can come up with is because their uniform says Kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Loblaw 636 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 AU should definitely move ahead of UK in the coaches’ poll this week, assuming the young geniuses knock off Dayton of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 UT is gonna be #1. What a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,994 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, jared52 said: UT is gonna be #1. What a win. I’ll gut laugh if they jump Kansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost 452 Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Auburn remains #8, Tn now #3,or4 according to which poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrogan21 6,198 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Apparently there's an idiot voter named Graham Couch who, after about a month into the season, doesn't put teams in the top 25 if they haven't played a true road game. So teams like Duke, Kansas, Tennessee, and Auburn aren't even in his rankings. Ignoring the fact that Tennessee just beat his #1 on a neutral court, Auburn went to Hawaii and went 2-1. Might not have been true road games but Auburn traveling 4,000+ miles should count for something. Absolutely asinine thinking, IMO. Should have his voting privileges removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 47 minutes ago, tgrogan21 said: Apparently there's an idiot voter named Graham Couch who, after about a month into the season, doesn't put teams in the top 25 if they haven't played a true road game. So teams like Duke, Kansas, Tennessee, and Auburn aren't even in his rankings. Ignoring the fact that Tennessee just beat his #1 on a neutral court, Auburn went to Hawaii and went 2-1. Might not have been true road games but Auburn traveling 4,000+ miles should count for something. Absolutely asinine thinking, IMO. Should have his voting privileges removed Another layer of the absurdity is post season tourneys are held at neutral floors for everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doverstutts 1,643 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Cole, no need for a long reply, just want to see what you think.....given what you have seen so far, if tennessee and AU played right now at a neutral site, who do you think wins?.....my thoughts are that UT is a more solid team than we are....folks forget that turner has not played yet....who do you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Plainsman 948 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, doverstutts said: Cole, no need for a long reply, just want to see what you think.....given what you have seen so far, if tennessee and AU played right now at a neutral site, who do you think wins?.....my thoughts are that UT is a more solid team than we are....folks forget that turner has not played yet....who do you say? Not Cole, But, I have only watched the TN game vs Gonzaga, but from a physicality standpoint, we are going to need to toughen up. I might at this moment, give the edge to TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnNTexas 7,104 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 There is some validity in not ranking a team as high as we would like if they have not played any road games with hostile crowds. I feel confident this team will pass that test when it comes and I have no problem with us being number 8 at this time. If we keep taking care of business we will move up in the polls. The next two games will give us the chance to prove we can play well in front of hostile crowds. UAB is a solid team and NC State is 8-1 at a court where they are hard to beat. We beat both of them and we might move up. I say might as all the teams ahead of us are undefeated or have lost one game like us. Tenn. lost to number 1 Kansas, Gonzaga to Tenn, and Duke to Gonzaga. I think the only team ahead of us we could move past is Nevada because though they are undefeated we will have played tougher competition if we beat the next two teams. Now if some of the teams in front of us lose then we could move up more. To stay near the top we have to continue winning. I love the fact we are playing Tenn. once this year at end of the year at home. There is nobody on the schedule we can't beat but there will be tough games against KY twice, Miss State twice, and Tenn once. Those are the games that will decide where we end up in the polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,367 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Gotta give props to UT scheduling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 17 hours ago, mustache eagle said: Gotta give props to UT scheduling Yup. Ours is predicted to be higher than theirs at seasons end though FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,367 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 All the b-ball powers love CBP, helping us get great games. Another side benefit of his personality. The story of how he got us into Maui is cool. that positive snowball is gonna continue while he’s here. Next couple years, these great b-ball players in the south will realize they don’t have to go to duke, unc, Kentucky, Kansas etc to play quality ball. cbp is gonna have us on tv, in prestigious games, play a fun brand of ball and encourage the guys to get to the pros ... all while being like able. i say this every game ... this is fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, mustache eagle said: The story of how he got us into Maui is cool. I missed that one but would like to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,058 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, ellitor said: I missed that one but would like to hear it. same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallgraycat 33 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, augolf1716 said: same here It could be this https://auburn.247sports.com/Article/How-Bruce-Pearl-secured-a-spot-for-Auburn-in-Maui-Invitational-124950464/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,367 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, tallgraycat said: It could be this https://auburn.247sports.com/Article/How-Bruce-Pearl-secured-a-spot-for-Auburn-in-Maui-Invitational-124950464/ Yep that’s prettt much it. @ellitor and @augolf1716 easentially espn’s belief and relationship with CBP was what got us that gig. The eternal side benefit was having bill walton do our last game ... can’t wait to have his stoned butt call one of our games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,039 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, mustache eagle said: Yep that’s prettt much it. @ellitor and @augolf1716 easentially espn’s belief and relationship with CBP was what got us that gig. The eternal side benefit was having bill walton do our last game ... can’t wait to have his stoned butt call one of our games! We will have to agree to disagree on Bill Walton as a color analyst. I think he’s awful and listening to him do our Arizona game was like listening to fingernails on the chalkboard for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,367 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I didn’t like it at first but he was so over the top that it kind of grew on me in a weird weird way. Wondering if I’d enjoy him even more if I got tanked while watching a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,291 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 The best part of his color commentary was him asking the play-by-play guy's name 38 different times. When he first looked over and said, "Now, who are you?". I just about fell out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLINtheFamily 77 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 19 hours ago, bigbird said: The best part of his color commentary was him asking the play-by-play guy's name 38 different times. When he first looked over and said, "Now, who are you?". I just about fell out. He also had an "University of Auburn" and the best of the night "the Sun revolves around the Earth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,994 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Climbed up to 7th. Not bad. 1 Kansas (56) 2 Duke Duke (5) 3 Tennessee Tennessee (2) 4 Michigan Michigan (1) 5 Virginia Virginia (1) 6 Nevada Nevada 7 Auburn Auburn 8 Gonzaga Gonzaga 9 North Carolina North Carolina 10 Michigan State Michigan State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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