Kansas Moves To No. 7 In The AP Poll After Losing?
by Owen on Feb 7, 2012 11:31 AM CST
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On Monday afternoon the new ESPN/Coaches poll rolled out and the Jayhawks had fallen a couple spots moving to no. 10. I'm not a huge believer in polls and even less so with college 'coaching' polls since it is rarely the coach that votes for these things. That's right, the idea of Bill Self sitting at his office on Sunday night deciding whether he should have Baylor no. 6 or no. 8 is just as ridiculous as it sounds.
However as a Jayhawk fan it's obviously something that we keep an eye on because we're normally in the mix and it sometimes provides a little bit of a measuring stick. But something interesting happened in the polls this week and it's one of those little things that normally happens when teams LOSE to Kansas but this time it happens TO Kansas.
It's the 'good' loss boost! Kansas moved up to no. 7 in the AP poll after losing on the road in Columbia. The AP poll is of course the poll voted on by members of the media. Both Baylor and Kansas State had similar 'move up' or 'stay the same' experiences after losing to Kansas earlier this year in Allen Fieldhouse.
So now the fun question is why? Respect for Kansas and the fact that the Jayhawks outplayed Missouri for most of the game? Respect for a very good Missouri team that had their best home court advantage all season and should have been expected to win? Respect for Kansas and the fact that they face that level of intensity on the road more than ANY team in the Big 12? All good reasons, but could there be one more?
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It has to do with
Michigan State and UNLV, both close behind KU in the polls, losing to unranked teams. Therefore, there was nobody left to even jump ahead of KU except Murray St. And single digit victories against SEMO and Tenn-Martin were enough to move them up one spot, but not two.
The top 6 remained unchanged and 4 of the next five teams lost. I’ve explained why Murray State didn’t jump and home wins against Vandy and SCar weren’t enough to make Florida jump 5 spots, Though it did jump them up to 8.
Therefore, KU kind of gets it by default. A close loss on the road looks better than the losses that everyone near them sustained, and looked better than Murray St.’s single digit wins.
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Way to bust up my....
furthering of the referee conspiracy theory. : )
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Doesn't bust the theory in my book.
The AP media is much more likely to have seen even the highlights of that game and could have come away saying, “wow I’ve never in my life seen such rubish calls”, and as a result rewarded both teams.
by BCRavenJHawkfan on Feb 7, 2012 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
Just one more reason why the polls don't matter much in college hoops
by jayhawk1996 on Feb 7, 2012 1:06 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
They don’t always matter in college football either.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
by EREX21 on Feb 7, 2012 5:48 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think it recognizes the "fluke" nature of the loss
Not so much that losing to Mizzou was a fluke, but that losing a game in which you are up 8 with less than 4 to go is pretty fluky.
by 2.1 seconds left on Feb 7, 2012 6:12 PM CST reply actions
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