Polls Thread 22-23 season

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Coaches poll had sjunin the rv section at #40

[stever20]

Creighton 7 up 3
UConn 8 up 12

St John's only other team to get a vote, they got 1.

[ArmyVet]

From ESPN:

6. UConn Huskies (8-0)
Previous ranking: Unranked
This week: vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys (Thursday)

We're highlighting Donovan Clingan this week for the Huskies. The 7-foot-2 center from Bristol, Connecticut, wasn't expected to be a consistent contributor for UConn right off the bat, but he has impacted the game at both ends of the floor from day one. He has scored in double figures in four of eight games, is crashing the offensive glass and blocking shots at incredibly high rates and is giving Dan Hurley a legitimate bench option behind Adama Sanogo. Clingan came off the bench against Iowa State in Sunday's Phil Knight Invitational championship game and had 15 points and 10 rebounds in just 18 minutes.


7. Creighton Bluejays (6-1)
Previous ranking: 7
This week: at Texas (Thursday), at Nebraska (Sunday)

There were questions about whether the Bluejays were as good as the rankings perceived, given they went just 23-12 last season. But Creighton proved its top-10 credentials in Maui last week, despite the two-point loss to Arizona in the title game. It's clear Greg McDermott has a team that can make a deep NCAA tournament run. Ryan Nembhard is as good a point guard as there is in the sport, averaging 20.3 points and 4.3 assists and shooting 63.6% from 3 in three Maui games. Baylor Scheierman is a big-time tough-shot maker, and Ryan Kalkbrenner is a terrific two-way big man.

[adoraz]

Congrats to Creighton and UConn! Badly needed this year. Hope the Johnnies can join next week with a win at #23 Iowa St.

[stever20]

AP Poll out for this week:
UConn #5
Creighton #21

ARV:
#36 Marquette
#37 Xavier

[stever20]

For this week:
UConn #3

ARV:
Marquette #28
Xavier #32
Creighton #40

[ecasadoSBU]

A week ACC with four ranked. A SEC with pretty much the same strength as the Big East with six ranked.

Big East teams don't get the benefit of the doubt

[coreynj2461]

Providence 69th in kenpom. Nice

[stever20]

A week ACC with four ranked. A SEC with pretty much the same strength as the Big East with six ranked.

Big East teams don't get the benefit of the doubt

lots of it is just the W-L record. ACC's 4 ranked teams all have 0-2 losses. SEC has 6, with all between 0-2 losses. For the Big East, Xavier has 3 losses, Creighton 4 losses(in a row mind you). Only St John's has 1 loss, and they haven't played anyone at all.

[billyjack]

Hasn't Kalbrenner been either missing games or playing at way less than 100% healthy.

Creighton needs to hire the PR firm of Wisconsin and Johnny Davis.