So, let me get this straight. After an encouraging season we flame out yet again

Apr 10, 2024
2:26:20pm

Roko's Basilisk All-American

in the tournament and you're concerned that human voters think a little lower of us than computers do when it comes to meaningless end-of-season polls?

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So St Mary's stays ranked after losing to Grand Canyon, but BYU drops out

andrewg3

Apr 10, 8:55am

Media polls don't matter in college basketball

Knee Brace

Apr 10, 8:57am

Grand Canyon was better than Duquesne

BYU Fan

Apr 10, 8:59am

If Grand Canyon was better, they should have been an 11 instead of Duquesne

andrewg3

Apr 10, 9:02am

And the statistical rankings/metrics would have agreed with that

BYU Fan

Apr 10, 9:05am

Yeah, it was an absolutely pathetic performance.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 9:09am

I don't personally rank BYU in the top 25, so I don't mind if others snub them 2

runnincoug

Apr 10, 9:01am

We did not even look like a top 50 team against Duquesne

nova_coug_fan

Apr 10, 9:13am

Don’t lose to an 11 seed

Texas Hammer

Apr 10, 9:36am

But DO lose to a 12-seed. Got it.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 11:31am

RE: But DO lose to a 12-seed. Got it.

Mr. Scoobs

Apr 10, 11:42am

RE: But DO lose to a 12-seed. Got it.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 7:12pm

If you don’t want to hear the arguments don’t ask the question.

Mr. Scoobs

Apr 10, 7:26pm

I don’t know about “valid” reasons, unless you disregard all the metrics.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 10:27pm

At some point you stop looking at metrics, and start looking at actual results

nova_coug_fan

Apr 11, 5:41am

You are the one who is being selective in “the metrics”. Plenty of data out

Mr. Scoobs

Apr 11, 7:20am

Grand Canyon = #52 Kenpom, Duquesne = #88. St. Mary's won the WCC tourney

Mr. Scoobs

Apr 10, 9:37am

Our last 2 games were so bad

thewaterboy

Apr 10, 10:07am

Yep.

VB2

Apr 10, 10:19am

After the Kansas win, BYU had more struggles than St. Mary's

VB2

Apr 10, 10:19am

Imagine losing to an 11 seed in the first round and complaining about rankings.

Roko's Basilisk

Apr 10, 10:25am

I'm not complaining about our ranking. I'm complaining about media polls.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 11:33am

So, let me get this straight. After an encouraging season we flame out yet again

Roko's Basilisk

Apr 10, 2:26pm

Yes.

andrewg3

Apr 10, 7:12pm

I stop looking at polls when the tourney starts. And I look more at Kenpom, etc

refunder

Apr 10, 12:50pm

Grand Canyon was better than Duquesne. They had some athletes

Croweater

Apr 10, 1:37pm

Exactly. Duquesne was a bad loss on top of the loss to shorthanded TTU.

Forzaitalia

Apr 10, 1:49pm

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