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17 in the AP Top 25

Post by ProvoAggie » October 21st, 2019, 10:26 am

Here is our vote distribution:
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Voted as high as 11, left off of 4 ballots:
https://collegepolltracker.com/basketba ... ggies/2019
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by SweepDance » October 21st, 2019, 10:29 am

Florida #6
St. Mary's #20
LSU #22



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by aggies22 » October 21st, 2019, 10:33 am

SweepDance wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 10:29 am
Florida #6
St. Mary's #20
LSU #22
Our schedule sucks! Oh.......sorry that's just a yearly knee jerk reaction. :)
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Dkdavis » October 21st, 2019, 10:57 am

aggies22 wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 10:33 am
SweepDance wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 10:29 am
Florida #6
St. Mary's #20
LSU #22
Our schedule sucks! Oh.......sorry that's just a yearly knee jerk reaction. :)
Haha more like our home schedule sucks ;)



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by frankiesaysrelax » October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am

Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by sam tingey » October 21st, 2019, 11:14 am

frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.
eh, everyone has opinions and they are entitled to them. nothing is universally loved or appreciated, not even bacon. And I will still go with the thought I have every year that preseason rankings are meaningless, even if we happen to be on them this time.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by aggies22 » October 21st, 2019, 11:17 am

frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.

In my opinion, Dukie V probably saw Sammy on the cover of Street and Smiths and wondered "who the hell is this kid on the cover?" He then asked someone on the ESPN crew (not Jay Bilas) that actually cares about college hoops beyond the ACC if we are legit, he was told that we are and he voted for us.
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Roy McAvoy » October 21st, 2019, 11:18 am

frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.
Or maybe those voters are actually more informed than everyone and know that we won't have Queta for a while so they didn't put us in.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by tysteve20 » October 21st, 2019, 11:33 am

Have we ever had a preseason top 25 ranking before?


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by frankiesaysrelax » October 21st, 2019, 12:25 pm

sam tingey wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:14 am
frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.
eh, everyone has opinions and they are entitled to them. nothing is universally loved or appreciated, not even bacon. And I will still go with the thought I have every year that preseason rankings are meaningless, even if we happen to be on them this time.
I guess I’m just a spiteful person. It’s not like the thumbs up thumbs down ratio is going to upset those writers and they dint even know why they got thumbs down unless you take to Twitterverse, which I will never use.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Aggie19 » October 21st, 2019, 1:17 pm

tysteve20 wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:33 am
Have we ever had a preseason top 25 ranking before?


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Article on d-news webpage cites this as the 3rd time we are ranked in the preseason poll. Last time being 1970-71 season when we were ranked 12th in preseason.


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by lcrasmus » October 21st, 2019, 1:20 pm

Roy McAvoy wrote:
frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.
Or maybe those voters are actually more informed than everyone and know that we won't have Queta for a while so they didn't put us in.

I posted about this in another thread hoping you'd respond, but no dice.

You seem to be the only one who is saying anything at all about Queta’s situation, aside from one other poster who says he's seen him practice and he'll be ready. With such a scarcity of information, I'm intreagued by the hard stance you've taken on it. Any chance you'd like to clarify why you are making that claim?


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by rAggie » October 21st, 2019, 1:24 pm

lcrasmus wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 1:20 pm
Roy McAvoy wrote:
frankiesaysrelax wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 11:09 am
Everyone should go downvote all the voters with their heads up their a**es that don't have us in the top 25. When you only have 4 out of 65 voters leave us off the ballots, it means they are either biased or just uninformed. Even Dick Vitale has us at 25 and he is an ACC homer all the way.

It's like on rotten tomatoes when you have a few people write critical reviews when every other critic is raving about a movie. Those critics that write the negative reviews sometimes seem to write them just to be different or act like elitists.
Or maybe those voters are actually more informed than everyone and know that we won't have Queta for a while so they didn't put us in.

I posted about this in another thread hoping you'd respond, but no dice.

You seem to be the only one who is saying anything at all about Queta’s situation, aside from one other poster who says he's seen him practice and he'll be ready. With such a scarcity of information, I'm intreagued by the hard stance you've taken on it. Any chance you'd like to clarify why you are making that claim?


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I think the current real mindset is that if he can be back by conference play that will be a great thing, but we should start mentally preparing ourselves as fans for the possibility of him to miss the season.


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Roy McAvoy » October 21st, 2019, 1:26 pm

lcrasmus wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 1:20 pm
I posted about this in another thread hoping you'd respond, but no dice.

You seem to be the only one who is saying anything at all about Queta’s situation, aside from one other poster who says he's seen him practice and he'll be ready. With such a scarcity of information, I'm intreagued by the hard stance you've taken on it. Any chance you'd like to clarify why you are making that claim?


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Haha, oh I know. I can't clarify, other than I have reason to believe Queta isn't ready to play yet and he's not really that close yet.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by brownjeans » October 21st, 2019, 1:30 pm

I have reason to believe that our returning players have improved enough, and our new comers are good enough, that our team is better than last year, even without Queta.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by freakboy » October 21st, 2019, 1:41 pm

If this poll is an accurate appraisal of our team, then the next question is “Who will our coach he next year?”



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by BearLakeMonster » October 21st, 2019, 2:12 pm

You take back what you said about bacon!
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by OKAggie » October 21st, 2019, 2:28 pm

I'm an old Aggie, but not old enough (or maybe too old...) to remember the '70-'71 team that was the last one to be ranked in the preseason polls. USU78, mcaggie, tinplater, AggiesForever, other AARP-eligible Ags: can you remember that team? Marv Roberts? Nate Williams? Did we have both that year? I'm guessing a little late for Shaler Halimon.


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by sam tingey » October 21st, 2019, 2:43 pm

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You take back what you said about bacon!
I didn't say I agree with it, but there are weird people out there (my wife) that think bacon is the devil. some family turmoil has occured from this lunacy.
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by MrBiggle » October 21st, 2019, 7:58 pm

sam tingey wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:43 pm
BearLakeMonster wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:12 pm
You take back what you said about bacon!
I didn't say I agree with it, but there are weird people out there (my wife) that think bacon is the devil. some family turmoil has occured from this lunacy.
My brother in-law dated a gal that thought bacon was evil, :headscratch: I think that was the moment he decided to move on:lol:


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Post by treesap32 » October 21st, 2019, 8:10 pm

sam tingey wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:43 pm
BearLakeMonster wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:12 pm
You take back what you said about bacon!
I didn't say I agree with it, but there are weird people out there (my wife) that think bacon is the devil. some family turmoil has occured from this lunacy.
It's the devil because it is so desirable. In fact it's even forbidden in some circles... :devil:



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by bluegrouse » October 22nd, 2019, 3:48 am

OKAggie wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:28 pm
I'm an old Aggie, but not old enough (or maybe too old...) to remember the '70-'71 team that was the last one to be ranked in the preseason polls. USU78, mcaggie, tinplater, AggiesForever, other AARP-eligible Ags: can you remember that team? Marv Roberts? Nate Williams? Did we have both that year? I'm guessing a little late for Shaler Halimon.
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Usu0505 » October 22nd, 2019, 7:09 am

Starting to get pretty excited about b-ball. I looked up the schedule to see exactly how much longer we gotta wait and seeing a pre-season number 17 by our name was pretty cool. Of all the great teams we have had the last 2 decades getting into the top 25 was like pulling teeth so to be there from the start is surreal.


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by NVAggie » October 22nd, 2019, 8:50 am

I'm not allowing myself to believe it. I want to see this team. Very excited for the upcoming season.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by BigVBAg » October 22nd, 2019, 9:09 am

bluegrouse wrote:
October 22nd, 2019, 3:48 am
OKAggie wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:28 pm
I'm an old Aggie, but not old enough (or maybe too old...) to remember the '70-'71 team that was the last one to be ranked in the preseason polls. USU78, mcaggie, tinplater, AggiesForever, other AARP-eligible Ags: can you remember that team? Marv Roberts? Nate Williams? Did we have both that year? I'm guessing a little late for Shaler Halimon.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sc ... /1971.html
You've also got access to the media guide thanks to treesap32: https://usustats.com/mediaguides/197071mediaguide.pdf



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Post by USU78 » October 22nd, 2019, 10:34 am

BigVBAg wrote:
October 22nd, 2019, 9:09 am
bluegrouse wrote:
October 22nd, 2019, 3:48 am
OKAggie wrote:
October 21st, 2019, 2:28 pm
I'm an old Aggie, but not old enough (or maybe too old...) to remember the '70-'71 team that was the last one to be ranked in the preseason polls. USU78, mcaggie, tinplater, AggiesForever, other AARP-eligible Ags: can you remember that team? Marv Roberts? Nate Williams? Did we have both that year? I'm guessing a little late for Shaler Halimon.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sc ... /1971.html
You've also got access to the media guide thanks to treesap32: https://usustats.com/mediaguides/197071mediaguide.pdf
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17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Usu0505 » October 23rd, 2019, 5:07 am

ESPN seems to think we have Queta back pretty soon..

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17 in the AP Top 25

Post by Usu0505 » October 23rd, 2019, 5:07 am

ESPN seems to think we have Queta back pretty soon..

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... jor-anyway


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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by aggietime » October 23rd, 2019, 2:19 pm

Usu0505 wrote:
October 23rd, 2019, 5:07 am
ESPN seems to think we have Queta back pretty soon..

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... jor-anyway


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I doubt ESPN has any inside info on Queta's health. The lack of updates from those close to the program is pretty concerning.

One of the writers in the article you linked picked USU as a potential Final 4 team...that's unlikely even with a healthy Queta. Safe to say I would die from happiness if it did happen though.
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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by AgMan21 » October 23rd, 2019, 2:30 pm

aggietime wrote:
October 23rd, 2019, 2:19 pm
Usu0505 wrote:
October 23rd, 2019, 5:07 am
ESPN seems to think we have Queta back pretty soon..

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... jor-anyway


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I doubt ESPN has any inside info on Queta's health. The lack of updates from those close to the program is pretty concerning.

One of the writers in the article you linked picked USU as a potential Final 4 team...that's unlikely even with a healthy Queta. Safe to say I would die from happiness if it did happen though.
I don't think that's concerning at all. I wouldn't want teams to know for certain that they have to game plan for Queta.



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Re: 17 in the AP Top 25

Post by aggies22 » October 24th, 2019, 2:28 pm

It's almost surreal to see so much preseason hype being thrown our way. I think we as Aggie fans took our string of early 2000's success for granted. Let's not do this same this time around and enjoy the ride a little more!



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