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Poll
Question: We have heard that Seth Davis will probably give some some lovin' in the AP Poll that will come out on Monday...
Option 1: More than 15 votes: 0
Option 2: 10-14 votes: 0
Option 3: 6-9 votes: 0
Option 4: 4-5 votes: 11
Option 5: 2-3 votes: 8
Option 6: 1 votes: 2
Option 7: 0... he was kidding. votes: 0
Title: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: talksalot on December 01, 2016, 06:19:06 PM
Here is the 11/28 poll results for the after-25.

Others receiving votes: Maryland 126, Notre Dame 85, Cincinnati 49, Michigan State 28, Ohio State 22, Michigan 13, Temple 8, USC 7, Houston 6, Florida State 5, VCU 5, California 3, Tennessee State 2, Virginia Tech 1, Arkansas State 1, San Diego State 1, Colorado 1, Minnesota 1, Rutgers 1

What will the Valpo "Vote Total" be?
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: vufan75 on December 01, 2016, 06:25:14 PM
2.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: VUfan on December 01, 2016, 07:13:52 PM
 After-25, is that the Mid Major Division of the Poll.  ;D
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: talksalot on December 01, 2016, 08:59:43 PM
unless you are called Zag or St. Marys.... yes... although I kinda sorta thought of the A10 as a Mid-Major...

1 Kentucky (40)  6-0 1,590
2 Villanova (20)  6-0 1,567
3 North Carolina (4)  7-0 1,497
4 Kansas 5-1 1,414
5 Duke 6-1 1,365
6 Virginia 6-0 1,286
7 Xavier 6-0 1,181
8 Gonzaga 6-0 1,112
9 Baylor (1)  6-0 1,068
10 Creighton 6-0 965
11 UCLA 7-0 955
12 Saint Mary's 5-0 866
13 Indiana 4-1 857
14 Louisville 5-1 808
15 Purdue 5-1 687
16 Arizona 5-1 655
17 Wisconsin 5-2 555
18 Butler 6-0 506
19 Iowa State 5-1 389
20 South Carolina 6-0 379
21 Rhode Island 5-1 354
22 Syracuse 4-1 229
23 Oregon 4-2 189
24 Florida 6-1 154
25 West Virginia 4-1 132


but it is interesting that only URI was listed in either the APT25 or MidMaj (VCU is #RV in the AP)

VCU  0 - 0    6 - 1   
Davidson  0 - 0    5 - 1   
Massachusetts  0 - 0    5 - 1   
Rhode Island  0 - 0    5 - 2   
Dayton  0 - 0    4 - 2   
St. Bonaventure  0 - 0    4 - 2   
Fordham  0 - 0    5 - 3   
George Mason  0 - 0    5 - 3   
La Salle  0 - 0    3 - 2   
George Washington  0 - 0    4 - 3   
Richmond  0 - 0    4 - 3   
Saint Joseph's  0 - 0    3 - 3   
Duquesne  0 - 0    3 - 5   
Saint Louis  0 - 0    2 - 4 
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: talksalot on December 01, 2016, 09:01:19 PM
My gut is telling me 8... but I voted for 5
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: agibson on December 01, 2016, 11:34:25 PM
Valpo rises to a 12 seed in Lunardi's latest Bracketology. (Against 5 seed Butler no less.) Rhode Island stays at a 7 seed. Cincinnati too.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: vusupporter on December 02, 2016, 12:27:35 PM
Rhode Island beat Cincinnati.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: bbtds on December 03, 2016, 04:36:26 PM
Quote from: vusupporter on December 02, 2016, 12:27:35 PM
Rhode Island beat Cincinnati.

Opponents' opponents' record is 25% of the RPI.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: ValpoHoops on December 03, 2016, 05:03:39 PM
Quote from: bbtds on December 03, 2016, 04:36:26 PM
Quote from: vusupporter on December 02, 2016, 12:27:35 PM
Rhode Island beat Cincinnati.
From the RPI Tutorial I wrote up a while back:

OOWP = .250/27000 = .00000925 points per win.

The perfect RPI would be 1.000 ("one point), so that Cincinnati win on a November night to help Rhode Island doesn't really mean much.


Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: M on December 04, 2016, 07:21:28 PM
Seth Davis has Valpo at 23. So we are on the board!
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: VU2014 on December 04, 2016, 07:23:24 PM
https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/805577889252921344

https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/805578126533103616

https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/805578280057245696

https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/805578280057245696

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/805578955831078913

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/805579608645107712

https://twitter.com/RyanOToole5/status/805582554543755264

https://twitter.com/SethDavisHoops/status/805578500539199488

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/805583234146926592
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: agibson on December 04, 2016, 08:22:53 PM
[tweet]805582774065184768[/tweet]
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: agibson on December 04, 2016, 08:36:47 PM
These three points alone will bring us up to where we were post-season last year.

Seven points would bring us up to pre-HL tournament levels. We may have peaked around 30.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: oklahomamick on December 04, 2016, 09:33:56 PM
Wish Kentucky would stay at #1
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: VU2014 on December 05, 2016, 09:15:24 AM
QuoteWish Kentucky would stay at #1

Agreed. Helps with the resume to the Tourney Committee and also the loss to UCLA is going create a highly motivated Kentucky to "crush" their next opponent.... us  :-[ . I'd feel more comfortable playing against a complacent Kentucky team that thinks they are coasting and business as usual. To be clear I never expected us to win, but I'm hoping we just have a good showing and not get completely blown out. I think now that Kentucky just lost I think its going to a much tougher game.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: agibson on December 05, 2016, 12:29:37 PM
7 points good for #34. And a single #25 vote in the coaches poll to boot.

Looks like that's a somewhat better outcome than _any_ of us were willing to vote for.

The AP votes were from familiar faces. #23 from Seth Davis as advertised, #24 from Elton Alexander, #25 from Graham Couch and Matt McCoy.

The first three maybe our most loyal voters last year, and we'd heard from McCoy as well.

Even IPFW got a vote in the AP.
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: talksalot on December 05, 2016, 01:35:54 PM
and nobody picked higher than 5... oh us of little faith....
Title: Re: Prediction: Point Total in next week's AP Poll
Post by: FWalum on December 05, 2016, 03:43:22 PM
Quote from: agibson on December 05, 2016, 12:29:37 PMEven IPFW got a vote in the AP.
We'll see how they do against Notre Dame up in South Bend on Tuesday night.  Unlike VU, the Mastodons have been red hot from the 3pt line shooting almost 41% as a team with Mo Evans leading the list making 29 out of 53 attempts for 54.7%.