Bestbuck36;1077863; said:
Ok let me preface this by saying that the Bucks have a long way to go to be considered one of the better teams in this country, for this season.
That being said..... how can a team that is and has been in the top 20 RPI all season, top 10 SOS and winning conference and overall record, not be in the top 45 teams in the country as far as polls go?
The bias against tOSU right now is reaching mammoth proportions. Dont start with the "quit whining about the media" stuff either. These accusations by us have legs. How else can you make the case against us time and again? We dont have that big win yet, I know that, but alot of these other teams dont either.
Of course, all of this means nothing at the moment and we can still win our conference and the tourney but isnt it getting a little ridiculous by now? I can see not in the top 25 at the moment but not in the top 45?!?!? Zero votes?!?! We arent that bad.
Or are we?
Throw in a win against Syracuse #40 in the RPI basically at their second home...Also Cleveland State on the road (#64 RPI)...Also Minny #77 RPI beat them by 16...
Our loses have come on the road against Butler (top 20), UT (#1 RPI, had a chance to tie it late), Purdue(getting votes), MSU (#6 RPI, close game), Then gettig blown out only by aTm on a neutral court and playing UNC (#4 close at home.
Also we have played only 7 games against teams with losing records of the 20...Also Illinois could change that with a win in their next game and same with Iowa as they are both just 1 game under .500...
The bad games that we have played are Presbytarian, Columbia, coppin St, NW...
Put Florida up against that schedule and they have 8 losses at least...
Their losses came against #53 in the RPI, us and #71...
I am not saying that we are a top 25 team, but I really don't understand why we aren't getting any votes...I really think it has to do with people just looking at the number of losses a team has, even if they are quality losses...
Another team in the top 25 that is a joke they are in there and we aren't getting any votes is K State...L's against George mason, Oregon, @ ND, smoked @ Xavier...
The only solid win they have on their resume is Texas A&M and Oklahoma, both at home and Okie was without Griffin...maybe you could call At UCF a solid win but only by 2, also @ Rider, but they have played some very very bad teams, and are living off the hype of Michael Beasley...They come in at #39 in the RPI...
We will get to see if they are for real tho Wednesday as Kansas comes to town...