Polls 24-25

[Lobot]

The preseason AP poll lands tomorrow.

[Carthage World]

KenPom's preseason rankings are out. (Please move if this belongs in a separate thread.)

#1 Houston
#6 Kansas
#7 Iowa St
#8 Arizona
#11 Baylor
#15 Texas Tech
#17 Cincinnati
#21 BYU
#49 Kansas St
#58 TCU
#66 UCF
#71 Arizona St
#80 Colorado
#82 Utah
#87 West Virginia
#89 Oklahoma St

[Lobot]

KenPom's preseason rankings are out. (Please move if this belongs in a separate thread.)

#1 Houston
#6 Kansas
#7 Iowa St
#8 Arizona
#11 Baylor
#15 Texas Tech
#17 Cincinnati
#21 BYU
#49 Kansas St
#58 TCU
#66 UCF
#71 Arizona St
#80 Colorado
#82 Utah
#87 West Virginia
#89 Oklahoma St

We can leave it here.

I saw a post from the Field of 68 newsletter showing that Houston is consensus #1 in Kenpom, Torvik, Haslametrics and EvanMiya models. Pretty impressive to do that and lose your best player from last season.

[GoBearcats31]

We can leave it here.

I saw a post from the Field of 68 newsletter showing that Houston is consensus #1 in Kenpom, Torvik, Haslametrics and EvanMiya models. Pretty impressive to do that and lose your best player from last season.

The metrics sure are interesting.

Indiana is #39 in KenPom this morning, but look for them to be top 20 in the AP Poll when it comes out.

Obviously less of a distinction between 1 and maybe 4-5, but interesting that Houston would be the metrics darling but humans do not seem to be picking them quite that high.

[GoBearcats31]

UC is #20 in the preseason AP poll https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col...asketball-poll

1. Kansas
4. Houston
5. Iowa State
8. Baylor
10. Arizona
20. Cincinnati

Receiving votes: Xavier (28), Texas Tech (29), Kansas State (31), BYU (35), Arizona State (51) ... Villanova, Dayton nowhere to be found but they were 20 and 27 in KenPom


From UC: "It marks the program's first appearance in a preseason poll since 2017-18, where it was No. 12 and ultimately reached the top-five. UC's last time ranked overall was in the final 2018-19 poll."


Jeff Goodman tweets three teams he is higher on than the poll -- he personally slots UC in at 15

[DesertFog]

The metrics sure are interesting.

Indiana is #39 in KenPom this morning, but look for them to be top 20 in the AP Poll when it comes out.

Obviously less of a distinction between 1 and maybe 4-5, but interesting that Houston would be the metrics darling but humans do not seem to be picking them quite that high.

Yes, that is indeed an interesting difference. I wonder why? Alas, statistical vs subjective prediction: Which is better? The argument has persisted down through the years.

[Lobot]

Kenpom bounced us all the way up to 15 after last night

[Lobot]

Up to 17 this week in the AP:

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

[Lobot]

Kenpom 13:

https://kenpom.com/

[BearKatz]

Just saw UC is at #17! Feels like an eternity since we were in the Top 25!

[GoBearcats31]

17 in ESPN power rankings https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...uburn-kentucky

[GoBearcats31]

17 in ESPN power rankings https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...uburn-kentucky

11 on CBS https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...s-eyes-top-10/

[BearKatz]

UC is the only team to drop a spot, not losing a game this week....Would like to hear the explanation on this one..

AP Poll: Kentucky makes huge leap into overhauled top 10 https://thescore.com/ncaab/news/3132409

[Lobot]

^^ I'm not concerned about 1 spot when we've played nobody. UK jumped because they beat Duke.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

KU at 1
ISU at 5
Houston at 7
Baylor at 13
Arizona at 17
UC at 18.

ORV: Tech, Xavier, BYU, UCF, K-State, ASU.


Conference is stacked.

[Dr.kenneth noisewater]

UC is the only team to drop a spot, not losing a game this week....Would like to hear the explanation on this one..

AP Poll: Kentucky makes huge leap into overhauled top 10 https://thescore.com/ncaab/news/3132409

No worries, that just means we're back