Polls 24-25

[sedz]

UC is 11 in the first NET rankings

Jeff Goodman: “Cincinnati is ranked No. 11 in the NET despite an average opponent NET rank of 357 in the country.

The Bearcats have beaten Arkansas Pine Bluff (by 55 points), Morehead State (27), Nicholls (37), Northern Kentucky (16), Georgia Tech (23) and Alabama State (18) thus far.”

Our average opponent NET rank is 268.

The Big12 is lagging behind the SEC and BigTen in the NET rankings. The conference as a whole has struggled.

[GoBearcats31]

UC is 11 in the first NET rankings

Jeff Goodman: “Cincinnati is ranked No. 11 in the NET despite an average opponent NET rank of 357 in the country.

The Bearcats have beaten Arkansas Pine Bluff (by 55 points), Morehead State (27), Nicholls (37), Northern Kentucky (16), Georgia Tech (23) and Alabama State (18) thus far.”

[GoBearcats31]

UC up to 16 in the AP Poll. Fourth highest ranked team in Big 12. Xavier (OH) in at 22 — Shootout in 19 days.

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col...asketball-poll

[Lobot]

Kenpom at 7 currently

[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

[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-col...asketball-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.

[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

[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/

[GoBearcats31]

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

[BearKatz]

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

[Lobot]

Kenpom 13:

https://kenpom.com/

[Lobot]

Up to 17 this week in the AP:

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col...asketball-poll

[Lobot]

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

[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.

[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