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Don't Look Now But Cuse Is Top Ten

I always preface this by saying the polls mean nothing and then I always say but...

BUT...

Syracuse basketball is in the Top Ten again.

On the same week when the Big East's Pitt took hold of the #1 spot in the Coaches Poll, the Orange move up to #9 thanks to wins over Seton Hall and South Florida as well as some losses by other top teams.

Crazy.  It's been so long since SU has been in this position so it's a little...weird.  You don't want to get too attached to it cause we could lose very soon and it'll be over.  But it's a nice validation for the program and sends a very clear message that in this, the year of the Big East, Syracuse is part of that upper echolon, not one of the middling teams.

Speaking of the conference, we're about three weeks away from having all 16 Big East teams in the Poll.  But in the meantime, we have...

#1 Pitt, #5 UConn, #9 Cuse, #10 Georgetown, #13 Notre Dame, #15 Marquette, #17 Villanova, #21 L'ville and #22 West Virginia.  Whew.

AP Poll should be out shortly.  SU was #13 in that last week...they should move up a couple spots but might fall a little short of their #9 place in the Coaches.  We'll see.

Update: Cuse is #11 in the AP.  Behind Georgetown.  Fech.

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Remember when it was an outrage NOT to be in the top ten?

by mcallj on Jan 5, 2009 4:15 PM EST reply actions  

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

This makes me nervous. #9? Yikes…

I’ll be more than happy with this later in the season after a few quality wins against the 975 other ranked Big East teams. But as of right now this high ranking makes me feel squeamish.

by voteprime on Jan 5, 2009 5:34 PM EST reply actions  

There are some scary teams in the BE

Georgetown: Monroe is a beast and is just so athletic. Great basketball IQ. I dont see AO covering him.

Notre Dame: Here is their one play, Giant doofy but strong white guy in the center, 4 guys on the 3 point line – skip passes around. I think we match up well and can play man to man once they shoot us out of our zone.

Pitt: Good all over the floor. Someone from SU is going to have to step up.

UofL: The most athletic team ive seen, but they miss open shots. Zone time!

UConn: Tons of talant, but whos the guy who takes over the game?

Cant forget Nova, WVU and Marquette. All good. Have an off night and any of the other teams could take you… as we saw with USF. Wow this is a rough league.

Looking at all of these teams, it really makes me appreciate having Flynn, his poise and leadership… I think we have a shot in all these game.

How far does a loss in the BE drop you? Last night they predicted the BE champ would have 5 losses. I cant see the BE champ not being top5… right?

by ryanwk628 on Jan 6, 2009 11:55 AM EST reply actions  

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