Monday, February 07, 2011

Poll Dancing 2/7

The polls are out for the week and our Boilers slid to 14 in the AP and 12 in the coaches poll.

I have no idea where Purdue belongs and neither do any of the voters, really. And while I'm inclined to say I don't care, as Boilerdowd has pointed out, we should care because it does have an impact on seeding... sometimes.

Does anyone doubt that Duke will wind up a #1 seed, despite not being that dominant and thus far not having a quality road win? Does anyone doubt that if MSU goes on a weird run and gets to 20 wins that they'll make it in? Of course not. K and Izzo are beloved by the NCAA and they'll be in. Add to that the darlings from BYU and toothless San Diego State, and we're heading towards a weird March. Part of me hopes that SDSU finds a way to get a 1-seed so we can see the first 16 over a 1 in history.

One thing we do know? Purdue will be underseeded and playing in the Pacific Northwest against a mid-major everyone decides is the best low-seed pick of the tourney.

2 comments:

Purdue Matt said...

Alabama is having a decent season, albeit in the SEC West. That might help the resume.

boilerdowd said...

Alabama's RPI is 97...and because they're in an awful conference, it'll be tough for them to improve that a whole bunch.