REVISED: Top 25 from ESPN (Pre-Season)

[Xaveriana]

Today ESPN came out with a revised Pre-Season Top 25 now that the #1 recruit has signed with Kansas. ESPN Article (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9273429/an-updated-look-top-25-2013-14-season-ncaa-men-college-basketball)

No respect for XU!
Do we warant some respect?

BIG EAST Expectations...

Pre-Season Top 25
- #16 Marquette

"On the Cusp" of Top 25
- Butler
- Creighton
- Georgetown
- St. John's
- Villanova

No Mention (I don't like being lumped with these guys)
- Xavier
- DePaul
- Providence
- Seton Hall

[kyxu]

I'd say that's fair. We have lot of unknown quantities factored in to a team that was pretty bad last year.

[muskiefan82]

Wait for it.......you know it's coming.......


and here it is........I'm glad X is not ranked because they can............come on.......everybody knows what's next.....

SNEAK UP ON TEAMS!!!! Woo-HOO!!!!! Whatever, ESPN. X doesn't care about pre-season anything. Wait until March and see where they end up. That's what matters.

[DC Muskie]

I did not see that coming! You are soooooo sneaky! Like our basketball team!

We are sneaky up to the Big East!

[GIMMFD]

I'm okay with it as well, pre-season rankings are a bunch of horse malarkey anyways!!

[ballyhoohoo]

So we can sneak up on people.

[anXUfan]

Does Vegas give odds on teams being ranked at some point during a season? If so, I'd bet a bunch on X.

[muskiefan82]

So we can sneak up on people.

See? Told you it was coming.

[GoMuskies]

I'm surprised Creighton is not ranked with McDermott coming back.

[Masterofreality]

Remember.....it's ESPN.

If they had the TV contract, they'd have 3 teams in the Top25.

[Juice]

I did not see that coming! You are soooooo sneaky! Like our basketball team!

We are sneaky up to the Big East!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lYBVi3ALWA

[Kahns Krazy]

Sneak up on people.

[Masterofreality]

Sneak, Snack, Snuck.

[El Shaqtus]

ESPN doing their best to dump all over the Big East.

[Xaveriana]

:thumbsdown:
ESPN doing their best to dump all over the Big East.

Agree. When was the last time the Big East only had one team in the ESPN Pre-Season Top 25. ESPN is portraying the "new" Big East as New Coke--okay, but not as good as the classic. Boo ESPN!!!

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[xubrew]

Remember.....it's ESPN.

If they had the TV contract, they'd have 3 teams in the Top25.

We missed the NIT.

Has anyone ever been anywhere close to being ranked in the preseason following a year where they missed the NIT??

Maybe that's why we didn't make the NIT. Maybe we were invited, but turned it down so we would be unranked and able to sneak up on people the following year.

Half the teams that finish in the rankings don't start in the rankings. The strategy works!!!

[xubrew]

We missed the NIT.

Has anyone ever been anywhere close to being ranked in the preseason following a year where they missed the NIT??

Maybe that's why we didn't make the NIT. Maybe we were invited, but turned it down so we would be unranked and able to sneak up on people the following year.

Half the teams that finish in the rankings don't start in the rankings. The strategy works!!!

UConn checks in at #21. I stand corrected. Sort of.

[El Shaqtus]

We missed the NIT.

Has anyone ever been anywhere close to being ranked in the preseason following a year where they missed the NIT??

Maybe that's why we didn't make the NIT. Maybe we were invited, but turned it down so we would be unranked and able to sneak up on people the following year.

Half the teams that finish in the rankings don't start in the rankings. The strategy works!!!

Well, losing a first round NIT game gets a team the top spot.

[MuskiePimp23]

We missed the NIT.

Has anyone ever been anywhere close to being ranked in the preseason following a year where they missed the NIT??

Maybe that's why we didn't make the NIT. Maybe we were invited, but turned it down so we would be unranked and able to sneak up on people the following year.

Half the teams that finish in the rankings don't start in the rankings. The strategy works!!!

Not that I really care about the NIT, but we were completely snubbed from the NIT. Did you see some of those other teams profiles that made it in ahead of us? We were the only team in D-1 college basketball not to play in the NCAA, much less the NIT with 4-5 Top 50 RPI wins.

[casualfan]

Not only did we not make the tournament we didn't make the NIT. I'm as big of a homer as the next guy, but anyone surprised by this is just not being realistic. Preseason rankings are largely based on the previous season results.

[xubrew]

Well, losing a first round NIT game gets a team the top spot.

I do believe that is a first. Well, at least they made the NIT as a top seed, I guess. They win the national title and start off ranked #3rd. They then fail to make the NCAAs, yet enter the season #1.

I'm not surprised we're not ranked. They spend about thirty minutes on this....if that. Thirty minutes of work will result in noticing the #1 recruiting class with the largest number of NBA prospects. It won't make you notice a team that missed the NIT.

In reality, everyone starts off at zero. Miami FL wasn't ranked to start the year. Kentucky was. So were NC State, Missouri, Florida State and Baylor. None of those teams ended up being all that good, and FSU and Baylor pretty much ended up sucking. In fact, I'd forgotten they had been ranked at all until I looked it up. Your preseason ranking has absolutely nothing to do with where you end up. it's fun to look at, but it doesn't mean anything.

[JimCoker]

Where will be ranked now that the European dude has committed to X?

[Juice]

Where will be ranked now that the European dude has committed to X?

Exactly the same as before. He is an unknown. Our recruiting class rankings may change but that is about it.