coaches poll has ncsu at #21

Week 4 ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Duke (27) 5-0 769
2. Texas (3) 5-0 737
3. Connecticut (1) 4-0 721
4. Villanova 2-0 655
5. Oklahoma 3-0 639
6. Louisville 1-0 594
7. Gonzaga 3-1 572
8. Boston College 5-0 557
9. Memphis 3-1 495
10. Kentucky 4-1 478
11. Florida 5-0 420
12. Illinois 5-0 380
13. Arizona 2-2 346
14. Michigan State 3-2 323
15. Iowa 4-1 320
16. Indiana 3-0 255
17. UCLA 4-1 214
18. Alabama 2-1 201
19. Washington 6-0 177
20. Maryland 4-1 174
21. N.C. State 5-0 159
22. George Washington 2-0 134
23. Wake Forest 5-1 123
24. Syracuse 4-2 94
25. LSU 3-0 79

11/28/2005 1:53:41 PM

I predict we get blown out by Iowa because of this.

11/28/2005 1:55:01 PM

that's crazy talk

we have to rise up above our fear of being ranked

11/28/2005 1:56:17 PM

no excuse for cuse to be ranked. thats some notre dame type bullshit

11/28/2005 1:56:39 PM

i agree. this stuff about not wantin to be ranked is stupid. i know it seems there's a trend where when we get ranked, we lose, but thats more reason to want to be ranked, so we can end that stupid trend. i'd rather be shown respect and have to keep it then never get shown respect and fly under the radar. its just better for the school to have our name on the top 25

11/28/2005 1:58:47 PM

Carolina isn't ranked because State has a cupcake schedule this year.

11/28/2005 1:59:18 PM

yea good point. they arent ashamed of who they're playing this year though, and thats all that matters

11/28/2005 1:59:55 PM

^^ aha

[Edited on November 28, 2005 at 2:00 PM. Reason : up one]

11/28/2005 2:00:18 PM

hodge is gone

we need to revolve the program around what we got

we'll get respect if we just wait for it

if we demand it, it'll take us down

11/28/2005 2:02:15 PM

No, I'm glad we're ranked...I'm just predicting a continuation of the trend.


Iowa is a good team also....beat Kentucky right?

11/28/2005 2:03:09 PM

evolve

11/28/2005 2:06:16 PM

We looked good against Notre Dame... and they're not bad.

11/28/2005 2:07:52 PM

Quote :

"no excuse for cuse Wake Forest to be ranked. thats some notre dame type bullshit"

[Edited on November 28, 2005 at 2:22 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2005 2:22:21 PM

as long as we're ranked above Wake, i don't care

11/28/2005 2:23:11 PM

funny how 9 teams ahead of us are at least one-loss teams

11/28/2005 2:24:34 PM

Quote :

"Carolina isn't ranked because State has a cupcake schedule this year."

ahahahaha - that's gold

Good for the guys...I hope the ole rollercoaster of rankings doesn't keep up like the past

11/28/2005 2:25:28 PM

ESPN ranked us because they want a matchup of two ranked teams in the BIG Ten-ACC challenge

UNC will draw
Duke will draw

the rest won't

now that State is #21 and Iowa is #15 and we are the ONLY matchup between ranked teams, that game will now draw

11/28/2005 3:00:24 PM

^The coaches vote on it, ESPN just sponsors it.

11/28/2005 3:01:19 PM

how the fuck is wake still ranked

11/28/2005 3:04:38 PM

Did ESPN only pull out of the football coaches' poll?

11/28/2005 3:06:30 PM

AP poll has us at #24 now, LSU also moved into the polls at 25

11/28/2005 3:14:10 PM

Quote :

"The Wolfpack (5-0) beat VMI 75-55 and Notre Dame 61-48 last week. They were ranked in the preseason poll and for the first seven weeks of the season in 2004-05, reaching as high as 12th. "I think it's a good thing to have high expectations for your basketball program," North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek said Monday. "But I think we all recognize at the end of the day, what the polls say on Nov. 28, in the whole scheme of things, isn't really important. It's early, those polls and rankings are going to change." "

11/28/2005 3:16:27 PM

why did they have to go and rank us we should be under the radar again like always

o well guess it makes for good press, heres to movin into the top 15 with a win against iowa

11/28/2005 4:30:59 PM

1. Duke (61) 5-0 1,785
2. Texas (6) 5-0 1,696
3. Connecticut (4) 4-0 1,682
4. Villanova (1) 2-0 1,493
5. Oklahoma 3-0 1,465
6. Gonzaga 3-1 1,371
7. Louisville 1-0 1,331
8. Boston College 5-0 1,296
9. Memphis 3-1 1,202
10. Kentucky 4-1 1,079
11. Florida 5-0 1,023
12. Illinois 5-0 866
13. Michigan State 3-2 860
14. Iowa 4-1 852
15. Arizona 2-2 808
16. UCLA 4-1 534
17. Indiana 3-0 533
18. Washington 6-0 455
19. George Washington 2-0 422
20. Nevada 3-0 412
21. Alabama 2-1 404
22. Wake Forest 5-1 339
23. Maryland 4-1 282
24. N.C. State 5-0 236
25. LSU 3-0 196

11/28/2005 4:38:33 PM

We play 3 ranked opponents before the end of the calendar year: Iowa, Bama, and GW. We could be top 10 if we go undefeated through 2005.

11/28/2005 4:40:16 PM

Why is WFU still ahead of us?

11/28/2005 4:42:51 PM

hahahahah Louisville is 1-0 and ranked in the top 10. At least everyone else has played two games or more. I still can't get over how many 1+ loss teams are in the top 25.

11/28/2005 4:45:03 PM

Because they started out ahead of us.

And they beat TT, too, whatever that means this year.

11/28/2005 4:45:13 PM

Quote :

"We play 3 ranked opponents before the end of the calendar year: Iowa, Bama, and GW. We could be top 10 if we go undefeated through 2005."

It's these types of comments that makes Sports Talk look silly.

11/28/2005 4:52:21 PM

hes correct though, why would that make him silly to say that?

undefeated against a slew of ranked teams and its silly to say top 10...i think not

11/28/2005 4:53:32 PM

we made it to #9 last year and our best win was Lafayette

11/28/2005 4:57:29 PM

What was so bad about my comment. I mean I didn't say we would do it. But I believe we can. And we would be top 10 if it does happen.

11/28/2005 5:00:16 PM

The problem is, it gets mistrued and starts a flame war.

It isn't really you per se, I should clarify, its the people that come in and troll based on a comment like that AND THEN all the ensuing replies that tears the place down.

11/28/2005 5:03:11 PM

what the fuck is "mistrued"

11/28/2005 5:44:49 PM

We really looked like we could just blow it up at times against Notre Dame. I think we'll be a FORCE when we get some of the kinks out of our offense.

11/28/2005 5:50:22 PM

it doesn't start a flame war chance, you do

11/28/2005 5:50:37 PM

^^like making our dunks

11/28/2005 6:10:17 PM

Quote :

"I predict we get blown out by Iowa because of this."

11/28/2005 6:47:55 PM

i agree. is there any doubt that we wont get blown out in this game? its always what happens with good old herbie boy.

11/28/2005 6:49:25 PM

^Why don't you just say you hate NC State athletics, ol' trollie boy?

11/28/2005 7:01:19 PM

There's a lot of one-loss teams in the top 25 b/c there has been waay more quality games this "pre" season. Teams aren't going to get penalized that much if they play in a preseason tourney and split against ranked teams. I still think we have looked better than maryland and wf though

11/28/2005 7:03:28 PM

rankings dont matter, its just kinda nice to see our school in the national spotlight right now.

11/28/2005 7:04:04 PM

Rankings only put a huge target on your back this early.

I wish we were still under the radar, personally.


Hate to say it... but we don't traditionally play well when we're ranked. No hating or bashing... it's the truth. Lets hope I'm wrong

11/28/2005 7:05:20 PM

Quote :

"^^like making our dunks"

haha, yea it was hillarious when Gavin Grant just soared up to the rim with a huge smile on his face and then watching the ball go BOINK up into the rafters.

somewhere in the auditorium there was a loud WONK wonk

11/28/2005 10:10:46 PM

^ if a tree falls in the forest and noone is there it doesnt make a sound...

11/29/2005 1:51:03 AM

manhattan just took syracuse to OT

11/30/2005 9:17:11 PM

Quote :

"coaches poll has had ncsu at #21"

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 11:43 PM. Reason : ]

11/30/2005 11:43:26 PM

Theory proven

11/30/2005 11:43:55 PM

i dont know if we will fall that much we lost to no. 15 on the road by 3 points

12/1/2005 12:01:37 AM

^You're an idiot. Of course we will fall a lot. Voters will punish us for inflicting that game on the viewing public.

[Edited on December 1, 2005 at 12:02 AM. Reason : sadf]

12/1/2005 12:02:22 AM