KU drops to No. 18 in coaches’ poll; MU leaps to 10th
 

A little high for Mizzou. Just right for KU.

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/f...mu-leaps-10th/

Thats okay...

For as young as we are, we are right were we need to be...

ok then.

NO biggie, If we were loaded with upper classmen, I would expect this team to be in top 10...

But we are not, we lost them at the Paige by 2 pts... They still have to play at Allen...

So, essentially MU jump 15 spots in two weeks? Good for them - too high - but good for them.

Also, how could they NOT make UNC #1 after their victory in the greatest rivalry in any sport, any where, at any time?

Also, how Duke is a top 10 team after losing 4 of 6 and 2 in a row is beyond me.

Mizzou moved up because a lot of teams in front of them lost.

The rankings are very fluid, but frankly, we're one of the hottest teams in the country.

No reason we shouldn't be that high after the way we've played the last month or so.

Good for Mizzou.

Seems like a long way from the Snyder days, all of a sudden.

"Everyone loves them some Duke!"

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/

Mizzou on the front page of ESPN's college bb page. Back to being the media darlings.

Top ten in basketball and football in the same year. Sweet.

True. You get the benefit of other teams losing - which is probably why KU only dropped 2 places.

MU is a hot team right now - the matchup in Allen is going to be a good one - but I still think 10 is too high. But, you play with what you are given and you can't change it.

Personally, I think both KU & MU are around the #15 mark.

Synder is still love in all the hearts of KU fans... He was the best! I will always miss him... Good Times...

Wow, #10, didn't expect that much of a jump but i'll take it. It is just awesome to see the guys play well and get some recognition for their play lately.

Because they're Doooooooooook!

Pioli signed...Mizzou B-Ball turnaround ...What's next, a KC Royals Competitive team? My rooting interests are off to a good 2009.

Joe Lunardi said this morning that Mizzou is still the most underrated team in America.

These last 5 games are going to be brutal though, and I'm sure people will move on to the new hot team if we go 2-3 or 3-2.

Agreed. I expected #15. There shouldn't be more than 2 spots between us.

Its really not that big of a deal.... They have a very tough stretch ahead of them....

and as a jayhawk fan you're posting this because ..............




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Eh - you'll see where you really belong as far as ranking. They may exceed your - and mine - expectations and prove they are a top 10 team. They may lose a couple and settle in at their 15ish ranking. Just enjoy the ride. Win or lose.

Just watching KU day in/day out, I know - or feel - they are right where they should be. This KU team is not a top 10 team. Anything higher than 14/15 and I would they were over ranked. But, that's me.

Interesting that Mizzou jumped Arizona State, who technically had a better week (beat then #6 UCLA, who I thought was overrated at 6, because they had NO clue what to do in the final couple of minutes against ASU).

A lot of teams around 10-20 lost this week, so outside of jumping ASU, I guess Mizzou deserves to be there in a power-ranking/who's-playing-well-right-now sort of way (no offense ;) ).

Mizzou has a stretch of KSU-@KU-OU while KU has Neb-@OU-MU and KSU has @MU-Neb-@OSU. Should be fun. :)

Mizzou has OU at home.

MU will find a way to **** that up.

Blake Griffin is going to destroy Carroll.

We have Iowa State before Nebraska. Both at home.

Then @OU, MU, and UT.

Four of our last 5 at home. I'll take it!

As has been said, the reason MU moved up so much is because of who ahead of us lost. 10 teams from #5-16 in the AP Top 25 poll lost last week.

You really come off as pretty sad in these MU related threads.

That's what I said. :shrug:

Yeah, I skipped the Colorados and ISUs of the world... Mizzou has to take care of CU before their stretch and KSU has some random OOC game and ISU before their stretch.

I'm glad this stretch is coming now, because it'll tell us a lot more about the team. If it was in January (2 road games in Columbia and Manhattan, followed a week later @OU, etc), they would have looked awful to start conference play. Playing KSU at home when they were struggling, Colorado twice in January, and not-terribly-difficult road games in Ames and Lincoln is what they needed at the time, which will only help them now.

Did anyone look at those brackets?

MU and KU both #3 seeds at Boise? I hope, I hope, I hope that Mizzou gets seeded in Kansas City. That would be freakin' awesome.

I don't take any conference game for granted. Though we should beat both fairly easily at home.

This is fun having this discussion with the 3 schools still very much in it.

Awww did I hurt your feelings again?

Agreed. I would like to stay in the 15-20 range. I love the ranking, but we are not the 10th best team in the nation.

ASU at 11 and Washington at 19? Who exactly is leading the Pac-10?

Wow, KU was a 4 last week. I just don't see the team making it to the Sweet 16, mostly because they aren't supposed to... my expectation at the beginning of the year was to make it to the tournament and see a first-weekend exit. And for the same reason - inexperience - I'd think that about Mizzou, too. Not that either team couldn't make it into the second weekend... but the tournament is a fickle bitch.

And Aldrich... So whats your point?

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It doesn't make sense to send the Missouri pod to Boise and let the pod with Arizona State and Utah St. go to KC.

Unfortunately for KU they have us in a pod with a bunch of western teams (except Miami) so it makes more sense.

Obviously it's not official. How fun would it be to have KU and Mizzou in the same arena?

I am happy for MU they have had a tough road back.

I just don't get how you can root for KU during basketball and MU during football, that is ****ed up, almost bandwagonish

I think MU should probably slot in that 15-18 range due to their nature. That team's just a little to streaky to be a true top 10 team. The next 3 weeks will tell the tale.

Ultimately I figure both MU and KU will be a 5 seed somewhere. I'd love to see that 3 in the midwestern bracket for MU though. If they want KC, they'd better bump off OK and steal that #2 seed.

Neither school should claim him.

We honestly dont acknowledge CoMoChief as a KU fan... You guys can have him...

nothing personal ...

but die in a fire while drinking antifreeze :grr:

I have a "friend" like that. Except it's KU bball & KSU football. He's not a real friend. Real friends can make a decision.

I'll second that. It's annoying.

I dont root for MU football.

this isn't true. just like Tyler Hansbrough, Aldrich will make Griffin his bitch.

I root for Nebraska for football and Mizzou for basketball. :shrug:

It really doesn't matter where the two teams are right now. I'm still fairly confident that KU is better than MU, and I suspect they will finish above them when it's all said and done.

they aren't hated rivals, its not like you root the raiders on or the broncos on when the chiefs are out of it.

I hate Duke as much as anybody, but if you look at the teams they lost to, you'll figure it out.

Why you would want to become up "The Fraud Season" is puzzling to me. Focus on your basketball team, not the fact that Chase Daniel is a choker.

Back to back 10 win seasons, back to back North Championships. Don't you guys play in the North?? 36-28. Chase Daniel sure did choke against you guys in 07 didnt he?

I suspect that KU will end up as a 4 seed, unless they win the Big 12 (which I admit is a possibility for this team if they play to their potential)

He choked last season, in his senior year, when MU was expected to contend for a National Championship. He's a loser, deal with it.

Ok.

Lost: @ BC
Lost: #3 UNC
Win: Miami (OT)
Lost: @ #13 Clemson
Lost: @ #7 W.F.


Sorry man. I understand what you are saying, but there is only one other team in the country that could handle those losses and remain in the top 10 and that is UNC.

He's an embarrassment.

To hell with the MU to KC talk. I want KU in KC.

Now you've done it (popcorn). :)

Duke is 5th in RPI and have had one of the toughest schedules in the nation. A 20-5 record considering that is very good. And yet you want these voters to put them behind Missouri?

This is a basketball thread, not a football thread. I just don't get why anybody would bring it up. Nobody cares about MU's fraud football team full of chokers, certainly not in the middle of February.

I'm glad they've played a tough schedule, but they still have lost 4 of 6.

Figured it out alright. Duke is overrated, AGAIN.

You are biased here (your hatred for the ACC conference and Duke is blinding you).

Should Missouri be ahead of Duke? That's the question these voters had to answer in their minds. What's your answer?

Do not hate the ACC. Duke, well..............................................

Too bad both KU and MU can't make it to the Sprint Center. KC will most likely get a 1/16-8/9 with OU, so they aren't going to put Mizzou and Kansas in a potential 4/5 matchup in the Sprint Center... even though that would be about the best thing that's ever happened to the place. :)

So the choice was Duke at #9 & MU at #10 or MU at #9 & Duke at #10? I doubt it.

MU got the benefit of teams ahead of them losing and with a good week of ball to jump up 8 spots. Duke losses 2 straight games and they drop 4.

Pretty sure the defense lost 3 out of the 4 games. Including against your team, where Daniel led 2 go ahead drives in the 4th quarter, yet our defense gave it away. Remember that game?

Im not gunna deny Daniel fell apart after the Nebraska game, but he still threw for 4400 yards, 39 TD and a crazy 72% completion rating.

The defense lost the Texas, OU and Kansas games. Daniel lost 2 NFL receivers and experience at OL for his senior year. Danario Alexander wasn't near 100% and Coffman was hobbled at the end of the year, so all he had was Maclin, Saunders and Perry who underachieved once again.

I know your a KU fan, so I guess I understand your stupitidy and bias towards hating Chase Daniel, I mean he did ruin your perfect little season last year.

That's true, but Self is a great coach. I don't think a sweet sixteen is out of the question. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised with elite eight. However, I definitely don't want to see a Bucknell or Bradley, which can happen with a young team. Oh well, this team really has no expectations to be met.

Bit too high for Mizzou.... down year in college basketball.

ROFL 40-37

I remember Chase Daniel choking and playing a major part in MU's collapse last season, yes.

Kind of ironic, eh. Especially considering that they used to always claim that KU fans would try to switch the topic to hoops in a football discussion.

In the ESPN poll it was.

And you didn't answer my question. I think you know the answer, though.

Of course KU fans could bring up the injuries to some key players that really hurt us in the MU game in 2007. Goes both ways, silly little MUron.

Yep. How many turnovers did he have against KU this year? 3? 4? Yep, it was all on the defense. :rolleyes:

North champs. AGAIN.

10 win season. AGAIN.

40 wins over the past four seasons.

Mackey Award winner.

Two first team All-Americans.

Will have two 1st round NFL draft picks and two 2nd round draft picks.

5 star QB leading the team next year.

#4 overall recruit in the country.



Yeah, Mizzou is the fraud in football.

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