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While we'll pass Ohio State, I fear Gonzaga passes us. 3 road wins in a week...
 

If Seth Davis and Joe Lunardi's ballots are any indication, you're right.
 

I have a hard time believing we aren't the same ranking at number 9 next week. A win over #18 is not usually a sign of falling in the rankings.
 

Our only hope is that all of the people who were doubting us (ie Jay Bilas) before the MSU game suddenly jump on the bandwagon because of that win (and a blow out against Northwestern). We have a great opportunity to jump in to the top 5 after this next week if we go 2-0.:)
 

Seth davis moved us up 8 spots in his poll this week. He was waiting to see how we did against msu. If there are many others like him we could actually move up a couple.
 


afurry91 said:
I have a hard time believing we aren't the same ranking at number 9 next week. A win over #18 is not usually a sign of falling in the rankings.
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I agree, but the point is the Zags may hold us back from jumping to 8
 

The Gopher's will control what they can control. Just keep winning, and rest will take care of itself.
 

It's a Pig Man! said:
I agree, but the point is the Zags may hold us back from jumping to 8
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I gotcha now. Ya, it'll be interesting to see where we wind up. I always look forward to Monday afternoon now. It's fun to go over the rankings when you're actually in them.
 

Win thee next two @ Illinois & Indiana and we'll be top five. These things take care of themselves.
 



The Gophers were already ranked higher than Illinois. They'll jump Ohio State to 8.
 


ncgo4 said:
Win thee next two @ Illinois & Indiana and we'll be top five. These things take care of themselves.
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I know it's just wishful thinking on my part, but man, can you imagine the energy on a Thirsty Thursday night at the Barn if it ends up being a one-loss Gopher team taking on the undefeated Wolverines.
 





Breakin' The Plane said:
I know it's just wishful thinking on my part, but man, can you imagine the energy on a Thirsty Thursday night at the Barn if it ends up being a one-loss Gopher team taking on the undefeated Wolverines.
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Very well could be #2 against #3 at that point too. Be pretty fun!
 

I'm more interested in our RPI and then NCAA seed than the AP poll. Fun to see a single digit number by our name though.
 

SJUgopher said:
I'm more interested in our RPI and then NCAA seed than the AP poll. Fun to see a single digit number by our name though.
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O Rly?

Why not just say that you are more interested in our end of the season result than the AP poll...
 

How they voted last week
http://www.pollspeak.com/component/option,com_psreport/Itemid,3/lang,en/p,49/r,T/s,22/t1,57/v,/w,9/


Voter Rank
Percy Allen 5
Dick Weiss 7
Doug Haller 7
Jason Smith 7
Andrew Carter 8
Chuck Carlton 8
Ed Graney 8
Hugh Kellenberger 8
Joel Erickson 8
Joey Johnston 8
John Werner 8
Kevin McNamara 8
Lamond Pope 8
Matt McCoy 8
Matt Vautour 8
Mitch Vingle 8
Steve Layman 8
Steve Wiseman 8
Blair Kerkoff 9
C.L. Brown 9
David Southorn 9
Elton Alexander 9
Eric Sprott 9
Geoff Grammer 9
J.P. Butler 9
Jerry Carino 9
John Bohnenkamp 9
John McNamara 9
Kelly Hines 9
Kevin Brockway 9
Marcus Jackson 9
Michael Hunt 9
Randy Rosetta 9
Rod Beard 9
Roger Clarkson 9
Ryan Wood 9
Scott Mansch 9
Terry Hutchens 9
Tim Griffin 9
Tom Keegan 9
Adam Jude 10
Scott Reid 10
Jason Franchuk 11
Terry Toohey 11
Jim Benson 12
Mark Berman 12
Ron Morris 12
Steve Pivovar 12
Bret Strelow 13
Ryan Thorburn 13
Dick Vitale 14
Paul Zeise 14
Chris Dachille 15
Joe Juliano 15
Steve DeShazo 15
Bob Holt 17
Cormac Gordon 17
John Feinstein 17
Jon Wilner 17
Seth Davis 18
Scott Wolf 19
Tim Pearrell 19
Fletcher Mackel 20
Kevin Dunleavy 20
Dave Borges 23
 

Gophers dropped a spot in the RPI over the weekend (from #6 to #7). Their overall strength of schedule currently is #10 in the country.

North Dakota State (#45) currently is best nonconference RPI win, while Memphis (#59) continues to climb the RPI charts.
 



Also #8 in the AP Poll and front page of NCAAM page
 



Keep it going guys. Two huge games coming up.
 

Gophers back on the front of ESPN NCAA Men's Basketball Page. This seems to be a weekly trend.
 




I would definitely be happy with 13-5. Their projected standings have Indiana and Michigan at 14-4, but Minnesota finishing with the top RPI from the conference:

http://www.rpiforecast.com/confs/B10.html

Their confidence in our remaining games (based on Sagarin, from easiest to hardest):

1. vs Penn State (+22.7)
2. vs Nebraska (+21.9)
3. @ Nebraska (+14.3)
4. vs Iowa (+11.4)
5. @ Purdue (+9.9)
6. vs Illinois (+9.7)
7. @ Northwestern (+9.2)
8. vs Wisconsin (+8.2)
9. @ Iowa (+3.8)
10. vs Michigan (+2.2)
11. @ Illinois (+2.1)
12. vs Indiana (+0.7)
13. @ Wisconsin (+0.6)
14. @ Michigan State (+0.4)
15. @ Ohio State (-2.3)
16. @ Indiana (-6.9)

So if you believe this we have 8 "should win" games, 7 tossups, and 1 "should lose" game (@ IU). First tossup of the conference season comes up on Wednesday night in Champaign.
 

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