*** Official Jackson State vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
- Thread starter CycloneRulzzz
- Start date
I don't necessarily think Kentucky winning at Gonzaga completely cancels out losing to an unranked Clemson, even if it wasn't a bad loss. Kentucky was very lucky to win that game - a game that they were out of for most of it.
Meanwhile, we controlled the game against a top 5 Marquette team for all but 5 minutes of the game this week.
As far as Duke, that loss to Kansas is looking worse and worse with every loss they pile up.
Auburn is the question mark. Sure, they lost at Duke, but they beat ISU. And even if it was a quality loss, teams typically drop when they lose. But can you just jump a team that beat that team in question?
As far as Kansas, I think they're going to slide a bit. While neither Creighton nor Mizzou is a bad loss, they lost to two teams this week. I don't think they fall out of the top 10, but personally I think it'll be at the bottom of it.
Here's another part of the problem: 4 of the top 5 have played each other - ISU lost to Auburn but has a top 5 win outside of that. Auburn beat ISU but lost to Duke; Duke beat Auburn but lost to Kentucky. Kentucky beat Duke but has a loss outside the top 25
Personally, I think it goes:
Tennessee
Auburn
ISU
Kentucky
Duke
I disagree.
Marquette lost in Hilton to #6 ISU - nobody's going to kill them for that - and then went on to beat #11 Wisconsin.
Gonzaga lost to #4 Kentucky
Purdue's loss to Penn St wasn't great, but they came back to beat a very hot Maryland team that's probably going to be a top 25 team next week
Duke beat #2 Auburn this week. They are losing at Louisville at the half, but I expect them to come back and win.
Alabama lost a 1 possession game to an undefeated Oregon team that's probably going to enter the top 10 this week, then absolutely obliterated North Carolina
Sure, some of the teams behind them lost... but they all had better weeks than KU, who lost to two unranked teams.
If I had to expand my predicted top 5 to 10...
Tennessee
Auburn
ISU
Kentucky
Duke
Marquette
Oregon
Alabama
Purdue
Kansas
He really struggled in 1st half even in limited minutes. Back to back fouls, unable to handle a steal opportunity, visible frustration. It's a bummer to see, cuz I really like Watson.
That’s not a bad top 10 prediction. I hope we jump Auburn, but since they beat us I think they might edge us by 5-10 total votes for second.
I just asked what it was for but he was talking to their bench or something before that time out.
Good to know. Sorry that I’m not familiar with which toilet teams play in the same conference.
Man, Lipsey is having trouble scoring. I wish we would just rest him. The 9 assists is nice though. Good news is we proved against Marquette he doesn’t need to score for us to win.
