Final Poll Ranking - A Breakdown

[MacabreMob]

Does anyone think we will be in the final polls? And if so, about where?

[Big Mike]

I liked the fact that one of the Memphis players said the Braves played like a ranked top 10 team.......he was being nice but also thought we were good enough to be ranked! With WS getting beat pretty good ......I have to pull for Memphis here on out.........for surely there is no-shame in losing to the National Champ!

[Bravesfan]

Re: Final Poll Ranking?

Does anyone think we will be in the final polls? And if so, about where?

We will be ranked in the Top 25. Book it! When Valparaiso went on their Sweet 16 run in 1997, they finished #24 in the final poles. So expect Bradley to probably be ranked somewhere between #20 and #25, maybe a little higher due to the dominance we showed during those first two rounds.

[MacabreMob]

Top25 would be nice.

Kinda wondering what people think.

Of the teams in the Sweet16, and looking at the teams they played.... Bradley knocked off bigger opponents than anyone else.

#17 Wash: W vs #13 Ill
#23 G'town: W vs #6 OSU
George Mason: W vs #10 UNC
WSU: W vs #18 Tennessee
Bradley: WINS vs #12 KU and #16 Pitt

I think I might be disappointed to be in the 20-25 range, yet still happy. I know - they are only opinion polls that favor BCS schools and don't mean squat. But we deserve some ranking this year that would be better than a 20-25 range.

[MacabreMob]

Breaking down the top 25 in the NCAA Tourney along with the NonRanked (NR) teams that progressed through the bracket.

Listing is in order of Final 4, Elite 8, Sweet16, One-n-Done's, and Early Exits. I also show the record of teams against teams ranked in the most recent poll (since the polls are opinion-driven based on how you do against ranked teams).

Final 4
#7t UCLA 2-0
#11 Florida 2-0
#19 LSU 2-0
NR Geo Mason 2-0

Elite 8
#2 UConn 1-0
#3 Villa 1-1
#4 Memphis 0-1
#9 Texas 1-1

Sweet 16
#1 Duke 1-1
#5 Gonz 0-1
#7t BC 0-1
#17 Wash 1-1
#22 WVU 0-1
#23 G'town 1-1
NR Wichita St 1-0
NR Bradley 2-1

One-n-Done
#6 OSU 0-1
#10 UNC 0-0
#13 Illini 0-1
#14 GW 0-1
#16 Pitt 0-0
#18 Tenn 0-0

Early Exit
#12 Kansas
#15 Iowa
#20 Nevada
#21 Syra
#24 Okla
#25 UAB

[MacabreMob]

I need to mention that this is based on the AP top 25.

[MacabreMob]

There are only 5 teams at this time that boast 2 wins over ranked teams....

The Final 4 teams (UCLA, Fla, LSU and Geo MAson) and Bradley!