Rankings by next week

[Chasehog27]

Hey guys new to hogville, but I have been following a lot lately and figured I should get an account!
Anyways I was wondering what yall think about the hogs moving up in the polls after that road win against SMU! Huge win yesterday and can't wait to see what we are come next week!
WPS and Go Hogs!

[Danny J]

We have two more games this week...one we should win easily the other, on Sunday, is another story. While I think we win it is a classic trap game. Iona is a good club.

If we win those two games we will likely move up to maybe 21 or 22....maybe. A lot depends on what happens around the country. I could see us moving up to as high as 18.

[Arazorbackguy1]

#1 baby!

[Fayettechill14]

Florida will leave the polls after losing to Georgetown, so we'll move up at least 1.

[sooiepig_12]

Florida will leave the polls after losing to Georgetown, so we'll move up at least 1.

I think we go 3-0 with a road win over a preseason top 25 team we might crack the top 20.

[OnTheHillHogFan]

Florida will leave the polls after losing to Georgetown, so we'll move up at least 1.

UCLA also lost and they were at 22

[Randy Johnson]

[Adam Stokes]

Some teams might jump in, haven't looked a ton, but if they win against Oklahoma today Butler could also jump in thanks to beating up on North Carolina.

[opineonswine]

A win over Iona won't be easy.

[Mr. Porkleone]

18

[Danny J]

A win over Iona won't be easy.

Nope.....

[razorbackkid]

A win over Iona won't be easy.

The final score will make it appear easy.  108-77. 

[jry04]

Hey guys new to hogville, but I have been following a lot lately and figured I should get an account!
Anyways I was wondering what yall think about the hogs moving up in the polls after that road win against SMU! Huge win yesterday and can't wait to see what we are come next week!
WPS and Go Hogs!

Do mot think it is a trap game considering we play North Texas before, and then have 5 fays until our next game. Maybe if we played SMU Friday and not UNT.

[TNhawgfan]

The real question is why did you put the puke emoticon after go hogs?

[ErieHog]

If we close the week with strong showings, there is no reason we can't be somewhere around #20 with a sweep.

[The Hogfather]

Go Hogs!

[popcornhog]

If we close the week with strong showings, there is no reason we can't be somewhere around #20 with a sweep.

True. I hate that so many fans think Iona is a gimme.

I just hope the players don't feel that way. After 7 years in the dark and 20 years removed from the NC, being back in the top 25 and getting a big road win could be tough to handle mentally for the kids. I think Mike will have them ready though.

[ErieHog]

True. I hate that so many fans think Iona is a gimme.

I just hope the players don't feel that way. After 7 years in the dark and 20 years removed from the NC, being back in the top 25 and getting a big road win could be tough to handle mentally for the kids. I think Mike will have them ready though.

After learning to handle adversity, it'll be important for them to learn how to handle success.

[-Blu]

True. I hate that so many fans think Iona is a gimme.

I just hope the players don't feel that way. After 7 years in the dark and 20 years removed from the NC, being back in the top 25 and getting a big road win could be tough to handle mentally for the kids. I think Mike will have them ready though.

The thing that worries me a little bit about the Iona game is it is only 1 day in-between games.  We need to really bring it to North Texas and have them blown out by mid second half.  That way we give our starters a nice little break, so they have some fresh legs and ready to go on Sunday.

[opineonswine]

Score comparison:
Ark 99  Del State 71
Iona 126  Del State 76

@Ark 83   Wake 53
Iona 85 @Wake 81

Ark __ North Texas __
Iona 78 @North Texas  58

[hogs24]

Score comparison:

Iona 126  Del State 76

wow....gonna be like those Loyola match ups from the 90 ' s

[jry04]

Score comparison:
Ark 99  Del State 71
Iona 126  Del State 76

@Ark 83   Wake 53
Iona 85 @Wake 81

Ark __ North Texas __
Iona 78 @North Texas  58

Iona is going to be a good opponent, but I will bet anyone on here we win by double digits. They will hang with us for a bit. AJ English is a beast. They killed Delaware St because they caught fire from outside. They hit something like 25 3s. I do not see that happening in BWA.

Some other games of note for Iona is their 5 point win over Cleveland State. They took a lead with 44 seconds left, then hit some free throws to ice it. They also lost by 13 to Wofford.

[TNhawgfan]

I understand not overlooking opponents or taking them lightly, but i have no fear of losing to iona. A team that wants to run and shoot a lot of quick shots playing at bwa...that plays right into our hands

[latrops]

I understand not overlooking opponents or taking them lightly, but i have no fear of losing to iona. A team that wants to run and shoot a lot of quick shots playing at bwa...that plays right into our hands

We like playing up tempo....they like playing up tempo.  I don't assume an advantage based on tempo.  Our advantage is that we are bigger and better defensively and we will be playing at home.  It would be better for us if they struggled to play fast.

[kp72204]

Lets win vs Iona and i think at a minimum we jump to 21.

[opineonswine]

We like playing up tempo....they like playing up tempo.  I don't assume an advantage based on tempo.  Our advantage is that we are bigger and better defensively and we will be playing at home.  It would be better for us if they struggled to play fast.

So far, we have struggled the most with up tempo teams....Alabama State and North Texas.

[secfan30]

Win Sunday and with others either losing or possibly losing this weekend we could be anywhere from 18-21.

[jry04]

So far, we have struggled the most with up tempo teams....Alabama State and North Texas.

North Texas is not really an up tempo team. They just tried to do it yesterday at times. They came into the game averaging less than 70ppg, and during the game yesterday they said UNT would like to play their style by not taking a shot until late in the shot clock. They got some fast break points due to lazy transition defense by us. However, they tried to slow it down when they could.

They tried to slow Iona down, too. It was 32-32 at half, and they ended up losing 78-58.

[The Hogfather]

Iona would be a big win for our RPI.  I think they're not going to lose too many.

[opineonswine]

North Texas is not really an up tempo team. They just tried to do it yesterday at times. They came into the game averaging less than 70ppg, and during the game yesterday they said UNT would like to play their style by not taking a shot until late in the shot clock. They got some fast break points due to lazy transition defense by us. However, they tried to slow it down when they could.

They tried to slow Iona down, too. It was 32-32 at half, and they ended up losing 78-58.

Well I beg to differ.  They pressed the ENTIRE game and got the ball across the time line in a helter skelter manner.  They never used all the shot clock and never got close.  If they didn't play up tempo yesterday I don't understand the term.

[gmarv]

the game against unt was a good thing for us means we should be focused for iona.i,m hoping we are at least 20th.i would like to say rankings don,t mean anything,but they do (ego thing only at this time).

[poloprince]

So far, we have struggled the most with up tempo teams....Alabama State and North Texas.

Struggled to the tune of 5 and 0 record. I can live with it.  :razorback:

[opineonswine]

Struggled to the tune of 5 and 0 record. I can live with it.  :razorback:

I didn't mean that in a negative way. I just meant it seems we have a harder time with those teams. Very little to complain about right now.

[popcornhog]

So far, we have struggled the most with up tempo teams....Alabama State and North Texas.

That's what worries me about Iowa State.

The biggest thing that worries me about Iona is their three balls. We have to have a hand in their faces.

[King]

Iona would be a big win for our RPI.  I think they're not going to lose too many.

Based on warren nolan's rankings, you are right.

We are currently ranked 17 in his RPI simulator.  That is a good start for not having played any marquee teams, but I'm concerned that at some point our conference schedule will start to drag it down.

[TomBigBeeHog]

b]their three balls[/b].

sounds like a weird birth defect.