Power Rankings: Men's Hoops Week 3

by dvieira on Jan 19, 2009 11:58 AM PST in Basketball Comment 15 comments

I have to admit, this week was a tough one to rank. Arizona State beats UCLA, but lost to USC who barely beat Arizona who got destroyed by UCLA. The polls were shaken up quite a bit this week. Click the jump to see if UCLA hung onto the top spot.

Rank (lw)	Votes	Team	Conf	Overall	Comments
1 (1)	34	UCLA	4-1	14-3	Losing to Arizona State by 3 in overtime isn't a bad loss. Destroying Arizona by 23 was just fine. The loss doesn't cause enough damage to the Bruins to make them fall a spot.
2 (3)	32	Arizona State	4-2	15-3	Beating UCLA, good! Losing by 11 to USC? Not so good. A better performance against USC and the Sun Devils would have upended the Bruins in the rankings.
3 (2)	25	California	4-1	15-3	I'm sure TwistNHook has some excuse as to why the Bears lost to Stanford. My guess involves a bunch of Cardinal-created newspapers mentioning Montgomery spraining an ankle.
4 (5)	25	USC	3-2	12-5	2 good wins for USC this week against the Arizona schools but not a very dominating performance against the Wildcats.
5 (4)	24	Washington	4-1	13-4	The Huskies dominating in wins at the Oregon schools. The problem? Playing them is like playing Coastal Carolina in football and only serves to hurt you. At least the showings were dominant.
6 (8)	14	Washington St.	3-2	11-6	Solid win against Oregon and was taken to OT against the Beavers at Gil before finally getting the win. The Cougars seem pretty young but their talented senior guard is getting them through.
7 (7)	12	Stanford	2-3	12-3	A big win against Cal and Washington State jumps them? Maybe 2 wins against the Oregon schools this week will propel the Cardinal up the rankings.
8 (6)	10	Arizona	2-4	11-7	Heartbreaking loss against the Trojans this week and paid the price by dropping 2 spots.
9 (9)	3	Oregon St.	1-5	6-10	Forced Washington State to overtime but came away with the loss. For a team expected to lose all of their games, the Beavs are showing up and have proved that they can beat teams on any given day. It may still be a long year but the light is at the end of the tunnel.
10 (10)	1	Oregon	0-6	6-10	Losing to the Washington schools at home, Ernie gets tossed for the 1st time in his career, TP finally perks up on the ejection but too little too late. 3 games to go till the halfway point. The only brightside for the Ducks might be that they picked up a point in the power rankings. Miracles do happen

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I hate Taylor Rochestie

He’s in the exact same vein as Appleby, Chris Hernandez, Derrick Low, stupid guards who look like they’d be terrible as basketball but still manage to ruin my day twice a year. Stop wearing three pairs of socks, you’re an idiot.

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Jan 19, 2009 12:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

socks in action

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Jan 19, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

god he’s dumb.

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Jan 19, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You all should be thanking Taylor Rochestie

He’s played a key role in hastening the end of the Ernie Kent era.

CougCenter

by Nuss on Jan 19, 2009 6:45 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs

+1 for you!

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Jan 19, 2009 8:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, the whole layering socks thing has gotten substantially more popular.

Especially on high school teams.

Is a mancrush on LeGarrette Blount considered beastiality?

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Where the Shufelts, butthols, and like half of the population of Chicago roam...

by qrsouther on Jan 19, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

it doesnt mean its a good idea

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Jan 19, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Probably evidence of the opposite actually.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jan 19, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i’m just doubting that there’s any athletic point to it, other than you can wear six swooshes on your legs is all im saying. if it makes your shoes fit better or something, go for it, but i’m thinking it’s aesthetic rather than functional, and I don’t like the look.

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Jan 19, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's just to keep one's legs looking aesthetically more balanced...

Not like wine glasses, but like water glasses.

It also occurred to me that it may, somehow, stabilize ankles well? Somewhat like football players taping their legs and shoes like harnesses.

Is a mancrush on LeGarrette Blount considered beastiality?

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Where the Shufelts, butthols, and like half of the population of Chicago roam...

by qrsouther on Jan 19, 2009 9:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

everybody's doing it..

Look at it this way, if we were in the NBA, we'd be completely amped up for a high probability of landing the #1 lottery pick...

by travissimmo on Jan 19, 2009 11:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess if you actually do your own laundry you’re aware that wearing more socks means more laundry on a more frequent basis as well as fewer socks. I hate running out of socks. It is a telltale sign that I’m slacking off when I actually run out of clean socks. Sad really.

Catalina-Wine-Mixer.

by ArbyOSU on Jan 20, 2009 10:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I just buy new socks. Is that wrong?

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.

by Takimoto on Jan 20, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Configuring the Rankings

Hey guys, I like to see that someone else is doing PAC-10 Power Rankings. It appears as though you take votes and do the rankings based upon those. How exactly do you configure these votes and thereby the Power Rankings?

Here’s my “vote”

by NaterB on Jan 19, 2009 8:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hey Nater. The way the poll is tabulated is based off of a voter submitting a “ranking” of all the teams, 1-10 with 1 being the best. The points are then tabulated by subtracting their poll position from 10 (the number of teams). For instance, in your poll, UCLA would receive 9 points, Cal 8 and Arizona State 7 in the “global poll”.

There is a deadline each week that the voters must submit their ballot to me and I add it all up and post rankings with some comments above. If you would like more information, feel free to send me an email through my profile and I’ll be happy to help where I can.

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Jan 19, 2009 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs