ODU Almost Makes Ap Top 25 This Week

ODU (17-2) is ranked 29th this week by the Associated Press, having received 21 votes... arty:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/polls/ap

Somme of the teams they have surged ahead of in the polls include, Pacific, Maryland, DePaul, Notre Dame, Georgetown and George Washington...:toast:

congrats Shrink....They could be the cinderella of the ncaa Tourney this year

Take ODU off their home court and they do not have much

IOWA---ILLINOIS---IOWA STATE---NORTHERN IOWA

These are the only 4 teams that i know more about than ODU!

I mean how many others on this board know that ODU has two players from Australia?

I am guessing ONE. :toast:

Yes, that's right Fishhead...

They also Have another key Stater from The Ivory Coast in Arnold Dahi...

The two guys from Australia are Alex Loughton and Sam Harris...

Loughton sored the most points by any Division 1 player last year against UNC Charlotte, knocking in 48 and he is their best player...

Sam Harris is a 7 foot 3 FRESHMEN who only sees limited playing time this year but will be awsome when he gets more seasoned...

Also, ODU only has ONE FRESHMEN on the entire team so being ranked in the top 25 before next year season starts is likely....

THE SHRINK

Would be nice to see ODU make tourney and beat Indiana.

maryland, ND, GW, and GT would absolutely SMOKE odu

Who were ODU's two losses to this year?

ODU beat out my school Loyola Marymount for Harris.

Harris way swayed by Loughton's success there. LMU thought they had the inside track with two Aussies on their team.

Harris will be a force in the CAA.

Fishhead said:

IOWA---ILLINOIS---IOWA STATE---NORTHERN IOWA

These are the only 4 teams that i know more about than ODU!

I mean how many others on this board know that ODU has two players from Australia?

I am guessing ONE. :toast:

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I know that UTah has 2 players from Australia!!!

Depaul beat them 73-60

Corpus Christi beat them also 71-67

CONFERENCE RANKINGS BY RPI......



1 Atlantic Coast Conference 102-24 .810 .5850 .5192 ( 6) .5909 ( 1) 2 159 56 43
2 Pac 10 Conference 77-25 .755 .5826 .5322 ( 4) .5839 ( 2) 6 129 57 45
3 Big East Conference 104-26 .800 .5728 .5141 ( 9) .5776 ( 3) 5 131 62 66
4 Big XII Conference 102-28 .785 .5697 .5098 (11) .5759 ( 4) 1 252 82 69
5 Big Ten Conference 94-40 .701 .5649 .5402 ( 3) .5653 ( 5) 9 194 81 54
6 Southeastern Conference 106-39 .731 .5553 .5189 ( 7) .5622 ( 6) 11 188 82 76
7 West Coast Conference 69-37 .651 .5424 .4997 (18) .5509 ( 7) 13 154 95 114
8 Missouri Valley Conference 66-26 .717 .5319 .4721 (30) .5451 ( 8) 15 240 104 100
9 Conference USA 106-58 .646 .5300 .5040 (15) .5311 (10) 25 280 120 74
10 Western Athletic Conference 51-35 .593 .5233 .5077 (13) .5221 (11) 37 255 132 132

11 Mountain West Conference 58-42 .580 .5202 .5089 (12) .5200 (12) 21 223 136 127
12 Mid American Conference 59-41 .590 .5167 .4780 (27) .5323 ( 9) 31 257 116 101
13 Atlantic 10 Conference 53-76 .411 .5093 .5506 ( 1) .4951 (14) 40 321 167 158
14 Sun Belt Conference 54-62 .466 .5036 .5140 (10) .5044 (13) 55 272 157 142
15 Horizon League 25-49 .338 .4957 .5466 ( 2) .4763 (19) 80 329 193 172
16 Ivy League 45-58 .437 .4919 .4976 (21) .4911 (17) 22 295 180 199
17 Colonial Athletic Association 47-46 .505 .4872 .4755 (29) .4935 (15) 36 302 173 176
18 America East Conference 42-44 .488 .4842 .4622 (32) .4934 (16) 17 298 176 194
19 Big West Conference 34-47 .420 .4841 .4991 (19) .4795 (18) 30 304 194 185
20 Southern Conference 34-61 .358 .4770 .5030 (16) .4727 (20) 89 310 203 195

21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 31-57 .352 .4740 .5025 (17) .4708 (21) 110 319 204 184
22 Mid-Continent Conference 26-60 .302 .4710 .5268 ( 5) .4596 (25) 118 320 222 254
23 Ohio Valley Conference 29-71 .290 .4709 .5143 ( 8) .4647 (24) 97 313 217 251
24 Patriot League 39-55 .415 .4670 .4813 (25) .4656 (23) 53 322 209 252
25 Southland Conference 26-60 .302 .4585 .4980 (20) .4529 (26) 126 315 229 216
26 Atlantic Sun Conference 20-48 .294 .4574 .4866 (23) .4679 (22) 132 311 211 206
27 Big South Conference 26-57 .313 .4492 .4832 (24) .4490 (27) 128 326 235 248
28 Big Sky Conference 29-57 .337 .4468 .4811 (26) .4415 (29) 195 305 248 236
29 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 23-79 .225 .4421 .4955 (22) .4417 (28) 107 328 242 249
30 Northeast Conference 27-70 .278 .4359 .4756 (28) .4357 (30) 166 323 251 245

If Indiana keeps rolling along, we will approach that top 25 before long....

4-1 in the big ten right now......

Corpus Christi beat them also 71-67

never will get in tourney because of that lose

it destroyed their year

THE SHRINK said:

ODU (17-2) is ranked 29th this week by the Associated Press, having received 21 votes... arty:

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/polls/ap

Somme of the teams they have surged ahead of in the polls include, Pacific, Maryland, DePaul, Notre Dame, Georgetown and George Washington...:toast:

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Is this like being almost pregnant? :smoker2:

Maryland would beat ODU , MD is underachieving bigtime this season...

Journeyman said:

Maryland would beat ODU , MD is underachieving bigtime this season...

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I doubt it...

ODU plays as a TEAM and they are very well coached. Maryland doesn't know what the YEAM concept is all about...

THE SHRINK

Delaware at ODU tomorrow....what do you think the line will be (-10-12)? And more importantly, can ODU cover?

doug,

The line currently is ODU-14 1/2 and 15 over Delaware..

ODU has a HUGE game against their BIGGEST RIVAL, VCU on the ROAD after Delaware, so they may be looking ahead a tad...

VCU beat ODU twice last year in the Regular Season schedule and a Third time in the Conference Tourney...

At this point, I am passing...

THE SHRINK

I know I'm going to sound like a basher again, but ODU being Top 25 is a joke. Not only are there 25 better teams, there are easily 50 better teams. I'm looking at some of "lower rated" teams in thst AP Poll -- Florida 35, GW 37, Marquette 38, Maryland 39, SIU 40...and low and behold DePaul 43, a team that already whipped them. Loking at the Top 25 and all the other teams with votes (45 teams) -- DePaul is the only team they have played and they lost that by 13.

Sorry Shrink, again, nothing personal, but ODU is nowhere near the 29th team in the nation. Based on this poll, I'd have to say ODU is the most overrated team in the nation. Maybe everyone is caught up in Shrink's fanaticism.