A Sea Of Red

Liberty is ranked 11th in the Times area college basketball poll.


http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/ja ... -34770795/

wow, no love for us of JMU in those rankings...

Well this gives us their thoughts on who the best teams are in VA

I would have put us ahead of Navy and American.

I think WE would have put us in front of a few of those teams...but really IMO it only matters what those outside the bubble think we're at....since our goal is to make a tourny one day and they will either decide if we do or dont or if we win the BSC Championship then what seed we get

Hold My Own wrote:I think WE would have put us in front of a few of those teams...but really IMO it only matters what those outside the bubble think we're at....since our goal is to make a tourny one day and they will either decide if we do or dont or if we win the BSC Championship then what seed we get

That poll is crap. It's done by the media heads in DC. They have never given us our proper respect.

jcmanson wrote:They have never given us our proper respect.

While I agree with your statement my only question is what "media heads" ever have given us respect? Very few...we all know we have to do more then the other person just to get as much credit...but that's what I'm saying...it doesnt matter what we think...it matters what they think...perception is reality and we're only as good as they'll give us credit for

hopefully we'll do enough where they have no choice but to give us credit....but they'll stack the odds against us with a poor seeding or not getting invited to tourny's etc and one day we'll over come those odds and open eyes...we're slowly chipping away at that wall they have put in front of us...but we have a long way to go

I guess they don't include VMI in their area, which is strange. Radford I understand, although it's only a few miles further away from DC than VT.

Guys here is the list...Luke and a few other comments making me wonder if you're looking at the right one...

DELMARVA/D.C. POWER RANKINGS

(all records through Wednesday)

1. Virginia Tech

Record: 14-5

Previous rank: 2

Delaney powers Hokies to two crucial victories at Wake and Miami

2. Georgetown

Record: 12-7

Previous rank: 1

Did these guys really beat Connecticut just a month ago?

3. Virginia Commonwealth

Record: 15-6

Previous rank: 5

Edges out George Mason based on head-to-head win Saturday

4. George Mason

Record: 15-5

Previous rank: 3

A word from Captain Obvious: Patriots need guard John Vaughan (concussion) to win CAA

5. VMI

Record: 16-3

Previous rank: 9

Keydets 12-1 since start of December

6. Maryland

Record: 13-7

Previous rank: 4

If this were a ranking of program implosions, Terps would battle GW for No. 1

7. American

Record: 12-7

Previous rank: 6

Eagles take a fun ride to Annapolis as Carr drops 28, game-winning 3-pointer on Navy

8. Navy

Record: 14-7

Previous rank: 7

Loss to American in final minute hurts but not as much as falling at Army

9. Mount St. Mary's

Record: 11-9

Previous rank: 14

Mountaineers rolling, but six of last nine NEC games are on the road

10. Old Dominion

Record: 12-8

Previous rank: 12

Paid back James Madison with win in Harrisonburg, Va., on Wednesday

11. Liberty 15-7 8

12. Richmond 11-9 15

13. Virginia 7-9 11

14. Morgan State 10-10 13

15. Loyola 10-12 17

16. James Madison 13-9 10

17. Hampton 10-9 16

18. Radford 10-10 21

19. UMBC 9-11 18

20. Longwood 10-10 20

21. Delaware 9-13 19

22. George Washington 6-12 23

23. Towson 8-14 22

24. Norfolk State 7-11 24

25. Coppin State 5-15 27

26. William & Mary 6-14 25

27. Delaware State 5-16 26

28. UMES 6-12 28

29. Howard 3-16 29

OK, now I see that the have VMI 5th. On the linked page it was sort of tucked down in a corner. Same with Radford at 18th.

Yeah I'm not sure why they had them broken down the way they did with only a few teams per page but the print page made it all on one

The week that poll came out after we had beaten GMU and UVA, we were not even ranked in the top 11 while both of those teams were in the top 4. The have a hard on for G'town, Maryland, and GMU in DC

ODU is overrated.

jcmanson wrote:

Hold My Own wrote:I think WE would have put us in front of a few of those teams...but really IMO it only matters what those outside the bubble think we're at....since our goal is to make a tourny one day and they will either decide if we do or dont or if we win the BSC Championship then what seed we get

That poll is crap. It's done by the media heads in DC. They have never given us our proper respect.

We were as high as 6 until we lost @ Presby. Then we were at 7 until the Radford loss. They have actually given LU some very positive press, and probably will give us more when start out 10-0 next year! Our conference wins won't help much unless we beat Radford and VMI.

JMUDukes wrote:ODU is overrated.

Yes they are

jcmanson wrote:

Hold My Own wrote:I think WE would have put us in front of a few of those teams...but really IMO it only matters what those outside the bubble think we're at....since our goal is to make a tourny one day and they will either decide if we do or dont or if we win the BSC Championship then what seed we get

That poll is crap. It's done by the media heads in DC. They have never given us our proper respect.

We don't beat Radford, we don't get respect.