Villanova up to #3 in the polls

Posted by Chris on November 30, 2009
Rankings, Rants
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The new polls are out today, and your Villanova Wildcats have moved all the way up (read: 1 spot) up to #3 in both the AP Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.

The BIG EAST is still going 3-strong in the Top-10 thanks to ‘Nova, Syracuse and West Virginia. They have 7 teams in the Top 25 thanks to UConn, Georgetown, Louisville and Cincinnati, who made their debut this week at the back end.

Thanks to our good friends at CasualHoya, I today learned about Pollspeak, a site dedicated to keeping the pollsters from being anything but anonymous, and allowing us to rant over their perceived idiocy in regards to the game we love.

I ran a report for Villanova, and it allowed me to to single out some people, which I love. Have we not justified our ranking? Maybe not. Does Duke deserve to be ranked above us after the curb-stomping we gave them last year? Definitely not. Maybe Jon Scheyer has magically figured out the ‘Nova defense and won’t go 3-18 again the next time we meet. I wouldn’t bet on that though.

So here are your list of degenerates. One name will not surprise you at all:

  • Tim Hall
  • Brian Rosenthal
  • Dick Vitale
  • Dick Weiss (he actually ranked ‘Cuse #1)
  • John Bohnenkamp
  • John Rohde
  • Matt McCoy
  • Patrick Stevens
  • Tom Keegan
  • Jon Wilner
  • Roger Clarkson
  • Dave Borges and Rich Bozich – special shout out to these two bozos for ranking us all the way down at #8.

Okay, that felt really good. On a day when it was announced that we lost Mouph Yarou for the year, I needed a good rant.

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4 Comments to Villanova up to #3 in the polls

Nova Fan '06
December 1, 2009

That poll speak site is awesome!

SeanDon
December 1, 2009

Could we see the Cats jump to #1 by January?

Fact
December 1, 2009

That’s shocking, Hoops Weiss is usually all up on our dick, he writes a column about us like once a week in the NY Daily News. I happen to think we’re about the sixth best team in the country as well..

Chris
December 1, 2009

Eh, what are you gonna do. I don’t think we’ve proved we’re the 3rd best team in the country (especially now with Yarou out) but keep in mind we don’t have Redding either.

No way Duke is better than us. No possible way. We beat the brakes off them last year and neither team is significantly better or worse in my eyes.

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