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benoitdenizetl

Redshirt
Dec 27, 2003
2,237
32
0
Yup, though it’s absurd, I rather our guys stay hungry and angry for Wednesday. That Indiana team is on a streak, so we’ll need a great effort.
 
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IMC Cat

Redshirt
Jun 14, 2020
453
28
23
So we have identical records as Indiana, beat them head-to-head, yet they're #14 while we're unranked??
 
TheC

TheC

All-Conference
May 29, 2001
19,103
1,173
62
Utter disrespect. We are 9-5 in one of the traditionally toughest conferences in America and just beat the #1 team in the country. It's us against the world, boys!!
 
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NUCat320

Senior
Dec 4, 2005
19,469
495
0
TheC said:
Utter disrespect. We are 9-5 in one of the traditionally toughest conferences in America and just beat the #1 team in the country. It's us against the world, boys!!
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Spoken like Travis Kelce. No respect!
 
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Smolmania

Sophomore
Nov 4, 2008
1,356
142
63
TheC said:
Utter disrespect. We are 9-5 in one of the traditionally toughest conferences in America and just beat the #1 team in the country. It's us against the world, boys!!
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6-2 on the road. The only teams in the country who have better road records than us are in the top 5! Keep that chip on your shoulders boys. Beat IU
 
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KKAT

Freshman
Aug 2, 2005
4,058
56
48
IMC Cat said:
So we have identical records as Indiana, beat them head-to-head, yet they're #14 while we're unranked??
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They're INDIANA. INDIANA is the basketball capital of the world. HOOSIERS is a great movie.
 
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techtim72

Senior
May 10, 2010
6,977
519
113
Only two Big Ten teams ranked. One of those, Indiana, had its foot in the grave a few weeks ago. Doesn't bode well for a lot of NCAA bids.
 
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PurpleWhiteBoy

Redshirt
Feb 25, 2021
5,303
0
0
phatcat said:
Pittsburgh beat us at home, like they caught us stealing chickens, and they have fewer votes than us
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In fact, because Pitt played poorly in their games very early in the season, it is our blowout loss to them that is holding our heads underwater.

The computers don't care that Pitt made some personnel decisions and improved significantly. Nor do they care that we have improved as our young guys gain valuable playing time.

All they know is that Pitt blew us out and Pitt had some bad games.
 
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HKKJB

Freshman
Apr 23, 2016
395
92
22
phatcat said:
Pittsburgh beat us at home, like they caught us stealing chickens, and they have fewer votes than us
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OK just replying here because I like your use of the phrase 'like they caught us stealing chickens'. Still, I have no idea what it means.
 
Max_Power

Max_Power

Junior
May 29, 2001
2,948
221
51
TheC said:
Utter disrespect. We are 9-5 in one of the traditionally toughest conferences in America and just beat the #1 team in the country. It's us against the world, boys!!
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Pitt is ranked below NU. They are 11-3 in the ACC. They were awful to start the year but have been very good since they destroyed NU. They have wins over ranked Miami, Virginia, NC State and 2 wins over Pete Nance led UNC. The point of this post is simple: no matter what a team like Pitt or NU does, they are always judged through the perception of the voter that they don't belong, that somehow the wins are all flukes. That the team lacks talent on the level of the real Top 25. That is why the NCAA tourney is the best way to finish each season because if they get in, both teams will have a chance to prove themselves.
 
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Deeringfish

All-Conference
Jun 23, 2008
21,038
1,302
63
In another thread, Torque-Cat said, "a lot of season left and seems implausible we could keep up this pace, so may as well ask when the bball frenzy is peaking."
This is why NU is not ranked. Not because Torque-Cat said it but because he, being a faithful and died the wool Cat fan like most of us, has this sense that some how NU is playing a little over it's head.
The pundits who make up the ratings simply don't have the close up, optimistic view that we as Cat fans have. And let's face it most of us are sitting on the edge of our seats worried that the bubble could pop. Not to mention that promoting NU's small fan base has little $$$ upside.
 
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Username Not Available

Sophomore
Dec 24, 2010
3,099
102
63
Deeringfish said:
And let's face it most of us are sitting on the edge of our seats worried that the bubble could pop.
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I'm totally guilty of this and I keep telling myself if we just win vs. Indy everything will be all right. We're in rarely charted and uncertain territory, and I'd like a few more years of this kind of success so I can get accustomed to the probability of it. But so many seniors...
 
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phatcat_rivals223240

All-Conference
Nov 5, 2001
18,867
1,035
113
EagerFan said:
I'm totally guilty of this and I keep telling myself if we just win vs. Indy everything will be all right. We're in rarely charted and uncertain territory, and I'd like a few more years of this kind of success so I can get accustomed to the probability of it. But so many seniors...
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I am always cringing from the next expected blow
 
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hdhntr1

All-Conference
Sep 5, 2006
37,294
1,097
113
techtim72 said:
Only two Big Ten teams ranked. One of those, Indiana, had its foot in the grave a few weeks ago. Doesn't bode well for a lot of NCAA bids.
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Again shouldn't matter too much as they have so many teams between 25-50. Conference won't get many top seeds but still should get a number of them
 
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