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When was the last time NU was ranked above Duke?

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freewillie07

Sophomore
Aug 22, 2017
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Quick glance suggests seven weeks into the 1968-69 season.

RANKTEAMRECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS
RANKTEAMRECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS
1Gonzaga (62)7-01,5981
2Baylor (2)6-01,5372
3Kansas8-11,4583
4Villanova8-11,3705
5Houston7-01,3136
6Wisconsin8-11,2499
7Tennessee6-01,2178
8Texas7-11,10910
9West Virginia7-21,0807
10Iowa7-21,0084
11Creighton7-292613
12Missouri6-088814
13Texas Tech7-282115
14Rutgers6-165911
15Illinois7-365018
16Michigan7-058219
17Michigan State6-243112
18Florida State5-137721
19Northwestern6-1350NR
20Duke3-229020
T-21Oregon6-125225
T-21Minnesota8-1252NR
23Virginia4-223816
24Virginia Tech7-123024
25Ohio State7-221623
 
jne381

jne381

Freshman
Sep 2, 2013
525
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It is great, but if this keeps up, Duke will start sniffing around for Collins to eventually replace Coach K.
 
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ubercat

Senior
Dec 9, 2005
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448
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freewillie07 said:
Quick glance suggests seven weeks into the 1968-69 season.

RANKTEAMRECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS
RANKTEAMRECORDPOINTSPREVIOUS
1Gonzaga (62)7-01,5981
2Baylor (2)6-01,5372
3Kansas8-11,4583
4Villanova8-11,3705
5Houston7-01,3136
6Wisconsin8-11,2499
7Tennessee6-01,2178
8Texas7-11,10910
9West Virginia7-21,0807
10Iowa7-21,0084
11Creighton7-292613
12Missouri6-088814
13Texas Tech7-282115
14Rutgers6-165911
15Illinois7-365018
16Michigan7-058219
17Michigan State6-243112
18Florida State5-137721
19Northwestern6-1350NR
20Duke3-229020
T-21Oregon6-125225
T-21Minnesota8-1252NR
23Virginia4-223816
24Virginia Tech7-123024
25Ohio State7-2216
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Quick glances don't tell the whole story. That '68-'69 season I witnessed first hand as a freshman. We were going into Big Ten play after having lost just one non-con game to Stanford, and were ranked #11, just behind Illinois. We played Illinois in early January at McGaw Hall on network TV. And we lost to them in overtime. From that game on, we seemed to lose our mojo and ended up 6 and 8 in the Big Ten. I'm still trying to erase the memory of that season from my brain. It was also the beginning of the end of the NU coaching career of Larry Glass.

This year's team, and coaches, have a much better trajectory.
 
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hdhntr1

All-Conference
Sep 5, 2006
37,252
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ubercat said:
Quick glances don't tell the whole story. That '68-'69 season I witnessed first hand as a freshman. We were going into Big Ten play after having lost just one non-con game to Stanford, and were ranked #11, just behind Illinois. We played Illinois in early January at McGaw Hall on network TV. And we lost to them in overtime. From that game on, we seemed to lose our mojo and ended up 6 and 8 in the Big Ten. I'm still trying to erase the memory of that season from my brain. It was also the beginning of the end of the NU coaching career of Larry Glass.

This year's team, and coaches, have a much better trajectory.
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That was my first year as well
 
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willycat

Junior
Jan 11, 2005
21,448
318
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ubercat said:
Quick glances don't tell the whole story. That '68-'69 season I witnessed first hand as a freshman. We were going into Big Ten play after having lost just one non-con game to Stanford, and were ranked #11, just behind Illinois. We played Illinois in early January at McGaw Hall on network TV. And we lost to them in overtime. From that game on, we seemed to lose our mojo and ended up 6 and 8 in the Big Ten. I'm still trying to erase the memory of that season from my brain. It was also the beginning of the end of the NU coaching career of Larry Glass.

This year's team, and coaches, have a much better trajectory.
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Seem to remember Glass took over from Bill Rohr, right? He was a dam good coach and wonder why he left.
 
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seavue617

Freshman
May 21, 2014
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68-69 was my senior year. Glass was there for my four years (and my friends and I actually thought he did a poor job particularly in my last two years). 68-69 was two years after the UofI slush fund scandal which I happily recall resulted in NU students waving dollar bills at their team before we soundly beat them. Meanwhile I am disappointed that MSU is ranked above us with 2 losses. Didn't we beat them????? OTOH pleased to see we are ranked above Dook and my other alma mater Virginia.
 
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