2015-2016 Women's Mid-Major Poll

[jackdaniel]

Re: 2015-2016 Women's Mid-Major Poll

I really don't care if these voters don't think much of our WBB team corralling a team as good as ND and not letting them go on one of their patented runs of 20+ or more.They can be an explosive team.Look at the quarters,first quarter,we outscored them by 2,second ,they outscored us by 5,the third quarter was our worst quarter,they outscored us by 8, and the last quarter we matched them point for point finishing it even up.This isn't some high mid -major we're talking about, this is ND ,ranked third in the nation.We basically played them even for three quarters and had one bad quarter (bad as in 8 point defecit,not 20+)That's pretty impressive to me anyway,especially when we didn't exactly have one of our best shooting games to boot.These polls don't really mean anything if the teams can't produce anyway.If there's any proping up,or overlooking going on,it will eventually show up.

[rabidrabbit]

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Or voters shrugged off loss to ND as expected, and hardly dropped Rabbits at all.

[SteelSD]

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Or voters shrugged off loss to ND as expected, and hardly dropped Rabbits at all.

I could agree with that, but I'm not sure how they justify Saint Mary's moving ahead of us. Evidently wins against Northern Colorado (2-2) and Wyoming (2-1) are more impressive than a victory over SEC Arkansas and a close loss to the #3 team in the country. Or how does Gonzaga move to #1 from #4 with losses to USC and Stanford, neither of which is anywhere near as good as Notre Dame?

But hey, lets win all our games this week and I bet we see a nice jump up in the polls!

[Southeast]

Re: 2015-2016 Women's Mid-Major Poll

But hey, lets win all our games this week and I bet we see a nice jump up in the polls!

That's the positive side of our tough schedule. If we truly are worthy of being in the top-5 of the mid-major or top-25 of the "real poll" we will make it pretty obvious by January.


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[jackdaniel]

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Or voters shrugged off loss to ND as expected, and hardly dropped Rabbits at all.

Losses against UConn ,ND,SC,ETC ,are pretty well always forgiven.....against NDSU and Denver like last year,even IUPUI to some extent.....no

The Summit has to raise their conference rpi for a little more forgiveness,on the other hand,if teams are better,there might be more losses too.Danged if you do,danged if you don't.

[mitchellrabbit]

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I could agree with that, but I'm not sure how they justify Saint Mary's moving ahead of us. Evidently wins against Northern Colorado (2-2) and Wyoming (2-1) are more impressive than a victory over SEC Arkansas and a close loss to the #3 team in the country. Or how does Gonzaga move to #1 from #4 with losses to USC and Stanford, neither of which is anywhere near as good as Notre Dame?

But hey, lets win all our games this week and I bet we see a nice jump up in the polls!

Didnt stanford just get beat by Santa Clara? A Samta Clara team who lost by 45 to Washington and 35 to USC

[JackJD]

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Maybe some voters confused ND with the ND Fighting Hawks?

[Southeast]

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http://espn.go.com/ncw/story/_/id/14219445

ESPN also has a mid-major poll. We are fourth.

[SteelSD]

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http://espn.go.com/ncw/story/_/id/14219445

ESPN also has a mid-major poll. We are fourth.

That one makes a lot more sense. Rank teams based on what they've done, not slot voting based off preseason expectations. These are fun to look at, but don't mean squat come tourney time. Big wins this weekend and winning all the games we should win (no Summit losses) will mean a lot more than these rankings. But a fan can dream that we could move to number one none the less. Winning all our games this weekend would guarantee a #1 ranking in both polls I expect.

[rabidrabbit]

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Ashley Luke transferred to Green Bay? And she is eligible this year? I recall her leaving WIU but at the time I thought they said she left for personal reasons.

Luke went down with a season ending injury in uwgb first exhibition game. Big loss for both her and uwgb.

[OldHare]

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Luke went down with a season ending injury in uwgb first exhibition game. Big loss for both her and uwgb.

It sounds like she will try to come back next year to get that 4th year of playing.

[goon]

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It sounds like she will try to come back next year to get that 4th year of playing.

She redshirted at GB her first year right? And 3 at western? So this is her 5th year?

[bigticket1]

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She redshirted at GB her first year right? And 3 at western? So this is her 5th year?

Nope, she was at WIU last year and was eligible right away at Green Bay because she had graduated and had a year of eligibility left.

[MontanaRabbit]

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Nope, she was at WIU last year and was eligible right away at Green Bay because she had graduated and had a year of eligibility left.

I believe this would have been her 5th year.

I think she lost a year (or most of a year) at WIU due to an injury. There was an article posted earlier here that said she could apply for a waiver for a medical hardship but that she would have to pay her own way to Green Bay because they won't have any scholarships.

[goon]

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I believe this would have been her 5th year.

I think she lost a year (or most of a year) at WIU due to an injury. There was an article posted earlier here that said she could apply for a waiver for a medical hardship but that she would have to pay her own way to Green Bay because they won't have any scholarships.

that would make sense but I didnt recall hearing anything about her missing time at Western. Seems like we played her a bunch there so I just guessed she played her 3 years she was enrolled there.
Also didnt she have to sit out a year to transfer from GB to Western?