I think Rhody should be top 25. We lost to a Final Four team on a shot in the last minute. I would put us ahead of Cincy, Florida State and Iowa State. In the others we definitely should be way ahead of USC. Look how far Michigan climbed from a bubble team with a good run in their conference tournament and 1 round more than us in the tournament. I am not saying we belong ahead of them just using them as an example. We had a great winning streak.
rambone 78 wrote:31st.....if we had beaten Oregon we would have finished top 25.
As I remember, we ranked 12th in the final poll after we lost to Stanford in the E8.....
I remember a poll that had us 6th after that year.
I remember us being 11. But 6 seems about right, considering we beat a 1 seed and then got hosed out of beating a #2 to go to the final four. 19 years later and Mobley was still being purposely fouled. To add insult, they called a foul on ARD on the resulting dunk for a 3 point play. If the purposeful hack on Mobley wasn't a foul, then ARD absolutely did not foul on the dunk.
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rambone 78 wrote:31st.....if we had beaten Oregon we would have finished top 25.
As I remember, we ranked 12th in the final poll after we lost to Stanford in the E8.....
I remember a poll that had us 6th after that year.
I remember us being 11. But 6 seems about right, considering we beat a 1 seed and then got hosed out of beating a #2 to go to the final four. 19 years later and Mobley was still being purposely fouled. To add insult, they called a foul on ARD on the resulting dunk for a 3 point play. If the purposeful hack on Mobley wasn't a foul, then ARD absolutely did not foul on the dunk.
True. I remember thinking at that time that we weren't even the lowest team in the final 8.
People barely look at those after-the-season polls. What's it matter? As for next year, with no additions, I think we max out about where we did this year. Without the 5th year or JC big, I think we'll see a lot of 4 guard lineups, and we'll only go so far with that. I have a feeling we're getting some help up front though, and then watch out!
Guys, here's a page that lets you see every week Rhody was ranked, in each year in which they were ranked. I had it bookmarked for 1998, and the other years are there. I do think we would have been in top 25 if we beat Oregon, and think we should have been anyway. This is the archive for the AP writers poll only...
