Elite 8 poll - Jan 29

Men's Basketball
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will close this in about an hour if anyone else is interested in voting

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Thanks to all who voted!

Results:

  1. Houston - 94%
  2. Purdue - 91%
  3. Virginia - 85%
  4. (tie) Bama / Kansas - 77%
  5. Tennessee - 69%
  6. (tie) Baylor / UCLA - 48%

Compared to Jan 9:

  1. Houston - 97%
  2. Purdue - 85%
  3. Kansas - 82%
  4. UConn - 80%
  5. Bama - 75%
  6. (tie) Zona / Tenn - 57%
  7. (tie) UCLA / UVa - 45%

Compare to AP:

  1. Purdue
  2. Tenn
  3. Houston
  4. Bama
  5. Zona (9th in ours)
  6. UVa
  7. KSU (tied for 16th on ours)
  8. Kansas
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Crazy how the trajectory of the Hoos even on a UVa board. But I have to admit I was caught up in the biased as well.

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Yeah, though to be fair we were 3-2 in conference during that last poll and by the time of this one had won 5 or 6 straight, depending when folks voted.

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Totally makes sense. But I had to laugh at myself when I was voting because of how drastically my outlook changed.

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Also, probably a minor point, but only 40 voters in that one vs. 68 in this one. I opened this one on Sunday evening, and left it open longer.

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So you’re telling me I cannot trust the integrity of the polling process? Got it

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Pay no attention to my voter suppression efforts

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Here ya go:

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Interesting. Very similar to Torvik and KenPom, but much lower on St Mary’s (16 vs. 6/7).

Fwiw, I will do a new poll this coming Sunday. Didn’t feel like doing it last night with the Super Bowl.

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Miami is hard to spell.

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Honestly, I think we are playing closer to the predictive rankings than the polls. We feel consistently like the 15th best team. I’m fine with it - slightly exceeding pre-season expectations. I’d love to see a few things click and us take a leap (i.e., Shedrick giving us a good 20 minutes a night, etc.).

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I’d just like to see UVA as a 3-seed instead of a 4 (or worse, I guess, but hope not). That’s a win to me.

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I am not a credentialed bracketologist, but I think if we are outright ACC regular season champs then we’ll be no worse than a 3 seed. This is assuming nothing crazy happens like we lose 3 of our final 6 yet somehow still win it outright.

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