Has little respect for BIG. Only two teams in the top 25 with RU just outside at 26 (74 votes).
GO RU
GO RU
Coaches Poll
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That's because most Big Ten Coaches won't ever vote for us.
Illinois is #23. Really?
Illinois is #23. Really?
I believe there’s only one B1G coach who votes in the coach’s poll, and that’s Matt Painter.
I have to assume he’s got RU in the top 25.
Only one coach from B1G votes? How many coaches overall vote? That seems strange
According to link below, 32 coaches vote: one from each conference who gets an auto bid into the tournament.
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/polls/coaches-poll/
Here's the list of Coaches. what a crock of ****
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2022-23 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.); Kevin Broadus, Morgan State; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac; Jim Ferry, Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Gary, Mercer; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Niko Medved, Colorado State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Nate Oats, Alabama; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Keith Richard, Louisiana-Monroe; Mark Slessinger, New Orleans; Craig Smith, Utah; G.G. Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Danny Sprinkle, Montana State; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2022-23 season: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.); Kevin Broadus, Morgan State; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac; Jim Ferry, Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Gary, Mercer; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Niko Medved, Colorado State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Nate Oats, Alabama; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Keith Richard, Louisiana-Monroe; Mark Slessinger, New Orleans; Craig Smith, Utah; G.G. Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Danny Sprinkle, Montana State; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian.
Interesting. I had assumed all the coaches got a vote
Only four power 5 coaches out of 32 votes, I had no idea, but feel justified in not giving a rats *** about this poll.
Let’s be honest is Syracuse really considered a Power 5 school anymore
You Sir are correct!
Many of these teams have never played us.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions.
All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2022-23 season:
Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.); Kevin Broadus, Morgan State; Scott Drew, Baylor; Matt Driscoll, North Florida; Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac; Jim Ferry, Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Gary, Mercer; Michael Huger, Bowling Green; Ron Hunter, Tulane; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; Rob Jeter, Western Illinois; James Jones, Yale; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State; Grant McCasland, North Texas; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Niko Medved, Colorado State; Dan Monson, Long Beach State; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Nate Oats, Alabama; Matt Painter, Purdue; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Keith Richard, Louisiana-Monroe; Mark Slessinger, New Orleans; Craig Smith, Utah; G.G. Smith, High Point; Zach Spiker, Drexel; Danny Sprinkle, Montana State; Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian.
Many of the coaches voting probably haven't watched Rutgers games or even knew they defeated Purdue when they were ranked number 1.Perception always is a problem for programs like Rutgers getting traction with voters.
They almost certainly knew this. I mean, even if you are paying no attention whatsoever you are going to notice that the previously undefeated team that was ranked #1 in your poll now has a loss. And then you would probably look up who they lost to.
Most of the coaches probably haven’t seem the teams play so they vote base on prior reputation which Rutgers doesn't have.
These coaches are obviously paying some level of attention close to what the AP voters are considering that the top 12 in both polls match exactly, and the next 5 are a permutation of the same next 5 from the AP poll.
To go with my clown vote call outs for the AP poll (Ohio St, VCU, Texas A&M) I present the coaches' clown votes:
Tulane
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Ohio St
Kentucky
VCU from the AP poll holds on as my clown vote of the week, just BARELY behind the Tulane vote. Though to be honest, none of these are as bad as some clown votes I have seen in the past.
To go with my clown vote call outs for the AP poll (Ohio St, VCU, Texas A&M) I present the coaches' clown votes:
Tulane
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Ohio St
Kentucky
VCU from the AP poll holds on as my clown vote of the week, just BARELY behind the Tulane vote. Though to be honest, none of these are as bad as some clown votes I have seen in the past.
Don't want to get accused of "critizing the board" but....it's really funny.
G5 teams shouldn't be part of the coaches poll because they are so far removed from knowing the best teams in the country.
But NCAA Tournament needs to over represent G5 teams and can't expand because it only helps P5 teams.