4/11/07 Division A Poll is out!

[Sonny]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

I didn't say they did or did not deserve a vote.

I was just citing a flaw in your argument. Even IF it is a bad vote, 1 voter out of 40 doesn't make the entire process flawed.

[Ravaging Beast]

Hasn't a top 2-3 team won the national championship every year? Doesn't seem flawed to me.
I still think it sucks that UCSB dropped a spot because NU (not NE) got a first place vote. And I wasn't calling out any voters. Just joking around. I'll bet it was Mike Allan who voted NU #1 (another joke).

[wheelz33]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

Just because they aren't in the strongest conference and don't consistently play the best teams in the country doesn't mean they aren't the best team in the country.

I feel a gobblerlax post coming soon...

[scooter]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

Just because they aren't in the strongest conference and don't consistently play the best teams in the country doesn't mean they aren't the best team in the country.

I feel a gobblerlax post coming soon...

actually, i think for all practical purposes, it does. If your conference is awful and you play no one outside it, you can't be considered the best team.

Even if Uconn beat BYU by a significant, i doubt they would recieve more than a few first place votes

[CATLAX MAN]

actually, i think for all intensive purposes, it does.

[KnoxVegas]

For the record:
It is "intents and purposes."

[Sonny]

For the record:
It is "intents and purposes."

thank you Mr. All-American.

[scooter]

thanks ethan....wasn't really sure how it went, but i took a stab in the dark

[COlaxer]

I was just citing a flaw in your argument. Even IF it is a bad vote, 1 voter out of 40 doesn't make the entire process flawed.

Arizona State, Michigan, Colorado only 13 points apart at Slots 4 - 6.
Sonoma and UMD only 5 points apart at Slots 7 - 8.
Northeastern and UCSB only 4 points apart at Slots 9 - 10.
Fla State and Arizona only 6 points apart at Slots 11 - 12.
Cal Poly and Texas A&M only 11 points apart at Slots 15 - 16.
Georgia and Florida only 3 points apart at Slots 17 - 18.

Maybe it does...

[BigheadTodd]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

Just because they aren't in the strongest conference and don't consistently play the best teams in the country doesn't mean they aren't the best team in the country.

I feel a gobblerlax post coming soon...

actually, i think for all practical purposes, it does. If your conference is awful and you play no one outside it, you can't be considered the best team.

Even if Uconn beat BYU by a significant, i doubt they would recieve more than a few first place votes

I have to agree with scooter here. Even being a native Connecticutian, i do not think uconn is on the same level as Northeastern(coincidentally, where Jim calhoun got his start). Like scooter says, a good start would be play more than Missouri in trumbull. 2 hours down 84 for a home game does not constitute travelling. get out and be seenundefeated in conference plus 5 ooc is lightyears ahead of undefeated in conference with 1 ooc. and if you don't travel to play others, why should they play you if they come to New England.

[gobblerlax05]

3 spots to go for the hokies ??? not bad!

[Zamboni_Driver]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

Sonny, an easy way to solve this (but makes more work for you) is drop the high and low of each team, and re-release an "unofficial" poll. This will show people just how much influence the one #1 Northeastern vote affected the poll.

[Sonny]

So is connecticut in their same conference. Should they get a number 1 vote? We are not talking about the strongest conference here, and to not consider that when voting a team ahead of BYU or CSU, who both play the best teams in the country, is not responsible in voting for a number 1 spot.

Sonny, an easy way to solve this (but makes more work for you) is drop the high and low of each team, and re-release an "unofficial" poll. This will show people just how much influence the one #1 Northeastern vote affected the poll.

No thanks. I will pass.

[univduke21]

Since everyone is so unhappy with this poll I think that Sonny should from now on just pick 16 teams that he likes the best, because of team colors, mascots, coaches, and anyone willing to pay him, for the national championship tournament.

So Northeastern got a #1 vote, who cares, that is the right of a pollster.

I have seen 100's of people continually moan and groan about the polls and the injustices, yet never post their own poll, a bit hyprocritical I think.

There is one poll left and trust me, every team has to win 4 games at the tournament, period!

[Gooseguy10]

People are hacked off to the tune of four pages of posts b.c Northeastern got 2.5% of the first place votes in a lacrosse poll that has little, if any, influence on post season seedings.

2.5% of the people thought people David Duke would be a good President. 2.5% of people though Alf Landon would be a better President than FDR. 2.5% think Northeastern is a number one team. 2.5% of people believe statistics are made up on the spot......the point remains...it's 97.5% of the population doesn't agree.