Top 25 Watch - Teams Just Ahead of USF -> Updates

[USFBulls12]

Monday February 19th - 1 Game

Receiving Votes
Virginia (103 AP votes - #26, 59 Coaches votes - #27) vs VA Tech
- Virginia losing big, 36-16 at half time.

No Top 25 matchups today that directly impact our standing.

Edited February 20 by USFBulls12

[USFBulls12]

Virginia lost to VA Tech 75-41. They should receive far fewer votes next Monday. This is good.

[Bob Loblaw]

Frankly, UVa shouldn’t get any votes. They just got throttled by a very pedestrian Tech squad.

UVa is my second school and love them, but they have been downright painful to watch this season. Crazy to believe I prefer to watch my Bulls over the Cavs in basketball. 

[USFBulls12]

2 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

Frankly, UVa shouldn’t get any votes. They just got throttled by a very pedestrian Tech squad.

UVa is my second school and love them, but they have been downright painful to watch this season. Crazy to believe I prefer to watch my Bulls over the Cavs in basketball. 

Stan Heath's 2011-2012 team reminded me of a Virginia kind of team from seasons I've seen in the past when they've been in the tournament. Very good defense, won't score a whole bunch of points every game and keeps the games at their pace - slow. Games in the 50-60 points range can occur quite often. Just low scoring overall. However, if a team can score on them, VA has big trouble keeping up because of their style of play. Can be tough to watch but if done well, a team can be quite successful with that style of play.

[USFBulls12]

Tuesday February 20th - 4 Games of Importance for USF's Top 25 Ranking

Ranked 20-25
*TCU (#30, #25) vs. Texas Tech (#23/ #23)
BYU (#25, #21) vs. #11 Baylor

Receiving Votes
Wisconsin (#28, #33) vs. Maryland
Michigan State (#29, #32) vs. Iowa
*TCU (#30, #25) vs. Texas Tech (#23/ #23)

       * #23 Texas Tech is playing #30/25 TCU - who is receiving votes in the AP and is #25 in the Coaches Poll, so this game appears twice -- both for the Top 25 matchup and the Receiving Votes matchup sections.

Edited February 20 by USFBulls12

[Bob Loblaw]

7 hours ago, USFBulls12 said:

Stan Heath's 2011-2012 team reminded me of a Virginia kind of team from seasons I've seen in the past when they've been in the tournament. Very good defense, won't score a whole bunch of points every game and keeps the games at their pace - slow. Games in the 50-60 points range can occur quite often. Just low scoring overall. However, if a team can score on them, VA has big trouble keeping up because of their style of play. Can be tough to watch but if done well, a team can be quite successful with that style of play.

100%. The pack line defense is great strategy to slow the game down and control it to your liking, but you’re right, without just enough offense, it’s a gamble. Tony Bennett has not had enough consistent shooters since the 2019 natty run. It’s been up and down. Very much the opposite from USF this year. We have at least 5 guys who shoot from deep and the defense is stingy

 

[Rocky Style]

The Hoos are down.  Hoos down!

[BullyPulpit]

14 minutes ago, Bob Loblaw said:

100%. The pack line defense is great strategy to slow the game down and control it to your liking, but you’re right, without just enough offense, it’s a gamble. Tony Bennett has not had enough consistent shooters since the 2019 natty run. It’s been up and down. Very much the opposite from USF this year. We have at least 5 guys who shoot from deep and the defense is stingy

 

The margin of error with this strategy is razor thin. One year you can lose to a #16 seed and the next year win it all with essentially the same team. The year they won it all, they won by 4 points in the Sweet 16, went to overtime in the Elite 8, won by 1 point in the Final Four, and won in overtime in the Final. 

Edited February 20 by BullyPulpit

[Rocky Style]

11 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

UVa is my second school and love them

I have quite a few people close to me that went there.  It's a cool place.  It would be fun to be in the ACC and travel to these places.

[Ricky the Bull]

Iowa beats Michigan State