Normally to be the best, you have to beat the best. Whether this occurs in a head to head matchup or through comparasion of competition, it should hold true throughout sports.
With that being said, Duke being ranked #2 in this week's AP poll is absolutely inexplicable. Duke only moved up 2 spots despite being the ONLY team in the top 5 to go undefeated last week. This means 1,2,3, and 5 all lost at least once last week.
Usually if you lose, you drop, which has held true all season long, except for this week with the number 1 team, Indiana.
Indiana lost to a buzzer beater layup to UNRANKED Illinois and convincingly defeated #10 Ohio State on the road last week (1-1). Duke on the other hand beatdown in state rival NC State in a payback game and narrowly defeated Boston College last week (2-0).
If winning is what sports are all about, why did 44 of the 64 AP voters choose to vote against the only top 5 team not to lose last week as well as one of only two teams with only 2 losses and the only team to beat 3 top 5 teams, let alone in less than a month, earlier this season?
If you don't know already, I am a die hard Duke Blue Devils fan so this article most certainly has a biased opinion, however, numbers don't lie and you can't argue facts.
To be clear, there are 2 weekly college basketball polls. One is voted upon by AP members, the other is voted on by USA Today coaches. The USA Today poll correctly awarded the top seed to Duke. However, most of the media uses the AP poll for rankings.
The 64 AP voters are composed of media personalities and journalists around the country. The USA Today poll is composed of 31college basketball coaches from around the country.
I feel only one poll is needed during the regular season, especially considering the fact that a brand new committee sets up the rankings for that great tournament in March, and this week clearly proved that the coaches know more about basketball than the journalists.
With that being said, Duke being ranked #2 in this week's AP poll is absolutely inexplicable. Duke only moved up 2 spots despite being the ONLY team in the top 5 to go undefeated last week. This means 1,2,3, and 5 all lost at least once last week.
Usually if you lose, you drop, which has held true all season long, except for this week with the number 1 team, Indiana.
Indiana lost to a buzzer beater layup to UNRANKED Illinois and convincingly defeated #10 Ohio State on the road last week (1-1). Duke on the other hand beatdown in state rival NC State in a payback game and narrowly defeated Boston College last week (2-0).
If winning is what sports are all about, why did 44 of the 64 AP voters choose to vote against the only top 5 team not to lose last week as well as one of only two teams with only 2 losses and the only team to beat 3 top 5 teams, let alone in less than a month, earlier this season?
If you don't know already, I am a die hard Duke Blue Devils fan so this article most certainly has a biased opinion, however, numbers don't lie and you can't argue facts.
To be clear, there are 2 weekly college basketball polls. One is voted upon by AP members, the other is voted on by USA Today coaches. The USA Today poll correctly awarded the top seed to Duke. However, most of the media uses the AP poll for rankings.
The 64 AP voters are composed of media personalities and journalists around the country. The USA Today poll is composed of 31college basketball coaches from around the country.
I feel only one poll is needed during the regular season, especially considering the fact that a brand new committee sets up the rankings for that great tournament in March, and this week clearly proved that the coaches know more about basketball than the journalists.
