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Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - burger - 01-19-2015

(01-19-2015, 12:05 PM)BobK link Wrote:We are ranked 25 today

Is this the first time a Dawkins team has been ranked?  Nothing previous is coming to mind.

Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - burger - 01-19-2015

(01-19-2015, 01:10 PM)garvin link Wrote:I think we may have been ranked early in Dawkins' first season. Remember, we were coming off a Sweet 16 season, and the team started off 10-0 before tanking immediately, totally and permanently in the conference opener against ASU.
I just flipped through the rankings from that year, and we got votes but never made the top 25.

Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - 97fan - 01-19-2015

I agree with Garvin about Rosco and Marcus Allen. I know that many here are loathe to look ahead even to next season, but 2016-2017 is shaping up to be very promising.

seniors - Rosco Allen, Marcus Allen
juniors - Reid Travis, Robert Cartwright, Michael Humphrey, Dorian Pickens
sophomores - Marcus Sheffield, Cameron Walker, Josh Sharma

Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - Mick - 01-19-2015

(01-19-2015, 02:54 PM)burger link Wrote:[quote author=garvin link=topic=11566.msg111173#msg111173 date=1421698249]
I think we may have been ranked early in Dawkins' first season. Remember, we were coming off a Sweet 16 season, and the team started off 10-0 before tanking immediately, totally and permanently in the conference opener against ASU.
I just flipped through the rankings from that year, and we got votes but never made the top 25.
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What's strange is that after the Sweet 16 season of 2007-2008, the preseason ranking was the equivalent of #50, with just two votes.  Those two votes disappeared until the seventh poll when Stanford was 7-0 and they received eight votes, the rough ranking equivalent of a tie for #37 (with FSU).  The next week, Stanford beat Santa Clara by a little (77-69) and Texas Tech by a lot (111-66) to a 9-0 record and the equivalent of a #33 ranking on 12/30...the day Stanford won its 10th game in a row, over Hartford by a score of 69-55.  The next week, Stanford beat Arizona by 16 but was slaughtered by Arizona State 90-60.  With an 11-1 record, Stanford received no AP votes, and would not receive votes for the rest of the year.

Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - StanFan88 - 01-19-2015

(01-19-2015, 02:38 PM)garvin link Wrote:The No. 25 ranking is only in the USA Today poll. In AP, we're 30th.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/headlines/20150119-top-25-college-basketball-polls-119-texas-baylor-move-up-smu-receives-votes.ece

Last time Stanford was ranked in either poll was 2008 - before Dawkins.

Re: Stanford 72, UConn 59 - CTcard - 01-20-2015

(01-20-2015, 10:01 AM)garvin link Wrote:
Quote:The next week, Stanford beat Arizona by 16 but was slaughtered by Arizona State 90-60.

I didn't realize we played Arizona first. I remember listening to that ASU game on XM Radio and wondering what happened to the team that clobbered Texas Tech. (Which, it turned out, was not nearly as good as we thought.)

Your memory is better than your confidence. Here is how the 2008-09 season started:


Nov 14 Yale at New Haven, Conn. W, 75-67
Nov 18      Cal State Northridge Stanford, Calif. W, 103-85
Nov 26 Air Force Stanford, Calif. W, 76-57
Nov 29 Colorado Stanford, Calif. W, 76-62
Dec 14 Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo. W, 74-63
Dec 17 Northern Arizona Stanford, Calif. W, 66-57
Dec 20 Northwestern Stanford, Calif. W, 65-59
Dec 23 Santa Clara at Santa Clara, Calif. W, 77-69
Dec 28 Texas Tech Stanford, Calif. W, 111-66
Dec 30 Hartford Stanford, Calif. W, 69-55
Jan 02 No. 17/14 Arizona State * Stanford, Calif. L, 90-60
Jan 04 Arizona * Stanford, Calif. W, 76-60

Then 4-10 over the next 14.