San Diego State beat Fresno State 74-47 late Wednesday to enhance to 12-2 on the season. I don’t know why the Aztecs aren’t ranked within the Related Press High 25 ballot apart from that Related Press High 25 voters usually submit nonsensical ballots, which is one thing I used to put in writing about each Monday (and nonetheless get requested to put in writing about once more each Monday by a random reader right here or there).
Think about this a quick throwback.
Critically, AP voters, what are you doing? Thoughts if I hit you with a sport of blind résumés between a crew you ranked this week and a crew you did not?
Crew A is 1-2 in Quadrant 1, 3-0 in Quadrant 2 — so 4-2 within the first two quadrants with zero losses outdoors of Quadrant 1. Crew B is 0-4 in Quadrant 1, 2-0 in Quadrant 2 — so 2-4 within the first two quadrants with zero losses outdoors of Quadrant 1.
Extra issues to contemplate: 1) Crew A simply beat Crew B by double-digits on the highway six days in the past. 2) Crew A is rated increased within the NET and KPI and at KenPom.com, BartTorvik.com and EvanMiya.com — and Crew A additionally has a greater energy of schedule and higher energy of file.
So this is the query: In the event you may solely rank a type of groups, which one would you rank? Crew A, which has superior pc numbers and is 2 video games above .500 within the first two quadrants with a double-digit win on the highway over the opposite crew? Or Crew B, which has inferior pc numbers and is 2 video games under .500 within the first two quadrants with a double-digit loss at residence to the opposite crew?
The reply is apparent, proper?
It is Crew A.
However you weirdo AP voters by some means ranked Crew B (Gonzaga) this week and left Crew A (San Diego State) unranked. A fella from Louisiana was the goofiest. He had Gonzaga tenth on his poll and San Diego State nowhere on it.
Anyway …
I write all that to inform you that San Diego State has been within the CBS Sports activities High 25 And 1 every day school basketball rankings since final Saturday, and that the Aztecs are as much as No. 23 in Thursday morning’s up to date High 25 And 1. So long as SDSU extends its successful streak to 6 video games this weekend with a victory over UNLV, I think about AP voters will lastly comply with my lead Monday and get a quantity subsequent to the Aztecs’ title. Higher late than by no means, I assume. Nevertheless it’ll undoubtedly be late.