Holy Land Preseason Poll

[Hall2012]

Ah, and GTMO, I don't know what jokester threatened to throw out your votes but it wasn't me lol

[ivet]

I never moved or wrote on his list. I wrote on the side away from his picks. He's just being butthurt for no reason.

[Hall2012]

I never moved or wrote on his list. I wrote on the side away from his picks. He's just being butthurt for no reason.

I know you didn't, I'm just responding that he's correct in pointing out it's possible for someone to go in and change other people's picks. There's nothing preventing it at the moment.

And I don't think he was offended- again, just pointing out that it's possible.

[kmacker69]

You can write on other's picks... Someone was writing on mine while I was still moving them around... This could be really funny!

That was me and I wrote it on the side because you filled it all up and had Seton Hall twice, one of which was spelled Seaton Hall.

I knew who was doing it because I was messing with it at the same time you were... I also might have messed with Gtmo since he always puts Butler last and the little blue birds first. If I hurt his feelings I'm sorry, but I don't want anyone else blamed for my mischievous play... (Marine humor is a little brutal even after we retire.)

[gtmoBlue]

KMacker you ol' DevilDog...U f'in with old Doc gtmo? I still have your shot records...

[kmacker69]

KMacker you ol' DevilDog...U f'in with old Doc gtmo? I still have your shot records...

If I knew you were a devil doc I wouldn't take it so easy on ya! Explains the humor level if you got stuck treating Jarheads! (Sister was HMC, brother was AMC, and had one brother that only did 8 as a glow in the dark Electrician on fast attacks. (If I had one more they might have a fair fight, but I still got them... MSgt here.)

[ivet]

You can write on other's picks... Someone was writing on mine while I was still moving them around... This could be really funny!

That was me and I wrote it on the side because you filled it all up and had Seton Hall twice, one of which was spelled Seaton Hall.

I knew who was doing it because I was messing with it at the same time you were... I also might have messed with Gtmo since he always puts Butler last and the little blue birds first. If I hurt his feelings I'm sorry, but I don't want anyone else blamed for my mischievous play... (Marine humor is a little brutal even after we retire.)

To my fellow veteran! I'm an AF vet though. Went to the Marine recruiter and he said I scored too high on the ASVAB, probably was in the wrong place anyways because when I came in, they were eating crayons for lunch.

[gtmoBlue]

Now that there's some votes in, I've unhid the "Ranking" tab. The table refreshes automatically as new votes are added, so feel free to check back and see where things stand.

Here's how things stand as of 9:40 ET this morning.

Rank Team Points
1 Villanova 146
2 Xavier 129
3 Creighton 122
4 Seton Hall 97
5 Georgetown 90
6 Marquette 56
7 Butler 55
8 Providence 32
9 St. John's 31
10 DePaul 20

There's a pretty clear gap between the top 5 and bottom 5, but that's also taking into account that 2 people only ranked 4 teams, leaving the poll unbalanced. I'll leave some time for them to complete their rankings but if that doesn't happen I'm going to remove them for balance.

Nice gap between the top tier and the 2nd tier also (25pts). Appears to be 4 tiers according to this poll
'Nova, X, Crei (120+)...The Hall and G'twn (90's)...Marq, But (50's)...Prov, StJ, DeP(30's and below).

I was Highly Tempted to do a Steverrrr and make some assumptions and projections based on this poll breakout. But I won't.

The talent levels throughout the conference, when coupled with the tides and flow of play within the season, excellent potentials of teams to get in sync-and make a good to great run, impact(s) of injuries, and good ol' Mo(mentum) -anything can happen. Don't let polls and predictions fool ya. It's gonna be a Great, rough and tumble, knockdown - drag out hoops season. Both the national scene and the great Big East scene will see their share of battles, upsets, and surprises. Bring on the season.

Go Blue Demons, Go Johnnies, Go Jays.