The gripe about Hofstra at the time was: why weren't they make up more than 16 spots and pass Iona simply because of a close home win over Iona?triplec2195 wrote:Look this was part of Wags argument that you don't move up numerous places based on one win. They didn't beat N Carolina and I know they have a good record against teams that were in the NCAA tourney last year but u can't assume those teams r good teams this year. So they go from not being ranked to #8?? This just seems to contradict the argument Wags was using that's my point. I get they should have been in the top 25 mid major poll but that high?HofstraMathew wrote:Charleston beat Virginia Tech who was receiving more votes in the regular top 25 polls than St Mary's. So they have a better win than IF Hofstra had beat St Mary's. This isn't rocket science. They also aren't receiving votes in the regular top 25's poll while Virginia Teach still is. So again they beat Virginia Tech who is ranked better than Charleston while we beat Iona who is ranked better than us in this poll.triplec2195 wrote:Hofstra with the loss to St Mary's goes from 16 to 17. I wonder how far up we would gone if we had won. OK not to start this debate again. But more importantly Towson is at #6 and Charleston with a 5-1 record comes from out of nowhere to #8 and Iona now #11. Soooo how did Charleston who was not ranked move to #8 explain that one to me??
So if Hofstra Beat St Mary's you probably would expect us to be ranked right around that #8 spot. Maybe a spot above or below Charleston depending on how much the voters valued Virginia Tech over St Mary's verse Hofstra being hypothetically undefeated. And Yes St Mary's probably would still be ranked above Hofstra in this scenario; probably right around the 4 or 5 spot.
The complaint about the move from unranked to #8 for Charleston is: why should they move up so much after wins over Richmond, Davidson, Colorado State, and Virginia Tech.
It's pretty obvious why those two things aren't comparable and are heavily in Charleston's favor comparing the two.