Bilas Bias

[SDakaGordie]

Really?

 

[NUera]

He must not see enough “winners” on our squad.

 

[Hkjb]

The Purdue summary he wrote with these ranking was telling - to the effect that Edey is gone, but they aren't going away - with very little real explanation beyond Smith and Loyer. Painter is a great coach but if anything CC as out-coached them in the past 2 years. To based hopes on Smith and Loyer - who are going to be much more aggressively defended without Edey around - is batty. Could have written the same summary for NU but it would be far more convincing, with Matt, Ty, Barny, Mart, Hunger, the emergence of Mullins, and the transfers/additions. Anyway, we'll get fuel from this snub, so the bias is AOK with me.

 

[NJCat]

I can't get worked up about an arbitrary ranking one game into a 31-game regular season. The beauty of college basketball is that there are plenty of games to decide on the court the ranking of teams. Bilas is just another click-fodder dude.

 

[SmellyCat]

I'll admit I looked at the list and expected to see NU somewhere on it (though close to the bottom), but I don't feel snubbed or that there is any bias. Let's face it, we don't know that much about a lot of these teams either. Dayton at 54 is pretty much the same as NU at 75 (or wherever they might be on Bilas' list if he kept going). Tomorrow night, we can more accurately compare the two teams, and over the course of the next few months NU will play themselves into his top 68 or not.

Purdue has done it much longer than NU, so they get the benefit of the doubt before anyone knows anything.

 

[loyolacat]

He is just a self righteous blowhard....and really the talking heads are just that....but not a bad way to make a living