SB Nation Los Angeles - College Basketball Rankings: Stanford Only Pac-12 Team To Receive Votes In Either Pollhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2012-01-09T11:52:02-08:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/24583072012-01-09T11:52:02-08:002012-01-09T11:52:02-08:00College Basketball Rankings: AP Poll Shuts Out Pac-12, Stanford Only Team To Receive Votes
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<p>Maybe the Pac-12 can look at this as a sign of improvement.</p>
<p>Maybe.</p>
<p>With only five votes representing the conference in the USA Today Coaches poll, <a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1">Stanford came through again this time with nine votes in the AP poll</a>, ranked the mythical 35th in the nation. That's 14 votes total for the conference in both polls.</p>
<p>The Pac-12 doesn't have anyone else sniffing the top 25 in the country with most teams having already played close to or more than 15 games of their schedule. With the conference games in full swing, the weakness of the conference as a whole is not going to do much for providing a "hot" team with rankings momentum.</p>
<p>How much clout can you attain if you start beating what's proven to be a weak conference? Only time will tell if that team arrives. Until then, it doesn't look like the Pac-12 will be garnering any respect from voters.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2012/1/9/2694494/college-basketball-rankings-ap-poll-shuts-out-pac-12-stanford-votesRonald Clark2012-01-09T10:34:42-08:002012-01-09T10:34:42-08:00College Basketball Rankings: Stanford Is Only Pac-12 Team To Receive Votes In USA Today Coaches Poll
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<p>The Pac-12's presence on the USA Today coaches poll isn't a presence at all.</p> <p>The Pac-12 is having a lonely season within the <a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=3">USA Today Coaches poll</a> and for now, the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/stanford-cardinal" class="sbn-auto-link">Stanford Cardinal</a> are the lone wolf.</p>
<p>No <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/ucla-bruins" class="sbn-auto-link">UCLA Bruins</a>, no <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/usc-trojans" class="sbn-auto-link">USC Trojans</a>, no Cal Bears, no <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/arizona-wildcats" class="sbn-auto-link">Arizona Wildcats</a>, no one. And even the credit Stanford gets is lukewarm since, well, it isn't ranked either. It just so happens to be the only Pac-12 team to receive any votes. How many did they get?</p>
<p>Five.</p>
<p>You read that right. The entire Pac-12 representation within the rankings of the top teams in the country is five votes for Stanford.</p>
<p>At least someone ranked is coming to visit the LA area soon as no. 23 Gonzaga comes to visit Loyola Marymount on Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion. Unless something spectacular happens soon, Gonzaga will represent the only ranked basketball team in the area for a while.</p>
<p>Something will have to give or the Pac-12 may be looking at one bid into the NCAA Tournament.</p>
<p>Ouch.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2012/1/9/2694228/stanford-pac-12-team-receive-votes-usa-today-coaches-pollRonald Clark