Rankings & Respect

Let's talk about rankings. Anybody remember where Dickie V had State ranked pre-season? #5.

Now Illinois is obvioiusly #1, but be sure to watch the Iowa game they have upcoming. I'm telling you right now, MSU is salivating at the idea of sticking it to the Illini in Chicago at the BigTen Tourney. Let's just hope the stars align and we at least get a shot at them.

Some interesting facts about this week so far :

1) MSU is ranked #10 & #11 in the polls. They won both games this week, by 19 over Minnesota and by 11 over Purdue

2) #2 Kansas LOST 2 games, to unranked Texas Tech (Thanks Bobby!) and unranked Iowa State

3) #3 Kentuky LOST to unranked S. Carolina

4) #5 Wake Forest lost to Duke

5) #7 Duke LOST 2 games, to #22 Maryland and unranked Virginia Tech

6) #9 Syracuse LOST 2 games, to #17 Pitt and #6 Boston College

Anyone want to speculate where we'll be ranked next Monday?