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kingjim1954's avatar

Gators knocked off number 1 Auburn, Creighton popped #11 Marquette, TAMU beat #15 Mizzou, K-State beat #16 Kansas. The home stretch of the season is so much fun!

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Principal Terry's avatar

Clemson beat #2 Duke. We really should be top 20 if not 15. Will know more about how much we’ve improved based on road games coming up.

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kingjim1954's avatar

Hi, Terry, Yes the crucible is fired up and now we'll see who if any, get hot for post-season play.

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Tamara's avatar

Let the AP poll be damned. Being kept out of the top 25 will strengthen our will to win, our focus, and our resolve to never give up.

It is all about matchups when March Madness hits the go button...

If we keep up our mental toughness, close to nada turnovers, great ball movement and great defense, I believe we can make this a season to remember 💙💛

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mgibby's avatar

7 in a row. Make it 8 against the Illini!

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fruithi's avatar

Big improvement on limiting turnovers compared to earlier in the season. Baby steps. Penn State sucks but good to see improvement. Go Bruins. Thank you for the fantastic write up.

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Chenalex's avatar

Cronin said the whole team had to deal with a norovirus outbreak which made the effort yesterday afternoon more impressive!

Going on the road against a ranked team in Illinois is going to be tough, but if usc can do it, then so can the bruins!

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Chenalex's avatar

Despite all the losses above us, ucla is not ranked. Just more motivation for tomorrow night!

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Tamara's avatar

Yep. I am kinda glad we are not ranked. AP is losing ground on the credibility front. And our 'Chip on the Shoulder' is growing (no connection to Chipster Alfraud intended).

I like our chances against Illinois, as being the underdog fuels the Chip! As long as we stay focused, tough as nails and have great ball movement, we should win! 💙💛

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Bruin4ever's avatar

The Bruins took care of business and protected home court against PSU, but I didn't expect them to crack the top-25 rankings just yet. They've done a tremendous job of turning things around after their 4-game losing streak, but have to prove they can travel east and win more consistently on the road. Even so, it seems like the Bruins aren't getting much respect, as they're the only team out of the top 6 in the B1G Conference to be unranked. Yes, it's providing UCLA additional motivation to sweep Illinois and Indiana in front of their packed arenas (and extend their winning streak to 9)

Go Bruins!

P.S.--Go Lady Bruins on Thursday (beat U$C)!

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Chenalex's avatar

I don't know why pollsters require UCLA to travel east and win in order to be ranked, when there are teams that travel west and lose twice, like Michigan State, and they only dropped two spots in the rankings.

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Gen2Bruin1987's avatar

Not surprised the Bruins didn't get any respect from the polls.

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