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Posted on: February 3, 2025 at 14:18:33 CT

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partisan picks greatly influenced by polls (to check their partisanship a wee bit).

Generally speaking there is no way to factor out the bias.

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#15 AP (nm) - Cosmo MU

- 2/3 12:10:44

Dickie V finally ranks Mizzou #17 and has KU... - Your Daddy MU - 2/3 13:18:45

he's more senile than phrejd (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 13:21:47

Vitale needs to take his self home and enjoy what time he - sprintcar STL - 2/3 14:14:39

He was great for the game for a long time, but yeah... - zounami MU - 2/3 14:16:06

Let's beat Tenn on their court and earn it the hard way(nm) - oldtgr MU - 2/3 13:06:42

Beakers still 16. Joke (nm) - TheWildcat MU

- 2/3 12:16:24

I dont get why so many of you care about that(nm) - TheRoyalTiger MU - 2/3 12:54:15

We are now in February. Rankings will determine - JG A - 2/3 13:11:13

AP rankings have zero to do with seedings (nm) - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 13:37:51

in bizzaroworld maybe - JG A - 2/3 13:49:46

That is dumb. AP rankings do not determine seedings. That - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 13:51:55

Its not a 1 for 1 so congrats on your mightly - JG A - 2/3 13:56:15

They influence perception which biases seeding... - zounami MU - 2/3 13:54:20

don't be naive... perception impacts seeding (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 13:39:17

That is not what he said in response to a question regarding - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 13:48:17

I would have said "influence" rather than "determine" but... - zounami MU - 2/3 13:52:36

Its completely accurate, nitwit - JG A - 2/3 13:49:07

Guess what? AP rankings are released every Monday. - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 13:59:15

If you had any intelligence at all (and you have proven that - JG A - 2/3 14:09:31

I'm more convinced than ever that you have no idea how - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:13:20

I know exactly how they are - JG A - 2/3 14:18:33

I'll bite. How are they partisan picked? Explain to me how - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:28:27

golly holla bobba DOWN ON THE FREAKEN BINGO - JG A - 2/3 14:31:07

Great answer. Maybe zounami and his reading comprehension - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:33:16

you really are naive - JG A - 2/3 14:34:54

So, help me out then. Explain to me how the partisan - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:57:30

backroom quid pro quo - JG A - 2/3 14:59:22

Go ahead then. I'd love to hear some facts about these - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 15:06:25

haha, bingo (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 14:13:07

also, while he used the word "determine", he wasn't implying - zounami MU - 2/3 14:04:57

So, it's up to me decipher what he really meant when he says - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:12:57

yeah, that's called reading comprehension (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 14:14:40

Reading comprehension is not giving someone the benefit - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:26:22

...it was obvious from the context (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 14:14:53

LOL, no it wasn't. Somebody asked why people care that - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:19:57

#8 is very close to the 3-seed line... are you really that - zounami MU - 2/3 14:02:55

Obviously the AP rankings were NOT used to determine the - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:06:19

you're still arguing "determine" vs "influence" (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 14:12:08

No, I have agreed that there is some perception that - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:16:22

it's mostly accurate (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 13:51:40

It’s mostly inaccurate - haeffb MU - 2/3 13:56:50

its much more accurate than not - JG A - 2/3 13:58:39

JG is mostly right here... you're naive if you believe the - zounami MU - 2/3 13:58:38

No , he is most certainly mostly wrong. There might be some - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 2/3 14:03:37

LOL..."some" - JG A - 2/3 14:11:45

It's just a measuring stick. Nothing really matters until - Carlos Rossi KC - 2/3 12:59:24

Starting the year #1 will make it almost impossible - Eggs MU - 2/3 12:45:31

I wish they'd fire him - playhard KC - 2/3 14:11:20

0-6 vs. top 50 teams since Dec. 1 (nm) - hou4mu MU - 2/3 13:02:39

Arizona ‘17 and Louisville’86 both fell from #2 to - FIJItiger MU

- 2/3 12:54:51

I guess that's the difference here they got off to a decent - Eggs MU - 2/3 13:11:41

Their coach is kind of a dummy, and a big baby - FIJItiger MU

- 2/3 13:14:55

I don't like him personally, but he's way more accomplished - zounami MU - 2/3 13:17:40

He cheats a lot more. The list of his legitimate - FIJItiger MU

- 2/3 13:30:53

32 seasons at MU, 0 Final Fours... You'd think he would - zounami MU - 2/3 13:33:55

The final four wasn’t a thing for lots of that span(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 2/3 13:59:15

That's spin. How could getting as deep as possible into - zounami MU - 2/3 14:01:05

I like Norm as well as the next guy. He did a lot of great - sprintcar STL - 2/3 14:04:13

I agree. (nm) - zounami MU - 2/3 14:09:23

That is a joke. I think Mizzou is ranked fine, but - Carlos Rossi KC - 2/3 12:37:36