BYU at #7 in CNNSI's Power Rankings

Luke Winn has moved BYU all the way up to #7 in his Power Rankings. Wow.



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/luke_winn/01/14/power.rankings/index.html



(the second page link doesn't work because the article hasn't technically been posted yet, I just stumbled on it. here's the link - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/luke_winn/01/14/powe.rankings.2/index.html)

Okay, I bit on the intro to the article and clicked on the "Kansas four half-court shots." WELL worth the 2 minutes.



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Sweet!



I like that he explained why he chose us at 7 rather then spending his time talking about Jimmer's name and other players with different names.

I think 7 is way too high. Even if we are 2 games away from a BYU win-streak record, we've not played many difficult teams. I think we've been fun to watch and it's been a great ride, but we'll drop some when we lose at NM or UNLV...cause I think we'd be lucky to win both of those. UNLV is playing great basketball right now much to our chagrin.



Still nice to see the Cougars in anyone's top 10

Almost all teams are difficult on the road. We've played 9 games away from the Marriott Center. It's tough win away from home. North Carolina lost at Charleston. We may not have played "many difficult teams" but we have played many games away from home. That alone helps to make us a good team. How many of those teams above us in the polls have played that many games away from home?