{"id":376278,"date":"2019-12-17T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T14:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=376278"},"modified":"2019-12-17T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T14:43:04","slug":"penn-state-is-a-consensus-top-25-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/penn-state-is-a-consensus-top-25-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State is a consensus Top 25 team"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimbWithUs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimbWithUs<\/a> | CLIMB ON<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hwkav8nE1e\">https:\/\/t.co\/hwkav8nE1e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s3h4Fzf5f2\">pic.twitter.com\/s3h4Fzf5f2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn State Men\u2019s Basketball (@PennStateMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennStateMBB\/status\/1206630664851906563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ten games into its 2019-20 season, the Nittany Lion basketball team is ranked in the top 25 by every major poll and advanced analytics service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More important, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/rankings\/basketball-men\/d1\/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings\">Penn State was ranked No. 18 in the NCAA&#8217;s initial NET rankings<\/a>, which the NCAA tournament selection committee uses on Selection Sunday to help determine bids and seedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/rankings\/_\/week\/7\/year\/2020\/seasontype\/2\">AP<\/a> (Writers)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/rankings\/_\/week\/7\/year\/2020\/seasontype\/2\">USA Today<\/a> (Coaches)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/rankings\/basketball-men\/d1\/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings\">NCAA Net<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenpom.com\">KenPom.com<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/bpi\">ESPN BPI<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/ncaab\/sagarin\/\">Sagarin<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#ClimbWithUs | CLIMB ONhttps:\/\/t.co\/hwkav8nE1e pic.twitter.com\/s3h4Fzf5f2 \u2014 Penn State Men\u2019s Basketball (@PennStateMBB) December 16, 2019 Ten games into its 2019-20 season, the Nittany Lion basketball team is ranked in the top 25 by every major poll and advanced analytics service. 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