If you’ve been paying attention you know that Grambling’s basketball program is making waves this season. GSU’s win over Jackson State on Saturday gave them 11 in a row, making them the hottest team in Division I basketball right now.
But no one in their right mind would call the Tigers one of the top teams in college basketball, right?
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Well, at least one guy considered it.
Elton Alexander is a sports writer for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer and a voter in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. He says he seriously considered giving Grambling a vote.
“Trust me, I thought long and hard about it,” he wrote. “All day and into the evening. Considering how this basketball season is going, at the very least the Grambling Tigers, 15-12 overall, 11-3 in the SWAC, deserve some serious thought.”
Alexander’s reasoning is that it has been a topsy-turvy college basketball season so far in 2017-18. Ultimately he didn’t decide to cast the vote.
For what its worth, the Tigers were ranked third in our Division I power rankings last week. And with the top two teams, Savannah State and Tennessee State losing on Saturday, GSU just might get that number one spot.
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