{"id":1970,"date":"2011-01-17T13:57:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2011-01-17T19:46:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:46:20","slug":"jmu-gets-votes-in-coaches-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1970","title":{"rendered":"JMU Gets Votes in Coaches Poll (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=1976\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?fit=377%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"377,121\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rankings\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?fit=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?fit=377%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1976\" title=\"rankings\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?resize=377%2C121\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?w=377&amp;ssl=1 377w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rankings.jpg?resize=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a close look at the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/rankings\/_\/poll\/2\">ESPN\/USA Today\u00a0Coaches Poll<\/a> that came out today. Your eyes are not deceiving you, JMU actually received votes. I&#8217;m not kidding. Wow.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: And as our reader Ben points out below, the Dukes also received 4 votes in the latest <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mens-college-basketball\/rankings\/_\/poll\/1\"><em>AP Poll<\/em><\/a><em>. Admittedly this is a probably more a way of voters pointing out the high quality of play in the CAA in general, rather than a statement about the Dukes specifically. It&#8217;s still pretty damn cool though. <\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D1970&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a close look at the latest ESPN\/USA Today\u00a0Coaches Poll that came out today. Your eyes are not deceiving you, JMU actually received votes. I&#8217;m not kidding. Wow. UPDATE: And as our reader Ben points out below, the Dukes also received 4 votes in the latest AP Poll. Admittedly this is a probably more a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[136,455,126],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10280,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10280","url_meta":{"origin":1970,"position":0},"title":"How Come JMU Sucks at Online Voting Now?","date":"May 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There was a time when you could virtually guarantee that any online poll, contest, or competition that included JMU was a done deal. JMU was going to win and win big. 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