Mick Cronin on receiving Top 25 votes

I just asked Mick point blank if he thinks UC deserves to be ranked in the Top 25 with a 9-9 record. Here's his answer:

"I think we played the hardest non-league schedule in the country early, for a big-name team, with the amount of road games that we played. I think our record reflects that. It’s just nice to be recognized. I don’t really pay attention. I’m biased toward the high majors even though I spent three years at Murray State. I had two great teams there but we couldn’t have stood up in a conference like this. We could beat a team on a given night but I see teams ranked – and I’m not going to name names – but I see teams ranked, and it’s nice for them, but having been at that level, if you throw those kind of teams from the lower conferences that do get ranked, it’s my belief that if you throw them in the Big East, they’d struggle mightily."