Valpo in Preseason Mid-Major Top 25

[valpopal]

Valpo listed as #21 among the preseason College Insider Top 25 Mid-Majors:

http://www.collegeinsider.com/new/mens-mid-major-top-25.php

[okinawatyphoon]

where is Butler? or are they not considered "mid-major" anymore??

[valporun]

where is Butler? or are they not considered "mid-major" anymore??

I believe they consider the A-10 a high major because of its past success.

[historyman]

It's really simple, you read all the info and posts before you ask questions or post the same info.

NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.

This was on the very same page as the poll.

No A-10 conference is listed as a mid-major for purposes of this poll. Personally I think this is east coast bias at it's finest. Why would the Missouri Valley be included when the A-10 is not? ESPN is in Connecticut is the most logical reason.

[okinawatyphoon]

The answer was not "posted" above....I get it was on the page in small print at the bottom and I should have read it, but a simple answer would have sufficed. 

[valpopal]

Nice to see SI's Andy Glockner in his preseason NCAA brackets selections picks Valpo to make it to the dance with a #13 seed:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_glockner/11/06/preseason-bracket-projection/index.html

[valpotx]

Joe Lunardi has Detroit as a 15 seed from our conference:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

[VULB#62]

Just got my hardcopy SI in the mail.  Went to Bill Trocchi's article "Filling the Brackets" on page 82.  Valpo is in slot 57 out of 68.  Great to see Valpo in national print as well as electronic media.  Here's the  blurb:

"57 - Valparaiso/Horizon/5  To  Horizon POY Ryan Broekhoff  (14.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg), reigning league champs add 6'10" forward Bobby Capobianco, an Indiana transfer."   [The 5 is returning starters]

Others of interest:  24 St. Louis, 29 Murray State, 48 New Mexico, 50 Butler

[valpopal]

A fair and fairly full summary (only left out Rossi) of this team's potential:
http://horizonleaguehoops.com/2012/11/09/tempo-free-countdown-no-1-valparaiso/

[vuweathernerd]

Joe Lunardi has Detroit as a 15 seed from our conference:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

this early in the year, all he's doing is picking last year's mid-major conference champs.