Valpo in the Polls (and the HL too)

[FWalum]

I'd say KVW has put himself right back into the first teamed conversation.

It seems we have rediscovered the big guy.  Looking for him MUCH more in the post the last two games.  Hope the trend continues.

[agibson]

Valpo stays at #14.  Wright State at #23 and Detroit receiving votes.

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

Just to continue the tradition of archiving the whole list here, before it disappears.  Last weeks, which will disappear with today's update.

Update: January 14th, 2013

1.    Creighton (24)    16-1    768    1    Missouri Valley
2.    Gonzaga (7)    16-1    751    2    West Coast
3.    Bucknell    14-3    687    4    Patriot
4.    Utah State    14-1    669    6    WAC
5.    Wichita State    15-2    624    3    Missouri Valley
6.    BYU    14-4    602    7    West Coast
7.    Saint Mary's    13-4    587    5    West Coast
8.    Belmont    13-4    498    10    Ohio Valley
9.    Lehigh    11-4    495    9    Patriot
10.    North Dakota State    15-3    450    11    Summit
11.    Murray State    12-4    444    8    Ohio Valley
12.    Middle Tennessee    14-4    429    12    Sun Belt
13.    Akron    11-4    375    13    Mid-American
14.    Valparaiso    13-5    353    14    Horizon
15.    Stephen F. Austin    14-1    340    17    Southland
16.    Ohio    11-5    278    15    Mid-American
17.    Easten Kentucky    14-3    273    18    Ohio Valley
18.    Western Illinois    14-3    212    22    Summit
19.    South Dakota State    13-6    202    19    Summit
20.    Davidson    9-6    169    20    Southern
21.    Bryant    11-4    138    21    Northeast
22.    Louisiana Tech    14-3    137    NR    WAC
23.    Wright State    13-4    68    NR    Horizon
24.    Weber State    10-3    60    NR    Big Sky
25.    Montana    10-4    48    NR    Big Sky


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Stony Brook 46, Santa Clara 44, Albany 42, Evansville 36, Detroit 31, Indiana State 31, Illinois State 25, Northern Iowa 22, Vermont 17, Long Beach State 15, Harvard 13, Northeastern 11, Northwestern State 11, College of Charleston 10, Iona 10, Jacksonville State 10, Kent State 7, Oral Roberts 7, UNC Ashville 7, Loyola MD 6, Florida Gulf Coast 5, Mercer 4, Southern 4, Fairfield 2, San Diego 1.

[talksalot]

http://www.collegeinsider.com/mens-mid-major-top-25.php  for Monday, January 21 (Billy Donlon is the HL voter)

1.    Gonzaga (27)    17-2    771    2    West Coast               BBuster:  Not Playing
2.    Wichita State (2)    17-2    740    5    Missouri Valley   BBuster:  Home
3.    Bucknell (1)    16-3    699    3    Patriot                     BBuster:  Not Playing
4.    Creighton (1)    17-2    692    1    Missouri Valley           BBuster:  Away
5.    Belmont    15-4    631    8    Ohio Valley                        BBuster:  Home
6.    Saint Mary's    15-4    619    7    West Coast               BBuster:  Home
7.    BYU    15-5    572    6    West Coast                               BBuster:  Not Playing
8.    Lehigh    12-4    504    9    Patriot                             BBuster:  Not Playing
9.    Middle Tennessee    16-4    498    12    Sun Belt           BBuster:  Not Playing         
10.    Stephen F. Austin    16-1    453    15    Southland         BBuster:  Away
11.    Murray State    14-4    451    11    Ohio Valley                BBuster:  Home
12.    Utah State    14-3    408    4    WAC                                BBuster:  Home
13.    Akron    13-4    396    13    Mid-American                    BBuster:  Home
14.    Valparaiso    15-5    374    14    Horizon                            BBuster:  Home
15.    North Dakota State    16-4    341    10    Summit            BBuster:  Away
16.    Ohio    13-5    305    16    Mid-American                            BBuster:  Away                         
17.    Bryant    13-4    245    21    Northeast                        BBuster:  Not Playing
18.    Eastern Kentucky    15-4    235    17    Ohio Valley       BBuster:  Away
19.    South Dakota State    15-6    218    19    Summit           BBuster:  Away
20.    Western Illinois    15-4    196    18    Summit                   BBuster:  Home
21.    Louisiana Tech    16-3    146    22    WAC                       BBuster:  Not Playing
22.    Weber State    13-3    109    24    Big Sky                   BBuster:  Away   
23.    Montana    12-4    102    25    Big Sky                           BBuster:  Away
24.    Davidson    11-7    79    20    Southern                         BBuster:  Home
25.    Albany    16-4    68    NR    America East                   BBuster:  Away

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Indiana State 47 (H), Wright State 32 (H), Santa Clara 30 (NP), Vermont 18 (H), Stony Brook 16 (NP), Niagara 11 (H), Northeastern 11 (NP), Columbia 8 (NP), Detroit 8 (A), Harvard 8 (NP), New Mexico State 7 (NP), Southern 7 (NP), Evansville 5 (A), Oral Roberts 5 (H), Denver 4 (A), Long Beach State 4 (H), Northern Iowa 2 (H), North Carolina Central 1 (NP).

15 of the top 43 are not participating in the Buster.

[agibson]

What'd Stephen F. Austin do?  Win a couple of low RPI home games?  It's like the voters just noticed they had only one loss.  And failed to notice the #314 SOS. And that four of those 16 wins are non-D1.  I notice they picked up votes in the USA Today Coaches' poll, also.

[valpotx]

The Southland absolutely sucks as a basketball conference.  ORU should win that conference every year.  In baseball and football it would be a different story

[Smj]

Sun 1:01PM ET / Jan 20, 2013

StatSeed is StatSheet's postseason projections for all of Division I, including the NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), and the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Read more about how StatSeed is calculated.

StatSheet is now projecting Valparaiso to be a 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Crusaders are currently on track for an automatic bid and will need it to retain the invite as they're #78 in the StatSheet StatRank. They have a 15-5 overall record and a 5-1 record in the Horizon. Over the last four games, Valparaiso looked strong with wins against Wright State, Detroit, Milwaukee, and UIC.

Valparaiso has a 2-3 record against the RPI Top 100 that includes an 0-2 record against the RPI Top 50 and an 0-1 record against AP ranked teams. While the Crusaders have no quality wins, they're weighed down by two bad losses including RPI #167 Loyola (Chicago) and RPI #181 Oakland.

[valpopal]

NBC's brackets currently have Valpo as a #14 seed matched up against a #3 seed named...Butler. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine?

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/22/latest-bracket-arizona-grabs-no-1-seed-in-west-region/

[valpotx]

That would be a dream matchup for us.  We are not intimidated at all by them, and regardless of Clarke, I think we beat them again

[EddieCabot]

Valpo also a 14 per Lunardi. 

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

[EddieCabot]

Also a 14 per Jerry Palm's latest, matched up with IU.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

[EddieCabot]

One more:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20130122/bracket-watch/index.html

[talksalot]

I like the SI matchup.... Creighton, in Kansas City advancing to North Carolina...  Not sure about the picks... they have Butler as a 2, on the same line with Arizona, Louisville and Florida?  Really?   

[HC]

They are currently ranked in the top 10 so why not a 2 seed?

[SadersofthelostArc]

They are currently ranked in the top 10 so why not a 2 seed?

Valpo a 14 and Butler a 2?  It's almost as if you're insinuating that Butler is head and shoulders better than Valpo.

[HC]

They are what they are, and they will probably move up another spot with Louisville losing again.

But, we'd definitely take um to the wood shed in a head to head matchup. 

[staxawax]

Glad I stopped by.  The turn in this thread is comical. 

[agibson]

I suppose we'll move up 1-3 places in the mid-major polling this week.  Stephen Austin and Murray State, not too far above us, notched losses.  And Utah State's in free fall.

#12?  #13?  There's only one five loss team above us in the polls...

[truth219]

Bleacher report expects us to run the table in conference and go 17-1

[a3uge]

Bleacher report expects us to run the table in conference and go 17-1

Link? "Bleacher Report expects..." could very well be " Some high school kid expects..."

[LaPorteAveApostle]

could very well be

= "is"

[truth219]

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/1498535-ncaa-basketball-rankings-mid-major-rankings-for-week-13/page/15

[covufan]

Bleacher report expects us to run the table in conference and go 17-1

Not quite.  "After watching the Crusaders continually find ways to win, it would not be surprising to see them run the table and finish 17-1."

I would not be surprised either, but I don't expect us to win out.  Looking forward to the next 5 weeks!

[vuweathernerd]

Bleacher report expects us to run the table in conference and go 17-1

Not quite.  "After watching the Crusaders continually find ways to win, it would not be surprising to see them run the table and finish 17-1."

I would not be surprised either, but I don't expect us to win out.  Looking forward to the next 5 weeks!

looking at our schedule, it wouldn't be necessarily surprising, but i wouldn't bet on it either. besides the bracketbuster, we still have detroit coming to the arc, and they beat us by 20 in their last visit. and road games at green bay, wright state, and (i'm probably gonna take flak for this) loyola. we could win out, or we could lose up to 4 games the rest of the way. nothing from that range would really surprise me.

[Valpo2010]

Bleacher report expects us to run the table in conference and go 17-1

Friends don't let friends read Bleacher Report...

[valpocleveland]

mentioned at the bottom of this article, almost on the pyramid!

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21620773/pyramid-for-only-second-time-this-year-a-change-at-the-top