Mid-Major Top 25

[valpopal]

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[agibson]

I've not figured out what the player, or image, has to do with the ranking or week.  But, I do like the photos and the baseball card feel!

The ranking's OK too

Looks like not much changed this week.  We got a little closer to Murray State, and a little further away from to Green Bay.  But no rankings changed in the top 8.

Cleveland State still #32.  Greg Kampe still, to his credit I guess?, not voting for his own team.

[valpotx]

Well, well, well! Make that _7_ points in the coaches' poll.  Good for 38th.  Ahead of Rhode Island.  No sign of Harvard... but still behind Murray State.

Those punk @$$ Rams and their ending a potential Elite 8 run

[classof2014]

Wonder how many votes we'll get after we trounce GB and UWM!

[agibson]

A solid win over UWGB may well boost us up a bit, against Murray State, in the mid major coaches' poll.

Not sure how much the national voters (AP, national coaches) follow the mid-major results in detail.  I don't know if it's just our record continuing to tick along at 4 losses that wins us votes, or they actually see the results.

[FWalum]

I know that Murray State has not lost since we gave them a wake up call, but the OVC is ranked below the Summit League.  We would probably run the table in the OVC.  Their best win is projected to be Illinois State. We should overtake them in RPI.

[agibson]

We should overtake them in RPI.

Your argument's probably sound, but somehow it wasn't clicking with my intuition.  But, indeed, rpiforecast.com supports you.  If we both win out the regular season, it has our expected RPI at 50.2 and theirs at 57.2.  But, rpiforecast sees that as a more probable outcome for Murray State, so it's overall average has them finishing the regular season a notch ahead of us, 67.5 to 69.1. 

I'd have to check their conference tournament forecast to make a decent guess as to how it'll change after the regular season.  Probably the momentum continues in our direction, unless maybe they'd also only play two games, and on a neutral court vs. our home court games.

The RPI numbers may carry a little weight with the selection committee.  And _surely_ the head-to-head result will.  I don't know how much they'll affect voters for the writers' and coaches' polls, two losses in the Horizon vs. zero in the OVC?  Undefeated has a certain "anything's possible" feel, admittedly...  But, what do those polls matter, in the end?

[agibson]

Update: February 9th, 2015

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (31)   24-1   775   1   West Coast
2.   Northern Iowa   22-2   741   2   Missouri Valley
3.   Wichita State   21-3   709   3   Missouri Valley
4.   Stephen F. Austin   19-3   675   4   Southland
5.   Murray State   21-4   630   5   Ohio Valley
6.   Valparaiso   22-4   610   6   Horizon
7.   Green Bay   19-5   582   7   Horizon
8.   Wofford   20-5   553   8   Southern
9.   Saint Mary's   18-5   549   10   West Coast
10.   Harvard   15-5   494   11   Ivy League
11.   Yale   16-7   413   9   Ivy League
12.   Eastern Washington   18-5   406   12   Big Sky
13.   UC Davis   18-4   352   14   Big West
14.   Sacramento State   16-6   336   15   Big Sky
15.   BYU   18-8   311   13   West Coast
16.   Sam Houston State   18-5   269   16   Southland
17.   Iona   18-6   232   21   Metro Atlantic
18.   Florida Gulf Coast   17-7   227   20   Atlantic Sun
19.   Central Michigan   16-5   151   18   Mid-American
20.   Albany   16-7   126   25   America East
21.   Bowling Green   15-6   122   NR   Mid-American
22.   North Dakota State   17-7   77   NR   Summit
23.   UL-Monroe   16-8   72   NR   Sun Belt
24.   Belmont   15-9   70   19   Ohio Valley
25.   Georgia Southern   16-5   60   23   Sun Belt


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Akron 49, Toledo 48, North Carolina Central 43, Buffalo 36, USC Upstate 33, Georgia State 32, Cleveland State 29, Evansville 25, Eastern Kentucky 24, Coastal Carolina 23, Pepperdine 23, Rider 20, Kent State 18, South Dakota State 18, High Point 16, North Florida 14, William & Mary 13, NJIT 11, Illinois State 10, St Francis Brooklyn 10, UT-Martin 9, Radford 8, Portland 7, UC Irvine 6, Northeastern 4, New Mexico State 2, Alabama State 1, Norfolk State 1.

Update: February 2nd, 2015

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (30)   22-1   774   1   West Coast
2.   Northern Iowa (1)   20-2   743   3   Missouri Valley
3.   Wichita State   19-3   711   2   Missouri Valley
4.   Stephen F. Austin   18-3   679   4   Southland
5.   Murray State   19-4   626   6   Ohio Valley
6.   Valparaiso   20-4   597   7   Horizon
7.   Green Bay   17-5   581   5   Horizon
8.   Wofford   18-5   561   9   Southern
9.   Yale   15-6   525   10   Ivy League
10.   Saint Mary's   17-5   419   8   West Coast
11.   Harvard   13-5   405   12   Ivy League
12.   Eastern Washington   16-5   402   13   Big Sky
13.   BYU   15-7   383   14   West Coast
14.   UC Davis   16-4   375   18   Big West
15.   Sacramento State   15-6   263   20   Big Sky
16.   Sam Houston State   16-5   247   17   Southland
17.   Evansville   16-6   224   11   Missouri Valley
18.   Central Michigan   15-4   201   15   Mid-American
19.   Belmont   15-7   131   19   Ohio Valley
20.   Florida Gulf Coast   167   119   21   Atlantic Sun
21.   Iona   16-6   117   22   Metro Atlantic
22.   High Point   17-5   107   NR   Big South
23.   Georgia Southern   15-4   96   NR   Sun Belt
24.   Akron   15-6   80   NR   Mid-American
25.   Albany   14-7   78   NR   America East


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: South Dakota State 67, Radford 55, Georgia State 55, USC Upstate 46, North Carolina Central 41, Eastern Michigan 31, Cleveland State 28, Buffalo 27, Western Michigan 23, Kent State 21, North Florida 20, Pepperdine 19, Coastal Carolina 17, Hawaii 17, William & Mary 17, Indiana State 16, UC Irvine 15, Rider 14, Hofstra 12, Long Beach State 11, Norfolk State 11, Bowling Green 10, Eastern Kentucky 10, North Dakota State 10, UT-Martin 8, Illinois State 7, Toledo 7, Chattanooga 6, NJIT 6, Northeastern 4, New Mexico State 2, Alabama State 1, Bucknell 1, Robert Morris 1, St. Francis Brooklyn 1, UL-Monroe 1.

Update: January 26th, 2015

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (31)   20-1   775   1   West Coast
2.   Wichita State   18-2   743   2   Missouri Valley
3.   Northern Iowa   18-2   709   3   Missouri Valley
4.   Stephen F. Austin   16-3   678   4   Southland
5.   Green Bay   17-4   637   5   Horizon
6.   Murray State   17-4   591   8   Ohio Valley
7.   Valparaiso   18-4   586   6   Horizon
8.   Saint Mary's   16-4   558   7   West Coast
9.   Wofford   16-5   523   10   Southern
10.   Yale   15-5   427   12   Ivy League
11.   Evansville   15-5   401   13   Missouri Valley
12.   Harvard   11-5   398   9   Ivy League
13.   Eastern Washington   15-5   380   14   Big Sky
14.   BYU   15-7   377   11   West Coast
15.   Central Michigan   14-3   273   24   Mid-American
16.   Coastal Carolina   15-5   238   15   Big South
17.   Sam Houston State   14-5   236   16   Southland
18.   UC Davis   14-4   212   17   Big West
19.   Belmont   13-7   137   20   Ohio Valley
20.   Sacramento State   13-6   130   25   Big Sky
21.   Florida Gulf Coast   14-7   119   22   Atlantic Sun
22.   Iona   15-6   115   NR   Metro Atlantic
23.   Western Michigan   12-6   86   21   Mid-American
24.   North Carolina Central   15-5   71   NR   Mid-Eastern
25.   Kent State   14-5   67   NR   Mid-American


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Georgia Southern 65, North Florida 63, Akron 57, USC Upstate 43, Northeastern 41, Georgia State 35, Eastern Michigan 32, Cleveland State 28, Bowling Green 24, Buffalo 21, Chattanooga 19, Hawaii 18, South Dakota State 17, Indiana State 16, Albany 11, Rider 11, North Dakota State 10, UL-Lafayette 10, Alabama State 9, Hofstra 9, Pepperdine 9, William & Mary 8, Illinois State 7, Toledo 7, High Point 6, NJIT 6, Dartmouth 5, Eastern Illinois 4, Radford 4, UC Irvine 4, Eastern Kentucky 2, New Mexico State 2, Bucknell 1, Charleston Southern 1, Long Beach State 1, Robert Morris 1, UL-Monroe.

Update: January 12th, 2015

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (31)   16-1   772   1   West Coast
2.   Wichita State   14-2   732   2   Missouri Valley
3.   Northern Iowa   14-2   679   3   Missouri Valley
4.   Green Bay   14-3   670   4   Horizon
5.   Stephen F. Austin   12-3   636   5   Southland
6.   Valparaiso   16-3   623   6   Horizon
7.   Saint Mary's   13-3   547   9   West Coast
8.   Harvard   10-3   543   8   Ivy League
9.   Wofford   13-4   503   11   Southern
10.   BYU   14-5   463   7   West Coast
11.   USC Upstate   13-4   391   15   Atlantic Sun
12.   Evansville   12-4   372   10   Missouri Valley
13.   Eastern Washington   12-4   321   19   Big Sky
14.   Coastal Carolina   13-3   296   20   Big South
15.   Murray State   13-4   292   23   Ohio Valley
16.   Belmont   10-6   258   12   Ohio Valley
17.   Yale   11-6   190   16   Ivy League
18.   Eastern Michigan   11-4   184   14   Mid-American
19.   UL-Lafayette   10-5   144   NR   Sun Belt
20.   Florida Gulf Coast   11-6   140   17   Atlantic Sun
21.   Hofstra   13-4   132   NR   Colonial
22.   Central Michigan   11-2   116   21   Mid-American
23.   Sam Houston State   11-4   103   NR   Southland
24.   Buffalo   10-4   86   22   Mid-American
25.   UC Davis   12-3   70   NR   Big West


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Georgia State 69, Toledo 68, Loyola Chicago 66, Iona 57, Northeastern 55, Pepperdine 52, Bowling Green 50, Eastern Kentucky 44, Akron 40, Illinois State 38, Georgia Southern 35, Portland 35, North Dakota State 31, Hawaii 27, San Francisco 21, Eastern Illinois 19, South Dakota State 16, UC Irvine 14, Indiana State 10, NJIT 10, Cleveland State 9, Western Michigan 9, Chattanooga 8, Wright State 8, Stony Brook 7, Ball State 6, High Point 5, Army 4, Kent State 3, North Carolina Central 3, Alabama State 1, Gardner Webb 1, Incarnate Word 1, Rider 1 .

Update: January 5th, 2015

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (31)   14-1   775   1   West Coast
2.   Wichita State   12-2   715   3   Missouri Valley
3.   Northern Iowa   12-2   682   2   Missouri Valley
4.   Green Bay   11-3   661   5   Horizon
5.   Stephen F. Austin   11-3   641   6   Southland
6.   Valparaiso   14-3   623   4   Horizon
7.   BYU   13-4   557   7   West Coast
8.   Harvard   8-3   549   8   Ivy League
9.   Saint Mary's   11-3   523   10   West Coast
10.   Evansville   11-3   463   9   Missouri Valley
11.   Wofford   10-4   427   11   Southern
12.   Belmont   9-5   420   12   Ohio Valley
13.   Georgia State   9-4   404   13   Sun Belt
14.   Eastern Michigan   11-2   337   14   Mid-American
15.   USC Upstate   11-4   277   16   Atlantic Sun
16.   Yale   10-5   274   17   Ivy League
17.   Florida Gulf Coast   10-5   252   15   Atlantic Sun
18.   Toledo   8-5   215   18   Mid-American
19.   Eastern Washington   11-4   211   19   Big Sky
20.   Coastal Carolina   11-3   139   22   Big South
21.   Central Michigan   10-1   138   21   Mid-American
22.   Buffalo   9-3   102   NR   Mid-American
23.   Murray State   11-4   91   NR   Ohio Valley
24.   Army   10-3   66   20   Patriot
25.   Hawaii   12-4   55   NR   Big West


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Akron 52, Northeastern 51, Loyola Chicago 44, Iona 33, UC Irvine 31, North Dakota State 29, Portland 28, Wright State 27, Sam Houston State 26, Kent State 24, Eastern Kentucky 22, Georgia Southern 19, UC Davis 18, Hofstra 17, Bowling Green 11, Illinois State 11, Louisiana Lafayette 10, Stony Brook 6, Chattanooga 4, Columbia 4, Lafayette 4, North Carolina Central 2, South Dakota State 2, Eastern Illinois 1, Monmouth 1, Sacramento State 1.

Update: December 29th, 2014

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (31)   12-1   775   1   West Coast
2.   Northern Iowa   11-1   738   3   Missouri Valley
3.   Wichita State   10-2   707   2   Missouri Valley
4.   Valparaiso   12-2   639   8   Horizon
5.   Green Bay   10-3   629   4   Horizon
6.   Stephen F. Austin   9-3   606   7   Southland
7.   BYU   10-4   577   5   West Coast
8.   Harvard   7-3   554   6   Ivy League
9.   Evansville   10-2   505   9   Missouri Valley
10.   Saint Mary's   8-3   469   13   West Coast
11.   Wofford   9-3   441   10   Southern
12.   Belmont   8-5   397   11   Ohio Valley
13.   Georgia State   7-4   385   12   Sun Belt
14.   Eastern Michigan   11-2   308   20   Mid-American
15.   Florida Gulf Coast   9-4   306   14   Atlantic Sun
16.   USC Upstate   9-4   289   15   Atlantic Sun
17.   Yale   9-4   271   16   Ivy League
18.   Toledo   7-4   222   17   Mid-American
19.   Eastern Washington   9-4   198   19   Big Sky
20.   Army   9-2   166   21   Patriot
21.   Central Michigan   9-1   126   24   Mid-American
22.   Coastal Carolina   9-3   110   22   Big South
23.   Portland   10-3   78   NR   West Coast
24.   Loyola Chicago   10-2   71   NR   Missouri Valley
25.   UC Davis   9-2   62   25   Big West

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Akron 61, Murray State 57, Iona 45, Stony Brook 33, Hawaii 30, Northeastern 28, Eastern Kentucky 24, UC Irvine 24, Buffalo 22, Georgia Southern 18, Kent State 14, Hofstra 11, Norfolk State 11, Sam Houston State 11, Incarnate Word 10, Wright State 10, Columbia 9, Radford 9, Illinois State 8, High Point 4, Chattanooga 2, ETSU 2, North Carolina Central 1, South Dakota State 1, Texas Southern 1.

Update: December 22nd, 2014

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (27)   11-1   769   1   West Coast
2.   Wichita State (4)   8-1   746   2   Missouri Valley
3.   Northern Iowa   10-1   687   4   Missouri Valley
4.   Green Bay   9-2   682   6   Horizon
5.   BYU   9-3   637   7   West Coast
6.   Harvard   7-2   616   3   Ivy League
7.   Stephen F. Austin   9-3   581   8   Southland
8.   Valparaiso   10-2   572   11   Horizon
9.   Evansville   9-2   506   14   Missouri Valley
10.   Wofford   9-2   486   13   Southern
11.   Belmont   8-4   442   10   Ohio Valley
12.   Georgia State   7-3   398   9   Sun Belt
13.   Saint Mary's   6-3   344   5   West Coast
14.   Florida Gulf Coast   9-2   341   17   Atlantic Sun
15.   USC Upstate   9-4   326   22   Atlantic Sun
16.   Yale   9-4   316   15   Ivy League
17.   Toledo   7-4   261   20   Mid-American
18.   Wright State   8-4   214   23   Horizon
19.   Eastern Washington   8-4   206   16   Big Sky
20.   Eastern Michigan   9-2   170   18   Mid-American
21.   Army   8-2   122   25   Patriot
22.   Coastal Carolina   9-3   114   21   Big South
23.   Akron   7-4   75   12   Mid-American
24.   Central Michigan   8-1   65   NR   Mid-American
25.   UC Davis   8-1   61   NR   Big West


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Murray State 57, South Dakota State 48, Incarnate Word 42, Eastern Kentucky 33, Northeastern 20, Loyola Chicago 28, Western Michigan 22, Buffalo 20, Kent State 20, Iona 18, Portland 16, Hofstra 15, Illinois Statr 15, Hawaii 13, UC Santa Barbara 11, High Point 10, Northern Illinois 9, North Florida 7, Lafayette 5, Pepperdine 4, IPFW 3, William & Mary 3, Radford 2, Albany 2, San Diego 2, Columbia 1, UC Irvine 1.

Update: December 15th, 2014

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (27)   9-1   769   1   West Coast
2.   Wichita State (4)   7-1   746   2   Missouri Valley
3.   Harvard   7-1   685   4   Ivy League
4.   Northern Iowa   9-1   681   3   Missouri Valley
5.   Saint Mary's   6-1   644   7   West Coast
6.   Green Bay   7-2   610   8   Horizon
7.   BYU   8-3   569   6   West Coast
8.   Stephen F. Austin   7-3   588   10   Southland
9.   Georgia State   6-2   525   11   Sun Belt
10.   Belmont   7-3   498   5   Ohio Valley
11.   Valparaiso   10-2   429   15   Horizon
12.   Akron   6-3   385   9   Mid-American
13.   Wofford   8-2   363   17   Southern
14.   Evansville   7-2   350   13   Missouri Valley
15.   Yale   8-3   336   14   Ivy League
16.   Eastern Washington   8-2   304   16   Big Sky
17.   Florida Gulf Coast   8-2   292   12   Atlantic Sun
18.   Eastern Michigan   8-1   240   22   Mid-American
19.   Iona   6-3   211   19   Metro Atlantic
20.   Toledo   5-4   159   20   Mid-American
21.   Coastal Carolina   8-2   106   23   Big South
22.   USC Upstate   8-3   110   21   Atlantic Sun
23.   Wright State   7-4   78   NR   Horizon
24.   Northeastern   6-2   61   24   Colonial
25.   Army   7-2   52   25   Patriot


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Incarnate Word 33, Towson 29, North Florida 27, UC Irvine 25, Western Michigan 25, Portland 23, UC Davis 20, Eastern Kentucky 22, Murray State 20, Hawaii 19, Hofstra 18, Central Michigan 16, Bowling Green 15, UC Santa Barbara 11, Buffalo 10, Illimois State 8, Holy Cross 6, Pepperdine 4, IPFW 3, William & Mary 3, Loyola MD 2, NJIT 2, Radford 2, Chattanooga 1, Detroit 1, UT-Martin 1.

Update: December 8th, 2014

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Gonzaga (28)   7-1   769   2   West Coast
2.   Wichita State (2)   5-1   737   1   Missouri Valley
3.   Northern Iowa (1)   8-0   719   3   Missouri Valley
4.   Harvard   6-1   624   5   Ivy League
5.   Belmont   7-1   618   6   Ohio Valley
6.   BYU   7-2   610   8   West Coast
7.   Saint Mary's   5-1   569   4   West Coast
8.   Green Bay   6-2   539   7   Horizon
9.   Akron   6-2   497   9   Mid-American
10.   Stephen F. Austin   6-3   491   10   Southland
11.   Georgia State   6-2   481   11   Sun Belt
12.   Florida Gulf Coast   8-1   414   16   Atlantic Sun
13.   Evansville   7-1   382   15   Missouri Valley
14.   Yale   8-2   359   25   Ivy League
15.   Valparaiso   8-2   302   14   Horizon
16.   Eastern Washington   7-1   289   18   Big Sky
17.   Wofford   7-2   247   19   Southern
18.   UC Irvine   4-3   245   12   Big West
19.   Iona   4-3   187   12   Metro Atlantic
20.   Toledo   4-4   158   21   Mid-American
21.   USC Upstate   8-2   122   NR   Atlantic Sun
22.   Eastern Michigan   7-1   117   18   Mid-American
23.   Coastal Carolina   6-2   101   NR   Big South
24.   Northeastern   6-2   51   23   Colonial
25.   Army   6-1   43   NR   Patriot


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: UC Santa Barbara 41, Western Michigan 37, Holy Cross 29, Pepperdine 29, Buffalo 26, NJIT 25, Bowling Green 22, Eastern Kentucky 22, Portland 19, James Madison 17, Cleveland State 16, Hofstra 15, Central Michigan 13, New Mexico State 13, Lafayette 10, ETSU 9, Murray State 8, Long Beach State 7, Georgia Southern 6, North Florida 6, Radford 6, Towson 6, Columbia 5, Illimois State 5, San Francisco 3, UC Davis 3, Detroit 2, Hawaii 2, Incarnate Word 2.


VOTING PANEL: Casey Alexander (Lipscomb), Randy Bennett (Saint Mary's), Horace Broadnax, Milan Brown (Holy Cross), Will Brown (Albany), Jim Les (UC Davis), Jamion Christian (Mount St. Mary's), Billy Donlon (Wright State), James Fox (Appalachian State), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Derrin Hansen (Nebraska-Omaha), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Willie Hayes (Alabama A&M), B.J. Hill (Northern Colorado), Jason Hooten (Sam Houston State), Dick Hunsaker (Utah Valley), James Jones (Yale), Mike Jones (Radford), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Texas State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Greg Lansing (Indiana State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Bob Marlin (UL-Lafayette), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Jeff Neubauer (Eastern Kentucky), Rob O'Driscoll (James Madison), Jimmy Patsos (Siena), Ron Verlin (Pacific), Will Wade (Chattanooga).

Update: December 1st, 2014

       RECORD   POINTS   PREVIOUS   
1.   Wichita State (25)   4-0   769   1   Missouri Valley
2.   Gonzaga (6)   6-0   748   2   West Coast
3.   Northern Iowa   7-0   706   4   Missouri Valley
4.   Saint Mary's   5-0   632   6   West Coast
5.   Harvard   4-1   629   5   Ivy League
6.   Belmont   6-1   599   8   Ohio Valley
7.   Green Bay   4-1   579   9   Horizon
8.   BYU   5-2   545   3   West Coast
9.   Akron   4-2   481   7   Mid-American
10.   Stephen F. Austin   3-3   423   11   Southland
11.   Georgia State   5-2   411   13   Sun Belt
12.   Iona   4-2   399   12   Metro Atlantic
13.   UC Irvine   3-2   361   18   Big West
14.   Valparaiso   7-1   355   NR   Horizon
15.   Evansville   4-1   315   15   Missouri Valley
16.   Florida Gulf Coast   6-1   314   16   Atlantic Sun
17.   Western Michigan   5-2   213   17   Mid-American
18.   Eastern Washington   6-1   193   NR   Big Sky
19.   Wofford   5-2   175   19   Southern
20.   Eastern Michigan   6-0   162   NR   Mid-American
21.   Toledo   2-4   146   10   Mid-American
22.   Cleveland State   3-3   111   21   Horizon
23.   Northeastern   5-1   108   22   Colonial
24.   Holy Cross   3-1   106   23   Patriot
25.   Yale   6-2   87   25   Ivy League


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: William & Mary 48, Bowling Green 36, Long Beach State 33, Buffalo 32, Murray State 32, Army 31, Portland State 29, UC Santa Barbara 28, Eastern Kentucky 27, Central Michigan 24, Missouri State 23, Louisiana Lafayette 18, New Mexico State 14, UC Davis 14, Hofstra 11, Incarnate Word 11, Towson 11, Portland 10, Stony Brook 10, Columbia 8, Denver 8, North Dakota State 8, Hawaii 7, Illimois State 7, Charleston Southern 5, Georgia Southern 5, San Francisco 5, Quininipiac 4, UALR 4, Radford 2, Chattanooga 1, Gardner Webb 1, Western Carolina 1.


VOTING PANEL: Milan Brown (Holy Cross), Will Brown (Albany), Jim Les (UC Davis), Jamion Christian (Mount St. Mary's), Billy Donlon (Wright State), James Fox (Appalachian State), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Derrin Hansen (Nebraska-Omaha), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Willie Hayes (Alabama A&M), B.J. Hill (Northern Colorado), Jason Hooten (Sam Houston State), Dick Hunsaker (Utah Valley), James Jones (Yale), Mike Jones (Radford), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Texas State), Tod Kowalczyk (Toledo), Greg Lansing (Indiana State), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Bob Marlin (UL-Lafayette), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Jeff Neubauer (Eastern Kentucky), Rob O'Driscoll (James Madison), Jimmy Patsos (Siena), Ron Verlin (Pacific), Will Wade (Chattanooga).

[agibson]

Pardon the screen dump, but these maybe still aren't well archived anywhere. 

Our high water mark was December 29.  #4, with UWGB #5.  Before Stephen F Austin edged us, and before Murray State climbed all the way from receiving votes (#27), bit by bit, to pass us up.

High water mark... until this week?

[LaPorteAveApostle]

Pardon the screen dump

[covufan]

This. Is. Funny.

[valpopal]

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[agibson]

We jump over VCU, and Stephen F. Austin who plummets on their loss.

That's VCU who was _nationally_ ranked last week at 20/21.  They did pick up another loss, but hung in this week's AP at 25. 

Harvard just makes it in to the MM power poll, as a new entrant.  Despite Lunardi's high opinion.

[valpopal]

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

[sliman]

I find it interesting that Cleveland State isn't getting a vote from either of the HL coaches despite the fact their record in the conference rivals that of GB and just a step behind Valpo.

[bbtds]

I find it interesting that Cleveland State isn't getting a vote from either of the HL coaches despite the fact their record in the conference rivals that of GB and just a step behind Valpo.

Maybe Waters has burned some bridges. "Four dead in Ohio" could mean tOSU, WSU, YSU and CSU.

Will the Harvard of the Midwest face Lithgow's Valpo of New England? Will Bostonians say Valpo who? Where do you put all that snow? How do you get melted snow out to sea? Will that snow cause floods in the Atlantic Ocean? Isn't "pawk yer caw" what Logan Airport valets say?

[agibson]

I find it interesting that Cleveland State isn't getting a vote from either of the HL coaches despite the fact their record in the conference rivals that of GB and just a step behind Valpo.

Funny.  I was thinking, as I read the updated poll, "Huh, is that a slap in the face to CSU?".  But, I'd forgotten Donlon was in on it too!  I remembered Kampe, and probably was thinking the poll was one per conference.  I assume that's mostly true?  And maybe was true, when Kample was in the Summit?  But, apparently, they let him stay on.

I imagine the double representation hasn't hurt the Horizon League teams any.

But, apparently, it's not been enough to help CSU or Oakland the last few weeks.

[Kyle321n]

I personally wouldn't put CSU anywhere near my top 25 if I was a coach. They have 2 wins in the top 200 RPI schools and they are both at home vs. conference opponents. Their best win away from home is #213 Wright St. While I'm afraid we'll lose when we go there, I don't think they are a very good team. They've feasted on the HL bottom feeders and struggled away from the cozy confines of the Wolstein.

[agibson]

The top seven are rather little changed in this week's CollegeInsider Midmajor Top 25 coaches' poll.  Almost the same number of points, certainly the same order.  We're still #5.  Green Bay fell from #8 to #10.

Cleveland State picked up some votes.. #31 or so.

[vu84v2]

It seems like most everyone here missed an article posted on midmajormadness.com. On their website, Bryce is named as one of the ten sexiest midmajor coaches in the country. I am not surprised that the basketball program has not sent out a formal press release about this.

(Had to correct the very unfortunate typo)

[covufan]

It seems like most everyone here missed an article posted on midmajormadness.com. On their website, Bryce is named as one of the ten sexist midmajor coaches in the country. I am not surprised that the basketball program has not sent out a formal press release about this.

Who would send out a press release for a sexist?

[Valpower]

[vu72]

So let me get this straight.  We are ranked behind three teams in the top 11 nationally and a team we beat like a drum.  I like it!!

[agibson]

So let me get this straight.  We are ranked behind three teams in the top 11 nationally and a team we beat like a drum.  I like it!!

Apparently we got lucky.

I -think- that, at times , the selection committee has specifically been invited to look at head-to-head results.  With a dozen other factors.

Hopefully we'll find out!

[agibson]

It seems like most everyone here missed an article posted on midmajormadness.com. On their website, Bryce is named as one of the ten sexist midmajor coaches in the country. I am not surprised that the basketball program has not sent out a formal press release about this.

I did think about posting the "Alec Peters top 15 power forwards in the country " list.  I didn't think about posting the Drew list.  It was around twitter, I think.  Maybe not @valpoathletics?