Mid-Major Top 25, 2010-2011

[agibson]

Maybe only a couple of polls left in the 2010-2011 season.  But, let's go ahead and keep the thread going.

The old table format still seems to work here. So, I'll go ahead and add the same placeholder table, in case I, or someone else, wants to come back and put together some nice summary of the season.  For now the results in the table are all 2009-2010.

	Nov 2	16	23	30	Dec 7	14	21	28	Jan 4	11	18	25	Feb 1	Feb 8	Feb 15	Feb 22	Mar 1	8
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Butler	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	2
Wright State	9	14	13	20	14	18	19	18	18	20	RV	RV
Detroit	RV	RV	20	22	17	21	22	23	24	25	RV	RV
Green Bay	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	20	22	22	RV	RV	24

also received votes at least once: Cleveland State, Milwaukee, Loyola (Chicago)

[agibson]

And here's the latest update.

Valpo and Iona both dropped out this week.  Oakland still ahead of Butler?!

Poll from March 14, 2011

  1.    Old Dominion (25)    27-6    768    1    Colonial Athletic    
  2.    Belmont (3)    30-4    735    2    Atlantic Sun    
  3.    George Mason (1)    26-6    714    3    Colonial Athletic    
  4.    Gonzaga    24-9    673    4    West Coast    
  5.    Oakland (2)    25-9    644    6    Summit League    
  6.    Butler    23-9    627    7    Horizon League    
  7.    St. Mary's    25-8    627    5    West Coast    
  8.    Missouri State    25-8    502    8    Missouri Valley    
  9.    Wichita State    24-8    491    9    Missouri Valley    
10.    Princeton    25-6    477    16    Ivy League    
11.    Cleveland State    26-5    439    11    Horizon League    
12.    College of Charleston    24-10    423    9    Southern    
13.    Harvard    23-6    377    12    Ivy League    
14.    VCU    23-11    329    13    Colonial Athletic    
15.    Long Island    27-5    324    14    Northeast    
16.    Bucknell    25-8    320    17    Patriot League    
17.    Long Beach State    22-11    220    15    Big West    
18.    Fairfield    24-7    218    19    Metro Atlantic    
19.    Milwaukee    19-13    208    18    Horizon League    
20.    Northern Colorado    21-10    177    22    Big Sky    
21.    Morehead State    24-9    144    23    Ohio Valley    
22.    Coastal Carolina    28-5    119    20    Big South    
23.    Wofford    21-12    106    NR    Southern    
24.    Akron    23-12    66    NR    Mid-American    
25.    Indiana State    20-13    63    25    Missouri Valley    

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:  Iona 50, Valparaiso 32, Murray State 28, Kent State 23, Boston University 21, St Peter's 17, Drexel 11, Hofstra 11, Montana 10, Hampton 9, San Francisco 8, UC Santa Barbara 7, Oral Roberts 6, James Madison 5, Vermont 4, Ball State 2, East Tennessee State 1, Furman 1, Florida Atlantic 1, North Dakota 1.

VOTING PANEL: Jesse Agel (Brown), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Milan Brown (Holy Cross), Will Brown (Albany), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Billy Donlon (Wright State), James Fox (Davidson), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Mike Gillian (Longwood), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Dick Hunsaker (Utah Valley), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Stephen F. Austin), Kerry Keating (Santa Clara), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Greg McDermott (Creighton), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Gregg Nibert (Presbyterian), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Buzz Peterson (UNC Wilmington), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Clifford Reed, Jr. (Bethune Cookman), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Brad Stevens (Butler), Gary Stewart (UC Davis), Ernie Zeigler (Central Michigan)



* Longwood head coach Mike Gillian is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2010-11 season.

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, West Coast.

The CollegeInsider.Com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its twelfth season of existence.

[vuweathernerd]

oh look...the first two teams on the receiving votes line look familiar. 

[agibson]

Looks like they might update the mid-major poll just once more this season, in two weeks.

But, later today we'll likely get to see Butler make their way back into the national top 25.

By the way, the Missouri Valley has now passed the Horizon in RPI.  They've had a _much_ better post-season run.  Many of their teams in the secondary, tertiary, etc. post-season tournaments are actually winning games.

[agibson]

Huh.  Looks like the AP poll didn't update this week.  The coaches' poll didn't update last week, either.  Maybe all the polls give it one more go, after the championship?

[agibson]

The coaches' poll updated something like April 6.

Butler moved up from receiving _zero_ votes, to taking second overall.  (The last Horizon League votes in that poll were for CSU, I think, a couple of polls prior.)  VCU went from zero votes to sixth overall.

In the RPI (from WarrenNolan) Valpo ended up 81st.  Butler 19th, and not quite enough to put the Horizon back in front of the Valley.  So, the Horizon League finished 12th.  (CUSA 8th, CAA 9th, A10 10th, Valley 11th, Horizon 12th, WAC 13th, WCC 14th).

And here's the final mid-major poll, from April 5.  Valpo effectively in 32nd.  4th among Horizon League vote-getters.

 1.    Butler (31)    28-10    775    6    Horizon League    
 2.    VCU    28-12    744    14    Colonial Athletic    
 3.    George Mason    27-7    704    3    Colonial Athletic    
 4.    Old Dominion    27-7    664    1    Colonial Athletic    
 5.    Wichita State    29-8    649    9    Missouri Valley    
 6.    Belmont    30-5    636    2    Atlantic Sun    
 7.    Gonzaga    25-10    585    4    West Coast    
 8.    Oakland    25-10    552    5    Summit Leagye    
 9.    Missouri State    26-9    495    8    Missouri Valley    
10.    Princeton    25-7    485    10    Ivy League    
11.    St. Mary's    25-9    480    7    West Coast    
12.    Cleveland State    27-9    359    11    Horizon League    
13.    College of Charleston    26-11    357    12    Southern    
14.    Harvard    23-7    349    13    Ivy League    
15.    Morehead State    25-10    287    21    Ohio Valley    
16.    Fairfield    25-8    254    18    Metro Atlantic    
17.    Long Island    27-6    247    15    Northeast    
18.    Long Beach State    22-12    242    17    Big West    
19.    Kent State    25-12    213    NR    Mid-American    
20.    Milwaukee    19-14    207    19    Horizon League    
21.    Bucknell    25-9    187    16    Patriot    
22.    Santa Clara    24-14    161    NR    West Coast    
23.    Northern Colorado    21-11    86    20    Big Sky    
24.    Coastal Carolina    28-6    61    22    Big South    
25.    Woffird    21-13    58    23    Southern    

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:  Iona 54, Drexel 31, Akron 28, Indiana State 28, Hampton 27, Hofstra 18, Valparaiso 13, Creighton 9, San Francisco 7, Vermont 6, ESTU 5, Florida Atlantic 3, Murray State 2, Boston University 1, Jacksonville 1, James Madison 1, St. Peter's 1, Texas Southern 1, UC Santa Barbara 1.

[agibson]

And how did Valpo opponents fare in the end-of-season polls?

Butler 1st in the mid-major poll (to think they were behind Oakland in the previous poll!), second nationally.
Kansas fourth nationally (I notice the Morris twins hired an agent).
Purdue 17th nationally.
Oakland 8th in the mid-major poll.
Missouri State 9th in the mid-major poll.
Cleveland State 12th in the mid-major poll.
Milwaukee 20th in the mid-major poll.
Iona effectively 26th in the mid-major (after losing in the CIT final to Santa Clara).
Valpo itself, effectively 32nd in the mid-major.