CHN Picks Bradley #120

[Bravesguy]

CSTV has just named their preseason Top 25
No Valley teams, and really no midmajors.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/100906aad.html

[Bravesguy]

CSTV has just named their preseason Top 25
No Valley teams, and really no midmajors.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/100906aad.html

[Bravesguy]

Illinois comes in at #28 on CHN

http://collegehoopsnet.com/preview/2006/28.htm

[tornado]

Creighton is named #26 by CHN

http://collegehoopsnet.com/preview/2006/26.htm

They are presuming the return of Josh Dotzler.

[tornado]

Creighton is named #26 by CHN

http://collegehoopsnet.com/preview/2006/26.htm

They are presuming the return of Josh Dotzler.

Creighton just issued a press release summing up who's on the roster...

http://www.gocreighton.com/sports/common/news_releases_detail.asp?articleID=5388

[tornado]

CHN has just released their entire rankings from #145 through #336.

They are still counting down and are at #20-Nevada, so the Top 19 teams have yet to be revealed, and SIU has yet to be named, so they are in the top 19.

CHN Rank..Team...Conf...Rank within conf.

145 Illinois Chicago Horizon 4
146 Georgia Southern Southern 2
147 Lehigh Patriot 3
148 Vermont Am East 2
149 New Orleans Sun Belt 3
150 Tulsa CUSA 5
151 Lipscomb A-Sun 2
152 Santa Clara WCC 5
153 South Florida Big East 16
154 Princeton Ivy 2
155 UNC Greensboro Southern 3
156 Cal Poly Big West 3
157 Tennessee Tech OVC 2
158 Manhattan MAAC 3
159 Niagara MAAC 4
160 Towson Colonial 6
161 Stephen F. Austin Southland 2
162 South Albama Sun Belt 4
163 Wright State Horizon 5
164 Samford OVC 3
165 VCU Colonial 7
166 UMKC Mid-Con 3
167 Northwestern Big Ten 11
168 Boise State WAC 6
169 Western Michigan MAC 6
170 Rhode Island A-10 10
171 Monmouth NEC 2
172 Portland State Big Sky 4
173 Washington St Pac-10 10
174 Furman Southern 4
175 UTEP CUSA 6
176 Detroit Horizon 6
177 Jackson State SWAC 2
178 Delaware State MEAC 2
179 Kennesaw St A-Sun 3
180 Richmond A-10 11
181 Brown Ivy 3
182 Iona MAAC 5
183 Central Conn St NEC 3
184 UCF CUSA 7
185 North Texas Sun Belt 5
186 New Hamp Am East 3
187 TAMU CC Southland 3
188 Appalachian St Southern 5
189 Charleston So Big South 4
190 Ball State MAC 7
191 Austin Peay OVC 4
192 Pepperdine WCC 6
193 Tulane CUSA 8
194 Sacramento St Big Sky 5
195 CS Fullerton Big West 4
196 Wyoming MWC 8
197 North Dakota St Indy 1
198 Middle Tenn St Sun Belt 6
199 Yale Ivy 4
200 Evansville MVC 8
201 East Tennessee A-Sun 4
202 Northwestern St Southland 4
203 Long Island NEC 4
204 Troy Sun Belt 7
205 Wagner NEC 5
206 Davidson Southern 6
207 UC Irvine Big West 5
208 Lamar Southland 5
209 Louisiana Tech WAC 7
210 Northern Illinois MAC 8
211 Oakland Mid-Con 4
212 Denver Sun Belt 8
213 Norfolk State MEAC 3
214 Loyola Md MAAC 6
215 Weber State Big Sky 6
216 Alcorn State SWAC 3
217 Florida Atlantic Sun Belt 9
218 American Patriot 4
219 Radford Big South 5
220 Wis Milwaukee Horizon 7
221 San Diego WCC 7
222 NC A&T MEAC 4
223 Columbia Ivy 5
224 McNeese State Southland 6
225 Maine Am East 4
226 Rider MAAC 7
227 Arkansas State Sun Belt 10
228 Illinois State MVC 9
229 Cleveland St Horizon 8
230 Southern Miss CUSA 9
231 Boston U Am East 5
232 Northeastern Colonial 8
233 San Jose State WAC 8
234 La Salle A-10 12
235 Quinnipiac NEC 6
236 Elon Southern 7
237 Florida A&M MEAC 5
238 Delaware Colonial 9
239 Tennessee St OVC 5
240 Lafayette Patriot 5
241 Binghamton Am East 6
242 Gardner-Webb A-Sun 5
243 UC Santa Barb Big West 6
244 SE Louisiana Southland 7
245 Chattanooga Southern 8
246 Idaho State Big Sky 7
247 Western Illinois Mid-Con 5
248 Sacred Heart NEC 7
249 Canisius MAAC 8
250 Bowling Green MAC 9
251 SMU CUSA 10
252 LA Lafayette Sun Belt 11
253 IPFW Independent 2
254 SE Missouri St OVC 6
255 Cornell Ivy 6
256 Hampton MEAC 6
257 Fair Dickinson NEC 8
258 Miss Valley St SWAC 4
259 Indiana State MVC 10
260 Alabama A&M SWAC 5
261 James Madison Colonial 10
262 Eastern Kentucky OVC 7
263 CS Northridge Big West 7
264 Portland WCC 8
265 Texas Arlington Southland 8
266 Buffalo MAC 10
267 TCU MWC 9
268 St. Francis (NY) NEC 9
269 Duquesne A-10 13
270 Utah Valley St Independent 3
271 Wofford Southern 9
272 VMI Big South 6
273 St. Peter's MAAC 9
274 Campbell A-Sun 6
275 South Carolina St MEAC 7
276 Stony Brook Am East 7
277 Longwood Independent 4
278 Harvard Ivy 7
279 Montana State Big Sky 8
280 St. Bonaventure A-10 14
281 Nicholls State Southland 9
282 LA Monroe Sun Belt 12
283 Youngstown St Horizon 9
284 Eastern Michigan MAC 11
285 Valparaiso Mid-Con 6
286 UC Riverside Big West 8
287 Fairfield MAAC 10
288 Texas State Southland 10
289 Georgia State Colonial 11
290 Colgate Patriot 6
291 UC Davis Independent 5
292 Marshall CUSA 11
293 Liberty Big South 7
294 Chicago State Indy 6
295 Texas Southern SWAC 6
296 North Florida A-Sun 8
297 Jacksonville St OVC 8
298 Howard MEAC 8
299 Central Michigan MAC 12
300 Navy Patriot 7
301 Western Carolina Southern 10
302 Southern Utah Mid-Con 7
303 Florida Intl Sun Belt 13
304 Mount St. Mary's NEC 10
305 Morehead State OVC 9
306 UMBC Am East 8
307 Grambling State SWAC 7
308 Idaho WAC 9
309 East Carolina CUSA 12
310 UNC Asheville Big South 8
311 William & Mary Colonial 12
312 Stetson A-Sun 7
313 Dartmouth Ivy 8
314 Southern SWAC 8
315 St. Francis (PA) NEC 11
316 Morgan State MEAC 9
317 South Dakota St Independent 7
318 Eastern Illinois OVC 10
319 Hartford Am East 9
320 Texas San Anton Southland 11
321 North Colorado Big Sky 9
322 Centenary Mid-Con 8
323 Army Patriot 8
324 Prairie View A&M SWAC 9
325 Texas Pan Am Independent 8
326 Tennessee Martin OVC 11
327 Citadel Southern 11
328 Jacksonville A-Sun 9
329 Bethune-Cookman MEAC 10
330 Savannah St Independent 9
331 Winston Salem St Independent 10
332 Mercer A-Sun 10
333 Ark Pine Bluff SWAC 10
334 MD-Eastern Shore MEAC 11
335 New Jersey Tech Independent 11
336 Central Arkansas Southland 12


So they have the Valley this way:

#? (some where in top 19)--SIU
#26 --Creighton
#37 --Missouri State
#41 --Wichita State
#76 --Northern Iowa
#95 --Drake
#120 --Bradley
#200 --Evansvillle
#228 --Illinois State
#259 --Indiana State

[tornado]

OK....time to do a retrospective on the pick that Collegehoopsnet did last fall.
After all they are about to begin their 2007-2008 Top 144 countdown, and I know we will be following it to see who they pick and where.

I had applauded them because they were one of the few predictions that had BU higher than 8-9th.
(they selected BU at #120 overall and 7th in the MVC)

But how did they do overall in predicting the teams that ended up doing well at the end of the season......I will let you decide.


Here are how they predicted the teams that ended up in the Sweet Sixteen would rank...........

Team................where they picked them to finish
Florida........................................... .1
Ohio State......................................7
UCLA.............................................. 6
Georgetown...................................13
North Carolina..................................2
USC..............................................3 9
Vandy...........................................63
Butler..........................................10 6
Oregon..........................................56
UNLV.............................................7 1
Tenn.............................................3 1
Texas A&M.....................................12
Memphis.........................................21
Kansas............................................ 3
SIU............................................... 19
Pitt.............................................. ...5

So of their choices for the top 16, only EIGHT of them made it to the Sweet Sixteen, and they really missed on teams like Oregon, Vandy, UNLV, and Butler.
I would grade their accuracy as barely more than 50% on selecting to top teams.