Rivals countdown of all 347 D1 teams

[Da Coach]

Rivals is counting down a ranking of all 347 Division I teams-

#301-347-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987038

#251-300-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987373

#201-250-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987555

#151-200-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=988039

Some notables-
DePaul #155
St. Louis #159
Indiana State #194
Drake #200
Missouri State #231
Evansville #238

[Da Coach]

Under the radar: Low-major players to watch

Rivals has a new article posted this morning. They are trying to get more visibility for players who are not at major schools.-

Under the radar: Low-major players to watch

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=988580

A couple of slightly familiar names-
Johnathon Jones- a 5'11" guard from Oakland University who played against Bradley last March in the CIT. He lead the country in assists last year with 8.1 apg.

Ryan Wittman- Bradley recruited him a little out of Eden Prarie, Minnesota. He is the son of former NBA player Randy Wittman. He is now a senior at Cornell University. He averaged 18.5 ppg last year and shot 43.3% from three.

Rivals considered these conferences to be the low-major conferences-
Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Ivy, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southland, Summit and Southwestern Athletic.

They will next reveal their picks for Mid-major players to watch, which will include the MVC.

[wizard1]

Rivals countdown

I noticed that in their recruiting committments by conference, Rivals lists 14 conferences BUT NOT THE MVC! This is hard to understand. Is the MVC really that weak or is it that the MVC doesn't really do an effective job of promoting itself on the national level? or---is Rivals brain dead when it comes to basketball conferences?

[Da Coach]

Rivals always has concentrated more of their attention on conferences that play football as well as basketball.

Here are all the Rivals affiliated sites for individual D1 schools, and only Creighton has a Rivals site among MVC schools (theirs just started).
Note that they list Creighton as an Independent! They also list Notre Dame as an Independent, because they are Independent for football (though they are in the Big east for basketball).-

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/sitelanding.asp

[Da Coach]

Here are the next installments of the Rivals countdown of all 347 D1 teams-

101-150-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=988718

51-100-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=988936

Previous lists-
301-347-
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987038

#251-300-
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987373

#201-250-
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=987555

#151-200-
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=988039

Some notables-
Northwestern #67
Southern Illinois #69
Wichita State #77
Illinois State #84
Utah #93
Iowa State #94
Bradley #99
Oakland #102
Indiana #126
Iowa #134
Bowling Green #136
DePaul #155
St. Louis #159
Indiana State #194
Drake #200
Missouri State #231
Evansville #238

99. Bradley
CONFERENCE: Missouri Valley
BEST PLAYER: G Sam Maniscalco
QUICK TAKE: The Braves have won at least 21 games in four straight seasons, the longest such streak in the MVC.
BUZZ: Jim Les has made his alma mater into one of the better programs in the Valley. Bradley is trying to become just the fifth Valley team to win at least 21 games in five consecutive campaigns. The Braves like to employ a rugged man-to-man defense, but expect them to apply more pressure in hopes of forcing turnovers and pushing the action.

[tornado]

did you see what they say about ISU??

"The Redbirds likely are a year away from making much noise in the MVC"

they have two of the top players in the MVC, both have a chance to be 1st team ALL-MVC, plus another good senior guard in Phillips.
If it isn't this year, then I don't know when it'll be, but Rivals says they are NIT material.

[Braves4Life]

Hey! I picked BU #99 in another thread. Do I win anything?

[TheAsianSensation]

These massive countdowns always end up with terrible and inaccurate team reviews. I hate it. ISU is not a year away - this is that year.

[Da Coach]

Rivals will now profile each of their top 50 teams one at a time in greater detail-
#50- South Carolina-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989452

[Beninator]

Hey! I picked BU #99 in another thread. Do I win anything?

yep.... A group hug from the ladies in your avatar!

[Fyrebyrd]

I'll take UCLA girls over USC girls anyday

[Da Coach]

Rivals #49 team- Cincinnati
http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/...asp?CID=989474

[Da Coach]

#48 on Rivals list of all 347 D1 teams is Creighton-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989485

[Da Coach]

Rivals #47- Oregon State

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989554

This ranking seems a little high to me. Oregon State finished 18-18 last year, only because they won 5 straight games to win the CBI. They were 8th in the Pac-10 last year.

[Da Coach]

Rivals #46-
Bradley's first opponent- BYU-

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=989911