CollegeHoops.net Top 144 countdown

[That Guy]

Here's what's been named already:
#144 Oakland University
#143 Mississippi
#142 Jackson State
#141 Sacred Heart
#140 Eastern Kentucky
#139 UCF (University of Central Florida)
#138 Iowa State University
#137 High Point
#136 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
#135 Marist
#134 South Carolina
#133 Louisiana Monroe
#132 Charleston
#131 St. Johns
#130 Utah
#129 Bucknell
#128 Hampton
#127 Miami (OH)
#126 Cal State Fullerton
#125 Penn State
#124 Indiana State
#123 Albany

Hey, it just hit me.

Penn St predicted #125.
Penn St predicted #9 in the B10.

Indy St predicted #124.
Indy St predicted #10 in the MVC.

Quote:
"The MVC is down,..."

Well, if the MVC is 'down'... and the MVC's (predicted) worst is (predicted) better than the B10's 9th, 10th and 11th.... Maybe the B10 is 'down' more than the MVC.

The big trees re predicted 8th in the Valley

[Braves4Life]

Here's what's been named already:
#144 Oakland University
#143 Mississippi
#142 Jackson State
#141 Sacred Heart
#140 Eastern Kentucky
#139 UCF (University of Central Florida)
#138 Iowa State University
#137 High Point
#136 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
#135 Marist
#134 South Carolina
#133 Louisiana Monroe
#132 Charleston
#131 St. Johns
#130 Utah
#129 Bucknell
#128 Hampton
#127 Miami (OH)
#126 Cal State Fullerton
#125 Penn State
#124 Indiana State
#123 Albany

Hey, it just hit me.

Penn St predicted #125.
Penn St predicted #9 in the B10.

Indy St predicted #124.
Indy St predicted #10 in the MVC.

Quote:
"The MVC is down,..."

Well, if the MVC is 'down'... and the MVC's (predicted) worst is (predicted) better than the B10's 9th, 10th and 11th.... Maybe the B10 is 'down' more than the MVC.

Wow! You must have been a math major

[MacabreMob]

The big trees re predicted 8th in the Valley

Wow - that was quick... I posted at about Noon (and used the info from their site at the time)... you posted about 30 minutes later...

They musta seen my post and readjusted.

[tornado]

Two more teams named:

#122 Hofstra
#121 Sam Houston State


Here's what's been named already:
#144 Oakland University
#143 Mississippi
#142 Jackson State
#141 Sacred Heart
#140 Eastern Kentucky
#139 UCF (University of Central Florida)
#138 Iowa State University
#137 High Point
#136 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
#135 Marist
#134 South Carolina
#133 Louisiana Monroe
#132 Charleston
#131 St. Johns
#130 Utah
#129 Bucknell
#128 Hampton
#127 Miami (OH)
#126 Cal State Fullerton
#125 Penn State
#124 Indiana State
#123 Albany

[tornado]

Two more teams named:

#120 Valparaiso (picked to finish 3rd in their first season in the Horizon)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_valparaiso_basketball_preview40988

#119 Yale (picked to finish 1st in the Ivy League)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_yale_basketball_preview40989

Here's what's been named already:
#144 Oakland University
#143 Mississippi
#142 Jackson State
#141 Sacred Heart
#140 Eastern Kentucky
#139 UCF (University of Central Florida)
#138 Iowa State University
#137 High Point
#136 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
#135 Marist
#134 South Carolina
#133 Louisiana Monroe
#132 Charleston
#131 St. Johns
#130 Utah
#129 Bucknell
#128 Hampton
#127 Miami (OH)
#126 Cal State Fullerton
#125 Penn State
#124 Indiana State
#123 Albany
#122 Hofstra
#121 Sam Houston State
#120 Valparaiso
#119 Yale
#118 George Washington
#117 Nebraska

Finally one of our Pick-em guessers has been eliminated (sorry Grassman)

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=57293#57293

[beyondthearc14]

Top 144 update

#118 George Washington
#117 Nebraska Cornhuskers

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_nebraska_basketball_preview40991

[beyondthearc14]

top 144 update

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_george_Washington_basketball_preview40990

George Washington is predicted to be 9th in the A-10.That means that there are 8 A-10 teams to go.

[tornado]

Dubl R there already is a Pick-em...and you pick-ed #67!

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7838&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Seriously, though on the blurb they put about Nebraska, they call Shang Ping a "wing player".




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George Washington is predicted to be 9th in the A-10.That means that there are 8 A-10 teams to go.

Eight more A-10 teams?
Just who?? Sure, Xavier, St. Louis, Dayton, Charlotte.
Maybe even UMass and St. Joes, but then you are down to Fordham, Duquesne, Richmond, and Rhode Island.

[MacabreMob]

Last year the A10 finished 11th in Non-Conference Conference RPI and 10th Overall Conference RPI (MVC was 4th and 6th respectively).

A10 standings and RPI

33 Xavier 13-3
62 UMass 13-3
71 GW 11-5
107 Fordham 10-6
108 URI 10-6
95 St Joe's 9-5
74 St Louis 8-8
75 Dayton 8-8
146 Charlotte 7-9
182 Temple 6-10
222 Duquesne 6-10
272 Richmond 4-12
278 St Bonnies 4-12
268 La Salle 3-13

[tornado]

collegehoopsnet also has a story about lottery picks and where they came from.

Over the past 10 years there have been 133 lottery picks.
102 of them were college players, 31 have been high schoolers, international players, etc.
Of the 102 college players 83 were from the BCS conferences and 19 were from mid-majors.
(One was from Bradley)

Here are some interesting facts....
Of the 13 lottery picks that came from the Big XII over the past decade, only one has become and All Star (Paul Pierce).

Same for the Pac 10, only one out of 12.

And the SEC, only one All Star out of 11 lottery picks.

Of the 19 mid-major lottery picks, 2 have been All Stars (Shawn Marion, Wally Szczerbiak).

The big producers of lottery picks (and All Stars, too) have been the ACC, Big East, and Big Ten.
They have produced 22, 16, and 9 lottery picks respectively
BUT
none of the Big Ten players has been an All Star!

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/lottery_leagues_part_two40992

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/lottery_leagues_ranking_conferences_draft40987

[Dubl R 1]

Dubl R there already is a Pick-em...and you pick-ed #67!

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7838&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Seriously, though on the blurb they put about Nebraska, they call Shang Ping a "wing player".




and

George Washington is predicted to be 9th in the A-10.That means that there are 8 A-10 teams to go.

Eight more A-10 teams?
Just who?? Sure, Xavier, St. Louis, Dayton, Charlotte.
Maybe even UMass and St. Joes, but then you are down to Fordham, Duquesne, Richmond, and Rhode Island.

Hey T, what are you referring to with that line "Dulb R there already is a pickem and you picked 67!" Did I accidentally post something about a pickem after the fact.

[squirrel]

Dubl R there already is a Pick-em...and you pick-ed #67!

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7838&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Seriously, though on the blurb they put about Nebraska, they call Shang Ping a "wing player".




and

George Washington is predicted to be 9th in the A-10.That means that there are 8 A-10 teams to go.

Eight more A-10 teams?
Just who?? Sure, Xavier, St. Louis, Dayton, Charlotte.
Maybe even UMass and St. Joes, but then you are down to Fordham, Duquesne, Richmond, and Rhode Island.

Hey T, what are you referring to with that line "Dulb R there already is a pickem and you picked 67!" Did I accidentally post something about a pickem after the fact.

Granted, Fordham had sub-10 win seasons the first half-dozen or so years in the A10, they have had tremendous progress over the last 4 seasons. They only had two seniors last year, neither of whom provided quality minutes.

03-04 6-22
04-05 13-16
05-06 16-16
06-07 18-12

So, don't be so quick to discount the Rams or be surprised to see them in the postseason as one of top 3-4 teams in the A10.

Also, some scores you'll want to note from the Rams last year:

Tennessee 78, Fordham 71 (Nashville)
@ Belmont 56, Fordham 49
@ Maryland 79, Fordham 59
Fordham 77, @ Penn 60
@ Texas A&M 87, Fordham 61

They played 4 NCAA non-con teams on the road, and a fifth in their home state. While they only won one of them, they were competitive against Tennessee and Belmont.

Those games have prepared them well for this season.

[tornado]

collegehoopsnet has named the next three team in their list.

#116 Virginia Tech (picked 12th in the ACC)
#115 Hawaii (picked 5th in the WAC)
#114 IUPUI (picked to finish 1st in the Summit)
(this officially eliminates DUBulldog from the pick-em, as he guessed #114)

[tornado]

collegehoopsnet has named several more in their list, including ISU at #109

#113 Montana (#1 in Big Sky)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_montana_basketball_preview40996

#112 Kent State (#4 in MAC)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_kent_state_basketball_preview40997

#111 Belmont (#1 in Atlantic Sun)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_belmont_basketball_preview41001

#110 Wake Forest (#11 in ACC and written before the Prosser death) - Chas McFarland isn't even mentioned

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_wake_forest_basketball_preview41002

#109 Illinois State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_illinois_state_basketball_preview41004

#108 Tulsa (tied for #4 in C-USA)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_tulsa_basketball_preview41005

So here is the list as it stands:

#144 Oakland University
#143 Mississippi
#142 Jackson State
#141 Sacred Heart
#140 Eastern Kentucky
#139 UCF (University of Central Florida)
#138 Iowa State University
#137 High Point
#136 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
#135 Marist
#134 South Carolina
#133 Louisiana Monroe
#132 Charleston
#131 St. Johns
#130 Utah
#129 Bucknell
#128 Hampton
#127 Miami (OH)
#126 Cal State Fullerton
#125 Penn State
#124 Indiana State
#123 Albany
#122 Hofstra
#121 Sam Houston State
#120 Valparaiso
#119 Yale
#118 George Washington
#117 Nebraska
#116 Virginia Tech
#115 Hawaii
#114 IUPUI
#113 Montana
#112 Kent State
#111 Belmont
#110 Wake Forest
#109 ISU
#108 Tulsa

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/preview/2007/

[That Guy]

So they picked ISU 7th in the Valley, correct?