Preseason Mid-Major Top 25 - BU is #8

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from collegeinsider.com
3 MVC teams in the Top 10, seven getting votes altogether.


...Team..(prev)...record...tot votes...1st Pl.votes
1. Gonzaga (15) 23-11 741 7
2. Southern Illinois (9) 29-7 739 1
3. Butler (2) 29-7 661 3
4. Davidson (4) 29-5 647 5
5. VCU (1) 28-7 588 4
6. Western Kentucky 22-11 516 NR
7. Missouri State 22-11 441 15
8. Bradley 22-13 434 17
9. George Mason 18-15 429 NR
10. Old Dominion 24-9 336 8
11. Saint Mary's 17-15 321 NR
12. Austin Peay 21-12 295 NR
13. Winthrop 29-5 235 2
14. Akron 26-7 230 10
15. Kent State 21-11 225 NR
16. Holy Cross 25-9 224 9
17. Miami 18-15 211 NR
18. Creighton 22-11 157 6
19. Belmont 23-10 146 25
20. UC Santa Barbara 18-11 139 NR
21. Wichita State 17-14 135 NR
22. Siena 20-12 132 NR
23. Western Michigan 16-16 120 NR
24. Central Michigan 13-18 105 NR
25. Drexel 23-9 103 11


OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wright State 99, Hofstra 93, Appalachian State 92, Vermont 90, Cal State Fullerton 89, Sam Houston State 82, Montana 80, UNC Greensboro 74, Weber State 65, Louisiana Monroe 31, Bucknell 61, Northern Iowa 59, Loyola Chicago 58, East Tennessee State 53, Texas A&M Corpis Christi 53, Loyola Maryland 49, IUPUI 48, South Alabama 48, Illinois State 46, Oral Roberts 44, Boston University 43, College of Charleston 43, Penn 33, High Point 31, Ohio 27, Eastern Kentucky 26, Cornell 25, Niagara 21, Valpariso 19, Lamar 18, Santa Clara 18, Albany 14, Tennessee Tech 14, Hampton 13, North Texas 13, Texas Arlington 11, Grambling State 10, North Dakota State 10, Sacred Heart 10, New Orleans 9, Oakland 8, Wisconsin Green Bay 7, Middle Tennessee 6, Yale 5, Robert Morris 4, Central Connecticut State 3, Northwestern State 3, UNC-Wilmington 3, Jacksonville 1, San Diego 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 .



I think we can deduce from this that the voting panel would predict the
Missouri Valley this way.....
1-SIU
2-Missouri State
3-Bradley
4-Creighton
5-Wichita State
6-UNI
7-Illinois State
8, 9, 10 would be Drake, Indiana State, and Evansville - (order not stated)

[BU ICEMAN]

Wow....I think this is the first time I've seen MO St. above BU in preseason predictions...Berruh better live up to the expectations....they've been looking for a reason to can him since forever.....

[audacious_aficionado]

actually i'm surprised to say that this is the first time i've seen missouri st. ahead of BU in preseason ranks. they are a good team and have the same head coach as last year. what i don't understand is how davidson isn't in the top 2 and how wichita state is ahead of uni and isu. i disagree with those things.

[tornado]

Here's a thought.........

I think these guys have been doing the Mid-major top 25 for 4 or 5 years now, and there have been times Creighton was #1
and SIU finished the season #1 last spring, but Bradley has never cracked the top 10.

Even when BU went to the Sweet 16 and finished #24 nationally among ALL schools in April of 2006,

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=541

they still were not in the Top 10 of the Mid-major poll.

Then last year while BU was winning 22 games again, they still never got higher than #19

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=27919#post27919

This is the first time ever that Bradley has been in the Top 10 of this poll.
I know it is only a poll....and maybe that isn't too impressive, but this poll is the only one so far that is voted on
by the true experts, the college coaches themselves.
And I don't know if everyone is getting the same kind of feeling that I am getting or not........
That this season is going to be something special. Too many great words about the team, the players, etc....
all coming from observers, experts, and people who have otherwise not been prone to superlatives. But they are saying this is the most talented team in years.
And other coaches are now chiming in, and we'll see the same thing next week when the MVC Media Day arrives.
You will see the other MVC coaches speaking to the strengths BU has and I expect to see honors for a few BU players and maybe another #2 spot in the preseason poll.
If there's anyone left out there who isn't feeling the excitement of all the good things we're seeing and good words that we're hearing,
then I guess you'll just have to wait to see the team.

PS-- I just spoke to a long time BU fan and season ticket holder who just bought several hundred dollars' worth of tickets
(as he does every year -- but usually not until December) to give to friends and co-workers,
knowing they will be extremely hard to get later.
He figures many of the upcoming games are going to be sellouts, and he's excited to see the season start, he is also
(due to my diligence with BradleyFans business cards) a new convert to our message board.
I think this is going to be a great year.

[Dubl R 1]

Boy, them experts love them some VCU don't they?

[BU ICEMAN]

Boy, them experts love them some VCU don't they?

Indeed. You can call it the Eric Maynor and Anthony Grant bump.

But will they still love Eric Maynor after DRuff shuts him down again this year, just like last year? Not sure how it looked on TV, but you could see it in Maynor's eyes last year, he wanted nothing to do with DRuff.

[shaunguth]

Indeed. You can call it the Eric Maynor and Anthony Grant bump.

But will they still love Eric Maynor after DRuff shuts him down again this year, just like last year? Not sure how it looked on TV, but you could see it in Maynor's eyes last year, he wanted nothing to do with DRuff.

Looked pretty good in the boxscore as well! I personally hope VCU continues getting the love up until December 22.

[tornado]

I heard a mention of BU being picked #8 on the sports last night by Lee Hall, and
the bubraves.com site notes it as well plus links to CBSSports and collegeinsider.com.

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1287633

[mexicobufan]

I had a friend go pick up two season tickets yesterday and the guy behind the counter said there are very few left. He told my friend that he has never sold so many season tickets this early and my friend had slim pickings. It should be interesting.....

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Here is the picture and story that now goes with the Mid-Major Top 25

http://www.collegeinsider.com/news/10_24_07.html

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Kyle Whelliston just totally revamped his midmajority.com site, and he has his own
Mid-major Top 25.....here is Whelliston's as they are listed on his new site,
and it is obvious he really likes the Valley!!
and he doesn't consider Gonzaga, Memphis as midmajors.
(however many parts of his site are accessable only to subscribers....so he must have had trouble paying the bills)

1. Southern Illinois
2. Creighton
3. Butler
4. Nevada
5. Bradley
6. Missouri State
7. Wichita State
8. Northern Iowa
9. Virginia Commonwealth
10. Winthrop
11. Akron
12. Davidson
13. Old Dominion
14. New Mexico State
15. Kent State
16. Appalachian State
17. Toledo
18. Santa Clara
19. Wright State
20. Miami (Oh.)
21. Drexel
22. Illinois State
23. Utah State
24. Hofstra
25. Drake

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After falling to #16 last week in the Mid-Major Top 25,
Bradley is on the way up again, and has jumped all the way to #15.

http://www.collegeinsider.com/mmpoll/

[BUBraves06]

After falling to #16 last week in the Mid-Major Top 25,
Bradley is on the way up again, and has jumped all the way to #15.
http://www.collegeinsider.com/mmpoll/

The big non-conferenece wins we are gonna get over the next few weeks will drive us way up the poles.

[BradleyBrave]

ESPN has been giving their own mid-major top 10 poll some airtime lately. I think with 2 wins in South Padre we could maybe crack that poll. There are already 2 teams in their poll with 1 loss, so it's not like we'd be the only one.

[tornado]

Despite beating Iowa and playing tough with Vandy, BU drops a notch in the Mid-major Top 25
This week BU is #17, SIU is #3
VCU hasn't beaten a team with an RPI under 120 and still hangs at #11.

http://www.collegeinsider.com/mmpoll/