NoelarBear
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Would you prefer 159?I'm ok with that, but preseason speculation means squat
Probably not unless all of the automatic qualifiers from all of the low major conferences are really goodWould you prefer 159?
If we’re 59, then we’d make the tournament, right?
It's still 15th in the 18 team B1G so...no. I'm not sure how many bids the new super conferences will get, but I assume 12 is about the limit.Would you prefer 159?
If we’re 59, then we’d make the tournament, right?
ThanksIt's still 15th in the 18 team B1G so...no. I'm not sure how many bids the new super conferences will get, but I assume 12 is about the limit.
Team | Pom Rnk |
Oral Roberts | 242 |
Nebraska Omaha | 318 |
North Texas | 81 |
Yale | 109 |
Cleveland St | 182 |
Central Michigan | 268 |
Wichita State | 101 |
Florida OR | 28 |
Wake Forest | 44 |
Bethune-Cook | 301 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | 351 |
It looks even sadder now. One non-conference game in the top 80.In case you are wondering, here are the Pomeroy preseason rankings of our nonconference opponents:
Team Pom Rnk Oral Roberts 242Nebraska Omaha 318North Texas 81Yale 109Cleveland St 182Central Michigan 268Wichita State 101Florida OR 28Wake Forest 44Bethune-Cook 301Fairleigh Dickinson 351
As I recall, conference opponents Penn State, Rutgers, and Washington received lower preseason ratings than us so Pomeroy is giving us a bit more generous preseason ranking than the preseason rankings posted here previously.
Thank you, but Ken Pomeroy does a lot more digging into player personnel & analytics & everything else than I do, cerrtainly.Nobody spends more time working on this sort of thing than SelectionSunday...
Sir...do you believe #59 is about right or are we wildly out over our skis 30 spots or more too high?
Is this the highest we've been in the CBJ era? Genuine question. Admittedly, this is higher than I thought we'd be, but I think from a quality standpoint, we can be as "good" as we were last year. Problem with that is the league projects to be tougher so we'll take on more losses.
So we are #59 but picked 18th in the conference with 2 teams in the top 25.
Should be a wide open B1G season.
Is this the highest we've been in the CBJ era? Genuine question. Admittedly, this is higher than I thought we'd be, but I think from a quality standpoint, we can be as "good" as we were last year. Problem with that is the league projects to be tougher so we'll take on more losses.
Isn’t Rutgers in the Preseason AP 25?No, 15th in the conference by Pomeroy. PSU, Rutgers, and Washington are ranked lower.
Isn’t Rutgers in the Preseason AP 25?
Well, remember we still have the same amount of games so a game with those newcomers will replace a game that we would have had with a previous conference team. One of those newcomers (Washington) is ranked below us and USC is ranked just above us. Our two-game opponents are Michigan State, Wisconsin, and PSU. I'd be fairly surprised if any of those end up in the top 3 or 4 of the league.
Cam Christie begs to differI don't know but they're ranked below us by Pomeroy. I've been thinking they've been overrated by a number of services. Yeah, they have two very highly rated freshmen coming in but they lost a lot from last year's team including their very physical center who transferred. Not many freshmen come into the conference and tear it up in their first year.
Agree, but bummed Cochran got injured. As you and a few others have said, the most depth on the team is at guard, Also, no team for the most part get through a season injury/illness free. Maybe good it happened now. I’m excited also.That’s a little higher than I thought we’d be ranked but this team is the best built team in the CBJ era. We have guard depth and complimentary pieces. I’m excited to see them play.
That's a good point. But playing Purdue, Illinois and Wisconsin only once last year was a huge advantage. I do think as a whole the conference schedule will be better, albeit slightly. But that's just more opportunity for Q1 wins.
Cam Christie begs to differ
doesn't matter what I prefer.... it doesn't mean squatWould you prefer 159?
If we’re 59, then we’d make the tournament, right?