As always there are a lot of shake ups in the NEAC.  3 New coaches (1 still to be hire), tons of player turn over and one new team to the men's side.  North top 3 (no order) Wells, Morrisville and Poly. South top 3 (no order) LBC, Gallaudet and Wilson

It' is going to be a battle between those top 3 teams.  I could see any of them winning it.  Do not sleep on Albright or Arcadia either.

AS a coach of a NEAC team I can say the league is not as bad as people think.  The top 3 teams are all good D3 teams. Morrisville State has been in a sweet 16 and elite 8 in the past 5 years and LBC has a chance to make a deep run this year.  Also Gallaudet is a good team after getting one of there best players back for the second semester.  LBC, Morrisville and Gallaudet can play with anyone in the region.  The problem is the size and the teams at the bottom of the league.  The size wont get any better with a Saint Elizabeth adding MBB next year.  So now each team will have 20 NEAC games. 

Quote from: wooscotsfan on November 30, 2015, 09:31:10 PM
There may be 10 new teams in the top 25 but it is also clear that voters have trouble admitting their preseason mistakes so we still have two teams with 2 losses that are still ranked despite very unimpressive results.    At this stage, I would expect that a 2 loss team that is ranked would have 2 quality losses and/or have 1-2 quality wins that suggest they are deserving of a Top 25 ranking.

#15 Viriginia Wesleyan (4-2) and #22 Catholic (3-2) fit neither description so they are still ranked because the voters cannot admit their preseason mistakes.

#15 Virginia Wesleyan (4-2)
-Have a Loss vs. a team that has a record of 1-3 (that's right...they beat Va. Wesleyan and then LOST their next 3 games)
-3 of Virginia Wesleyan's 4 Wins are against Teams that have a Losing Record so far this season

#22 Catholic (3-2)
-Have a Loss to a team with a record of 3-2
-Catholic's 3 wins are against 3 teams that have a cumulative record of 4-11

No logical reason for these two teams with 2 losses and unimpressive results to be ranked ahead of other undefeated or 1 loss teams.

I agree, some of these rankings make no sense. How dose a team get beat by 30 and move up one spot