Top 25 talk

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Just a tidbit... these conferences do not or have not yet posted a preseason coach's poll:

CUNYAC
E8
NEAC
NESCAC
SAA
SUNYAC

The other 37 all have posted polls....

Not all of them do. I am pretty confident the SUNYAC, NESCAC, and E8 has gotten rid of them. I am pretty sure the same is true with the rest of them.

[hopefan]

Here are the No 1 teams in each conference from the Coach's polls....  will be interesting to see how they compare at end of the season!!


Cabrini                      CSAC   ATL
Misericordia              MACF   ATL
Ramapo                      NJAC   ATL
Farmingdale State      SKY   ATL
Augustana                      CCIW   Cen
St. Norbert              MWC   Cen
Aurora                      NATHC   Cen
Westminster (Mo.)      SLIAC   Cen
Washington U.              UAA   Cen
UW-River Falls              WIAC   Cen
Hobart                      LL           EAST
La Roche                      AMCC   GL
Hanover                      HCAC   GL
Hope                              MIAA   GL
Wooster                      NCAC   GL
Marietta                      OAC   GL
St. Vincent              PrAC   GL
Christopher Newport      CAC   MA
Swarthmore              CC           MA
Scranton                      LAND   MA
Lycoming                     MACC   MA
Nichols                      CCC   NE
Albertus Magnus      GNAC   NE
Eastern Connecticut      LEC   NE
Salem State              MASCAC   NE
Husson                      NAC   NE
Becker                      NECC   NE
MIT                             NEWMAC   NE
LeTourneau             ASC   SOUTH
Concordia (Texas)     ASC   SOUTH
Guilford                     ODAC   SOUTH
Colorado College     SCAC   SOUTH
Methodist                     USA South   SOUTH
Maryville (Tenn.)     USA South   SOUTH
Nebraska Wesleyan      IIAC   WEST
St. John's                     MIAC   WEST
Whitman                     NWC   WEST
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   SCIAC   WEST
St. Scholastica            UMAC   WEST

[Mr. Mo]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

Great Lakes Tournament has a couple, I believe. Starting to become more common as teams try to bolster their SOS numbers in the early parts of the season.

[Fifth and Putnam]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

Great Lakes Tournament has a couple, I believe. Starting to become more common as teams try to bolster their SOS numbers in the early parts of the season.

No Top 25 match ups but several between teams getting votes (last years records in parenthesis)

Friday, November 17, 2017:
2:00 p.m. — Wittenberg (18-9) vs. Mount St. Joseph (20-7)
4:00 p.m. — Birmingham-Southern (14-14) vs. #19 St. John Fisher (23-6)
6:00 p.m. — St. Thomas (19-8) vs. Dickinson (16-11)
8:00 p.m. — #13 Marietta (26-5) vs. Hope (23-7)

Saturday, November 18, 2017:
1:00 p.m. — Wittenberg vs. Birmingham-Southern
3:00 p.m. — Hope vs. #19 St. John Fisher
5:00 p.m. — Mount St. Joseph vs. Dickinson
7:00 p.m. — #13 Marietta vs. St. Thomas

[ronk]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

Great Lakes Tournament has a couple, I believe. Starting to become more common as teams try to bolster their SOS numbers in the early parts of the season.

What happened to the Hoopsville Classic affair?

[hopefan]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

Great Lakes Tournament has a couple, I believe. Starting to become more common as teams try to bolster their SOS numbers in the early parts of the season.

Games through the weekend   (including others ranked, only including scheduled matchups; I found no other potential ranked matchups besides the Wash U-Tufts game)

11/15  UW-Oshkosh(34)   vs   Benedictine  (42 t)
11/17  Marietta  (13)  vs  Hope  (29)
11/17  UW-Whitewater  (11)   vs  Claremont Mudd Scripps  (15)
11/18  Hamilton  (45  t)  vs  Oswego st  (45  t)
11/18  St. John Fisher  (19)  vs  Hope  (29)
11/18   Marietta  (13)  vs  St. Thomas  (37  t)
11/18   St Norbert  (37 t)  vs  Benedictine  (42 t)
11/18   Plattsburgh St  (40 t)  vs  Keene St.  (31)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Fired up for the potential Wash U vs Tufts matchup in the Lopata Classic this weekend.  Are there any other Top 25 matchups this weekend?

Great Lakes Tournament has a couple, I believe. Starting to become more common as teams try to bolster their SOS numbers in the early parts of the season.

What happened to the Hoopsville Classic affair?

Taking a brief, we hope, break.

[Darryl Nester]

Games through the weekend   (including others ranked, only including scheduled matchups; I found no other potential ranked matchups besides the Wash U-Tufts game)

11/15  UW-Oshkosh(34)   vs   Benedictine  (42 t)
11/17  Marietta  (13)  vs  Hope  (29)
11/17  UW-Whitewater  (11)   vs  Claremont Mudd Scripps  (15)
11/18  Hamilton  (45  t)  vs  Oswego st  (45  t)
11/18  St. John Fisher  (19)  vs  Hope  (29)
11/18   Marietta  (13)  vs  St. Thomas  (37  t)
11/18   St Norbert  (37 t)  vs  Benedictine  (42 t)
11/18   Plattsburgh St  (40 t)  vs  Keene St.  (31)

Had I been on top of my game, I might have seen this discussion earlier and realized that this would be a good time to fire up my program (which, I'm happy to say, worked correctly the first time; it usually needs a little tweaking at the start of the season).

Better late than never: Here's the list of upcoming games through 11/26 (the last games before the first in-season poll), with teams-receiving-votes matchups in bold. Note - lots of "TBAs" for season tipoff tournaments.

How They Fared (Preseason edition): At this point, only one score in ... holy crap, Whitworth/La Verne played at midnight!?!? I'm glad I was not the announcer for that game; I don't think I'd have made it to the end.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	621	Whitman	0-0	11/17 vs. Waynesburg; 11/18 vs. Gallaudet; 11/22 at Walla Walla
#2	596	Augustana	0-0	11/15 vs. Heidelberg; 11/17 vs. Calvin; 11/18 vs. Alma; 11/22 at Illinois; 11/26 vs. MacMurray
#3	561	Williams	0-0	11/17 vs. Salem State; 11/18 vs. TBD; 11/21 at Massachusetts College; 11/26 vs. Yeshiva
#4	496	Hanover	0-0	11/17 vs. Kent State Tuscarawas; 11/18 vs. Otterbein; 11/21 at Spalding; 11/25 at #30 Wooster
#5	457	Ramapo	0-0	11/18 vs. Randolph-Macon; 11/19 vs. TBA; 11/21 vs. William Paterson
#6	441	Tufts	0-0	11/17 vs. Webster; 11/18 vs. Lopata Classic; 11/21 vs. #36 MIT
#7	436	Babson	0-0	11/15 vs. Lasell; 11/18 vs. Worcester State; 11/19 vs. TBA; 11/21 at Becker; 11/26 at Bowdoin
#8	433	Middlebury	0-0	11/17 vs. Fitchburg State; 11/18 vs. TBD; 11/21 at Johnson State; 11/26 at Endicott
#9	403	Washington U.	0-0	11/17 vs. Wabash; 11/18 vs. Tufts/Webster; 11/21 at Principia; 11/25 vs. Ohio Northern; 11/26 at T#45 Mount St. Joseph
#10	402	UW-River Falls	0-0	11/15 vs. Central; 11/17 vs. Baldwin Wallace; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/21 vs. UW-Superior; 11/25 vs. Hamline
#11	327	UW-Whitewater	0-0	11/17 vs. #15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; 11/18 vs. Waldorf; 11/21 vs. Monmouth; 11/25 vs. Anderson
#12	319	North Central (Ill.)	0-0	11/18 at Heidelberg; 11/21 vs. T#42 Benedictine; 11/24 vs. T#32 Whitworth; 11/25 vs. Lewis and Clark
#13	300	Marietta	0-0	11/17 vs. #29 Hope; 11/18 vs. T#37 St. Thomas; 11/21 at Frostburg State; 11/26 at Bethany
#14	262	Christopher Newport	0-0	11/15 at Randolph-Macon; 11/18 vs. Catholic; 11/19 vs. TBD; 11/26 vs. Dickinson
#15	217	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	0-0	11/17 at #11 UW-Whitewater; 11/18 at UW-Platteville; 11/24 vs. George Fox; 11/25 vs. Puget Sound
#16	198	Rochester	0-0	11/17 vs. Bard; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/21 at Hobart; 11/25 vs. SUNY-Canton; 11/26 vs. TBA
#17	177	Emory	0-0	11/15 vs. Piedmont; 11/21 at Berry; 11/25 at LaGrange; 11/26 vs. Maryville (Tenn.)
#18	158	Guilford	0-0	11/15 at Greensboro; 11/17 vs. Concordia (Texas); 11/18 vs. Huntingdon; 11/21 vs. Averett
#19	152	St. John Fisher	0-0	11/15 at Hobart; 11/17 vs. Birmingham-Southern; 11/18 vs. #29 Hope; 11/21 vs. #30 Wooster
#20	141	St. John's	0-0	11/17 vs. St. Scholastica; 11/18 at St. Cloud St.; 11/22 at UW-La Crosse
#21	104	Wartburg	0-0	11/17 vs. TBD; 11/18 vs. TBD; 11/24 vs. Graceland (Iowa); 11/25 at Waldorf
#22	98	Lycoming	0-0	11/15 at Medgar Evers; 11/17 vs. Penn St.-Wilkes Barre; 11/18 vs. TBD; 11/21 vs. #26 Susquehanna; 11/26 vs. Penn College
#23	95	Cabrini	0-0	11/15 at Eastern; 11/18 vs. Denison; 11/19 vs. TBD
#24	94	Scranton	0-0	11/17 vs. Penn State-Berks; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/21 at Widener; 11/25 vs. King's; 11/26 vs. Wilkes
#25	73	Swarthmore	0-0	11/15 vs. Hood; 11/18 vs. Albertus Magnus; 11/21 at Washington College; 11/26 vs. Misericordia

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	71	Susquehanna	0-0	11/15 vs. Bethany; 11/17 vs. King's; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/21 at #22 Lycoming
#27	68	Nichols	0-0	11/15 vs. Newbury; 11/18 at Lasell; 11/21 at Wesleyan; 11/26 at Trinity (Conn.)
#28	54	Skidmore	0-0	11/15 at Castleton; 11/18 at Hartwick; 11/20 vs. T#40 Plattsburgh State
#29	51	Hope	0-0	11/17 at #13 Marietta; 11/18 vs. #19 St. John Fisher; 11/24 at Cornerstone; 11/25 at Aquinas
#30	47	Wooster	0-0	11/15 vs. Oberlin; 11/18 vs. Medaille; 11/21 at #19 St. John Fisher; 11/25 vs. #4 Hanover
#31	44	Keene State	0-0	11/15 at Southern Vermont; 11/18 at T#40 Plattsburgh State; 11/21 at Springfield; 11/25 at #36 MIT
T#32	42	Ohio Wesleyan	0-0	11/17 vs. Trine; 11/18 vs. Albion; 11/21 vs. Otterbein; 11/26 vs. Capital
T#32	42	Whitworth	1-0	def. La Verne, 95-73; 11/17 vs. Gallaudet; 11/18 vs. Waynesburg; 11/24 vs. #12 North Central (Ill.); 11/25 vs. Arcadia
#34	37	UW-Oskhosh	0-0	11/17 vs. Sewanee; 11/18 at Centre; 11/25 vs. Westminster (Mo.); 11/26 at TBA
#35	22	Amherst	0-0	11/17 vs. Sarah Lawrence; 11/18 vs. TBD; 11/20 at Westfield State
#36	17	MIT	0-0	11/15 vs. Bridgewater State; 11/18 vs. Eastern Nazarene; 11/21 at #6 Tufts; 11/25 vs. #31 Keene State
T#37	13	St. Norbert	0-0	11/15 vs. UW-Eau Claire; 11/18 vs. T#42 Benedictine; 11/21 vs. UW-Oshkosh; 11/25 vs. UW-Stevens Point
T#37	13	St. Thomas	0-0	11/17 vs. Dickinson; 11/18 at #13 Marietta; 11/21 at St. Scholastica
#39	8	St Lawrence	0-0	11/17 vs. Lake Forest; 11/18 vs. Louisiana College; 11/21 vs. T#45 Loras
T#40	7	Carthage	0-0	11/17 vs. Rockford; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/24 vs. Centre; 11/25 vs. TBD
T#40	7	Plattsburgh State	0-0	11/18 vs. #31 Keene State; 11/20 at #28 Skidmore
T#42	5	Benedictine	0-0	11/15 at UW-Oshkosh; 11/18 at T#37 St. Norbert; 11/21 at #12 North Central (Ill.); 11/25 vs. Marian
T#42	5	Eastern Connecticut	0-0	11/17 vs. Dean; 11/18 vs. TBA; 11/21 at Connecticut College; 11/25 vs. Montclair State; 11/26 vs. TBA
T#42	5	Hardin-Simmons	0-0	11/16 at Southwestern; 11/24 at Texas Lutheran; 11/25 at Schreiner
T#45	1	Hamilton	0-0	11/18 vs. T#45 Oswego State; 11/19 at TBA; 11/21 at Western Connecticut
T#45	1	Loras	0-0	11/15 at Lake Forest; 11/18 at Concordia-Chicago; 11/21 at Concordia (Wis.); 11/25 vs. Ripon
T#45	1	Mount St. Joseph	0-0	11/17 vs. Wittenberg; 11/18 vs. Dickinson; 11/21 vs. Wilmington; 11/25 vs. Ohio Northern vs Wash U; 11/25 vs. Case Western Reserve; 11/26 vs. #9 Washington U.; 11/26 vs. Ohio Northern vs Case Western
T#45	1	Nebraska Wesleyan	0-0	11/17 at North Central (Minn.); 11/18 at Northwestern (Minn.); 11/24 vs. Iowa Wesleyan; 11/25 vs. Bethany Lutheran
T#45	1	New Jersey City	0-0	11/15 vs. Stevens; 11/18 vs. Gwynedd Mercy; 11/19 vs. TBA; 11/21 at Rutgers-Newark; 11/25 at Farmingdale State
T#45	1	Oswego State	0-0	11/18 vs. T#45 Hamilton; 11/19 vs. TBA; 11/19 at Elmira; 11/21 at Clarkson

[TheOsprey]

I believe that #18 Guilford defeated Greensboro 98 to 88 according to Greensboro website.   

[Greek Tragedy]

I believe that #18 Guilford defeated Greensboro 98 to 88 according to Greensboro website.   

Guilford's site and this site has them getting beat 82-48. Ouch.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I believe that #18 Guilford defeated Greensboro 98 to 88 according to Greensboro website.   

Guilford's site and this site has them getting beat 82-48. Ouch.

Guilford twitter says 98-88. There must be some opening night technical glitches to work out. Everyone and everything still not in midseason form yet

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It was me.  I got the Greensboros mixed up.  NC Wesleyan lost to UNC-Greensboro tonight as well.  First night, first scoreboard mistake.

[TheOsprey]

It was me.  I got the Greensboros mixed up.  NC Wesleyan lost to UNC-Greensboro tonight as well.  First night, first scoreboard mistake.

+k for honesty

[hopefan]

It was me.  I got the Greensboros mixed up.  NC Wesleyan lost to UNC-Greensboro tonight as well.  First night, first scoreboard mistake.

AND... NC Wesleyan - UNC Greensboro was an exhibition game... should not have been on scoreboard...