Posters' Poll

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm up if you'll give me some time this afternoon.

By the way, WPI sucks and getting beat by the last place team in the conference tournament should have been enough to prove it.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Sorry, meant to post earlier.  There will be a poll, but with all the selection and bracketing hullabaloo, I'll make no serious attempt to get it out before Tuesday evening.

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks, and the next poll will after the final four?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yes.

[smedindy]

Hoops Fan - In every level of hoops, there are always cases where the dregs rise up and steal an auto bid.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hoops Fan - In every level of hoops, there are always cases where the dregs rise up and steal an auto bid.

WPI is just not that good.  I wish someone would believe me.  I've been saying it all year.

[smedindy]

That seems to be a common refrain from you, though, on certain teams.

My power rankings had them at #20 before the tourneys. Massey had them at 18, so it seemed pretty well in line. The numbers just add up right, even with a mediocre conference.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Top 25 At-a-Glance, Week of Feb. 19-25 (FINAL)

#   1   UW-Stevens Point (25-2) def. UW-Eau Claire 89-55 (WIAC quarterfinal); def. UW-Whitewater 94-69 (WIAC semifinal); def. #18 UW-La Crosse 83-68 (WIAC final)
#   2   Virginia Wesleyan (23-4) def. Washington & Lee 82-48 (ODAC qtr.); lost to Hampden-Sydney 70-67 (ODAC semifinal) (both games at Salem, VA)
#   3   Amherst (25-2) def. Colby 82-55 (NESCAC semifinal); lost to Williams 70-69 (NESCAC final)
#   4   Wooster (25-3) def. Earlham 94-76 (NCAC quarterfinal); def. Wabash 92-80 (NCAC semifinal); def. Ohio Wesleyan 86-51 (NCAC final)
#   5   Mississippi College (25-2) def. Concordia-Austin 86-62 (ASC quarterfinal); def. McMurry 66-56 (ASC semifinal); de. Hardin-Simmons 77-64 (ASC final)
#   6   St. Thomas (24-3) def. St. Olaf 77-61 (MIAC semifinal); def. St. John's 75-49 (MIAC final)
#   7   UW-Oshkosh (21-6) def. UW-River Falls 83-65 (WIAC quarterfinal); lost at #18 UW-La Crosse 66-61 (WIAC semifinal)
#   8   Hope (23-4) def. Alma 89-49 (MIAA quarterfinal); def. Adrian 77-61 (MIAA semifinal); lost to Calvin 78-76 (MIAA final)
#   9   Augustana (22-5) def. North Central 74-67 (CCIW semifinal); def. #14 Elmhurst 78-70 (CCIW final)
#   10   Wittenberg (22-5) def. Hiram 72-49 (NCAC quarterfinal); lost to Ohio Wesleyan 57-52 at Wooster, OH (NCAC semifinal)
#   11   Chicago (20-5) lost at #12 Washington U. 79-74
#   12   Washington U. (20-4) def. #11 Chicago 79-74
#   13   Worcester Polytech (22-3) def. MIT 66-49 (NEWMAC semifinal); lost to Coast Guard 71-66 (MEWMAC final)
#   14   Elmhurst (21-6) won at Millikin 79-63; def. Wheaton (IL) 85-82 at Rock Island, IL (CCIW semifinal); lost at #9 Augustana 78-70 (CCIW final)
#   15   Aurora (25-2) def. Lakeland 86-72 (NATHCON semifinal); def. Edgewood 85-69 (NATHCON final)
#   16   Whitworth (23-3) def. Lewis & Clark 69-62 (NWC championship)
#   17   Guilford (21-4) lost to Bridgewater (VA) 88-78 at Salem, VA (ODAC quarterfinal)
#   18   UW-La Crosse (19-8) def. UW-Stout 63-58 (WIAC quarterfinal); def #7 UW-Oshkosh 66-61 (WIAC semifinal); lost at #1 UW-Stevens Point 83-68 (WIAC final)
#   19   Occidental (19-5) def. La Verne 85-54 and won at Whittier 63-61 (2 OT)
#   20   Trinity (CT) (21-4) lost to Williams 91-89 at Amherst (NESCAC semifinal)
#   21   NYU (19-6) lost to Brandeis 76-67
#   22   DePauw (22-5) def. Sewanee 84-72 at Memphis (SCAC qtr.); lost to Trinity (TX) 77-72 at Memphis (SCAC semifinal)
#   23   Puget Sound (18-7) lost at Lewis & Clark 66-60 (NWC semifinal)
#   24   Ohio Northern (19-7) lost to Otterbein 52-51 (OAC quarterfinals)
#   25   Mary Hardin-Baylor (22-5) def. Louisiana Coll. 96-86 in Clinton, MS (ASC qtr.); lost Hardin-Simmons 71-67 in Clinton, MS (ASC semifinal)

[Pat Coleman]

Hoops Fan - In every level of hoops, there are always cases where the dregs rise up and steal an auto bid.

WPI is just not that good.  I wish someone would believe me.  I've been saying it all year.

Nor is Ryan Cain. Sounds like a personal thing. I saw them in person and I don't have a single problem with them at 20.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hoops Fan - In every level of hoops, there are always cases where the dregs rise up and steal an auto bid.

WPI is just not that good.  I wish someone would believe me.  I've been saying it all year.

Nor is Ryan Cain. Sounds like a personal thing. I saw them in person and I don't have a single problem with them at 20.

Cain's a good player, I just thought first team was a stretch.  WPI is not as good as they were last year and they didn't measure up last year.  I'm not saying ranking them near the bottom is stupid.  There is certainly merit for it.  I'm just saying they aren't as good as people give them credit for.  If you want a NE team, I'd take RIC or Keene State or even Brandeis ahead of them.  That's all.

[Ralph Turner]

Mine's in.  Thanks for hosting this!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Hoping to get out the last regular-season poll this evening - we've been stuck on 4 ballots since yesterday.

[formerbant10]

Sorry Ypsi, spent quite a bit of time in airports sans laptop.  Didn't have the time for this week, but am still willing to do the final.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Calling all voters - STILL only four ballots, but I'm too wiped to post it tonight anyway.  (It's been a very rough week - my 15-year-old was assaulted in school on Monday.  His assailant is in jail (on unrelated probation violation - at Joel's request we have, so far anyway, not pressed charges).  But his assailant's idiot friends THINK he's in jail because Joel was a 'snitch'; Joel is now too terrified to go to school.)

Enough of that.  Bottom line - there is still time to cast your ballot.  Otherwise, sometime tomorrow I'll decide whether it is even worth typing up a 4-person 'poll'!

[formerbant10]

Sorry to hear about your son.  That's completely outrageous, I hope that everything works out as it should.

I should be able to get one to you tomorrow before noon.