MBB: General Mid-Atlantic Conversation

Clutch · January 15, 2014, 06:00:39 PM

When Wesley beats Cabrini, I wonder if any of your rankings would still have Cabrini as number one in region.

mailsy · January 15, 2014, 11:13:22 PM

IF

ronk · January 15, 2014, 11:53:51 PM

Quote from: Clutch on January 15, 2014, 06:00:39 PM
When Wesley beats Cabrini, I wonder if any of your rankings would still have Cabrini as number one in region.

It also depends on what happens between now and then.

ronk · January 16, 2014, 12:16:36 AM

After tonite's action, my revised rankings:
1. Cabrini
2. Wesley
3. Mary Washington
4. Dickinson
5. Messiah
6. St. Mary's

CCHoopster · January 16, 2014, 09:39:53 AM

Quote from: ronk on January 16, 2014, 12:16:36 AM
After tonite's action, my revised rankings:
1. Cabrini
2. Wesley
3. Mary Washington
4. Dickinson
5. Messiah
6. St. Mary's

I would agree with this. Thought St Mary's over Messiah but a loss in 2 OT's on the road to a team getting votes didn't warrant enough to drop them out of the top 5 for me.

Clutch: @St. Mary's and home vs Marymount. Better not slip up before Cabrini. Your rather certain Wesley will beat Cabrini. While they very well could, I wouldn't be too over confident. Your looking past a lot of games before 2/3. Better hope your Wesley squad is not doing the same.

Clutch · January 16, 2014, 09:54:12 AM

Wesley is different than last year, they will roll better, I think Wesley very well could lose one of those games but not likely, Cabrini on the otherhand will need lots of help from their young guys, if Moss or Rafferty go down they have no depth. Miller their senior has improved greatly on his fundamentals he can hit free throws more consistently, but noticed that guy Walls is not playing, and AJ Picard is hurt.

Clutch · January 16, 2014, 09:55:32 AM

Catholic a nice win last night, congratulations.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · January 16, 2014, 02:27:10 PM

Not to confuse things... but ronk you only list six teams... why not eight? Eight is the number that will be ranked regionally by the NCAA.

Just curious.

ronk · January 16, 2014, 04:40:52 PM

I didn't because we started with 5 and there will be more arguments about positions 7-8; however, here goes:

1. Cabrini
2. Wesley
3. Mary Washington
4. Dickinson
5. Messiah
6. St. Mary's
7. Scranton
8. Stevenson
9. F&M
10. Juniata

Dave, hope 2 c u Saturday @ Goucher.

Clutch · January 16, 2014, 05:00:58 PM

Ronk, I think you nailed it with the rankings , only thing I would change is maybe Messiah, just a gut feeling they will fade a bit.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · January 16, 2014, 06:00:08 PM

Well considering I have seen in person at least half of those schools... I would have made a few changes... based on opinion, not regional ranking criteria:

1 - Cabrini
2 - St. Mary's
3 - Wesley
4 - Mary Washington
5 - Messiah
6 - Dickinson
7 - Stevenson
8 - Juniata

I wouldn't have F&M any where close to to this list nor any other Centennial school. Scranton could certainly be part of the conversation, but they aren't here right now. There are also other schools in the MAC Commonwealth that might come up into the conversation and in the MAC Freedom as well.

Reserved Seat · January 16, 2014, 09:51:57 PM

QuoteI wouldn't have F&M any where close to to this list nor any other Centennial school. Scranton could certainly be part of the conversation, but they aren't here right now. There are also other schools in the MAC Commonwealth that might come up into the conversation and in the MAC Freedom as well.

Dickinson is a Centennial school.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · January 16, 2014, 11:09:10 PM

Any other school... I figured that since I listed Dickinson that would be understood and my point was to ronk's list where he had F&M (down to ten players on the roster) listed... that I don't have them or any other school that close. Clearly Dickinson is in there.

Clutch · January 17, 2014, 09:04:52 AM

Ok, lets take out F/M works for me.

CCHoopster · January 17, 2014, 10:40:46 AM

Quote from: Clutch on January 16, 2014, 05:00:58 PM
Ronk, I think you nailed it with the rankings , only thing I would change is maybe Messiah, just a gut feeling they will fade a bit.

Dave: On Hoopesville last night you mentioned you were at the Messiah @ Stevenson game. Clutch thinks they will fade away. Just curious as to how you see this group finishing their last 11 games? I know you don't have a crystal ball.

1. Cabrini
2. Wesley
3. Mary Wash
4. Messiah
5. Dickinson
6. St. Mary's
7. Stevenson
8. Juniata

Stevensons inability to win on the road could hurt them in a tough conference with games at Lycoming, Widener, Alvernia, Messiah.

One of the CAC teams could drop out of the top 8 (may not happen at all) just because the difficulty in the conference.

Of the teams most of us have in the mentioned regional rankings I would say I feel most confident Cabrini and Dickinson win their conference tournaments. Also feel pretty strongly that one of the three CAC teams (St. Mary's, Wesley, Mary Wash) win the CAC tournament. Wonder how many M.A Region teams can get in..... Can't believe were roughly 3 weeks away from first RR!!!