Tech got 9 votes and UTEP got 1 vote in the first AP Poll of the year

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/rankings/ap

A couple solid wins early in the season and maybe we'll have two in the top 25. One team doesn't really move the needle for the conference much, but if we get two in, that should earn us some early respect as a league.

UTEP will get their chance to crack the top 25 in december if they can beat #2 Arizona in El Paso. It'll be tough but I see it as a big opportunity.

On the ladies' side, WKU got 4 votes and MT got 3.

(10-31-2014 12:29 PM)UTEPSAL Wrote:  UTEP will get their chance to crack the top 25 in december if they can beat #2 Arizona in El Paso. It'll be tough but I see it as a big opportunity.

I really hope this game is on TV somewhere!

(10-31-2014 01:23 PM)shyminer Wrote:  

(10-31-2014 12:29 PM)UTEPSAL Wrote:  UTEP will get their chance to crack the top 25 in december if they can beat #2 Arizona in El Paso. It'll be tough but I see it as a big opportunity.

I really hope this game is on TV somewhere!

It should be on Fox Sports 1, if I'm not mistaken.

Tech will get a chance at the top 25 when they play at Syracuse

SI.com doesn't think nearly as high of any of our teams:

60. La Tech
92. ODU
107. UTEP
113. WKU
156. MTSU
161. Charlotte

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...ams-ranked

(10-31-2014 02:32 PM)ODUCoach Wrote:  SI.com doesn't think nearly as high of any of our teams:

60. La Tech
92. ODU
107. UTEP
113. WKU
156. MTSU
161. Charlotte

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...ams-ranked

lol, that list is a joke.

SI has no reason to think otherwise at the moment. We need all of our upper half teams to prove stuff on the court. If we wind up with a handful of decent OOC wins as a league against we can't expect to be ranked better than we currently are.

(10-31-2014 02:40 PM)Niner National Wrote:  lol, that list is a joke.

Quote:SI's 2014-15 rankings are according to a statistical projection system developed by the economist Dan Hanner with assistance from SI's Luke Winn. It's a bottom-up model that on offense, projects every Division I player's efficiency and shot volume using past college statistics (and stats of similar players over more than a decade), recruiting ratings (which have some predictive value over immediate performance and development curves), and the quality of their head coach and teammates. These stats are then placed within the context of each team's rotation, and used to make a team offensive efficiency projection.

The simulation is run 10,000 times -- and teams are ranked by their median outcome -- to account for significant variance in player performance...

(10-31-2014 12:54 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  On the ladies' side, WKU got 4 votes and MT got 3.

Cool!