(09-19-2018 07:48 PM)Courtside Wrote:  

(09-19-2018 07:44 PM)Courtside Wrote:  The basketball mags are out. Here are what two think the 2018-19 standings will be.

Athlon/Lindy's

Lipscomb 1/2

North Fl 2/3

FGCU 3/1

Jacksonville 4/4

Liberty 5/7

NJIT 6/8

KSU 7/5

Stetson 8/6

NAU 9/9

I think the top 6 teams are very good. Lipscomb should win the ASC. After that 2-6 will be a real toss-up.

I think Stetson will be better than people think, may finish a couple of spots higher. And its UNA not NAU

Maybe the Lumberjacks joined the conference and we didn’t know it.

But seriously, I’m putting LU in the 3-4 spot or higher.

(09-20-2018 09:52 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Maybe the Lumberjacks joined the conference and we didn’t know it.

But seriously, I’m putting LU in the 3-4 spot or higher.

I can put liberty higher also.

(09-20-2018 09:52 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Maybe the Lumberjacks joined the conference and we didn’t know it.

But seriously, I’m putting LU in the 3-4 spot or higher.

Well, the ASUN president did talk about "“Open to ideals outside of the box."

(09-21-2018 10:39 AM)WesternSkillet Wrote:  

(09-20-2018 09:52 PM)army56mike Wrote:  Maybe the Lumberjacks joined the conference and we didn’t know it.

But seriously, I’m putting LU in the 3-4 spot or higher.

Well, the ASUN president did talk about "“Open to ideals outside of the box."

That would be way outside the box....

Where do national magazines have A-Sun schools ranked in comparison to other D1 schools?

Barstool Sports ranked all 353 D1 basketball programs. Here's where the A-Sun teams landed.

353 North Alabama
321 Stetson
317 Kennesaw State
297 North Florida
291 Jacksonville
220 FGCU
212 NJIT
182 Liberty
124 Lipscomb

https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu...-19-season

Another preseason opinion

https://www.midmajormadness.com/2018/10/...scomb-fgcu

(10-03-2018 02:11 PM)Courtside Wrote:  Another preseason opinion

https://www.midmajormadness.com/2018/10/...scomb-fgcu

Per the article...

1. Lipscomb
2. Florida Gulf Coast
3. Jacksonville
4. Liberty
5. North Florida
6. NJIT
7. Kennesaw State
8. Stetson
9. North Alabama

It's disappointing to see Liberty as far down as they have been. They did well in the post-season and did alright in a higher rated conference with the majority coming back.

(10-03-2018 04:01 PM)GE and MTS Wrote:  It's disappointing to see Liberty as far down as they have been. They did well in the post-season and did alright in a higher rated conference with the majority coming back.

I don't follow basketball very closely but I recall LU had a 5 game conference losing streak mostly due to having a lot of sick players. Once they got back to health, the team performed much better. The point is that the team is better than the record they posted last year if they stay healthy.

A point of reference from the 2017-18 season here is where the ASC teams plus Liberty ended up according to Sagarin and Kenpom.

FGCU 128/127

Lipscomb 166/167

Liberty 196/184

NJIT 266/254

UNF 285/282

KSU 302/309

Stetson 314/314

JU 318/320

Just a note, JU was 7-2 vs NJIT, UNF, KSU, and Stetson and was ranked lower than all those teams.

Liberty will at least finish in the top 3.

(10-03-2018 12:43 PM)RandomFan Wrote:  353 North Alabama
321 Stetson
317 Kennesaw State
297 North Florida
291 Jacksonville
220 FGCU
212 NJIT
182 Liberty
124 Lipscomb

Outside of the first 4 that looks pretty painful. I wanna be at least #176, the halfwaynpoint.

The ASUN preseason polls and all conference team was released today. Both the Coaches & Media Polls were the same.

1 Lipscomb
2 FGCU
3 Liberty
4 UNF
5 Jacksonville
6 NJIT
7 KSU
8 Stetson
9 UNA


http://asunsports.org/sports/mbkb/2018-1...n_Team.pdf

The 2017-18 Preseason Coaches Poll and results. The coaches missed badly on JU, NJIT, and USCU.

1 FGCU FGCU
2 Lipscomb Lipscomb
3 UNF JU
4 USCU NJIT
5 KSU UNF
6 Stetson KSU
7 JU Stetson
8 NJIT USCU

You

(10-17-2018 05:35 PM)Courtside Wrote:  The 2017-18 Preseason Coaches Poll and results. The coaches missed badly on JU, NJIT, and USCU.

1 FGCU FGCU
2 Lipscomb Lipscomb
3 UNF JU
4 USCU NJIT
5 KSU UNF
6 Stetson KSU
7 JU Stetson
8 NJIT USCU

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Ken Pomeroy's (Kenpom) preseason rankings are out. He ranks all D1 teams from 1 to 353. Here are his rankings for the ASC.

#129 Lipscomb
#144 Liberty
#203 FGCU
#228 UNF
#245 NJIT
#281 Jacksonville
#329 KSU
#334 Stetson
#337 UNA

Week 1:
Liberty - 4Nov-Va. Tech, 8Nov-Maine Ft. Kent
Lipscomb - 6Nov-Sewanee, 10Nov-Tenn St.
FGCU - 6Nov-Illinois St., 8Nov-Southeastern
UNF - 7Nov-Dayton, 9Nov-Penn St.
Jacksonville - 6Nov-Florida A&M, 10Nov- N. Arizona
Stetson - 7Nov-Johnson U. FL
Kennesaw St. - 7Nov-Oglethorpe, 9Nov-Kansas St.
North Alabama - 6Nov-Samford, 10Nov-Blue Mtn. St.
NJIT - 6Nov-Colgate, 9Nov-Binghamton

I received my copy of the 2018-19 Blue Ribbon College Handbook yesterday. The 397 page annual is the most thorough of the preseason prognisticators. Their predicted ASC finish is

1. Lipscomb
2. UNF
3. Liberty
4. FGCU
5. NJIT
6. JU
7. Stetson
8. KSU

Blue Ribbon does not review teams in D1 Transition so UNA is not included.