Just reviewed the coaches preseaon poll. Naturally the power conferences, Big 10, Big 12, Big East,&,not to forget the ACC, dominate the rankings as they did...
I don't really think these coaches that vote have a clue. Have you looked at the list of schools these coaches are from? Most are small D-1 or mid-majors, ...
Not surprised. St. Joe's & Temple both should be really good, and Xavier's not bad either. Big East doesn't have any real heavyweights. A lot of solid clubs,...
Big 10 overrated? A few years ago? Maybe. Now? Let's see. In the last three years, the Big Ten has taken five (Michigan State 3, Wisconsin 1, Ohio State 1) of...
Well, first off, nobody is voting for conferences, they're voting for teams. As for tournament performance, anyone who thinks the Big Ten is a bad tournament...
since these polls are just speculation, based on what the sportswriters, and/or the coaches have heard. I just looked to see how the coaches felt the "name"...
coaches don't vote. sid's do. ... From: St. Jean Chris [mailto:friars93@...] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:09 AM To: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com ...
SIDs have their own poll. St Joes oughta be a stud program this year, that's my expectation. O'Conner and Nelson is a great backcourt. Temple - Greer's a...
ST.JOE'S IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T THINK A LITTLE OVERRATED?...OH YEAH, IT'S THE COACHES POLL. "how's this look coach? good..ok, thanks" ... From:...
I do know for a fact, the coaches generally do their own poll themselves....granted they don't research it a ton. Now to St. Joes...just got done doing some...
don't take too much from that Stanford loss, they stink the tourney up ... From: Todd Bergmann [mailto:tbergma2@...] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001...
Hey, are you the guy who grew up in a Chicago suburb and played college basketball. (about 6'7") If you are I recruited you when I was at the University of...
Scott's right. The Big Ten sends so many schools to the big Dance because the whip up on the rest of the country during the year. They do not schedule cushy ...
What does everyone think about the current setup of the Tournament? I feel they should a) either go back to 64 with a maximum of 32 League Automatic Bids...
now this will raise some eyebrows..... How about a 96 team system in which all regular season and conference tournament champions receive automatic bids. If...
OK, BUT THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIPS IF REG SEASON WINNERS GET IN AUTOMATICALLY? OTHER THAN THE OBVIOU$? WHY PUT YOUR PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR,...
Having the regular season count as an automatic berth wouldn't work if you play a tourney. The Ivy League still doesn't have a Tourney & they do just fine,...
I can possibly see a play-in round, (lets espn telecast a part of the men's dance) but a hugely expanded field, no way. Though some in NCAA hq might not be ...
... not allow a team in unless they ... I have been advocating this for years. The example I use happened a couple of years ago, but I am sure there are...
I'd say the same thing about in-season polls. ... I'm sure Jerry would agree that the preseason polls GENERALY have nothing to do with the "real world" (the...
yeah....preseason are just that...what did teams return and then such. Any poll with just 31 people on it is gonna be shaky, especially if some coaches really...
naturally. preseason polls have less validity than in season polls simply because of their nature. no one has played anyone, so they are even more of a guess....
Check out the latest USAToday/ESPN coaches poll; Iowa dropped 2 spots from 8 to 10, I guess the coaches didn't realize that their loss to the Globetrotters was...
Of course, UNC's drop can be attributed to Arizona passing them. But when people make adjustments to account for the four teams that played, it's natural to...
