Mid Major Thread

jontaejones said:
Are they a lock if they take on a really bad loss?

The mid majors have been really under the radar this year, bubble is dominated by mediocre Power teams.

A-10 having a really bad year, they should bounce back next year
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I think FAU could probably afford 2 losses and still make it. Meaning split their last two and lose in the SF of the league tournament. They have a really strong resume.
 
rmilia1 said:
I think North Texas has an outside shot
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I think they would have had a chance if they didn't lose to Charlotte and made it to the final and lost to FAU again. I can't see a 7 loss UNT get selected. I do hope someone else wins the tournament and they get 2 bids. It's been a really strong year for CUSA.
 
ericd7633 said:
I think they would have had a chance if they didn't lose to Charlotte and made it to the final and lost to FAU again. I can't see a 7 loss UNT get selected. I do hope someone else wins the tournament and they get 2 bids. It's been a really strong year for CUSA.
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My Miners didn’t do anything to help the strength. Quite the opposite…we probably it down.
 
In what world should Timme have to share this with anyone?
 
@ericd7633 where are you seeing Drake as a seed? 11 or 12?

That's a scary team for a 5 or a 6
 
rmilia1 said:
@ericd7633 where are you seeing Drake as a seed? 11 or 12?

That's a scary team for a 5 or a 6
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They are probably going to be a 12. They are going to be a very tough out though. 12 seeds are going to be very good this year.
 
KenPom Ratings Top 25 MidMajors on 11/18:

1. Gonzaga - 7th nationally (WCC)
2. San Diego State - 15th nationally (MWC)
3. Florida Atlantic - 25th nationally (AAC)
4. Memphis - 30th nationally (AAC)
5. Nevada - 44th nationally (MWC)
6. Liberty - 46th nationally (CUSA)
7. Colorado State - 53rd nationally (MWC)
8. Yale - 55th nationally (Ivy)
9. Dayton - 58th nationally (A10)
10. Boise State - 59th nationally (MWC)
11. New Mexico - 61st nationally (MWC)
12. St. Mary's - 63rd nationally (WCC)
13. Grand Canyon - 71st nationally (WAC)
14. Drake - 73rd nationally (MVC)
15. UC Irvine - 77th nationally (BW)
16. Duquesne - 78th nationally (A10)
17. Bradley - 79th nationally (MVC)
18. Princeton - 80th nationally (Ivy)
19. Akron - 84th nationally (MAC)
20. San Francisco - 86th nationally (WCC)
21. James Madison - 87th nationally (SBC)
22. Loyola Marymount - 88th nationally (WCC)
23. Tulane - 89th nationally (AAC)
24. Long Beach State - 90th nationally (BW)
25. North Texas - 91st nationally (AAC)
 
FAU takes a horrible loss to Bryant. Bryant’ was 0-3 against D1 teams entering the game with losses to Manhattan Rutgers and Boston U
 
Remember when people were talking about St Marys winning the conference from Gonzaga this year? And Mahaney being a All American?

Yeah, they might wanna find a way to just make the tournament...
 
MWC KenPom Ratings on 11/24:

1. San Diego State (20th nationally)
2. Colorado State (25th nationally)
3. Nevada (44th nationally)
4. New Mexico (52nd nationally)
5. Utah State (60th nationally)
6. Boise State (81st nationally)
7. San Jose State (121st nationally)
8. UNLV (125th nationally)
9. Fresno State (155th nationally)
10. Wyoming (177th nationally)
11. Air Force (194th nationally)

WCC:
1. Gonzaga (8th nationally)
2. St. Mary's (74th nationally)
3. San Francisco (80th nationally)
4. Santa Clara (103rd nationally)
5. Loyola Marymount (123rd nationally)
6. Pepperdine (192nd nationally)
7. Portland (196th nationally)
8. Pacific (228th nationally)
9. San Diego (230th nationally)
 
KenPom Ratings Top 25 MidMajors on 12/10:

1. Gonzaga (10th nationally) - WCC
2. Florida Atlantic (19th nationally) - AAC
3. Colorado State (27th nationally) - MWC
4. San Diego State (33rd nationally) - MWC
5. New Mexico (34th nationally) - MWC
6. Memphis (40th nationally) - AAC
7. Princeton (52nd nationally) - Ivy
8. Indiana State (55th nationally) MVC
9. Dayton (58th nationally) - A10
10. Utah State (59th nationally) - MWC
11. Nevada (61st nationally) - MWC
12. St. Mary's (63rd nationally) - WCC
13. Grand Canyon (64th nationally) - WAC
14. San Francisco (65th nationally) - WCC
15. Drake (66th nationally) - MVC
16. JMU (69th nationally) - SBC
17. Liberty (70th nationally) - CUSA
18. UC Irvine (73rd nationally) - BW
19. North Texas (76th nationally) - AAC
20. SMU (77th nationally) - AAC
21. St. Bonaventure (80th nationally) - A10
22. Duquesne (83rd nationally) - A10
23. Boise State (84th nationally) - MWC
24. Appalachian State (85th nationally) - SBC
25. St. Joe's (86th nationally) - A10
 
Top 25 Mid-Majors on KenPom on 12/31:

1. FAU (21st nationally) - AAC
2. San Diego State (26th nationally) - MWC
3. Gonzaga (28th nationally) - WCC
4. Colorado State (29th nationally) - MWC
5. Memphis (34th nationally) - AAC
6. New Mexico (35th nationally) - MWC
7. Dayton (37th nationally) - A10
8. Nevada (38th nationally) - MWC
9. St. Mary's (44th nationally) - WCC
10. San Francisco (47th nationally) - WCC
11. SMU (50th nationally) - AAC
12. Indiana State (55th nationally) - MVC
13. Princeton (56th nationally) - Ivy
14. Utah State (58th nationally) - MWC
15. JMU (62nd nationally) - SBC
16. Grand Canyon (64th nationally) - WAC
17. Boise State (66th nationally) - MWC
18. UC Irvine (68th nationally) - BW
19. St. Joe's (71st nationally) - A10
20. Drake (74th nationally) - MVC
21. Liberty (75th nationally) - CUSA
22. McNeese State (77th nationally) - Southland
23. St. Bonaventure (78th nationally) - A10
24. North Texas (82nd nationally) - AAC
25. VCU (87th nationally) - A10
 
Here’s one for the books. Heard this from a friend of mine back in EP.

UTEP leads the nation in forced turnovers with one about every four possessions. BUT, they turn it over on offense nearly 23% of the time. No wonder we are about .500!
 
Yes we beat sdsu 67-66
 
Mid majors are tearing it up this year.

Should make for an interesting tourney.

A-10 tore it up OOC but only has one team in.
 
jontaejones said:
Mid majors are tearing it up this year.

Should make for an interesting tourney.

A-10 tore it up OOC but only has one team in.
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Dayton is killing it. St. Joes had a pretty good OOC. But has taken on too many league losses already. Richmond might be able to play themselves into position, but they've gotta beat Dayton, I'd presume. If they can get to something like 24-7(16-2) and make it to the conference final, they'd be a 26-win A-10 team. That'd be tough to leave out.

MWC could be a 6 bid league.
And then depending on if teams like Princeton, Indiana State, Grand Canyon, etc lose in their tournament that could leave those conferences with multiple bids. I also think the AAC could potentially get 3 because FAU and Memphis have put themselves in position to get an at-large, but both are beatable.
 
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