MWC

Daily Poll: Best Non-BCS Conference?

Shawn Siegel — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:32:48 -0800

Daily Dribble: High-Major Power Ranking

Shawn Siegel — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:04:25 -0800

Last year, I started doing monthly power rankings divided by the BCS, High-Major, and Mid-Major monikers. I’m continuing that trend once again, starting with the “High-Majors”, which I define to include the A10, CAA, CUSA, MVC, MWC, and WAC. I’m not suggesting that the A10 might not be better than the Big Ten this year, or that a league like the Horizon isn’t better than the WAC (which is real bad right now), or anything like that.. I use these grouping simply for ease and consistency.

1. Memphis 7-0 (CUSA)

2. Xavier 6-1 (A10)

3. Rhode Island 9-1 (A10)

4. BYU 6-1 (MWC)

5. San Diego State 8-1 (MWC)

6. Southern Illinois 3-2 (MVC)

7. George Mason 6-2 (CAA)

8. Dayton 5-1 (A10)

9. Houston 8-1 (CUSA)

10. UNLV 5-2 (MWC)

11. Creighton 5-0 (MVC)

12. UMASS 5-2 (A10)

13. VCU 4-3 (CAA)

14. Duquesne 6-1 (A10)

15. St Joseph’s 4-3 (A10)

16. James Madison 5-1 (CAA)

17. Northern Iowa 6-1 (MVC)

18. Drake 5-1 (MVC)

19. Bradley 6-3 (MVC)

20. New Mexico 7-2 (MWC)

21. UAB 7-3 (CUSA)

22. Drexel 5-3 (CAA)

23. Wichita St 5-2 (MVC)

24. Charlotte 4-2 (A10)

25. UNCW 5-2 (CAA)

26. Temple 3-4 (A10)

27. Utah 4-2 (MWC)

28. Missouri State 4-2 (MVC)

29. Boise State 5-2 (WAC)

30. Old Dominion 4-4 (CAA)

31. Northeastern 3-4 (CAA)

32. Fresno State 4-3 (WAC)

33. Illinois State 5-3 (MVC)

34. Nevada 2-4 (WAC)

35. George Washington 2-3 (A10)

36. Utah State 4-4 (WAC)

37. Colorado State 4-3 (MWC)

38. New Mexico State 4-6 (WAC)

39. Saint Louis 6-4 (A10)

40. Central Florida 4-3 (CUSA)

41. Fordham 3-4 (A10)

42. UTEP 4-2 (CUSA)

43. Hofstra 1-3 (CAA)

44. Air Force 5-4 (MWC)

45. Indiana State 3-4 (MVC)

46. San Jose State 3-1 (WAC)

47. Southern Miss 2-2 (CUSA)

48. Marshall 4-2 (CUSA)

49. Tulane 3-3 (CUSA)

50. TCU 4-2 (MWC)

51. Richmond 4-4 (A10)

52. East Carolina 3-4 (CUSA)

53. La Salle 3-3 (A10)

54. Wyoming 3-3 (MWC)

55. St Bonaventure 4-4 (A10)

56. Tulsa 2-3 (CUSA)

57. SMU 2-4 (CUSA)

58. Hawaii 2-4 (WAC)

59. Georgia State 2-4 (CAA)

60. Towson 3-4 (CAA)

61. Louisiana Tech 1-4

62. Evansville 1-4 (MVC)

63. Rice 1-5 (CUSA)

64. Idaho 1-5 (WAC)

65. Delaware 1-4 (CAA)

66. William & Mary 1-4 (CAA)

Next up will be the “mid-majors”, which will consist of the Big West, Horizon, MAC, Southern, Sun Belt, and West Coast, followed by the BCS leagues.

Daily Dribble: Top 10 Players in the MWC

Shawn Siegel — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:49:08 -0800

Continuing with my conference player rankings, its on to the Mountain West. This list was compiled just before the season started, but some names not listed have gotten off to quality starts: Andrew Henke of Air Force is averaging 15 and 7 after two consistent games. Senior Alvarado Parker is averaging 14 and 10 after two games, including a double-double in a blow out win over Rice. Top 10 Players in the MWC 1. Brandon Ewing, G, Wyoming 2. Luke Nevill, C, Utah 3. Trent Plaisted, C, BYU 4. Wink Adams, G, UNLV 5. JR Giddens, G, New Mexico 6. Lorenzo Wade, F, San Diego State 7. Brad Jones, G, Wyoming 8. Johnnie Bryant, G, Utah 9. Tim Anderson, G, Air Force 10. Kevin Langford, F, TCU Next In Line Ryan Amoroso, F, San Diego State Lee Cummard, G, BYU Tony Danridge, G/F, New Mexico Kyle Spain, F, San Diego State * Richie Williams, G, San Diego State - Williams was on the list originally, but has been removed since he has been suspended indefinitely. * Beas Hamga, C, UNLV - The freshman big man is not ineligible currently, but was originally included in the Next in Line section. The final ranking of the WAC will be up soon.

Daily Poll:Who Will Win the Mountain West?

Shawn Siegel — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:57:56 -0700

Daily Dribble: Mid-Major Power Ranking

Shawn Siegel — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:00:38 -0800

In yesterday's Dribble.. I ranked all 73 BCS teams.. from UCLA to Colorado. I got a nice response about that list.. so I decided to do a ranking of the top "mid-major" leagues, ie, the 2nd tier leagues. The 2nd tier compromises the 62 teams of the A10, CAA, CUSA, MVC, MWC, and WAC. This leaves out the Horizon and the WCC which are the next in line. The Horizon actually has a higher overall RPI than the CAA right now, but this is based almost solely on Butler's hot start. No other HL team is in the top 110, but the CAA has 4 teams in the top 90. 1. Air Force 6-1 19-2 2. Memphis 6-0 16-3 3. Nevada 6-1 18-2 4. Xavier 4-2 14-6 5. Southern Illinois 7-3 16-5 6. Drexel 7-2 15-4 7. New Mexico State 6-1 16-4 8. Northern Iowa 6-3 15-5 9. UNLV 4-2 17-4 10. Massachusetts 4-2 14-6 11. Virginia Commonwealth 9-0 17-3 12. Hofstra 8-1 15-5 13. Creighton 7-3 13-7 14. Missouri State 5-5 14-7 15. Utah State 4-2 15-5 16. Brigham Young 4-2 14-6 17. Rhode Island 6-1 13-8 18. Fresno State 3-4 14-6 19. George Washington 5-1 14-4 20. Bradley 6-4 15-7 21. Wichita State 4-6 13-8 22. Dayton 3-3 13-6 23. Colorado State 4-3 14-5 24. San Diego State 2-4 13-7 25. Saint Louis 3-4 13-7 26. St. Joseph's 4-3 11-8 27. Old Dominion 6-3 13-7 28. Evansville 5-5 12-9 29. Houston 3-2 8-9 30. Wyoming 3-3 12-8 31. Indiana State 4-5 11-8 32. George Mason 5-4 11-8 33. Boise State 4-3 10-8 34. UTEP 4-2 12-8 35. Fordham 4-2 11-7 36. Rice 4-1 10-8 37. UAB 2-3 10-9 38. Illinois State 3-7 11-10 39. UCF 3-2 14-5 40. Charlotte 2-4 8-10 41. Marshall 2-3 7-12 42. Utah 2-4 7-12 43. Southern Miss 3-2 13-5 44. Tulsa 2-3 12-6 45. Drake 2-8 11-10 46. Temple 1-4 7-11 47. New Mexico 1-5 12-9 48. Louisiana Tech 4-3 6-13 49. Towson 4-5 10-10 50. Hawaii 2-5 11-9 51. TCU 2-4 10-8 52. La Salle 2-4 9-11 53. Northeastern 4-5 6-14 54. William & Mary 3-6 10-9 55. Duquesne 2-4 6-11 56. Georgia State 3-6 7-12 57. Southern Methodist 1-4 12-7 58. Richmond 1-5 5-14 59. North Carolina-Wilmington 1-8 4-14 60. James Madison 3-6 6-13 61. Tulane 1-4 8-9 62. Idaho 1-6 3-16 63. St. Bonaventure 2-4 5-14 64. San Jose State 1-6 2-17 65. East Carolina 0-5 5-13 66. Delaware 1-8 3-17

Which Conference is Off to the Best Start?

Shawn Siegel — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:15:49 -0800

Mountain West Conference Preview

CHN — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:16:16 -0800

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Mountain West Preview

Conference Rank: 8th

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All-Conference

Player of the Year - Brandon Heath, San Diego St, G/F

Jr Giddens, New Mexico, G

Trent Plaisted, BYU, F/C

Nic Welch, Air Force, F/C

Jason Smith, Colorado St, C

2nd Team

Jo'Van Adams, UNLV, G

Brandon Ewing, Wyoming, G

Kevin Kruger, UNLV, G

Mohamed Abukar, San Diego St, F

Luke Nevill, Utah, C

Nat'l	Team (Click for Preview)	Conf	Tourney
38	Air Force	1	NCAA
44	BYU	2	NCAA
50	San Diego State	3	NIT
70	UNLV	4	NIT
96	Utah	5
123	Colorado State	6
135	New Mexico	7
196	Wyoming	8
267	TCU	9

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