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Poll: How High Will Syracuse Be Ranked Monday?

Shawn Siegel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:01:06 -0500

CHN Top 50 2009-10: Week One

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:27:59 -0500

The Collegehoops.net Top 50 Power Ranking is your weekly window into the national college basketball scene. Is the Top 50 Better than the AP or the Coaches Polls? At the very least, the Top 50 has no agenda like the coaches and we go deeper into the country than most power-conference biased media members. The CHN Top 50 is brought to you before everybody else late Sunday night! (New: Check out the weekly Non-BCS Top 25 Ranking.)

Week One Top 50 Ranking: November 16th

by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor

- Only two of the Top 50 teams lost; Mississippi State to Rider (who moves onto the next in line list), and Creighton to Top 20 team Dayton on the road. A few changes here and there based on how well or not well teams looked, but otherwise this is pretty much how the ranking looked in the preseason. 08-09 final Top 50 ranking is included for reference. "Pre." = preseason ranking.

	Team	Record	Pre.	08-09
1	Kansas xavier henry looked good in easy opener	1-0	1	10
2	Villanova not terribly impressive against fdu	1-0	2	8
3	Michigan State gonzaga tomorrow will be better test than fgcu	1-0	3	3
4	Kentucky still waiting for john wall debut	1-0	4	NA
5	UNC some spotty moments for the young heels	3-0	5	1
6	Duke brian zoubek looked like shaq against uncg	1-0	6	9
7	Texas not much to take out of easy win except for minutes	1-0	7	26
8	Purdue robbie hummel lit it up in just 22 mins of action	1-0	8	16
9	West Virginia solid game by senior da'sean butler	1-0	9	27
10	Tennessee nothing much to take out of week one win	1-0	10	41
11	Butler	1-0	11	22
12	Michigan	1-0	12	37
13	Washington	3-0	13	17
14	Ohio State	2-0	14	34
15	California	2-0	15	47
16	Illinois	1-0	16	23
17	Dayton	1-0	18	25
18	Minnesota	1-0	17	45
19	Georgetown	1-0	19	NA
20	Clemson	1-0	20	20
21	Xavier	1-0	21	14
22	Connecticut	1-0	23	2
23	Texas A&M	1-0	24	33
24	Kansas St	2-0	25	NA
25	Siena	1-0	26	28
26	Maryland	1-0	27	NA
27	UCLA	0-0	28	18
28	Ole Miss	1-0	29	NA
29	Florida	1-0	32	48
30	Georgia Tech	1-0	33	11
31	Gonzaga	1-0	30	12
32	Memphis	1-0	34	7
33	Louisville	0-0	35	6
34	Oklahoma	1-0	45	5
35	Oklahoma State	1-0	31	32
36	South Carolina	1-0	36	NA
37	Tulsa	2-0	37	4
38	Mississippi St	0-1	22	NA
39	Wisconsin	1-0	38	30
40	Wake Forest	2-0	39	15
41	BYU	1-0	40	36
42	Florida State	0-0	42	29
43	Nevada	1-0	44	NA
44	Penn State	1-0	46	39
45	Creighton	0-1	43	49
46	Boston College	1-0	47	43
47	Seton Hall	2-0	48	NA
48	Pittsburgh	1-0	41	4
49	Old Dominion	1-0	49	NA
50	Vanderbilt	0-0	50	NA

Next Five (in order): Cincinnati (0-0), Northern Iowa (1-0), Utah State (1-0), Syracuse (2-0), Rider (1-0), Richmond (1-0)

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Dropping Out


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During the season, don't forget to check out the CHN Top 50 Power Ranking every Sunday night! Check out past week's rankings and this week's AP Top 25.

AP Top 25: Preseason Poll

Press Release — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:35:34 -0400

AP Top 25
1. Kansas (55) 0-0 1,612
2. Michigan State (5) 0-0 1,515
3. Texas (1) 0-0 1,397
4. Kentucky (3) 0-0 1,372
5. Villanova 0-0 1,347
6. North Carolina (1) 0-0 1,320
7. Purdue 0-0 1,284
8. West Virginia 0-0 1,115
9. Duke 0-0 1,064
10. Tennessee 0-0 897
11. Butler 0-0 864
12. Connecticut 0-0 844
13. California 0-0 800
14. Washington 0-0 776
15. Michigan 0-0 578
16. Ohio State 0-0 465
17. Oklahoma 0-0 410
18. Mississippi State 0-0 393
19. Louisville 0-0 335
20. Georgetown 0-0 326
21. Dayton 0-0 318
22. Georgia Tech 0-0 301
23. Illinois 0-0 282
24. Clemson 0-0 217
25. Minnesota 0-0 172

Others Receiving Votes
Maryland 171, Siena 112, Notre Dame 107, Florida State 92, Vanderbilt 90, Syracuse 83, Oklahoma State 65, UCLA 63, Florida 53, Wake Forest 50, Xavier 42, Gonzaga 37, South Carolina 28, Kansas State 24, Brigham Young 21, Northern Iowa 16, Tulsa 16, Mississippi 15, Texas A&M 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 6, Pittsburgh 4, Western Kentucky 2, Utah State 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Old Dominion 1, Holy Cross 1.

Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

Press Release — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:50:55 -0400

Preseason Coaches Poll

1. Kansas (27) 0-0 770
2. Michigan State (3) 0-0 732
3. Texas 0-0 676
4. North Carolina (1) 0-0 653
5. Kentucky 0-0 635
6. Villanova 0-0 620
7. Purdue 0-0 586
8. Duke 0-0 528
9. West Virginia 0-0 501
10. Butler 0-0 408
11. Tennessee 0-0 406
12. California 0-0 370
13. Washington 0-0 364
14. Connecticut 0-0 361
15. Michigan 0-0 279
16. Oklahoma 0-0 244
17. Ohio State 0-0 241
18. Minnesota 0-0 151
19. Mississippi State 0-0 149
20. Georgia Tech 0-0 136
21. Georgetown 0-0 134
22. Dayton 0-0 130
23. Louisville 0-0 123
24. Clemson 0-0 114
25. Syracuse 0-0 111

Others Receiving Votes
Maryland 100, Illinois 83, Siena 72, UCLA 59, Vanderbilt 38, Oklahoma State 29, Missouri 28, Xavier 25, Gonzaga 24, Notre Dame 22, USC 22, Pittsburgh 19, Tulsa 17, Kansas State 16, Brigham Young 16, Florida State 15, Florida 13, Wake Forest 13, San Diego State 8, Creighton 7, Boston College 4, Texas A&M 4, Southern Illinois 3, Utah State 3, Cornell 3, Memphis 3, Mississippi 3, UNLV 2, South Carolina 1, Northern Iowa 1.

Xavier Basketball Preview: #24

Joel Welser — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:15:28 -0400

Overall Rank: #24

Conference Rank: #2 Atlantic 10 Conference

2008-09: 27-8, 12-4

2008-09 postseason: NCAA

Coach: Chris Mack (First year at Xavier, 0-0 overall)

Xavier lost their top three scorers and their coach. However, the Musketeers have proven that they are a quality team year in and year out. This will probably be the season they fail to win the Atlantic 10 conference, but that will not take them out of the NCAA Tournament picture. In fact, the A-10 is poised for a big year and Xavier should be dancing yet again.

Key Losses: G C.J. Anderson, F Derrick Brown, G B.J. Raymond

Key Newcomers:

The biggest problem for new head coach Chris Mack will be depth. Jordan Crawford, a transfer from Indiana, started eight games and averaged 9.7 points for the Hoosiers during the 2007-2008 campaign…and that was when IU was good. Crawford is a dynamic scorer who can hit the long ball consistently and use his 6-5 frame to attack the basket. Redshirt freshman point guard Mark Lyons missed last year as a partial qualifier and will compete for the starting point guard spot. The lone incoming freshman is power forward Jeff Robinson who will be given the opportunity to compete for minutes off the bench.

Backcourt:

Few teams in the nation had as talented and versatile wings as B.J. Raymond and C.J. Anderson. Those two are huge losses, but with Crawford eligible and Dante Jackson returning, the wings are in good shape. Jackson, who led the team last year with 2.7 assists per game, is a solid outside shooter. Now the 6-5 junior needs to get more aggressive around the basket and use his size much like Raymond and Anderson did last year to finish in the paint. Terrell Holloway split starts with Jackson last year and should be ready to battle it out with Lyons for the starting point guard spot, allowing Jackson to play on the wing. Holloway was inconsistent as a freshman last year and he has to cut down on the turnovers if he expects to be in the starting lineup.

Frontcourt:

Jason Love and Kenny Frease are the most experienced frontcourt players. Love started all 35 games last season and averaged 6.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per contest. At 6-9 and 265 pounds, Love can handle either the power forward or center position. That would leave room for seven-footer Kenny Frease to start under the basket. Frease only averaged 14.6 minutes per game as a freshman, but he was very productive when he was on the floor. Most of his offense will come off of offensive rebounds, but his defensive presence alone is enough to consider him for a starting job as long as he can stay out of foul trouble.

Who to Watch:

Jamel McLean might want that starting spot though. The 6-8 power forward is very strong on the glass and always plays with a contagious intensity that is invaluable to the Musketeers. With Robinson, who was headed to Purdue at one point, heading into the program, the frontcourt depth should not be much of an issue. If Lyons or Holloway can manage the point guard duties, the backcourt should not lack in depth either. Brad Redford had a fine freshman campaign and knocked down 46.5 percent of his attempts from long range. If he can keep that up, Redford will provide a great spark off the bench.

Final Projection:

This is a pretty young team. A lot of the impact players were just freshmen last year and they need to grow with the team and adapt to Coach Mack, which should not be much of an issue since nobody knows Xavier basketball as well as Mack, who has served as an assistant under Coach Skip Prosser and Coach Sean Miller at Xavier. This will not be a dominating team, but they will be next year and for many years to come.

Projected Post-season Tournament: NCAA

Projected Starting Five:

Terrell Holloway, Sophomore, Guard, 5.5 points per game

Dante Jackson, Junior, Guard, 6.6 points per game

Jordan Crawford, Sophomore, Guard, DNP last season

Jason Love, Senior, Forward, 6.7 points per game

Kenny Frease, Sophomore, Center, 5.4 points per game

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Final 2008-09 CollegeHoops.net Top 50 Ranking

Shawn Siegel — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:10:29 -0400

The Collegehoops.net Top 50 Power Ranking is the web's premier ordering of the national college basketball scene. Is the Top 50 Better than the AP or the Coaches Polls? Perhaps.. but at the very least, the Top 50 has no agenda like the coaches and we go deeper into the country than most power-conference biased media members. The CHN Top 50 is brought to you before everybody else on Sunday night! (New: Check out the weekly Non-BCS Top 25 Ranking.)

This is the final Top 50 of the 2008-09 season. Thanks to everyone who took a look throughout the season and added their comments. See you all next year!

2008-09 Final Ranking: April 8th

by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor

	Team	Record	Last*	Pre.
1	UNC	34-4	1	1
2	Connecticut	31-5	3	3
3	Michigan State	31-7	5	7
4	Pittsburgh	31-5	2	11
5	Oklahoma	30-6	7	12
6	Louisville	31-6	8	6
7	Memphis	33-4	4	8
8	Villanova	30-8	11	30
9	Duke	30-7	9	5
10	Kansas	27-8	10	31
11	Missouri	31-7	13	54
12	Gonzaga	28-6	14	13
13	Syracuse	28-10	18	22
14	Xavier	27-8	17	32
15	Wake Forest	24-7	6	14
16	Purdue	27-10	25	20
17	Washington	26-9	15	38
18	UCLA	26-9	16	4
19	LSU	27-8	21	82
20	Clemson	23-9	12	23
21	Marquette	25-10	19	16
22	Butler	26-6	20	65
23	Illinois	24-10	22	66
24	Arizona State	25-10	24	15
25	Dayton	27-8	29	42
26	Texas	23-12	27	2
27	West Virginia	23-12	28	44
28	Siena	27-8	40	45
29	Florida State	25-10	26	78
30	Wisconsin	20-13	31	18
31	Utah	24-10	30	88
32	Oklahoma State	23-12	NA(52)	49
33	Texas A&M	24-10	37	63
34	Ohio State	22-11	36	34
35	Utah State	30-5	39	124
36	BYU	25-8	23	36
37	Michigan	21-14	44	72
38	Arizona	21-14	41	29
39	Penn State	27-11	43	92
40	Saint Mary's	28-7	33	35
41	Tennessee	21-13	35	10
42	USC	22-12	NA	21
43	Boston College	22-12	38	90
44	San Diego St	26-10	46	55
45	Minnesota	22-11	48	52
46	Western Kentucky	25-9	NA	123
47	California	22-11	32	127
48	Florida	25-11	45	19
49	Creighton	27-8	42	24
50	Temple	22-12	NA(53)	27

*Last update was prior to the start of the NCAA Tournament

Next Five (in order): Maryland (21-14), Baylor (24-15), Northern Iowa (23-11), Cleveland St (26-11), Mississippi St (22-13)

Dropped Out

		Week	Pre
UNLV	21-11	Final	28
New Mexico	22-12	Final	51
South Carolina	21-10	Final	80
Providence	19-14	Final	93
Miami	19-13	17	26
Kentucky	22-14	17	29
Davidson	27-8	17	40
Kansas State	23-12	16	98
Virginia Tech	19-15	15	107
Cincinnati	18-14	15	109
Georgetown	16-15	14	33
Tulsa	25-11	14	106
Notre Dame	21-15	13	9
Baylor	24-15	13	17
Illinois State	24-10	12	82
VCU	24-10	12	48
Arkansas	14-16	11	107
Maryland	21-14	9	67
Seton Hall	17-15	7	100
Temple	22-12	6	27
Mississippi	16-15	5	46
Kent State	19-15	3	41
UAB	22-12	3	47
Southern Illinois	13-18	2	43
Cleveland State	26-11	2	53
Nevada	21-13	2	59
Alabama	18-14	1	37

Pre = Preseason CHN Top 144 Ranking

Week = Last Week in Top 50

* = losses this week

Don't forget to check out the CHN Top 50 Power Ranking every Sunday night! Check out past week's rankings and this week's AP Top 25.

Non-BCS Top 25: Viking Uprising

Shawn Siegel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:25:44 -0400

The Non-BCS Top 25 is a new weekly follow-up to the popular CHN Top 50 ranking. Using the non-BCS teams ranked in the CHN Top 50 as a base, a complete non-BCS Top 25 is pieced together. The Non-BCS Top 25 will be released every Monday.

Non-BCS Top 25: March 11th

by Shawn Siegel: Collegehoops.net Editor

	Team	Record	Last	T50
1	Memphis	28-3	1	4
2	Gonzaga	26-5	2	14
3	Xavier	24-6*	3	17
4	Butler	26-5*	4	20
5	BYU	24-6	6	23
6	Dayton	25-6*	7	29
7	Utah	21-9*	5	30
8	Saint Mary's	25-6*	10	33
9	Utah State	27-4	12	39
10	Siena	26-7	11	40
11	Creighton	26-7*	9	42
12	San Diego St	21-8	14	46
13	New Mexico	21-10	16	47
14	UNLV	21-9*	8	49

Not in CHN Top 50

15	Northern Iowa	23-10	21	*
16	VCU	24-9	20	*
17	Western Kentucky	24-8	25	*
18	Davidson	24-6	13	*
19	Temple	19-11	22	*
20	Illinois St	24-9*	NA	*
21	Rhode Island	22-9*	15	*
22	Cleveland State	25-10	NA	*
23	Niagara	26-8*	17	*
24	Tulsa	22-9	18	*
25	George Mason	22-10*	19	*

Dropped Out: Green Bay (24), UAB (25)

Next: UAB, Green Bay, North Dakota St, American, Nevada

Agree/Disagree? Post Your Thoughts Below! Check the archives for older Non-BCS Top 25 Rankings

College Basketball: Top 25 Commentary: UNC #1

Matthew Ryter — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:11:00 -0400

The Story: After being ranked No. 1 for the first eight weeks of the season, the Tar Heels find themselves back on top of the polls. North Carolina defeated Duke yesterday, 79-71, to complete the season sweep against their rivals. Pittsburgh and Memphis are the only other teams to receiving first place votes in the Coaches’ poll. Pittsburgh, No. 2, also completed a season sweep this past weekend over Big East foe Connecticut. Memphis, No. 3/4, is riding a 22-game win streak. Last week’s No 1, Connecticut, falls to No. 4/3. Louisville, Big East’s regular season champion, received one first place vote in the AP poll and sits at No. 5 heading into the conference tournament. Big Ten champions Michigan State move up to No. 6/7. Big 12 champion Kansas fell two spots to No. 11 after losing earlier in the week to Texas Tech. Syracuse jumped up an impressive seven spots in the AP (No. 18) poll after closing out the regular season with two conference wins. Illinois is the only team to fall from the AP rankings this week. The Fighting Illini are still ranked in the Coaches’ poll at No. 25. They are replaced in the AP poll by No. 25 BYU.

AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (35) 27-3 1,734
2. Pittsburgh (33) 28-3 1,731
3. Connecticut 27-3 1,592
4. Memphis (2) 28-3 1,544
5. Louisville (1) 25-5 1,513
6. Oklahoma 27-4 1,399
7. Michigan State 25-5 1,349
8. Wake Forest 24-5 1,246
9. Duke 25-6 1,237
10. Villanova 25-6 1,108
11. Kansas 25-6 1,038
12. Gonzaga 25-5 978
13. Washington 24-7 910
14. Missouri 25-6 779
15. UCLA 24-7 752
16. Butler 26-4 536
17. Clemson 23-7 528
18. Syracuse 23-8 518
19. Xavier 24-6 465
20. LSU 25-6 461
21. Marquette 23-8 453
22. Florida State 23-8 333
23. Arizona State 22-8 199
24. Purdue 22-9 169
25. Brigham Young 24-6 158

Others Receiving Votes
Illinois 131, Texas A&M 63, Saint Mary's 56, Utah 21, West Virginia 17, Auburn 9, Dayton 7, Utah State 6, Virginia Commonwealth 6, Weber State 5, Creighton 4, Northern Iowa 3, Siena 3, Oklahoma State 3, Penn State 2, New Mexico 2, California 2, Texas 2, American University 1, Ohio State 1, Tennessee 1.

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. North Carolina (23) 27-3 767
2. Pittsburgh (5) 28-3 740
3. Memphis (3) 28-3 702
4. Connecticut 27-3 679
5. Louisville 25-5 659
6. Michigan State 25-5 608
7. Oklahoma 27-4 592
8. Duke 25-6 545
9. Wake Forest 24-5 532
10. Washington 24-7 466
11. Kansas 25-6 444
12. Gonzaga 25-5 426
13. Villanova 25-6 410
14. UCLA 24-7 369
15. Missouri 25-6 327
16. LSU 25-6 274
17. Butler 26-4 251
18. Clemson 23-7 223
19. Xavier 24-6 196
20. Syracuse 23-8 182
21. Marquette 23-8 157
22. Florida State 23-8 135
23. Arizona State 22-8 133
24. Purdue 22-9 68
25. Illinois 23-8 57

Others Receiving Votes
Saint Mary's 43, Brigham Young 30, Utah State 23, Dayton 11, California 9, Utah 7, Boston College 3, Texas 3, Texas A&M 2, Siena 1, Weber State 1.

Ryter’s Block: It’s interesting to think that Oklahoma, 2^nd in the Big 12, is ranked ahead of Big 12 Champion Kansas. Louisville, the Big East champs, is ranked behind both Connecticut and Pittsburgh. Although the Jayhawks and Cardinals earned regular season titles and a No. 1 seed in conference play, the rankings are still spot on. The Tar Heels find themselves back on top of both polls. Many people thought it was inevitable that UNC would be No. 1 when the regular season ended; however it wasn’t easy. The Tar Heels overcame two early conference losses to win the ACC regular season crown. Washington and Villanova’s rankings are flip flopped in both polls. Washington is No. 10 in the Coaches’ poll and No. 13 in the AP, whereas ‘Nova is No. 13 in the Coaches’ poll and No. 10 in the AP. Can’t they agree on one? I like Washington at No. 13, ‘Nova at No. 10. These rankings won’t even matter next week. We already have several teams who have punched their ticket…who will earn theirs next?

Games to watch this week…

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