Can't see emu at 1 based on season so far, although they have potential to win the league.

Cmu looks solid especially on offense but nothing much against good teams and short on talent with the big guards and small forwards.

Akron played pretty competitive against 2 ranked teams and won most of the rest. Good defense team that has the parts to be balanced on offense.

Toledo played a schedule loaded w good mid majors and won some lost most thr rest closely. Has a couple potential all league guys but a makeshift pg situation.

Kent got a good win at Texas and has the athleticism and rebounding to challenge but has looked really bad on offense a lot.

WMU had a couple good losses to pac12 teams and got reffed out an upset of Washington. Might have best 1 2 guard combo and is well coached

Ball St is under the radar but decent

Buffalo seems down but has gelled down the stretch in recent years

Niu has disappointed a bit but has the pieces to challenge

Ohio looked like best team early but has had a couple poor performances lately

All in all looks like a year where the league has no elite teams maybe not even a real good team but a better than average lower half of the league. I expect a bunch of teams around 11-7 at the top w no one running away