Here is the Sporting News MAC preseason men's basketball rankings:

East Division
1. Akron
2. Kent State
3. Buffalo
4. Ohio
5. Bowling Green
6. Miami

West Division
1. Central Michigan
2. Western Michigan
3. Ball State
4. Toledo
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Northern Illinois

Buffalo too high. Toledo too low.

(10-19-2015 11:29 AM)hilltopper Wrote:  Buffalo too high. Toledo too low.

agreed, will add that western mich is too high and miami might be a bit of a sleeper.

(10-20-2015 04:49 AM)pono Wrote:  

(10-19-2015 11:29 AM)hilltopper Wrote:  Buffalo too high. Toledo too low.

agreed, will add that western mich is too high and miami might be a bit of a sleeper.

WMU should be a contender with Tava and I'm assuming David Brown is returning for his ninth year while he picks up that second doctorate.

EMU ranked too low.

(10-19-2015 11:29 AM)hilltopper Wrote:  Buffalo too high. Toledo too low.

Preseason rankings are dumb and mean nothing. Buffalo has brought in a lot of talented new guys, most with JUCO experience. They might be too high and at the end of the day they might be too low.

It is stupid when nobody has played a game yet

Ball State was 7-23(2-16) last year and they're picked 3rd in the West?

NIU too low. Not much thought went into this....

CMU

AKRON
KENT
OU
EMU

NIU
TOLEDO
UB
WMU

BALL STATE
MIAMI
BG

:tiers, in no order within.

(10-20-2015 12:46 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Ball State was 7-23(2-16) last year and they're picked 3rd in the West?

The talent is there, just needs to come together

(10-20-2015 12:46 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  Ball State was 7-23(2-16) last year and they're picked 3rd in the West?

Well it is MAC West basketball... that's not too far of of 3rd..

To clarify, it would seem the bottom half of each division is rated too low and the top half is rated too high.

If this follows the pattern of previous years' predictions, every team is either too high or two low, which is good news if you are picked last and bad news if you are picked first.

(10-21-2015 08:02 AM)axeme Wrote:  If this follows the pattern of previous years' predictions, every team is either too high or two low, which is good news if you are picked last and bad news if you are picked first.

What does Ohio have that would cause them to move up from last years performance? All I remember of them is that their best players were Seniors and I think one of their freshman starters transferred to Evansville, so not a great deal returning. Are there a bunch of BCS type transfers coming eligible or something?

(10-20-2015 02:46 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  CMU

AKRON
KENT
OU
EMU

NIU
TOLEDO
UB
WMU

BALL STATE
MIAMI
BG

:tiers, in no order within.

Akron is definitely in the same tier as CMU. Kent is probably in the second tier by itself, then its a bunch of question marks.

I won't say the MAC is going to be down because some of the teams with question marks could be be pretty good. But it seems like there is more uncertainty with the league this year than any time I can remember in recent years. Even Kent, while I think they will be good, has a ton of questions.

Right now, Akron and CMU appear to be the only teams that you know will be in the mix for the one tourney bid the league will get (again) this year.

(10-21-2015 11:19 PM)DICK Wrote:  What does Ohio have that would cause them to move up from last years performance? All I remember of them is that their best players were Seniors and I think one of their freshman starters transferred to Evansville, so not a great deal returning. Are there a bunch of BCS type transfers coming eligible or something?

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(10-21-2015 11:19 PM)DICK Wrote:  What does Ohio have that would cause them to move up from last years performance? All I remember of them is that their best players were Seniors and I think one of their freshman starters transferred to Evansville, so not a great deal returning. Are there a bunch of BCS type transfers coming eligible or something?

I know that they have a few transfers coming in, Kaminski from MSU is eligible this year.

(10-22-2015 09:44 AM)vannzee Wrote:  

(10-21-2015 11:19 PM)DICK Wrote:  What does Ohio have that would cause them to move up from last years performance? All I remember of them is that their best players were Seniors and I think one of their freshman starters transferred to Evansville, so not a great deal returning. Are there a bunch of BCS type transfers coming eligible or something?

I know that they have a few transfers coming in, Kaminski from MSU is eligible this year.

plus a second year with Saul will help, too. not sure how much but hopefully enough to avoid another 20 loss season. those don't sit too well with us.

(10-22-2015 12:52 AM)Wadszip Wrote:  

(10-20-2015 02:46 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote:  CMU

AKRON
KENT
OU
EMU

NIU
TOLEDO
UB
WMU

BALL STATE
MIAMI
BG

:tiers, in no order within.

Akron is definitely in the same tier as CMU. Kent is probably in the second tier by itself, then its a bunch of question marks.

I won't say the MAC is going to be down because some of the teams with question marks could be be pretty good. But it seems like there is more uncertainty with the league this year than any time I can remember in recent years. Even Kent, while I think they will be good, has a ton of questions.

Right now, Akron and CMU appear to be the only teams that you know will be in the mix for the one tourney bid the league will get (again) this year.

The only thing I would question is Ohio, by all accounts this could be a very bad Ohio team, Id put them in the third tier. Really the only thing one can say with great confidence right now is that CMU is in the top tier