2017-18 Mid-Major Preseason Power Rankings

1. Saint Mary's
2. UT-Arlington
3. Missouri State
4. Oakland
5. Middle Tennessee
6. Yale
7. College of Charleston
8. Vermont
9. Bucknell
10. Florida Gulf Coast
11. San Francisco
12. Belmont
13. Mercer
14. Albany
15. Louisiana Tech
16. Harvard
17. Grand Canyon
18. Furman
19. Western Michigan
20. Western Kentucky

Others considered (in alphabetical order): CSU Bakersfield, East Tennessee State, Iona, Louisiana, New Mexico State, Northern Iowa, Old Dominion, Samford, Santa Clara, South Dakota State, UAB, UNC Asheville, UNC Wilmington.

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2...-rankings/

Gonna be a fun year. We get a lot back from last year

Four starters back with 3 athletic frosh...1 juco forward...not fun for everyone else

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Yall won the tournament from the 6th spot. Let's not act like the Trojans are the juggernaut. Most every school returns something. The SBC was really young last year.

(10-31-2017 05:11 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Yall won the tournament from the 6th spot. Let's not act like the Trojans are the juggernaut. Most every school returns something. The SBC was really young last year.

Y'all appear to be "the preseason conference darling."

I expect it'll be another "dogfight" once conference play starts . . . just hope that we didn't lose so much that we're not in it . . .

Why is St. Mary’s considered a mid and Gonzaga is not?


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(10-31-2017 05:11 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Yall won the tournament from the 6th spot. Let's not act like the Trojans are the juggernaut. Most every school returns something. The SBC was really young last year.

They got hot when they needed to...but they weren't chopped liver in the regular season either. But, I digress. We'll be ok...

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(10-31-2017 06:19 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  Why is St. Mary’s considered a mid and Gonzaga is not?


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Because Gonzaga has turned into a perennial Top 10 team. m Hard to really consider them "mid major" if you want to run a serious poll.

Wichita State wasn't often considered one either when they were in the Valley.

(10-31-2017 08:27 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(10-31-2017 06:19 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  Why is St. Mary’s considered a mid and Gonzaga is not?


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Because Gonzaga has turned into a perennial Top 10 team. m Hard to really consider them "mid major" if you want to run a serious poll.

Wichita State wasn't often considered one either when they were in the Valley.

gonzaga always has a good team but they are are a small school with no large arena and not the marque school of the state so how do they do it while others cant.

(10-31-2017 05:11 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  Yall won the tournament from the 6th spot. Let's not act like the Trojans are the juggernaut. Most every school returns something. The SBC was really young last year.

we really need each team that thinks they can have a special year, to be special in out of conference games first.

I'm just going to drop in to plug App St as dark horse contender.

http://www.troytrojans.com/news/2017/11/...ition.aspx