NCAA released the Initial NET ratings today. MAC rankings below (out of 362 teams)

77 - NIU
109 - Ohio
119 - Toledo
141 - Akron
152 - Kent St.
180 - Bowling Green
243 - Miami (OH)
246 - Ball St.
265 - Western Mich.
270 - Eastern Mich.
307 - Central Mich.
360 - Buffalo

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball...t-rankings

Best Non conference wins:

Quad 1: None

Quad 2:
NIU vs Appalachian State (47)
Toledo @ Wright State (128)

Quad 3:
Ohio vs. Delaware (98)
NIU vs. (N) Georgia State (143)
BG vs. (N) Lipscomb (144)
BG vs. (N) Canisius (158)
Akron @ South Dakota State (164)
NIU vs. (N) Little Rock (174)
Kent vs. (N) Fordham (186)
Eastern Michigan vs. Cleveland St (191)

Just saw BobcatBacker posted the rankings in another thread, sorry BB.

NIU will play Indiana State, who is 7-1 and #22 in the NET rankings tomorrow in Dekalb.

Broncos play at Notre Dame tomorrow. I don't follow basketball too closely but surprised to see ND at #238 (would be 7th in the MAC).

What happened to Buffalo? They had a pretty hot stretch of years there for a while.

(12-04-2023 11:27 AM)Eagle66 Wrote:  Just saw BobcatBacker posted the rankings in another thread, sorry BB.

That's fine! you added your own touch of expertise which is great! :-)

(12-04-2023 11:34 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  NIU will play Indiana State, who is 7-1 and #22 in the NET rankings tomorrow in Dekalb.

Impressed to see NIU up there at the top of the MAC for a change.

Good luck with Indiana State.

(12-04-2023 11:45 AM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  What happened to Buffalo? They had a pretty hot stretch of years there for a while.

Same thing that happened to football: Incompetent AD made a terrible hire.

(12-04-2023 12:14 PM)Garden_KC Wrote:  

(12-04-2023 11:34 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  NIU will play Indiana State, who is 7-1 and #22 in the NET rankings tomorrow in Dekalb.

Impressed to see NIU up there at the top of the MAC for a change.

Good luck with Indiana State.

Thanks, it's a nice change to see NIU basketball doing well. Hope we can keep it up and we get Keshawn Williams back sometime soon. It's been a fun team to watch so far.

The most shocking thing I learned here is there is almost 100 teams worse than Western Michigan.

So far Miami has been playing with only 2 players above 6-5, both 6-8. That should be Changing soon as our 7-1 freshman ( led the team in scoring on our Peurto Rico trip in August) started practicing last week and 6-8 Sr ( preseason second team all MAC) Anderson Mirambeau is expected to become eligible when first semester grades are turned in.