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Ranking Every Team in College Basketball, From Kansas (No. 1) to Delaware State (No. 353)

UNC Wilmington (No. 181) is led by senior Devontae Cacok, who averaged 17.7 points and a nation-leading 13.5 rebounds and led the country in field-goal percentage (80.0%) back in 2016–17.
Our non-conference opponents and their ranks, in order of high to low:

UNC: # 8
Davidson: # 55
Georgia State: # 86
UNCG: # 102
Stanford: # 106
Furman: # 144
Gardner-Webb: # 171
Campbell: # 205
ECU: # 209
Mercer: # 217
Eastern Illinois: # 222
Arkansas State: # 300

CAA ranks:

1. Northeastern: # 79
2. Charleston: # 90
3. Hofstra: # 119
4. William & Mary: # 133
5. UNCW: # 181
6. Towson: # 197
7. James Madison: # 199
8. Delaware: # 226
9. Elon: # 236
10. Drexel: # 259
So included in our home slate this year are games against # 55 Davidson, # 79 Northeastern, # 90 Charleston, # 102 UNCG, # 106 Stanford, # 119 Hofstra, and # 133 W&M.

On the road we face # 8 UNC, # 79 Northeastern, # 86 Georgia State, # 90 Charleston, # 119 Hofstra, # 133 W&M and # 144 Furman.

14 total games against teams that made the Top 150 on this list. Lot's of opportunities for quality wins based on these projections.
Towson at 6 seems extremely high!
(10-31-2018 01:42 PM)Gary Miller Wrote: [ -> ]Towson at 6 seems extremely high!

Haha you aren't kidding. Did they even look at who they lost and how they finished with a senior heavy line up last year?

Other than that seems pretty logical. Swap them and Delaware.
Remember guys, a big factor is strength of schedule, i'm not sure what Towson's schedule looks like but perhaps it's playing a factor in these rankings
UNCG is ranked too low, they are better than that. NE and C of C are also better than the ranking to me. Davidson may be a little high but are well coached. Let's wait on the Tribe for a bit they may be high but are well coached. Hofstra lost Gustys but do have some scorers-can they get enough stops. They always seem to have talented players. CAA up for grabs but NE and C of C appear to be the teams that UNCW has to get past.
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