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&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; Gonzaga (31)&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-1&nbsp; &nbsp; 775&nbsp;
&nbsp; 2.&nbsp; Wichita State&nbsp; 6-0&nbsp; 726&nbsp; 6&nbsp;
&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; Southern Illinois&nbsp; 7-2&nbsp; 698&nbsp; 4&nbsp;
&nbsp; 4.&nbsp; Kent State&nbsp; 8-2&nbsp; 657&nbsp; 7&nbsp;
&nbsp; 5.&nbsp; Old Dominion&nbsp; 9-1&nbsp; 643&nbsp; 8&nbsp;
&nbsp; 6.&nbsp; Creighton&nbsp; 8-2&nbsp; 601&nbsp; 2&nbsp;
&nbsp; 7.&nbsp; Utah State&nbsp; 7-2&nbsp; 550&nbsp; 9&nbsp;
&nbsp; 8.&nbsp; Pacific&nbsp; 4-2&nbsp; 540&nbsp; 3&nbsp;
&nbsp; 9.&nbsp; Central Florida&nbsp; 7-1&nbsp; 504&nbsp; 11&nbsp;
10.&nbsp; Pepperdine&nbsp; 7-3&nbsp; 434&nbsp; 5&nbsp;
11.&nbsp; Southwest Missouri State&nbsp; 6-1&nbsp; 430&nbsp; 12&nbsp;
12.&nbsp; Hofstra&nbsp; 7-0&nbsp; 408&nbsp; 13&nbsp;
13.&nbsp; St. Mary's&nbsp; 9-4&nbsp; 401&nbsp; 14&nbsp;
14.&nbsp; Oral Roberts&nbsp; 7-0&nbsp; 356&nbsp; 15&nbsp;
15.&nbsp; Wisconsin-Milwaukee&nbsp; 6-2&nbsp; 336&nbsp; 10&nbsp;
16.&nbsp; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi&nbsp; 7-1&nbsp; 266&nbsp; 17&nbsp;
17.&nbsp; Vermont&nbsp; 3-2&nbsp; 264&nbsp; 16&nbsp;
18.&nbsp; Western Kentucky&nbsp; 7-1&nbsp; 202&nbsp; 21&nbsp;
19.&nbsp; Winthrop&nbsp; 7-2&nbsp; 159&nbsp; 22&nbsp;
20.&nbsp; Princeton&nbsp; 5-2&nbsp; 134&nbsp; 23&nbsp;
21.&nbsp; Evansville&nbsp; 6-2&nbsp; 130&nbsp; 20&nbsp;
22.&nbsp; Bowling Green&nbsp; 5-1&nbsp; 126&nbsp; 24&nbsp;
23.&nbsp; Miami&nbsp; 5-2&nbsp; 115&nbsp; 19&nbsp;
24.&nbsp; Northern Iowa&nbsp; 5-2&nbsp; 69&nbsp; NR&nbsp;
25.&nbsp; Bradley&nbsp; 6-1&nbsp; 51&nbsp; NR&nbsp;

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:&nbsp; Illinois State 48, Santa Clara 46, Wofford 45, Eastern Michigan 43, Buffalo 42, Eastern Kentucky 31, Mercer 26, UC-Irvine 23, Boston University 22, Akron 20, Portland 20, Gardner-Webb 14, Middle Tennessee 13, Arkansas State 11, Columbia 10, American 9, Manhattan 9, Niagara 9, Ball State 8, Loyola Marymount 8, South Carolina State 8, Portland State 7, Birmingham Southern 6, Chattanooga 5, UNC-Greensboro 5, Arkansas-Little Rock 4, Texas-Arlington 3, Denver 2, Lipscomb 1, San Francisco 1, Southeastern Louisiana 1.

VOTING PANEL: Mike Adras (Northern Arizona), Murry Bartow (East Tennessee State), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Tim Buckley (Ball State), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Mick Cronin (Murray State), Emmett Davis (Colgate), Jeff Estis (UMBC), Bruiser Flint (Drexel), James Fox (Davidson), Mike Gillespie (Florida A&M), Don Harnum (Rider), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Brad Holland (San Diego), Danny Kaspar (Stephen F. Austin), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Kyle Macy (Morehead State), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa), Steve Merfeld (Evansville), Stew Morrill (Utah State), Dickey Nutt (Arkansas State), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Bruce Pearl (Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Byron Samuels (Radford), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Rob Spivery (Alabama State), Scott Sutton (Oral Roberts), Bob Thomason (Pacific), Curtis Wilson (Yale).

NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast.

The CollegeInsider.Com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its sixth season of existence.

What strikes me as odd, is that BG seems to play fewer games than most during this OOC stretch. Why is that? If it's to benefit the students and finals week, so be it. But, BG rarely gets to any of the big tournaments, particularly around the holidays, when school is out.

You can play in two exempt tourneys every four years, which allows you to play 4 games instead of 2. Why BG does not do this, I have no idea, but some teams (KSU this year) have a couple of more games on the schedule in those years.

It's nice to see UCF in the top 10 of something other than


"Worst team in the nation poll"

axeme Wrote:You can play in two exempt tourneys every four years, which allows you to play 4 games instead of 2. Why BG does not do this, I have no idea, but some teams (KSU this year) have a couple of more games on the schedule in those years.

To clarify:

Quote:The 2-in-4 rule remains in effect and limits schools to two exempted tournaments -- those events that count as only one game on the schedule but can include two, three or four games -- every four seasons, and the same tourney only once in four seasons.

#9 baby.

Quote:Bruiser Flint (Drexel)

BTW, is there a better coach's name than this?