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UAB received 1 vote.

Quote:1 - North Carolina (1532)
2 - Gonzaga (1479)
3 - Houston (1404)
4 - Kentucky (1364)
5 - Baylor (1200)
5 - Kansas (1200)
7 - Duke (1168)
8 - UCLA (1093)
9 - Creighton (1060)
10 - Arkansas (1026)
11 - Tennessee (880)
12 - Texas (844)
13 - Indiana (745)
14 - TCU (735)
15 - Auburn (623)
16 - Villanova (578)
17 - Arizona (543)
18 - Virginia (462)
19 - San Diego State (394)
20 - Alabama (281)
21 - Oregon (260)
22 - Michigan (229)
23 - Illinois (215)
24 - Dayton (170)
25 - Texas Tech (122)
26 - Texas A&M (112)
27 - Connecticut (101)
28 - Miami (Fla.) (66)
29 - Purdue (56)
30 - Saint Louis (36)
31 - Michigan State (35)
32 - Florida State (32)
33 - Xavier (29)
34 - Wyoming (25)
35 - Ohio State (23)
36 - Iowa (13)
37 - Rutgers (4)
38 - USC (3)
38 - Florida (3)
39 - UAB (1)
39 - Toledo (1)
39 - Notre Dame (1)
39 - Memphis (1)
39 - Virginia Tech (1)

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Schedule at the top of the board has already been updated.

Our one AP vote came from David Cloninger of The State (newspaper) in Columbia, SC.

I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

(10-19-2022 09:58 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

Should be a good OOC game!

(10-19-2022 09:58 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

They should be battling with Ohio to win the MAC.

Probably someone who covers the MAC? They won 26 games last season and the Mac regular season title and return the entire starting 5 and much of their bench. This season was always the season they were looking to have their best team.

Our vote came from David Cloninger of The State (newspaper) in Columbia, SC

Toledo's vote came from David Jablonski of the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, OH.

Off topic but

I had forgotten till just now. Keshawn Murphy from Ramsay was recruited by WKU and verbal committed but ended up at Miss State according to verbalcommits.


Did he show any interest in UAB or was AK interested in him ever?

(10-19-2022 11:54 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  Our vote came from David Cloninger of The State (newspaper) in Columbia, SC

Toledo's vote came from David Jablonski of the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, OH.

Toledo played and lost to Dayton in the NIT last season.

(10-19-2022 09:58 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

Matt Norlander came out with his top 15 mid-major teams.

UAB - #5
North Texas - #6
Toledo - #11

He mentions in the article that he would have WKU at #20.

(10-20-2022 11:32 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  

(10-19-2022 09:58 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

Matt Norlander came out with his top 15 mid-major teams.

UAB - #5
North Texas - #6
Toledo - #11

He mentions in the article that he would have WKU at #20.

Thanks for that info.

I knew Toledo was good, but I didn't know they were quite that good. This is a really good early season game that I am looking forward to. It will tell us a lot about our team. Will we push for an at large, show we are in another tier of teams this year, or just have to win the CUSA tournament like usual. I know all of those things aren't mutually exclusive, but in any case, this game will show us a lot about this year's team. Should be a fun environment too with Barstool.

(10-20-2022 11:32 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  

(10-19-2022 09:58 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I wonder who voted for Toledo? I know they're supposed to be solid, but are they really that good?

Matt Norlander came out with his top 15 mid-major teams.

UAB - #5
North Texas - #6
Toledo - #11

He mentions in the article that he would have WKU at #20.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nferences/

Here’s the link if anyone is curious. Seems to be a pretty good breakdown of the top mid-major teams

USA Today Coaches Poll is out this morning.

1 - North Carolina (778)
2 - Gonzaga (759)
3 - Houston (713)
4 - Kentucky (697)
5 - Kansas (660)
6 - Baylor (632)
7 - UCLA (560)
8 - Duke (552)
9 - Creighton (500)
10 - Arkansas (498)
11 - Tennessee (486)
12 - Texas (449)
13 - Arizona (352)
14 - Indiana (334)
15 - Auburn (318)
16 - TCU (317)
17 - Villanova (300)
18 - Virginia (287)
19 - Alabama (176)
20 - San Diego State (173)
21 - Oregon (128)
22 - Michigan (122)
23 - Illinois (115)
24 - Texas Tech (107)
25 - Dayton (75)
26 - Purdue (44)
27 - Texas A&M (37)
28 - Connecticut (31)
28 - Miami (31)
30 - Michigan State (29)
31 - Iowa (22)
31 - Providence (22)
33 - Florida State (13)
33 - Syracuse (13)
35 - Virginia Tech (9)
35 - USC (9)
37 - St. Mary's (8)
38 - Wisconsin (7)
38 - Wyoming (7)
40 - UAB (6)
41 - Florida (5)
41 - Ohio State (5)
43 - Iowa State (4)
44 - Xavier (3)
45 - Drake (2)
45 - Rutgers (2)
45 - Toledo (2)
48 - Boise State (1)

2022-23 Coaches Poll Voters

America East - Jim Ferry, Maryland-Baltimore County
American Athletic - Ron Hunter, Tulane
ASUN - Matt Driscoll, North Florida
Atlantic Coast- Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
Atlantic Ten - Chris Mooney, Richmond
Big East - Greg McDermott, Creighton
Big South - G.G. Smith, High Point
Big Sky - Danny Sprinkle, Montana State
Big Ten - Matt Painter, Purdue
Big Twelve - Scott Drew, Baylor
Big West - Dan Monson, Long Beach State
Colonial - Zach Spiker, Drexel
Conference USA - Grant McCasland, North Texas
Horizon League - Greg Kampe, Oakland
Ivy League - James Jones, Yale
Metro Atlantic - Baker Dunleavy, Quinnipiac
Mid-American- Michael Huger, Bowling Green
Mid-Eastern Athletic - Kevin Broadus, Morgan State
Missouri Valley - Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Mountain West - Niko Medved, Colorado State
Northeast - Glenn Braica, St. Francis (N.Y.)
Ohio Valley - Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State
Pac Twelve- Craig Smith, Utah
Patriot League - Brett Reed, Lehigh
Southeastern - Nate Oats, Alabama
Southern - Greg Gary, Mercer
Southland - Mark Slessinger, New Orleans
Southwestern Athletic - Robert McCullum, Florida A&M
Summit League - Rob Jeter, Western Illinois
Sun Belt- Keith Richard, ULM
West Coast - Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Western Athletic - Brett Tanner, Abilene Christian