College Insider has Toledo at #4 in their Preseason Mid Major Top 25 Poll with Gonzaga at #1, Drake at #2, St. Mary's at #3, and Liberty at #5. Kent St is ranked 7th and Akron is ranked 18th. The poll is conducted weekly during the season and has a select group of Mid Major Coaches including TK on the panel.

Wow!

Need to win 8 out of conference to have an at large resume. Avoid quad 3 and 4 losses all together.

That's a little scary for me. It's only Nov 1st and I'm getting too revved up for the Rockets Mens and Womens hoops. Plus, the Cavs are looking like Eastern Conference title contenders without all the drama and nonsense that usually accompanies NBA "superstars".

It could be a truly incredible basketball season for Rocket fans but I'm terrified at the thought of being hunted down in late March by that "invisible police officer of the Fates" and being sentenced to a sad, savage, dark mood through April and May.

Right now it seems like a good idea to book a Spring vacation to an exotic, watery paradise for either; celebrating the Rocket's success in making it into the Big Dance, or to soothe my soul after another devastating disappointment.

Interesting rankings. UT finished #12 in the final poll last season. In that same poll, the Zags were #1, St Mary's #3 and Drake #22. So, a lot of teams dropped significantly, while UT and Drake "rocketed" up the rankings.

(11-01-2022 04:15 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  Interesting rankings. UT finished #12 in the final poll last season. In that same poll, the Zags were #1, St Mary's #3 and Drake #22. So, a lot of teams dropped significantly, while UT and Drake "rocketed" up the rankings.

I think Drake is in the league that lost Loyola Chicago. May just be that their conference lost all of its contenders.

(11-01-2022 02:40 PM)Sleepy Wrote:  That's a little scary for me. It's only Nov 1st and I'm getting too revved up for the Rockets Mens and Womens hoops. Plus, the Cavs are looking like Eastern Conference title contenders without all the drama and nonsense that usually accompanies NBA "superstars".

It could be a truly incredible basketball season for Rocket fans but I'm terrified at the thought of being hunted down in late March by that "invisible police officer of the Fates" and being sentenced to a sad, savage, dark mood through April and May.

Right now it seems like a good idea to book a Spring vacation to an exotic, watery paradise for either; celebrating the Rocket's success in making it into the Big Dance, or to soothe my soul after another devastating disappointment.

Love it Sleepy. I hate to say this, but we are fighting a curse. Look at all the things that happened over the years - we were so close - but something happened.

Like playing a golf scramble, you need a birdie, then they come. If you can't get one, it becomes something else. They need to get over the hump. A trip to the dance would help recruiting, then you build on that. The first birdie.

One that still sticks in my craw is the Notre Dame game when the damn ball got stuck in the rim and they shoot a 3 and win with less than 5 seconds, if I remember right. Doesn't make a difference in the big picture that year (one team MAC), but it would have given us publicity instead of an expected Toledo loss. Something happened...

OK, I'm done whining. :-)

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I was just looking at the schedule. It appears we need the ESPN packages however you get them to watch. Expected, but good news.

I don't know what to expect. The high ranking kind of scares me, but good for getting the name out there. We have a solid core in Shumate, Milner, Dennis, and Moss. How they work the bench will be interesting, and I'm anxious to see how much the core guys have improved.

I hate winter, but I'm pumped to watch some Toledo BB. I'm also old. I remember 1980 (I think it was), so one more time for a check on the bucket list please.

I think the overall guard play, maybe better this year, even without Rollins.

Women ranked 5th

(11-01-2022 07:38 PM)Springboromark Wrote:  I think the overall guard play, maybe better this year, even without Rollins.

I agree. We are deeper and experienced at all positions. A little bit of me says "what if" Rollins would have stayed one more year with all starters back. It could have been special. But nonetheless we may have more horses to make a deep season run to the tournament title.

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