FBCB Interactive Coaches Dynasty

[collegesportsfanms]

Before I finish up the spreadsheets, we've got some offseason business to take care of. So let's get it going.

2015-2016 National Awards

Boston College head coach Alex Donovan was named National Coach of the Year, congrats to him! Also, the Eagles put SO Isidoro Bugnata on the All-NCAA 3rd Team.

Iowa JR Ronald Chiang made the all-NCAA 3rd Team.

2015-2016 Conference Awards

No awards for Hartford.

Maine put SR Kenneth Saylor on the America East 1st Team, SO Brian Wilke on the America East 2nd Team, and Charley Nadler and Jonathan Crooks on the America East All-Freshman Team.

Charlotte had the Atlantic 10 Freshman of the Year in Anibal Leyva. He also made the Atlantic 10 All-Freshman Team along with Joseph Standifer.

Boston College head coach Alex Donovan was named ACC Coach of the Year. James Greer was named ACC Freshman of the Year and also made the ACC All-Frosh Team, along with Stephen Seavey. Greer also made the ACC First Team, and SR Nicholas Bow made the ACC 2nd Team.

Colorado put SR Jack Harrell on the Big 12 1st Team.

Louisville put SR Daniel Rosas on the Big East 2nd Team, as well as putting Larry Foster on the Big East All-Freshman Team.

High Point put SO Dustin Zahn and SR Newton Huff on the Big South 1st Team. Also, SR Daniel Cahill made the Big South 2nd Team, and Stephan Gabriel made the Big South All-Freshman Team.

Iowa head coach Ernesto Lopez was named Big 10 Coach of the Year. JR SG Ronald Chiang was named Big 10 Player of the Year as well as making the Big 10 1st Team. Also making the Big 10 1st Team was FR Achille Debouvines. Debouvines also was named Big 10 Freshman of the Year and made the Big 10 All-Freshman Team.

No awards for Penn State.

Cal Poly put SR Charles Fears and JR Cristopher Roy on the Big West 2nd Team, while Geraldo Cabrera made the Big West All-Freshman Team.

UTEP head coach Jeeber Mack was named Conference USA Coach of the Year, and JR Michale Chism made the C-USA 2nd Team.

Wright State put SR Herb Brown on the Horizon 1st Team, JR Stefan Gehrke on the Horizon 2nd Team, and Terry Erickson on the Horizon All-Freshman Team.

Central Michigan put SR Jayson Davis on the MAC 2nd Team.

No awards for Evansville.

Bryant put SR Lee Elmer on the Northeast 2nd Team and Benito Jones on the Northeast All-Freshman Team.

Monmouth put SR Richard Thielen on the Northeast 2nd Team.

UCLA SO Toby Miller on the Pac 10 2nd Team.

Davidson put JR Richard Goddard and SR Harlan Wright on the Southern 2nd Team.

Hawaii put JR Robin Jack on the WAC 1st Team and Gabriel Jarmon on the WAC All-Freshman Team.

Oregon State put SR Gerard Smith on the WAC 2nd Team and George Guimond on the WAC All-Freshman Team.

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2015-2016 Recruiting Class Rankings

Hartford had the 204th best class in the nation, good for 4th in the America East.

Maine had the 294th best class in the nation, good for 6th in the America East.

Charlotte had the 194th best class in the nation, good for 11th in the Atlantic 10.

Boston College had the 33rd best class in the nation, good for 7th in the ACC.

Colorado had the 100th best class in the nation, good for 8th in the Big 12.

Louisville had the 16th best class in the nation, but only good for 4th in the Big East.

High Point had the 162nd best class in the nation, good for 4th in the Big South.

Iowa had the 276th best class in the nation, good for 10th in the Big 10.

Penn State had the 304th best class in the nation, last in the Big 10.

Cal Poly had the 252nd best class in the nation, good for 7th in the Big West.

UTEP had the 123rd best class in the nation, good for 7th in Conference USA.

Wright State had the 69th best class in the nation, 2nd in the Horizon. I think it's really wrong though, because the Raiders had the only 4 star recruit in the conference.

Central Michigan had the 298th best class in the nation, last in the MAC.

Evansville had the 284th best class in the nation, good for 9th in the MVC.

Monmouth had the 84th best class in the nation, tops in the Northeast.

Bryant had the 319th best class in the nation, last in the Northeast.

UCLA had the 3rd best class in the nation, tops in the Pac 10.

Davidson had the 126th best class in the nation, good for 3rd in the Southern.

Oregon State had the 96th best class in the nation, good for 5th in the WAC.

Hawaii had the 214th best class in the nation, good for 8th in the WAC.

[collegesportsfanms]

No conference movement this season, but we do have 1 coach who has had their skill improve. Alex Donovan of Boston College is now at level 8. Sirfozzie let me know how you want his 20 extra points distributed.

Also, sirfozzie, your coach Alex Donovan has received several job offers: Georgetown, Marquette, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Providence, and Virginia Tech. I would rule out VA Tech right away, as it is just staying in the same conference but with a way worse team. You could go bug Kuji Chagulia in the Big East, although I wouldn't go to Providence. Notre Dame has a prestige of 85 and is clearly the best of those Big East offers. Or there's always Michigan St. If you want info on any of the schools, let me know, or if your mind is made up to stay at Boston College, let me know.

Also, Patrick Hutt had the exact same offers as Alex Donovan. Zinto, let me know what you're thinking.

Ernesto Lopez also got offers from Marquette, Minnesota, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech. What are you thinking JAG?

Jeeber Mack got some different offers at least. Fresno State, George Washington, and San Diego State. It's up to you if you want to consider any of those JeeberD, but you're better off at UTEP in my opinion.

That's it for the offers, I'll send out PMs to those people that got offers.

[cmp]

Ouch. Central isn't looking good with that recruiting class.

[JAG]

Ernesto Lopez also got offers from Marquette, Minnesota, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech. What are you thinking JAG?

Please accept the Notre Dame job.

[Zinto]

Patrick will stick around at UCLA

[collegesportsfanms]

So Ernesto is going to Notre Dame, and Patrick is staying at UCLA. I'm still waiting to hear from:

sirfozzie
JeeberD

I'll send them a PM and if I haven't heard from them by the end of the weekend, I'll keep them where they are at.

[collegesportsfanms]

Alright guys, the moment you've all been waiting for, attached are all 4 spreadsheets of coach info through the first 5 seasons.

The first spreadsheet is record and 20+ win seasons, plus regular season and conf tourney titles. The other part of it is the in-season 8 team tourneys, and how your teams finished.

Second spreadsheet is for the 4 team and 16 team tourneys, again, this is just a way to know how every team finished in every tournament they played in.

Third spreadsheet is season awards. I have it broken down by freshman of year, coach of year and player of year for national and conference level, and then 1st team, 2nd team, and All-Freshman Team for national and conference level, as well as national 3rd team. If any of your teams had a player who got an award or made an all whatever team, it'll be noted.

And finally, the fourth spreadsheet is postseason tournaments. Now, I did fudge on this one a little bit, as there was no way enough space for me to break down every possible finish for every tournament, so for the smaller tourneys (CBI, CIT) I'm only tracking appearances and championships. I may add runner-ups to those at some point. For the NIT, I'm tracking appearances, Final Fours, and Championships. Again, I may add Runner-up. There was no way I was going to do lose in First Round, etc etc for the postseason tourneys. And for the NCAA, I'm tracking appearances, Sweet Sixteens, Final Fours, and Championships.

A couple notes, any column that has a blank is basically a zero. I didn't want to fill the spreadsheet up with a ton of zeroes, so if you don't have a number in a column, consider it a zero. Also, with the postseason tournaments, Kuji Chagulia will see a 1 in the NCAA S16, E8, F4, and Championship columns. They are all separate accomplishments, and even though they happened all the same year, he still gets credit for all of them since they are really different accomplishments. I hope that makes sense. Any questions, feel free to ask. As soon as I hear back from the other 2 coaches (or sometime this weekend, whichever) I'll move forward with the next season.

[collegesportsfanms]

Something I've decided to do in-between seasons, along with the spreadsheets, is give an update on the 3 biggest overachieving teams and coaches and the 3 biggest underachieving teams and coaches every season. By this I mean, which 3 teams had the biggest increase in record from the last 2 seasons, and which 3 teams had the biggest decrease in record. Obviously this will be a challenge when we have new coaches (which we have 2 of this season) and when coaches change jobs (we'll have at least 1 this offseason). Not sure how I'll work that, but I'll worry about that later. For now, let's give a quick rundown of the results for this offseason.

Top 3 Overachievers

#1- Jawouk Bafou (Oregon State) -- Took the Beavers from an 11-20 record 2 seasons ago to a 24-10 record and an NCAA Tournament berth last season.
#2- Alex Donovan (Boston College) -- The Eagles were 22-12 a couple seasons ago, not shabby at all, but last season they were 32-4 and made it to the Sweet Sixteen.
#3- DeShawn St. John (Cal Poly) -- 2 seasons ago, the Mustangs were a dismal 8-23. Last season, they finished 15-15 and definitely look to be on the way up. Unfortunately, this might mean that the goals for Coach St. John could get a little tougher.

Top 3 Underachievers

#1- Randolph Childress (Davidson) -- Easily the most disappointing finish, as Randolph passed up several tempted job opportunities to continue the success he's had at Davidson. 2 seasons ago, they were 24-9. Last season, they limped to a 14-18 finish and didn't even sniff the postseason. There will be a ton of pressure on Randolph to get the Wildcats back to where they were 2 seasons ago.
#2- Kuji Chagulia (Louisville) -- The Cardinals are a couple seasons removed from a national championship, but my how the pieces have fallen. 2 seasons ago they were 25-9, last season they were 15-14 and missed the postseason. Another season like that, and coach Kuji may be looking for a new job.
#3- Rob Nielsen (Colorado) -- The Buffaloes seemed to have been making major strides to being a Big 12 competitor, as 2 seasons ago they were 21-13. Last season they were just 13-17, and took several steps back in the Big 12. Fortunately, Coach Nielsen has a pretty cool seat, but he's got to at least get Colorado back in the top half of the Big 12 and in contention for postseason year after year.

[collegesportsfanms]

Still waiting to hear from sirfozzie and JeeberD, I've sent them both PMs. If I haven't heard from them by tomorrow night, I will leave them where they are at and I'll divide Alex Donovan's 20 bonus points up equally.

sirfozzie and JeeberD, get back with me by tomorrow. Thanks.

[collegesportsfanms]

As I have not heard from sirfozzie or JeeberD yet, I'll be keeping them where they are at, and I'll be spreading Alex Donovans bonus points evenly. Moving on to the 2nd round of head coach movement:

Alex Donovan got offers from Iowa, Michigan, and Oregon. As sirfozzie didn't respond the first time, I'm hesistant to wait for a response the second time around, but to be fair I will shoot him another PM and hopefully this time he'll give me a decision.

Patrick Hutt also got offers from Iowa, Michigan, and Oregon. I see no reason for him to move, but if he wants to, the choice is his.

Jeeber Mack got offers from Dayton, Iowa, Michigan, Oregon, Providence, and St. Josephs. I'll send JeeberD a PM and see if I get a response.

So, we're at a stall again. 3 coaches have offers, and I'll give it until either tomorrow night or Friday night before I move forward.

[Zinto]

Patrick won't take any of those jobs.

[bbgunn]

Love the spreadsheets! Thank you very much. I forgot how high Kuji Chagulia was riding at Louisville, seeing that the Cardinals are not doing much lately.

[collegesportsfanms]

Love the spreadsheets! Thank you very much. I forgot how high Kuji Chagulia was riding at Louisville, seeing that the Cardinals are not doing much lately.

Thanks for reading and being a devoted follower. I figured the spreadsheets were a great way to let everybody know where they stood. It's extra work for me, but so what. I enjoy doing it. As always, the frustrating part of an interactive dynasty is when you are waiting for people to give you their decisions. lol. Most everybody does a great job of letting me know though. Glad you're enjoying

[collegesportsfanms]

I might hold off on starting the next season until Monday, as it is my birthday weekend coming up and it'll be quite busy. Plus, I'm still waiting on decisions from sirfozzie and JeeberD

[SirFozzie]

Stay at BC for the year. :)

[collegesportsfanms]

Stay at BC for the year. :)

How would you like your coach Alex Donovan to spread his 20 bonus points around?

[collegesportsfanms]

If all goes well, I'll be getting into the next season tomorrow. I need to finish up the current season of the FBCB Player Dynasty today, and then look into buying FBPB for any of the players that might go pro. That's my focus tonight. Tomorrow, unless a new coach has job offers, I'll get into the next season with coach hotseat ratings and preseason tournaments. Stay tuned!

[collegesportsfanms]

So we had 1 of our FOFC coaches change jobs, as Ernesto Lopez has gone from Iowa to Notre Dame. We also have 2 new coaches, bringing the total to 22.

Payten Carrano is our first female coach, and she will be starting her career at Norfolk State.

Brett Hawkins will be taking over at Troy.

2016-2017 FOFC Coach Hotseat Ratings

David Ginsberg (Hartford) -- The seat is average again for David, but the goal remains the same, a .500 or better finish in the America East.

Cillian O'Reilly (Maine) -- The seat is still average for Cillian, and the goal is still to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Timmy Tribble (Charlotte) -- The seat is average for Timmy, and the board wants the 49ers to compete for the A-10 title.

Alex Donovan (Boston College) -- Obviously the seat is nice and cool for Alex, and the goal isn't unreasonable, all the board wants is an ACC championship.

Rob Nielsen (Colorado) -- The seat is average for Rob, and the board wants the Buffaloes in a postseason tournament.

Kuji Chagulia (Louisville) -- Even after a disastrous last season, Kuji is still on a cool seat, but the goal remains a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

Ernesto Lopez (Notre Dame) -- New job for Ernesto, and he starts on an average seat. Board wants the Irish to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

Roy Rogers (High Point) -- Cool seat for Roy, goal is to win the Big South title.

Tim Sheppard (Penn State) -- Average seat for Tim, goal is to play in a postseason tournament.

DeShawn St. John (Cal Poly) -- The success of last season has gotten DeShawn some grace, as his seat is back down to average, and the board still wants nothing more than a .500 or better record in Big West play.

Jeeber Mack (UTEP) -- Cool seat for Jeeber, goal is to compete for the C-USA title.

Shane Korme (Wright State) -- Average seat for Shane, goal is still to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Cannon Pace (Central Michigan) -- Average seat for Cannon, goal is to finish .500 or better in the MAC.

Payten Carrano (Norfolk State) -- Payten is coming in with a lofty goal, but an average seat. With Norfolks success last season the board wants Payten to lead them to the NCAA Tournament.

Ekeje Bafou (Evansville) -- Average seat for Ekeje, goal remains avoid last place in the MVC.

Score Galore (Bryant) -- Average seat for Score, goal is to avoid last place in the Northeast.

Thomas Carrano (Monmouth) -- Average seat for Thomas, goal is for Monmouth to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Patrick Hutt (UCLA) -- Cool seat for Patrick, and I'm still convinced cool is as low as it goes. The goal is lofty though, a Final Four appearance.

Randolph Childress (Davidson) -- Average seat now for Randolph, goal is to win the Southern championship.

Brett Hawkins (Troy) -- Average seat to start for Brett, goal is to win the Sun Belt.

B.B. Gunn (Hawaii) -- The pressure is on for B.B. who is on a warm seat now, yet the board continues to push for an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Jawouk Bafou (Oregon State) -- Not much is expected out of Jawouk this season, as he's on an average seat, but the goal is just to finish .500 or better in the WAC.

[collegesportsfanms]

2016 Season Tournaments

Colorado will be the 4th seed in the 2016 Alaska Invitational and will open up against 5th seed Hofstra.

Louisville will be the 3rd seed in the 16 team 2016 Coaches Invitational and will open up against 14th seed Louisiana Tech.

UCLA will be the top seed in the 4 team 2016 College Classic and will open up against 4th seed Weber State.

Oregon State will be the 8th seed in the 16 team 2016 GDS Classic and will open up against 9th seed South Florida.

Monmouth will be the 16th seed in the 16 team 2016 GDS Classic and will open up against top seed Xavier.

Penn State will be the 2nd seed in the 2016 Island Invitational and will open up against 7th seed St. Bonaventure.

Wright State will be the 3rd seed in the 2016 Island Invitational and will open up against 6th seed Cal St. Northridge.

Notre Dame will be the top seed in the 2016 Las Vegas Challenge and will open up against 8th seed San Jose State.

Charlotte will be the 6th seed in the 2016 Maui Shootout and will open up against 3rd seed Nevada.

Boston College will be the 2nd seed in the 2016 Paradise Shootout and will open up against 7th seed South Carolina.

Norfolk State will be the 16th seed in the 2016 Preseason NIT and will open up against top seed Tennessee.

Davidson will be the 3rd seed in the 2016 Rainbow Invitational and will open up against 6th seed Loyola Marymount.

Evansville will be the 7th seed in the 2016 Rainbow Invitational and will open up against 2nd seed St. Johns.

UTEP will be the 4th seed in the 2016 San Juan Classic and will open up against 5th seed Baylor.

Hawaii will be the 5th seed in the 2016 Top of the Globe Invitational and will open up against 4th seed Penn.

Troy will be the 2nd seed in the 4 team 2016 Vision Classic and will up against 3rd seed James Madison.

Not bad at all, 16 of our 22 FOFC coached teams get a season tournament.

[collegesportsfanms]

[collegesportsfanms]

2016 Preseason Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (62) 0-0 1790 5 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (10) 0-0 1736 21 Big Ten Conference
3. Ohio State 0-0 1614 NR Big Ten Conference
4. Mississippi 0-0 1532 NR Southeastern Conference
5. Kansas 0-0 1491 9 Big 12 Conference
6. Duke 0-0 1489 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Oklahoma State 0-0 1362 14 Big 12 Conference
8. Mississippi State 0-0 1245 NR Southeastern Conference
9. Texas 0-0 1224 4 Big 12 Conference
10. Kentucky 0-0 1125 10 Southeastern Conference
11. Florida 0-0 993 3 Southeastern Conference
12. Maryland 0-0 951 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
13. North Carolina 0-0 837 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Wake Forest 0-0 776 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Georgetown 0-0 679 NR Big East Conference
16. Connecticut 0-0 618 NR Big East Conference
17. Syracuse 0-0 618 NR Big East Conference
18. Southern California 0-0 613 NR Pacific-10 Conference
19. Pittsburgh 0-0 497 12 Big East Conference
20. Tennessee 0-0 413 7 Southeastern Conference
21. Arizona 0-0 392 8 Pacific-10 Conference
22. Wisconsin 0-0 387 NR Big Ten Conference
23. Missouri 0-0 344 NR Big 12 Conference
24. Creighton 0-0 130 NR Missouri Valley Conference
25. Miami 0-0 105 20 Atlantic Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UCLA 0-0 66 Pacific-10 Conference
Texas A&M 0-0 44 Big 12 Conference
Central Florida 0-0 33 Conference USA
Stanford 0-0 26 Pacific-10 Conference
Butler 0-0 24 Horizon League
Georgia Tech 0-0 23 Atlantic Coast Conference
Nevada 0-0 20 Western Athletic Conference
Oklahoma 0-0 18 Big 12 Conference
Notre Dame 0-0 17 Big East Conference
California 0-0 14 Pacific-10 Conference
Purdue 0-0 14 Big Ten Conference
Indiana 0-0 13 Big Ten Conference
Iowa State 0-0 13 Big 12 Conference
Valparaiso 0-0 12 Horizon League
Indiana State 0-0 11 Missouri Valley Conference
IUPUI 0-0 10 Summit League
Evansville 0-0 9 Missouri Valley Conference
Loyola-Maryland 0-0 8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Ball State 0-0 7 Mid-American Conference
George Washington 0-0 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
IPFW 0-0 6 Summit League
Towson 0-0 6 Colonial Athletic Association
West Virginia 0-0 5 Big East Conference
St. John's 0-0 4 Big East Conference
Vermont 0-0 4 America East Conference
American 0-0 3 Patriot League
Marquette 0-0 3 Big East Conference
UMBC 0-0 3 America East Conference
Xavier 0-0 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
Alabama 0-0 2 Southeastern Conference
Boston College 0-0 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
Memphis 0-0 2 Conference USA
Siena 0-0 2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
South Carolina 0-0 2 Southeastern Conference
Coppin State 0-0 1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Illinois 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference
Michigan 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference

2 surprises, as none of our teams are in the top 25, and Evansville is receiving more votes in the coaches poll than Boston College. Must mean more is expected out of Evansville than BC this season.

[collegesportsfanms]

2016 Preseason Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Creighton (42) 0-0 1560 24 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Nevada (12) 0-0 1343 1 Western Athletic Conference
3. Central Florida (8) 0-0 1230 22 Conference USA
4. Memphis 0-0 987 NR Conference USA
5. Butler (1) 0-0 960 NR Horizon League
6. Xavier 0-0 846 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Dayton 0-0 659 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Brigham Young 0-0 636 3 Mountain West Conference
9. Temple (2) 0-0 631 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Southern Illinois 0-0 579 2 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Utah 0-0 544 4 Mountain West Conference
12. Gonzaga 0-0 480 NR Western Athletic Conference
13. UAB (1) 0-0 456 13 Conference USA
14. Tulsa 0-0 429 NR Conference USA
15. Saint Joseph's 0-0 399 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. New Mexico 0-0 382 NR Mountain West Conference
17. Saint Louis 0-0 374 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Missouri State 0-0 339 NR Missouri Valley Conference
19. Kent State 0-0 308 15 Mid-American Conference
20. UTEP 0-0 288 7 Conference USA
21. UNLV 0-0 285 NR Mountain West Conference
22. Northern Iowa 0-0 256 NR Missouri Valley Conference
23. Siena (2) 0-0 225 14 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
24. Charlotte 0-0 218 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Valparaiso 0-0 218 NR Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
Rhode Island 0-0 199 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hofstra 0-0 197 Colonial Athletic Association
Bradley 0-0 185 Missouri Valley Conference
Richmond 0-0 174 Atlantic 10 Conference
San Diego State 0-0 170 Mountain West Conference
Iona 0-0 161 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Marshall 0-0 155 Conference USA
Milwaukee 0-0 155 Horizon League
Boise State 0-0 152 Western Athletic Conference
Fresno State 0-0 152 Western Athletic Conference
La Salle 0-0 149 Atlantic 10 Conference
Fairfield 0-0 148 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Southern Mississippi 0-0 145 Conference USA
VCU 0-0 143 Colonial Athletic Association
Houston 0-0 140 Conference USA
Massachusetts 0-0 139 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Kentucky 0-0 134 Sun Belt Conference
Niagara 0-0 133 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Duquesne 0-0 132 Atlantic 10 Conference
Saint Mary's 0-0 129 West Coast Conference
New Mexico State 0-0 127 Western Athletic Conference
Wright State 0-0 125 Horizon League
Old Dominion 0-0 120 Colonial Athletic Association
St. Bonaventure 0-0 114 Atlantic 10 Conference
George Washington 0-0 111 Atlantic 10 Conference
College of Charleston 0-0 109 Sun Belt Conference
Manhattan 0-0 100 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
George Mason 0-0 97 Colonial Athletic Association
Illinois State 0-0 91 Missouri Valley Conference
Oregon State 0-0 91 Western Athletic Conference
Florida International 0-0 88 Sun Belt Conference
Middle Tennessee 0-0 88 Sun Belt Conference
Fordham 0-0 87 Atlantic 10 Conference
Jacksonville 0-0 83 Atlantic Sun Conference
Loyola-Maryland 0-0 83 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Wyoming 0-0 83 Mountain West Conference
South Alabama 0-0 78 Sun Belt Conference
Illinois-Chicago 0-0 77 Horizon League
Louisiana Tech 0-0 77 Western Athletic Conference
Santa Clara 0-0 77 West Coast Conference
Stetson 0-0 77 Atlantic Sun Conference
IUPUI 0-0 74 Summit League
UNC Wilmington 0-0 72 Colonial Athletic Association
Pennsylvania 0-0 71 Ivy League
Towson 0-0 70 Colonial Athletic Association
Tulane 0-0 69 Conference USA
Florida Atlantic 0-0 68 Southern Conference
Hawaii 0-0 68 Western Athletic Conference
Northeastern 0-0 68 Colonial Athletic Association
San Diego 0-0 65 West Coast Conference
Coppin State 0-0 63 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Rider 0-0 63 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UMBC 0-0 63 America East Conference
Wichita State 0-0 63 Missouri Valley Conference
San Jose State 0-0 62 Western Athletic Conference
Davidson 0-0 61 Southern Conference
Oakland 0-0 61 Summit League
Mount St. Mary's 0-0 60 Northeast Conference
Indiana State 0-0 58 Missouri Valley Conference
North Florida 0-0 58 Atlantic Sun Conference
Morgan State 0-0 56 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Bethune-Cookman 0-0 54 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Navy 0-0 53 Patriot League
Detroit 0-0 52 Horizon League
Loyola Marymount 0-0 51 West Coast Conference
UL-Lafayette 0-0 51 Sun Belt Conference
Florida A&M 0-0 50 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Maryland-East Shore 0-0 50 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Canisius 0-0 49 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Cornell 0-0 49 Ivy League
Miami-Ohio 0-0 47 Mid-American Conference
Air Force 0-0 46 Mountain West Conference
Florida Gulf Coast 0-0 46 Big South Conference
Albany 0-0 43 America East Conference
Idaho 0-0 43 West Coast Conference
Vermont 0-0 43 America East Conference
Marist 0-0 42 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Boston University 0-0 41 America East Conference
Cal State Northridge 0-0 41 Big West Conference
Idaho State 0-0 41 Big Sky Conference
Yale 0-0 41 Ivy League
Arkansas-Little Rock 0-0 40 Sun Belt Conference
Evansville 0-0 40 Missouri Valley Conference
Buffalo 0-0 39 Mid-American Conference
Hartford 0-0 39 America East Conference
Ball State 0-0 38 Mid-American Conference
Cleveland State 0-0 38 Horizon League
Binghamton 0-0 37 America East Conference
Central Connecticut State 0-0 37 Northeast Conference
Colorado State 0-0 36 Mountain West Conference
IPFW 0-0 36 Summit League
Montana 0-0 36 Big Sky Conference
Austin Peay 0-0 35 Ohio Valley Conference
Sacred Heart 0-0 35 Northeast Conference
Drexel 0-0 34 Colonial Athletic Association
Harvard 0-0 34 Ivy League
Holy Cross 0-0 34 Patriot League
Quinnipiac 0-0 33 Northeast Conference
Stony Brook 0-0 32 America East Conference
San Francisco 0-0 31 West Coast Conference
Pacific 0-0 30 Big West Conference
Troy 0-0 30 Sun Belt Conference
UC Santa Barbara 0-0 26 Big West Conference
East Tennessee State 0-0 25 Atlantic Sun Conference
American 0-0 24 Patriot League
Colgate 0-0 24 Patriot League
Pepperdine 0-0 24 West Coast Conference
Columbia 0-0 23 Ivy League
Howard 0-0 23 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 22 Big West Conference
Drake 0-0 22 Missouri Valley Conference
Arkansas State 0-0 20 Sun Belt Conference
Samford 0-0 20 Southern Conference
Texas Christian 0-0 20 Mountain West Conference
Wagner 0-0 20 Northeast Conference
Western Michigan 0-0 20 Mid-American Conference
Weber State 0-0 19 Big Sky Conference
Murray State 0-0 18 Ohio Valley Conference
UC Irvine 0-0 18 Big West Conference
UMKC 0-0 18 Summit League
Alabama State 0-0 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Central Michigan 0-0 17 Mid-American Conference
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-0 16 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Eastern Michigan 0-0 16 Mid-American Conference
Jacksonville State 0-0 16 Ohio Valley Conference
Lafayette 0-0 16 Patriot League
Alabama A&M 0-0 15 Southwestern Athletic Conference
St. Francis-PA 0-0 15 Northeast Conference
Central Arkansas 0-0 15 Southland Conference
Bucknell 0-0 14 Patriot League
Long Beach State 0-0 14 Big West Conference
Lehigh 0-0 13 Patriot League
Long Island 0-0 13 Northeast Conference
Cal Poly 0-0 12 Big West Conference
Robert Morris 0-0 12 Northeast Conference
Green Bay 0-0 12 Horizon League
Army 0-0 11 Patriot League
Southeast Missouri State 0-0 11 Ohio Valley Conference
Belmont 0-0 10 Atlantic Sun Conference
UC Davis 0-0 10 Big West Conference
St. Francis-NY 0-0 9 Northeast Conference
Portland 0-0 8 West Coast Conference
East Carolina 0-0 7 Conference USA
Oral Roberts 0-0 7 Summit League
Sacramento State 0-0 7 Big Sky Conference
UC Riverside 0-0 6 Big West Conference
Winthrop 0-0 6 Atlantic Sun Conference
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 5 Independent
Delaware 0-0 4 Colonial Athletic Association
Georgia State 0-0 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Bowling Green 0-0 1 Mid-American Conference

These first editions of the mid-major poll are just weird. You'd have thought Evansville would have been in the mid-major top 25 since they received votes in the coaches poll, but no, they are a ways down there. I just don't put much stock into them.

[Grover]

Great to see Charlotte in the mid-major top 25!

[collegesportsfanms]

As a reminder, I'm doing things differently this season. Instead of doing a full in-season tournament recap and starting the weekly reports towards the end of the year, I will be starting weekly reports with the first week of the season. In an effort to keep it going quicker, I will probably not do the little sentence recap for each team unless it is something really important, like winning a tournament or a huge winning streak. Unless you guys like those little short sentence long weekly recaps, then I'll keep them in. For this first couple weeks though, I'll go without.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 6-14, 2016

With the season starting on a Sunday, I decided to make this first post 8 days instead of just a week. No reason to have that first Sunday as a totally separate post.

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

No games this week.

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

11/13/16 vs. Colgate (W 81-66).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

No games this week.

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

11/13/16- Paradise Shootout First Round vs. (7) South Carolina (L 81-69).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

No games this week.

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

11/6/16- Coaches Invitational First Round vs. (14) Louisiana Tech (W 75-63).
11/7-16- Coaches Invitational Quarterfinals vs. (11) St. Marys (L 74-71).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

No games this week.

High Point (Roy Rogers)

11/13/16 vs. Elon (L 77-67).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

No games this week.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

No games this week.

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

No games this week.

Wright State (Shane Korme)

No games this week.

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

No games this week.

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

11/10/16- Preseason NIT First Round vs. (1) #20 Tennessee (L 90-55).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

No games this week.

Bryant (Score Galore)

No games this week.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

11/8/16- GDS Classic First Round vs. (1) Xavier (L 67-52).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

11/7/16- College Classic Semifinal vs. (4) Weber State (W 76-55).
11/6/16- College Classic Championship vs. (3) Virginia Tech (L 65-48).
11/13/16 at San Diego (L 76-71).

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

11/13/16 vs. Georgia State (W 71-60)

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

11/8/16- Vision Classic Semifinal vs. (3) James Madison (L 72-62).
11/10/16- Vision Classic Consolation vs. (1) Kansas State (W 63-32).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

11/13/16- Top of the Globe Invitational First Round vs. (4) Penn (W 69-67)

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

11/8/16- GDS Classic First Round vs. (9) South Florida (W 69-53)
11/10/16- GDS Classic Quarterfinals vs. (1) Xavier (L 83-46)

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (70) 2-0 1798 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (2) 0-0 1710 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Duke 3-0 1646 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. Mississippi 1-0 1521 4 Southeastern Conference
5. Oklahoma State 2-0 1487 7 Big 12 Conference
6. Texas 3-0 1465 9 Big 12 Conference
7. Kansas 0-0 1394 5 Big 12 Conference
8. Mississippi State 2-0 1310 8 Southeastern Conference
9. Kentucky 1-0 1182 10 Southeastern Conference
10. Maryland 2-0 1151 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Florida 1-0 1037 11 Southeastern Conference
12. Arizona 2-0 927 21 Pacific-10 Conference
13. Georgetown 1-0 847 15 Big East Conference
14. Connecticut 1-0 776 16 Big East Conference
15. Syracuse 1-0 765 17 Big East Conference
16. North Carolina 0-0 754 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Southern California 0-0 575 18 Pacific-10 Conference
18. Missouri 1-0 572 23 Big 12 Conference
19. Pittsburgh 0-0 522 19 Big East Conference
20. Ohio State 2-1 398 3 Big Ten Conference
21. Central Florida 2-0 293 NR Conference USA
22. Miami 0-0 208 25 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. California 1-0 169 NR Pacific-10 Conference
24. Nevada 0-0 115 NR Western Athletic Conference
25. Xavier 2-0 103 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 2-0 100 Big Ten Conference
Stanford 0-0 86 Pacific-10 Conference
Oklahoma 1-0 57 Big 12 Conference
Butler 1-0 56 Horizon League
Georgia Tech 0-0 43 Atlantic Coast Conference
Illinois State 2-0 29 Missouri Valley Conference
Marquette 1-0 21 Big East Conference
South Carolina 1-0 19 Southeastern Conference
Towson 1-0 16 Colonial Athletic Association
West Virginia 0-0 14 Big East Conference
Coppin State 1-0 13 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Notre Dame 0-0 13 Big East Conference
Virginia Tech 2-0 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
Indiana 0-0 12 Big Ten Conference
Indiana State 0-0 11 Missouri Valley Conference
Mount St. Mary's 1-0 11 Northeast Conference
St. John's 0-0 11 Big East Conference
Evansville 0-0 9 Missouri Valley Conference
Fairfield 2-0 8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Vermont 0-0 8 America East Conference
Ball State 0-0 7 Mid-American Conference
Florida State 0-0 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
George Washington 0-0 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Loyola-Maryland 0-0 7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Minnesota 1-0 7 Big Ten Conference
Utah State 1-0 7 Pacific-10 Conference
Albany 1-0 6 America East Conference
Cornell 1-0 6 Ivy League
Hofstra 0-0 6 Colonial Athletic Association
Fresno State 1-0 5 Western Athletic Conference
Harvard 2-0 5 Ivy League
IPFW 0-0 5 Summit League
Providence 1-0 5 Big East Conference
UAB 1-0 5 Conference USA
Jacksonville 1-0 4 Atlantic Sun Conference
Memphis 0-0 4 Conference USA
San Diego 1-0 4 West Coast Conference
Tulsa 1-0 4 Conference USA
Alabama 0-0 3 Southeastern Conference
Gonzaga 1-0 3 Western Athletic Conference
Morgan State 0-0 3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Auburn 0-0 2 Southeastern Conference
Boise State 1-0 2 Western Athletic Conference
Manhattan 0-0 2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Massachusetts 1-0 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
Tulane 2-0 2 Conference USA
Kent State 1-0 1 Mid-American Conference
Long Beach State 1-0 1 Big West Conference
Navy 0-0 1 Patriot League
Penn State 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference
Stetson 0-0 1 Atlantic Sun Conference

Still amazes me how some of the early season polls work.

[collegesportsfanms]

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (43) 2-0 1629 3 Conference USA
2. Nevada (7) 0-0 1360 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Xavier (12) 2-0 1241 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Butler (2) 1-0 1035 5 Horizon League
5. Memphis 0-0 994 4 Conference USA
6. Illinois State 2-0 924 NR Missouri Valley Conference
7. Fairfield (2) 2-0 847 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
8. Tulane 2-0 826 NR Conference USA
9. Gonzaga 1-0 692 12 Western Athletic Conference
10. Tulsa 1-0 622 14 Conference USA
11. UAB 1-0 613 13 Conference USA
12. Kent State 1-0 581 19 Mid-American Conference
13. UNLV 1-0 454 21 Mountain West Conference
14. Boise State 1-0 445 NR Western Athletic Conference
15. Harvard 2-0 442 NR Ivy League
16. Milwaukee 1-0 433 NR Horizon League
17. San Diego (1) 1-0 392 NR West Coast Conference
18. Miami-Ohio 1-0 359 NR Mid-American Conference
19. Fresno State 1-0 350 NR Western Athletic Conference
20. Utah 0-0 313 11 Mountain West Conference
21. Saint Louis 0-0 311 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. UTEP 0-0 263 20 Conference USA
23. Green Bay 1-0 253 NR Horizon League
24. Massachusetts 1-0 240 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. New Mexico 0-0 235 16 Mountain West Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Hawaii 1-0 212 Western Athletic Conference
Davidson 1-0 205 Southern Conference
Northeastern 1-0 198 Colonial Athletic Association
Albany 1-0 197 America East Conference
Wright State 0-0 190 Horizon League
Charlotte 0-0 185 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cornell 1-0 184 Ivy League
Towson 1-0 176 Colonial Athletic Association
Hofstra 0-0 174 Colonial Athletic Association
Wichita State 0-0 172 Missouri Valley Conference
Jacksonville 1-0 170 Atlantic Sun Conference
Detroit 0-0 157 Horizon League
Cleveland State 0-0 154 Horizon League
Indiana State 0-0 154 Missouri Valley Conference
East Carolina 1-0 135 Conference USA
Duquesne 0-0 133 Atlantic 10 Conference
Southern Mississippi 0-0 132 Conference USA
Western Kentucky 0-0 125 Sun Belt Conference
San Diego State 0-0 122 Mountain West Conference
Coppin State 1-0 112 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
George Washington 0-0 111 Atlantic 10 Conference
St. Bonaventure 0-0 108 Atlantic 10 Conference
Evansville 0-0 107 Missouri Valley Conference
Manhattan 0-0 106 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Appalachian State 1-0 104 Southern Conference
Bowling Green 0-0 104 Mid-American Conference
Rice 0-0 101 Conference USA
College of Charleston 0-0 100 Sun Belt Conference
Mount St. Mary's 1-0 97 Northeast Conference
Portland 1-0 97 West Coast Conference
New Mexico State 0-0 92 Western Athletic Conference
New Orleans 1-0 92 Sun Belt Conference
Maine 1-0 87 America East Conference
Santa Clara 0-0 82 West Coast Conference
Long Beach State 1-0 81 Big West Conference
Akron 0-0 80 Mid-American Conference
UL-Lafayette 0-0 78 Sun Belt Conference
Fordham 0-0 76 Atlantic 10 Conference
Loyola-Maryland 0-0 75 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rider 0-0 72 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Arkansas-Little Rock 0-0 71 Sun Belt Conference
Wyoming 0-0 71 Mountain West Conference
Montana State 1-0 69 Big Sky Conference
Stetson 0-0 69 Atlantic Sun Conference
Wagner 1-0 69 Northeast Conference
Cal State Northridge 0-0 67 Big West Conference
San Jose State 0-0 66 Western Athletic Conference
Florida Atlantic 0-0 65 Southern Conference
North Florida 0-0 62 Atlantic Sun Conference
Florida A&M 0-0 59 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Morgan State 0-0 58 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Murray State 0-0 56 Ohio Valley Conference
Florida Gulf Coast 0-0 56 Big South Conference
Elon 1-0 54 Southern Conference
Navy 0-0 54 Patriot League
Air Force 0-0 52 Mountain West Conference
Pacific 0-0 52 Big West Conference
Vermont 0-0 52 America East Conference
Canisius 0-0 48 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
North Texas 0-0 48 Sun Belt Conference
Quinnipiac 1-0 45 Northeast Conference
Drexel 0-0 44 Colonial Athletic Association
Marist 0-0 44 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Idaho State 0-0 41 Big Sky Conference
Ball State 0-0 40 Mid-American Conference
Pepperdine 0-0 40 West Coast Conference
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 38 Big West Conference
IPFW 0-0 38 Summit League
Western Michigan 0-0 38 Mid-American Conference
Yale 0-0 38 Ivy League
Stephen F. Austin 1-0 37 Southland Conference
Chattanooga 0-0 36 Southern Conference
Hartford 0-0 36 America East Conference
Long Island 0-0 36 Northeast Conference
Central Connecticut State 0-0 34 Northeast Conference
Army 0-0 33 Patriot League
St. Francis-PA 1-0 33 Northeast Conference
Holy Cross 0-0 31 Patriot League
Sacred Heart 0-0 31 Northeast Conference
Georgia Southern 0-0 30 Southern Conference
Lehigh 1-0 30 Patriot League
Centenary 0-0 27 Summit League
St. Francis-NY 0-0 27 Northeast Conference
Toledo 0-0 27 Mid-American Conference
Youngstown State 0-0 24 Horizon League
Kennesaw State 1-0 22 Atlantic Sun Conference
Alabama State 0-0 21 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alabama A&M 0-0 19 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Lafayette 0-0 19 Patriot League
Bucknell 0-0 18 Patriot League
Louisiana-Monroe 0-0 17 Sun Belt Conference
Mercer 0-0 17 Atlantic Sun Conference
Robert Morris 0-0 17 Northeast Conference
Central Michigan 0-0 16 Mid-American Conference
UMKC 0-0 16 Summit League
Eastern Michigan 0-0 15 Mid-American Conference
Cal Poly 0-0 13 Big West Conference
William & Mary 0-0 13 Colonial Athletic Association
UC Davis 0-0 12 Big West Conference
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-0 11 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Portland State 0-0 11 Big Sky Conference
Sacramento State 0-0 11 Big Sky Conference
UC Riverside 0-0 10 Big West Conference
Central Arkansas 0-0 10 Southland Conference
USC Upstate 1-0 10 Atlantic Sun Conference
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 9 Independent
Texas-Pan American 1-0 7 Great West Conference
Delaware 0-0 4 Colonial Athletic Association
Brown 0-0 3 Ivy League
Denver 0-0 3 Sun Belt Conference
Furman 0-0 3 Southern Conference
Sam Houston State 0-0 3 Southland Conference
Southeast Missouri State 0-0 3 Ohio Valley Conference

Even though it probably won't last, it's great to see so many of our FOFC teams getting votes in the mid-major polls.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 14-20, 2016

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

11/14/16 at Central Conn. State (L 72-62)
11/16/16 at Yale (W 69-67)

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

11/19/16 at Dartmouth (L 86-84, OT)

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

11/17/16- Maui Shootout First Round vs. (3) #24 Nevada (W 69-65).
11/18/16- Maui Shootout Semifinals vs. (2) #19 Pittsburgh (L 80-76).
11/19-16- Maui Shootout 3rd place Game vs. (4) Memphis (W 71-66).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

11/15/16- Paradise Shootout Consolation Game vs. (6) Richmond (W 74-72).
11/17/16- Paradise Shootout 5th place game vs. (8) UNC Wilmington (W 85-77).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

11/18/16- Alaska Invitational First Round vs. (5) Hofstra (L 76-64).
11/19/16- Alaska Invitational Consolation Semifinal vs. (8) Mercer (L 81-52).
11/20/16- Alaska Invitational 7th place Game vs. (6) Southern Miss (L 88-72).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

No games this week.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

11/14/16- Las Vegas Challenge First Round vs. (8) San Jose State (L 71-70).
11/16/16- Las Vegas Challenge Consolation Semifinal vs. (5) Western Kentucky (L 82-79).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

11/19/16 at Wofford (W 57-48).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

11/18/16- Island Invitational First Round vs. (7) St. Bonaventure (W 71-63).
11/20/16- Island Invitational Semifinal vs. (6) Cal St. Northridge (L 79-66).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

11/16/16 at #16 North Carolina (L 85-61).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

11/18/16 vs. Sam Houston State (L 61-56).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

11/18/16- Island Invitational First Round vs. (6) Cal St. Northridge (L 83-78).
11/20/16- Island Invitational Consolation Semifinals vs. (7) St. Bonaventure (W 67-51).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

11/14/16 vs. IPFW (L 66-59).
11/20/16 vs. Loyola-IL (W 46-43).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

No games this week.

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

11/14/16 vs. SIU Edwardsville (W 67-55).
11/18/16 at Northern Illinois (L 69-63).
11/20/16 at Vanderbilt (L 71-63).

Bryant (Score Galore)

11/15/16 at Weber State (L 65-57).
11/18/16 at Holy Cross (L 82-72).
11/20/16 at Boston University (L 98-74).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

No games this week.

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

11/17/16 vs. Niagara (W 85-65).

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

11/15/16 at #9 Kentucky (W 86-76).
11/18/16 vs. Florida A&M (W 64-55).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

11/17/16 vs. Tulane (L 76-72).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

11/15/16- Top of the Globe Invitational Semifinals vs. (1) Minnesota (L 71-57).
11/17/16- Top of the Globe Invitational 3rd place game vs. (7) Portland (W 82-60).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

11/20/16 at UMKC (W 69-58).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (62) 3-0 1789 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (10) 3-0 1734 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Mississippi 3-0 1623 4 Southeastern Conference
4. Kansas 3-0 1567 7 Big 12 Conference
5. Texas 4-0 1553 6 Big 12 Conference
6. Maryland 5-0 1432 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Florida 2-0 1308 11 Southeastern Conference
8. Georgetown 3-0 1279 13 Big East Conference
9. North Carolina 2-0 1164 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Southern California 2-0 1035 17 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Syracuse 2-0 1002 15 Big East Conference
12. Missouri 3-0 992 18 Big 12 Conference
13. Arizona 2-0 942 12 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Duke 4-1 861 3 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Ohio State 3-1 808 20 Big Ten Conference
16. Central Florida 3-0 652 21 Conference USA
17. Stanford 1-0 468 NR Pacific-10 Conference
18. Oklahoma State 2-1 435 5 Big 12 Conference
19. Marquette 3-0 413 NR Big East Conference
20. Alabama 3-0 359 NR Southeastern Conference
21. Minnesota 3-0 295 NR Big Ten Conference
22. Kentucky 1-1 198 9 Southeastern Conference
23. Virginia Tech 3-0 189 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Indiana 2-0 145 NR Big Ten Conference
25. St. John's 2-0 110 NR Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Davidson 3-0 90 Southern Conference
Indiana State 2-0 87 Missouri Valley Conference
Pittsburgh 2-1 72 Big East Conference
San Diego State 2-0 62 Mountain West Conference
Albany 3-0 52 America East Conference
Fresno State 2-0 51 Western Athletic Conference
Iowa 1-0 51 Big Ten Conference
IPFW 2-0 46 Summit League
Northern Illinois 2-0 42 Mid-American Conference
Cal State Northridge 2-0 36 Big West Conference
Fairfield 2-0 35 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rutgers 2-0 32 Big East Conference
Saint Louis 1-0 32 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mount St. Mary's 3-0 29 Northeast Conference
Murray State 2-0 29 Ohio Valley Conference
Cal State Fullerton 2-0 28 Big West Conference
Towson 2-0 28 Colonial Athletic Association
Appalachian State 2-0 24 Southern Conference
Cornell 2-0 23 Ivy League
Florida Atlantic 1-0 23 Southern Conference
Pacific 2-0 20 Big West Conference
New Orleans 2-0 18 Sun Belt Conference
Coppin State 1-0 17 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
New Mexico State 1-0 14 Western Athletic Conference
Tennessee-Martin 2-0 14 Ohio Valley Conference
Drexel 2-0 13 Colonial Athletic Association
Quinnipiac 3-0 13 Northeast Conference
Rider 2-0 13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Stephen F. Austin 2-0 9 Southland Conference
Northeastern 2-0 8 Colonial Athletic Association
Southern Utah 2-0 8 Summit League
Citadel 2-0 8 Southern Conference
Lafayette 2-0 5 Patriot League
Wake Forest 0-1 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
Massachusetts 1-0 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas State 2-0 3 Southland Conference
Northwestern State 1-0 2 Southland Conference
Tennessee 1-1 2 Southeastern Conference
Holy Cross 2-0 1 Patriot League

Things have definitely changed. Davidson is just outside the coaches top 25 after a huge win at Kentucky.

[collegesportsfanms]

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (57) 3-0 1762 1 Conference USA
2. Davidson 3-0 1414 NR Southern Conference
3. Fairfield (1) 2-0 1338 7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
4. Albany (3) 3-0 1222 NR America East Conference
5. Indiana State (7) 2-0 1202 NR Missouri Valley Conference
6. San Diego State (2) 2-0 1156 NR Mountain West Conference
7. Rider 2-0 1139 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
8. Fresno State 2-0 1040 19 Western Athletic Conference
9. Cal State Northridge 2-0 903 NR Big West Conference
10. Cornell 2-0 797 NR Ivy League
11. Cal State Fullerton 2-0 785 NR Big West Conference
12. Northern Illinois 2-0 670 NR Mid-American Conference
13. Appalachian State 2-0 654 NR Southern Conference
14. Saint Louis 1-0 638 21 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Drexel 2-0 627 NR Colonial Athletic Association
16. IPFW 2-0 579 NR Summit League
17. Northeastern 2-0 496 NR Colonial Athletic Association
18. Quinnipiac 3-0 486 NR Northeast Conference
19. Murray State 2-0 485 NR Ohio Valley Conference
20. New Mexico State 1-0 466 NR Western Athletic Conference
21. St. Peter's 2-0 434 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Massachusetts 1-0 388 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Pacific 2-0 365 NR Big West Conference
24. Towson (2) 2-0 338 NR Colonial Athletic Association
25. Lafayette 2-0 305 NR Patriot League

Others Receiving Votes:
Stephen F. Austin 2-0 297 Southland Conference
Delaware 2-0 292 Colonial Athletic Association
Texas-San Antonio 1-0 257 Southland Conference
Texas State 2-0 256 Southland Conference
Tennessee-Martin 2-0 201 Ohio Valley Conference
Texas Southern 0-0 201 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Mount St. Mary's 3-0 190 Northeast Conference
New Orleans 2-0 188 Sun Belt Conference
Southern Utah 2-0 178 Summit League
Florida Atlantic 1-0 163 Southern Conference
Holy Cross 2-0 157 Patriot League
Dartmouth 2-0 147 Ivy League
Citadel 2-0 142 Southern Conference
Northwestern State 1-0 128 Southland Conference
Portland State 1-0 123 Big Sky Conference
Creighton 3-1 121 Missouri Valley Conference
Northern Colorado 1-0 120 Big Sky Conference
Kennesaw State 1-0 111 Atlantic Sun Conference
Coppin State 1-0 108 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Charleston Southern 1-0 102 Big South Conference
New Hampshire 2-0 89 America East Conference
Lipscomb 0-0 75 Atlantic Sun Conference
Delaware State 2-0 65 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

I figured it wouldn't last, having so many teams ranked in the mid-major poll. The question is, is Davidson for real again? Or did they just have a fluke week?

[ntndeacon]

We R for REAL!

[bbgunn]

Ugh... Kuji Chagulia might be on his way out at Louisville.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 21-27, 2016

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

11/21/16 vs. Brown (W 62-53).
11/27/16 at Providence (L 82-54).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

11/22/16 at LaSalle (L 82-61).
11/25/16 vs. William & Mary (L 70-64).
11/27/16 at Siena (W 100-85).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

11/27/16 vs. East Tennessee State (W 94-63).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

11/27/16 at Maryland-East Shore (W 102-70).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

No games this week.

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

11/22/16 at Butler (W 67-48).
11/24/16 vs. Campbell (L 64-48).
11/26/16 vs. #14 Duke (L 80-65).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

11/21/16- Las Vegas Challenge 7th place game vs. (2) Utah (L 91-65).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

11/22/16 vs. Citadel (W 62-61).
11/24/16 at Towson (W 74-65).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

11/22/16- Island Invitational 3rd place game vs. (1) N.C. State (W 57-48).
11/27/16 vs. LaSalle (L 93-72).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

11/22/16 at #13 Arizona (L 76-42).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

11/22/16 at Kansas State (W 64-45).
11/25/16 vs. LSU (W 68-59).
11/27/16 vs. Texas A&M-CC (W 76-59).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

11/22/16- Island Invitational 5th place game vs. (4) Wichita State (L 89-84).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

11/22/16 at DePaul (L 69-60).
11/27/16 at Valparaiso (W 82-74).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

No games this week.

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

11/25/16 at UAB (L 63-51).
11/27/16 vs. Wofford (W 72-70).

Bryant (Score Galore)

11/22/16 at Rhode Island (L 71-64).
11/24/16 at Vermont (L 64-56).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

11/26/16 at Northeastern (L 83-77).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

11/21/16 at Nevada (W 98-91).
11/25/16 vs. Oral Roberts (W 49-46).

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

11/21/16 vs. Coastal Carolina (L 66-61).
11/24/16 at #9 North Carolina (L 64-38).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

11/23/16 at Jacksonville State (W 86-61).
11/25/16 vs. Charleston Southern (W 68-55).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

11/24/16 at Marshall (L 53-52).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

11/22/16 vs. Wyoming (L 70-61).

Yuck! Not a good week for most of our FOFC coaches. It's been a rough start to the season.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (66) 5-0 1794 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (6) 4-0 1730 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Kansas 6-0 1647 4 Big 12 Conference
4. Mississippi 5-0 1571 3 Southeastern Conference
5. Texas 6-0 1529 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Maryland 6-0 1437 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Georgetown 4-0 1321 8 Big East Conference
8. North Carolina 3-0 1234 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Ohio State 5-1 1191 15 Big Ten Conference
10. Arizona 3-0 1121 13 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Duke 5-1 1094 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Missouri 4-0 1039 12 Big 12 Conference
13. Stanford 3-0 868 17 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Oklahoma State 2-1 694 18 Big 12 Conference
15. Marquette 4-0 693 19 Big East Conference
16. Virginia Tech 5-0 634 23 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. St. John's 4-0 495 25 Big East Conference
18. Kentucky 3-1 466 22 Southeastern Conference
19. Saint Louis 4-0 429 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Alabama 3-0 423 20 Southeastern Conference
21. Northeastern 5-0 320 NR Colonial Athletic Association
22. Florida 2-1 312 7 Southeastern Conference
23. Indiana 3-0 286 24 Big Ten Conference
24. Syracuse 3-1 279 11 Big East Conference
25. Rutgers 3-0 154 NR Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Cal State Northridge 3-0 122 Big West Conference
Fairfield 3-0 111 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Southern California 2-1 86 Pacific-10 Conference
Pittsburgh 3-1 81 Big East Conference
Texas State 2-0 65 Southland Conference
Mount St. Mary's 4-0 51 Northeast Conference
Lipscomb 2-0 36 Atlantic Sun Conference
Delaware State 4-0 34 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
St. Peter's 3-0 23 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Central Florida 4-1 13 Conference USA
New Hampshire 3-0 7 America East Conference
Massachusetts 1-0 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
Wake Forest 0-1 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
Tennessee 1-1 2 Southeastern Conference

No big surprise to see Davidson losing all their votes after an 0-2 week. Bleh!

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Louis (43) 4-0 1739 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
2. Northeastern (11) 5-0 1699 17 Colonial Athletic Association
3. Fairfield (3) 3-0 1639 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
4. Cal State Northridge (7) 3-0 1536 9 Big West Conference
5. St. Peter's 3-0 1479 21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
6. Delaware State 4-0 1385 NR Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
7. Mount St. Mary's (3) 4-0 1334 NR Northeast Conference
8. New Hampshire 3-0 1220 NR America East Conference
9. Massachusetts 1-0 1205 22 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Lipscomb (4) 2-0 1193 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
11. Central Florida (1) 4-1 1146 1 Conference USA
12. Texas State 2-0 1129 NR Southland Conference
13. Saint Mary's 4-1 607 NR West Coast Conference
14. Kent State 4-1 581 NR Mid-American Conference
15. San Diego 4-1 562 NR West Coast Conference
16. Boise State 4-1 489 NR Western Athletic Conference
17. Temple 3-1 412 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Green Bay 4-1 405 NR Horizon League
19. UNLV 3-1 330 NR Mountain West Conference
20. Albany 4-1 284 4 America East Conference
21. Charlotte 3-1 250 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
22. UTEP 3-1 190 NR Conference USA
23. Weber State 4-1 170 NR Big Sky Conference
24. New Mexico 3-1 164 NR Mountain West Conference
25. Rhode Island 4-1 155 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Indiana State 2-1 121 Missouri Valley Conference
UC Santa Barbara 3-1 109 Big West Conference
Sam Houston State 3-1 108 Southland Conference
Houston 2-1 100 Conference USA
Vermont 4-1 100 America East Conference
Milwaukee 3-1 96 Horizon League
Appalachian State 3-1 89 Southern Conference
Tulsa 2-1 89 Conference USA
College of Charleston 3-1 83 Sun Belt Conference
Hofstra 2-1 74 Colonial Athletic Association
Fresno State 3-1 70 Western Athletic Conference
San Diego State 3-1 67 Mountain West Conference
Alabama State 3-1 63 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Holy Cross 3-1 61 Patriot League
Mercer 3-1 61 Atlantic Sun Conference
Lafayette 3-1 58 Patriot League
Drexel 3-1 52 Colonial Athletic Association
Loyola-Maryland 2-1 51 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Cleveland State 2-1 49 Horizon League
Wichita State 2-1 47 Missouri Valley Conference
Cal State Fullerton 3-1 46 Big West Conference
Georgia Southern 3-1 41 Southern Conference
Florida Gulf Coast 2-1 40 Big South Conference
IUPUI 1-1 37 Summit League
IPFW 2-1 36 Summit League
Tennessee State 2-1 33 Ohio Valley Conference
Cornell 2-1 28 Ivy League
Manhattan 2-1 28 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Saint Joseph's 1-1 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
New Orleans 3-1 24 Sun Belt Conference
High Point 3-1 22 Big South Conference
Quinnipiac 3-1 22 Northeast Conference
Marist 2-1 19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Southern Illinois 1-1 18 Missouri Valley Conference
New Mexico State 2-1 16 Western Athletic Conference
Wagner 2-1 15 Northeast Conference
Delaware 3-1 14 Colonial Athletic Association
Mississippi Valley State 2-1 14 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Pacific 3-1 14 Big West Conference
Texas-Pan American 3-1 12 Great West Conference
Louisiana Tech 1-1 11 Western Athletic Conference
VCU 1-1 11 Colonial Athletic Association
Robert Morris 2-1 9 Northeast Conference
UC Davis 2-1 7 Big West Conference
Northern Illinois 2-1 3 Mid-American Conference
Middle Tennessee 1-1 2 Sun Belt Conference
Southern Utah 3-1 1 Summit League
Texas Christian 0-1 1 Mountain West Conference

At least we still have 3 teams getting votes in the mid-major polls, 2 of them in the mid-major top 25. Let's hope this isn't a jinx and that UTEP, Charlotte, and High Point continue to do well.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2016

We've actually got 2 feature games this week, both of them involving Evansville. So let's look at them first.

12/1/16- Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) @ Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- Not much to talk about in this one. The Cardinals led by 13 at halftime and never looked back, shooting 50.8% to just 30.6% for Evansville.

Final Score: Louisville- 83, Evansville- 54.

12/3/16- Wright State (Shane Korme) @ Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- About the same effort for the Aces in this one as they were down by 16 at halftime. They did make a nice run to get it to within single digits but couldn't get any closer.

Final Score: Wright State- 69, Evansville- 60

And now the rest of the games:

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

11/30/16 vs. San Diego State (L 75-67).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

12/2/16 at San Jose State (L 60-48).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

12/2/16 vs. UNC Asheville (W 67-60).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

12/1/16 vs. Niagara (W 81-55).
12/4/16 vs. Howard (W 89-79).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

11/30/16 vs. New Mexico State (W 81-70).
12/4/16 vs. Wyoming (L 72-59).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

11/28/16 vs. Florida International (W 81-68).
12/1/16 vs. Evansville- feature game, highlighted above.
12/4/16 at Xavier (W 87-58).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

12/1/16 vs. Lipscomb (L 83-75).
12/4/16 vs. Loyola-IL (W 80-66).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

11/28/16 at Campbell (L 64-52).
12/1/16 at South Carolina (W 69-55).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

No games this week.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

11/28/16 at #18 Kentucky (L 73-62).
12/2/16 vs. Weber State (L 80-72).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

11/30/16 vs. Texas Tech (W 77-61).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

11/29/16 at James Madison (W 88-69).
12/1/16 at Kent State (L 86-76).
12/3/16 at Evansville- feature game, highlighted above.

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

12/1/16 at Indiana State (L 60-59).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

11/29/16 at American (L 94-86).
12/2/16 at Delaware (W 89-79).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

12/1/16 at Louisville- feature game, highlighted above.
12/3/16 vs. Wright State- feature game, highlighted above.

Bryant (Score Galore)

12/1/16 at Brown (W 92-91, OT).
12/4/16 vs. #6 Maryland (71-63).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

11/28/16 vs. Manhattan (L 70-67).
11/30/16 at Albany (L 82-65).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

No games this week.

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

11/29/16 at Memphis (L 70-68).
12/1/16 at #11 Duke (L 69-61).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

11/29/16 at Wake Forest (L 65-47).
12/3/16 at Cal St. Fullerton (W 90-71).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

11/29/16 vs. N.C. State (L 84-58).
12/4/16 at Stony Brook (W 90-60).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

11/29/16 vs. Washington State (L 77-57).
12/1/16 vs. Idaho (L 66-53).
12/3/16 vs. UC Santa Barbara (L 79-71).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (71) 6-0 1799 1 Big East Conference
2. Mississippi 7-0 1694 4 Southeastern Conference
3. Kansas 7-0 1642 3 Big 12 Conference
4. Texas (1) 8-0 1633 5 Big 12 Conference
5. Michigan State 6-1 1444 2 Big Ten Conference
6. Duke 7-1 1389 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Georgetown 5-0 1367 7 Big East Conference
8. North Carolina 5-0 1357 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Missouri 5-0 1248 12 Big 12 Conference
10. Stanford 5-0 1059 13 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Oklahoma State 3-1 952 14 Big 12 Conference
12. Marquette 6-0 893 15 Big East Conference
13. Maryland 7-1 873 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Alabama 5-0 772 20 Southeastern Conference
15. Kentucky 5-1 718 18 Southeastern Conference
16. Fairfield 6-0 659 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
17. Florida 4-1 599 22 Southeastern Conference
18. Indiana 5-0 590 23 Big Ten Conference
19. Virginia Tech 5-0 546 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. Saint Louis 5-0 529 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. Cal State Northridge 5-0 331 NR Big West Conference
22. Ohio State 6-2 321 9 Big Ten Conference
23. Southern California 3-1 205 NR Pacific-10 Conference
24. Arizona 5-1 177 10 Pacific-10 Conference
25. St. Peter's 4-0 157 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Massachusetts 3-0 136 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mount St. Mary's 4-0 94 Northeast Conference
Wake Forest 2-1 86 Atlantic Coast Conference
Central Florida 6-1 47 Conference USA
Syracuse 4-1 31 Big East Conference
Kent State 6-1 20 Mid-American Conference
Saint Mary's 7-1 8 West Coast Conference
Clemson 6-1 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
Minnesota 6-1 6 Big Ten Conference
Vermont 6-1 3 America East Conference
Green Bay 6-1 3 Horizon League
Purdue 3-1 2 Big Ten Conference
Baylor 6-1 1 Big 12 Conference
Vanderbilt 6-1 1 Southeastern Conference
West Virginia 5-1 1 Big East Conference

No surprise that none of our teams are receiving votes in the coaches poll.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Fairfield (46) 6-0 1772 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2. Saint Louis (16) 5-0 1721 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Cal State Northridge (7) 5-0 1647 4 Big West Conference
4. St. Peter's 4-0 1537 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
5. Massachusetts 3-0 1491 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Central Florida (1) 6-1 1372 11 Conference USA
7. Mount St. Mary's (2) 4-0 1370 7 Northeast Conference
8. Saint Mary's 7-1 1276 13 West Coast Conference
9. Kent State 6-1 1178 14 Mid-American Conference
10. Green Bay 6-1 1069 18 Horizon League
11. Hofstra 5-1 1027 NR Colonial Athletic Association
12. Boise State 4-1 919 16 Western Athletic Conference
13. New Mexico 5-1 898 24 Mountain West Conference
14. Charlotte 4-1 786 21 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. UTEP 4-1 774 22 Conference USA
16. Vermont 6-1 639 NR America East Conference
17. UNLV 3-1 566 19 Mountain West Conference
18. Weber State 5-1 529 23 Big Sky Conference
19. Northeastern 5-1 486 2 Colonial Athletic Association
20. Fresno State 4-1 466 NR Western Athletic Conference
21. Lipscomb 4-1 356 10 Atlantic Sun Conference
22. Mercer 4-1 309 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
23. Marist 4-1 284 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
24. VCU 3-1 255 NR Colonial Athletic Association
25. Texas-San Antonio 3-1 163 NR Southland Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Creighton 6-2 129 Missouri Valley Conference
Pacific 4-1 113 Big West Conference
Texas Southern 1-1 81 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Belmont 3-1 68 Atlantic Sun Conference
Southern Utah 4-1 61 Summit League
Middle Tennessee 2-1 58 Sun Belt Conference

Right now Charlotte and UTEP are the saving graces of our FOFC teams. Otherwise, it's ugly.

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 5-11, 2016

3 feature games to talk about this week, and let's take a look at them.

12/5/16- Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) @ Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- An interesting one here, as Davidson dominated the shooting percentages, but Charlotte made just a few more free throws and three pointers to keep Davidson on a slide.

Final Score: Charlotte- 86, Davidson- 82

12/5/16- High Point (Roy Rogers) @ Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- Monmouth took advantage of 20 High Point turnovers and made 9 more shots, despite being outscored 20-8 at the line. The Hawks get their first win of the season.

Final Score: Monmouth- 69, High Point- 58

12/6/16- Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) @ Wright State (Shane Korme) -- The fact that Wright State was even in this game was a bit shocking, but to see how even the teams actually were tells you how much Louisville has fallen since their national championship run a few seasons ago. That fall continues in this game.

Final Score: Wright State- 81, Louisville- 79

Now a look at the other games:

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

12/8/16 at St. Johns (L 44-31).
12/10/16 at Rutgers (W 83-76).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

12/6/16 at Wichita State (W 87-59).
12/10/16 at Hofstra (W 102-87).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

12/5/16 at Davidson- feature game, highlighted above.
12/7/16 vs. South Carolina (L 52-48).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

12/9/16 at NJIT (W 83-72).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

12/7/16 vs. Utah (W 83-73).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

12/6/16 at Wright State- feature game, highlighted above.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

12/6/16 at Purdue (L 102-94).
12/10/16 vs. Butler (W 73-65).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

12/5/16 at Monmouth- feature game, highlighted above.
12/10/16 vs. Middle Tennessee (L 64-58).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

12/5/16 vs. Lafayette (W 77-54).
12/7/16 at James Madison (W 86-81).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

12/6/16 vs. Green Bay (L 83-49).
12/8/16 at Santa Clara (L 68-60).
12/10/16 vs. VCU (W 61-59).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

12/10/16 vs. New Mexico State (L 71-69).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

12/6/16 vs. Louisville- feature game, highlighted above.
12/6/16 vs. Toledo (L 57-56).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

12/5/16 at Detroit (L 76-64).
12/10/16 at Illinois State (W 75-45).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

12/5/16 vs. Navy (W 63-48).
12/9/16 at William & Mary (W 78-66).
12/11/16 at N.C. State (W 102-81).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

12/5/16 at #15 Kentucky (L 78-67).
12/9/16 at #2 Ole Miss (L 70-59).

Bryant (Score Galore)

12/8/16 vs. Miami (W 84-76).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

12/5/16 vs. High Point- feature game, highlighted above.
12/8/16 at #13 Maryland (L 71-49).
12/11/16 at Binghamton (W 69-62).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

12/6/16 vs. Northwestern (W 60-38).
12/6/16 at UC Davis (W 71-49).

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

12/5/16 vs. Charlotte- feature game, highlighted above.
12/9/16 at #5 Michigan State (L 80-64).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

12/9/16 at Vanderbilt (L 78-62).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

12/6/16 at North Dakota State (W 74-58).
12/8/16 vs. Wyoming (L 69-36).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

12/6/16 at Santa Clara (W 85-76).
12/8/16 at Weber State (L 88-77).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (70) 7-0 1798 1 Big East Conference
2. Mississippi 9-0 1685 2 Southeastern Conference
3. Texas (2) 10-0 1663 4 Big 12 Conference
4. Kansas 9-0 1622 3 Big 12 Conference
5. Michigan State 8-1 1488 5 Big Ten Conference
6. Duke 9-1 1424 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Georgetown 8-0 1336 7 Big East Conference
8. Missouri 7-0 1287 9 Big 12 Conference
9. Oklahoma State 7-1 1251 11 Big 12 Conference
10. Marquette 8-0 1063 12 Big East Conference
11. Kentucky 7-1 1005 15 Southeastern Conference
12. Maryland 8-1 964 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Alabama 7-0 958 14 Southeastern Conference
14. Indiana 7-0 845 18 Big Ten Conference
15. Saint Louis 7-0 791 20 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. North Carolina 6-1 789 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Virginia Tech 5-0 623 19 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Syracuse 5-1 589 NR Big East Conference
19. Stanford 7-1 467 10 Pacific-10 Conference
20. Central Florida 8-1 423 NR Conference USA
21. Arizona 5-1 347 24 Pacific-10 Conference
22. Clemson 7-1 144 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
23. West Virginia 6-1 118 NR Big East Conference
24. Minnesota 8-1 110 NR Big Ten Conference
25. Baylor 8-1 86 NR Big 12 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Kent State 7-1 77 Mid-American Conference
Pittsburgh 6-2 68 Big East Conference
Saint Mary's 7-1 67 West Coast Conference
Purdue 6-1 58 Big Ten Conference
Green Bay 8-1 44 Horizon League
St. John's 7-1 42 Big East Conference
Vanderbilt 7-1 32 Southeastern Conference
UNLV 6-1 31 Mountain West Conference
Florida 5-2 28 Southeastern Conference
Boston College 6-1 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
South Florida 5-1 15 Big East Conference
New Mexico 6-1 12 Mountain West Conference
Ohio State 7-2 9 Big Ten Conference
Vermont 7-1 9 America East Conference
Fresno State 6-1 7 Western Athletic Conference
Belmont 5-1 4 Atlantic Sun Conference
DePaul 6-1 3 Big East Conference
Iowa 5-1 2 Big Ten Conference

Good to see BC receiving some votes in the coaches poll.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Louis (65) 7-0 1793 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
2. Central Florida (7) 8-1 1712 6 Conference USA
3. Saint Mary's 7-1 1588 8 West Coast Conference
4. UNLV 6-1 1578 17 Mountain West Conference
5. Green Bay 8-1 1484 10 Horizon League
6. Kent State 7-1 1474 9 Mid-American Conference
7. New Mexico 6-1 1355 13 Mountain West Conference
8. Fresno State 6-1 1277 20 Western Athletic Conference
9. Vermont 7-1 1255 16 America East Conference
10. Belmont 5-1 1132 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
11. St. Peter's 5-1 1118 4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
12. Pacific 5-1 1027 NR Big West Conference
13. Mount St. Mary's 4-1 900 7 Northeast Conference
14. Fairfield 6-2 647 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
15. UAB 6-2 576 NR Conference USA
16. Boise State 5-2 565 12 Western Athletic Conference
17. Tulsa 6-2 449 NR Conference USA
18. Hofstra 6-2 448 11 Colonial Athletic Association
19. Weber State 7-2 416 18 Big Sky Conference
20. Mercer 6-2 259 22 Atlantic Sun Conference
21. Rider 5-2 233 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Rhode Island 7-2 219 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. UC Santa Barbara 5-2 187 NR Big West Conference
24. Cleveland State 5-2 162 NR Horizon League
25. Charlotte 5-2 159 14 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Cal State Northridge 5-2 156 Big West Conference
George Washington 6-2 128 Atlantic 10 Conference
Sam Houston State 6-2 118 Southland Conference
Bowling Green 5-2 113 Mid-American Conference
Houston 4-2 99 Conference USA
UTEP 4-2 98 Conference USA
Valparaiso 3-2 79 Horizon League
Gonzaga 5-2 67 Western Athletic Conference
Drexel 6-2 66 Colonial Athletic Association
Duquesne 6-2 60 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cal State Fullerton 5-2 56 Big West Conference
Marist 5-2 48 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
VCU 4-2 45 Colonial Athletic Association
Northeastern 6-2 39 Colonial Athletic Association
Middle Tennessee 3-2 32 Sun Belt Conference
Ball State 4-2 27 Mid-American Conference
St. Bonaventure 5-2 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
Louisiana Tech 3-2 24 Western Athletic Conference
Norfolk State 4-2 23 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Southern Utah 5-2 21 Summit League
Montana 3-2 17 Big Sky Conference
Texas Southern 3-2 16 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Wagner 5-2 16 Northeast Conference
Dartmouth 4-2 9 Ivy League
Winthrop 4-2 5 Atlantic Sun Conference

So UTEP falls out of the mid-major top 25, while Charlotte barely remains in. Norfolk State receives some votes, good for Ms. Carrano, who is doing quite well as the first ever female FOFC coach.

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 12-18, 2016

2 feature games this week to tell you about, and let's get to them.

12/16/16- Hartford (David Ginsberg) @ Bryant (Score Galore) -- Only 1 lone three pointer separated these 2 teams, 1 lousy point. A very even game in which it wasn't decided until the final buzzer.

Final Score: Bryant- 74, Hartford- 73

12/18/16- Penn State (Tim Sheppard) @ Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- Total domination in this one, but not from the team you'd expect. Penn State shot just 28.8% while Norfolk State shot 46%, leading to a run away victory.

Final Score: Norfolk State- 74, Penn State- 53

Now to the rest of the games:

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

12/12/16 at UMass (W 82-69).
12/16/16 vs. Bryant- feature game, highlighted above.
12/18/16 vs. Holy Cross (L 98-89).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

12/15/16 at Niagara (L 82-73).
12/18/16 vs. St. Bonaventure (L 70-64).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

12/16/16 at Wisconsin (W 79-71).
12/18/16 vs. UNC Wilmington (W 76-73).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

12/14/16 vs. Hofstra (W 81-76).
12/17/16 vs. Siena (L 93-90).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

12/12/16 vs. Air Force (L 93-80).
12/15/16 at Utah State (L 82-77).
12/18/16 vs. Colorado State (W 88-80).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

12/12/16 vs. Cleveland State (L 82-76).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

12/13/16 vs. Bradley (W 90-82).
12/16/16 vs. Ohio State (L 94-61).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

12/14/16 at #17 Virginia Tech (L 79-46).
12/16/16 at VCU (L 75-67).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

12/12/16 at Dayton (W 91-83).
12/14/16 vs. Loyola-Maryland (L 63-62).
12/16/16 at Temple (W 100-93).
12/18/16 at Norfolk State- feature game, highlighted above.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

12/13/16 at Fresno State (L 76-68).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

12/14/16 at Wyoming (L 60-59).
12/16/16 at Louisiana Tech (W 70-31).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

12/14/16 at Dayton (L 111-78).
12/17/16 vs. Western Carolina (W 80-63).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

12/15/16 at Illinois-Chicago (W 73-69).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

12/16/16 at UNC Wilmington (L 79-78, OT).
12/18/16 vs. Penn State- feature game, highlighted above.

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

12/17/16- Rainbow Invitational First Round vs. (2) St. Johns (L 58-56).
12/18/16- Rainbow Invitational Consolation Semifinal vs. (6) Loyola Marymount (W 73-51).

Bryant (Score Galore)

12/16/16- feature game, highlighted above.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

12/15/16 at Tennessee State (W 73-69).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

12/15/16 vs. Old Dominion (W 78-61).

Randolph Childress (Davidson)

12/17/16- Rainbow Invitational First Round vs. (6) Loyola Marymount (W 76-59).
12/18/16- Rainbow Invitational Semifinals vs. (2) St. Johns (L 75-71).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

12/12/16 at Utah (L 68-60).
12/17/16 at McNeese State (W 71-63).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

12/13/16 vs. Rutgers (L 83-75).
12/16/16 vs. Northern Arizona (W 85-61).
12/18/16 at DePaul (L 74-66).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

12/13/16 at Oregon (W 81-70).
12/17/16 at Cal St. Fullerton (W 58-57).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (66) 9-0 1794 1 Big East Conference
2. Texas (6) 12-0 1729 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Kansas 12-0 1653 4 Big 12 Conference
4. Mississippi 10-0 1591 2 Southeastern Conference
5. Michigan State 9-1 1500 5 Big Ten Conference
6. Duke 10-1 1441 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Missouri 8-0 1329 8 Big 12 Conference
8. Oklahoma State 8-1 1310 9 Big 12 Conference
9. Kentucky 8-1 1134 11 Southeastern Conference
10. Alabama 8-0 1110 13 Southeastern Conference
11. Marquette 8-0 1081 10 Big East Conference
12. Georgetown 8-1 1044 7 Big East Conference
13. Indiana 9-0 993 14 Big Ten Conference
14. Syracuse 7-1 856 18 Big East Conference
15. Central Florida 9-1 794 20 Conference USA
16. West Virginia 8-1 565 23 Big East Conference
17. Kent State 9-1 536 NR Mid-American Conference
18. Vanderbilt 9-1 394 NR Southeastern Conference
19. Maryland 9-2 391 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. UNLV 8-1 353 NR Mountain West Conference
21. St. John's 9-1 330 NR Big East Conference
22. North Carolina 7-2 279 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Minnesota 9-1 254 24 Big Ten Conference
24. Purdue 7-1 248 NR Big Ten Conference
25. Ohio State 8-2 203 NR Big Ten Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Saint Mary's 8-1 121 West Coast Conference
Saint Louis 7-1 82 Atlantic 10 Conference
Fresno State 8-1 68 Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico 8-1 59 Mountain West Conference
DePaul 7-1 54 Big East Conference
Virginia Tech 7-1 50 Atlantic Coast Conference
Southern California 6-2 48 Pacific-10 Conference
Arizona 7-2 6 Pacific-10 Conference

Somehow UCLA lost all their votes in the coaches poll this week.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (54) 9-1 1774 2 Conference USA
2. UNLV (5) 8-1 1702 4 Mountain West Conference
3. Kent State (12) 9-1 1664 6 Mid-American Conference
4. Saint Mary's (1) 8-1 1584 3 West Coast Conference
5. Saint Louis 7-1 1499 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. New Mexico 8-1 1478 7 Mountain West Conference
7. Fresno State 8-1 1387 8 Western Athletic Conference
8. Green Bay 9-2 1196 5 Horizon League
9. Charlotte 7-2 1159 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. George Washington 8-2 1100 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Cleveland State 7-2 1032 24 Horizon League
12. Cal State Northridge 7-2 983 NR Big West Conference
13. UC Santa Barbara 6-2 878 23 Big West Conference
14. Northeastern 8-2 823 NR Colonial Athletic Association
15. Valparaiso 5-2 756 NR Horizon League
16. Rhode Island 7-2 720 22 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Gonzaga 6-2 705 NR Western Athletic Conference
18. Vermont 7-2 542 9 America East Conference
19. Middle Tennessee 5-2 525 NR Sun Belt Conference
20. Pacific 7-2 515 12 Big West Conference
21. Sam Houston State 6-2 416 NR Southland Conference
22. Belmont 6-2 390 10 Atlantic Sun Conference
23. Winthrop 6-2 248 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
24. Montana 4-2 184 NR Big Sky Conference
25. La Salle 7-3 52 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Indiana State 6-3 44 Missouri Valley Conference
IUPUI 7-3 17 Summit League
Boise State 6-3 12 Western Athletic Conference
Tulane 7-3 6 Conference USA
Fairfield 6-3 4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Coppin State 6-3 3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Drexel 7-3 1 Colonial Athletic Association
Marist 6-3 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Huge jump in the mid-major poll for Charlotte after a 3-0 week. UTEP and Norfolk State lose their votes.

[Grover]

CHARLOTTE!

In other news, Maine is looking terrible.

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 19-25, 2016

2 feature games this week, so let's get to it.

12/20/16- Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) @ Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- Not a well played game by any means, as neither team could get over 40% shooting. The only good thing is that there were only 19 turnovers combined. In the end, Louisville played just well enough to survive.

Final Score: Louisville- 66, Monmouth- 57

12/21/16- Penn State (Tim Sheppard) @ Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- This game was an absolute foul fest, as 3 players fouled out and 4 other players had 4 fouls. A combined 87, yes you heard me, 87 free throws were attempted. The problem for Penn State was that they were just 26-56 from the line. Dismal. A few more makes and they might have won this game.

Final Score: Boston College- 83, Penn State- 65

Here are the rest of the weeks results:

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

12/22/16 at Harvard (L 77-72).
12/25/16 vs. Stony Brook (W 66-64).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly)

12/22/16 vs. Holy Cross (W 80-78).
12/25/16 vs. Albany (W 65-55).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

12/22/16 at George Mason (W 87-66).

Boston College (Alex Donovan)

12/21/16 vs. Penn State- feature game, highlighted above.
12/23/16 vs. Northeastern (W 96-77).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

12/20/16 vs. TCU (L 79-65).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia)

12/20/16 vs. Monmouth- feature game, highlighted above.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez)

12/22/16 at Army (W 94-93, OT).
12/24/16 vs. Iowa State (L 82-62).

High Point (Roy Rogers)

12/22/16 vs. Charleston Southern (W 75-74).
12/24/16 vs. Coastal Carolina (L 76-67).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard)

12/21/16 at Boston College- feature game, highlighted above.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John)

12/24/16 at California (W 63-58).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack)

12/23/16- San Juan Classic First Round vs. (5) Baylor (L 83-70).
12/24/16- San Juan Classic Consolation Semifinals vs. (8) American (L 73-70).
12/25/16- San Juan Classic 7th place game vs. (6) Fresno State (W 72-68).

Wright State (Shane Korme)

12/22/16 vs. Illinois-Chicago (L 66-57).
12/24/16 vs. Loyola-IL (W 82-72).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace)

12/19/16 at Green Bay (L 71-52).
12/21/16 at UMass (L 76-56).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

12/23/16 at Virginia (L 90-76).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou)

12/19/16- Rainbow Invitational 5th place game vs. (8) Alabama State (W 79-68).
12/24/16 vs. Bradley (L 77-68).

Bryant (Score Galore)

12/21/16 vs. #2 Texas (L 78-60).
12/23/16 at Fordham (L 64-56).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

12/20/16 at Louisville- feature game, highlighted above.
12/24/16 at #14 Syracuse (L 79-75).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt)

12/24/16 at Utah (W 77-45).

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

12/19/16- Rainbow Invitational 3rd place game vs. (4) Austin Peay (W 75-69).

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

12/22/16 vs. New Orleans (W 72-61).
12/24/16 at South Alabama (L 60-52).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

12/24/16 at Kansas State (L 78-71).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou)

No games this week.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Texas (61) 13-0 1789 2 Big 12 Conference
2. Villanova (11) 10-1 1695 1 Big East Conference
3. Kansas 13-0 1667 3 Big 12 Conference
4. Mississippi 10-0 1616 4 Southeastern Conference
5. Michigan State 11-1 1505 5 Big Ten Conference
6. Oklahoma State 10-1 1376 8 Big 12 Conference
7. Georgetown 11-1 1369 12 Big East Conference
8. Missouri 10-0 1321 7 Big 12 Conference
9. Alabama 11-0 1204 10 Southeastern Conference
10. Duke 11-2 1194 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Syracuse 8-1 1032 14 Big East Conference
12. Central Florida 11-1 1027 15 Conference USA
13. Kent State 11-1 830 17 Mid-American Conference
14. St. John's 11-1 777 21 Big East Conference
15. Maryland 11-2 756 19 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Minnesota 11-1 673 23 Big Ten Conference
17. Marquette 9-1 634 11 Big East Conference
18. North Carolina 8-2 592 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Purdue 9-1 534 24 Big Ten Conference
20. New Mexico 9-1 389 NR Mountain West Conference
21. Virginia Tech 8-1 352 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Arizona 8-2 328 NR Pacific-10 Conference
23. Ohio State 9-3 309 25 Big Ten Conference
24. Saint Louis 7-1 206 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. UCLA 8-2 96 NR Pacific-10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Baylor 11-2 43 Big 12 Conference
West Virginia 10-2 31 Big East Conference
Stanford 7-2 18 Pacific-10 Conference
Kentucky 9-3 9 Southeastern Conference
Vanderbilt 9-2 9 Southeastern Conference
Boston College 9-2 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
Indiana 9-2 5 Big Ten Conference
Charlotte 8-2 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
UNLV 9-2 2 Mountain West Conference
Valparaiso 7-2 2 Horizon League

UCLA is back in the coaches top 25, and let's welcome Boston College and Charlotte to the mix, both are receiving votes.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (63) 11-1 1791 1 Conference USA
2. Kent State (9) 11-1 1732 3 Mid-American Conference
3. New Mexico 9-1 1647 6 Mountain West Conference
4. Saint Louis 7-1 1586 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. UNLV 9-2 1489 2 Mountain West Conference
6. Saint Mary's 9-2 1401 4 West Coast Conference
7. Charlotte 8-2 1357 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. UC Santa Barbara 8-2 1263 13 Big West Conference
9. Valparaiso 7-2 1175 15 Horizon League
10. Gonzaga 8-2 1158 17 Western Athletic Conference
11. Cal State Northridge 8-2 1127 12 Big West Conference
12. Rhode Island 8-2 1001 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Pacific 9-2 943 20 Big West Conference
14. Vermont 8-2 896 18 America East Conference
15. George Washington 10-3 770 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. La Salle 9-3 650 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Green Bay 10-3 639 8 Horizon League
18. IUPUI 8-3 557 NR Summit League
19. Boise State 7-3 439 NR Western Athletic Conference
20. Tulsa 7-3 374 NR Conference USA
21. UL-Lafayette 8-3 284 NR Sun Belt Conference
22. Bowling Green 7-3 238 NR Mid-American Conference
23. Drexel 8-3 197 NR Colonial Athletic Association
24. Northeastern 8-3 121 14 Colonial Athletic Association
25. Southern Illinois 7-3 120 NR Missouri Valley Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
VCU 7-3 91 Colonial Athletic Association
Dartmouth 6-3 56 Ivy League
Texas Christian 6-3 52 Mountain West Conference
Belmont 7-3 40 Atlantic Sun Conference
Pepperdine 7-3 40 West Coast Conference
Wagner 7-3 39 Northeast Conference
Mount St. Mary's 8-3 35 Northeast Conference
Montana 5-3 33 Big Sky Conference
Sam Houston State 7-3 32 Southland Conference
Winthrop 7-3 24 Atlantic Sun Conference
Texas Southern 5-3 3 Southwestern Athletic Conference

Charlotte moves up 2 spots in the mid-major poll and right now they are the saviors of all the FOFC mid-major teams.

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 26, 2016-Jan. 1, 2017

1 feature game this week, and it's a Northeast showdown.

12/31/16- Bryant (Score Galore) @ Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- This was an ugly game shooting wise, as neither team could get going. The biggest difference came in turnovers, as Monmouth had 16 while Bryant only had 6. This led to the Bulldogs getting a big conference win early on.

Final Score: Bryant- 72, Monmouth- 65

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 6-8, 2-1 America East.

12/28/16 at New Hampshire (W 63-55).
1/1/17 at UMBC (L 73-54).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 7-7, 1-1 America East.

12/27/16 at Cornell (W 88-79).
1/1/17 at Stony Brook (L 73-65).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 9-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10.

12/26/16 at #21 Virginia Tech (L 78-68).
12/30/16 vs. N.C. State (W 71-50).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 10-3, 0-0 ACC.

12/26/16 at Lehigh (L 100-96).
12/29/16 vs. Providence (W 104-103, OT).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 4-8, 0-0 Big 12.

12/27/16 vs. Oral Roberts (W 76-54).
12/30/16 at Miami (OH) (L 82-73).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 6-5, 0-0 Big East.

No games this week.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 5-7, 0-0 Big East.

12/29/16 at Chicago State (W 81-73).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 7-7, 3-1 Big South.

12/29/16 at VMI (W 89-52).
12/31/16 at Liberty (W 67-43).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 8-5, 2-0 Big 10.

12/28/16 vs. Northwestern (W 56-45).
12/31/16 at Michigan (W 75-65).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 2-9, 0-0 Big West.

12/26/16 at San Jose State (L 63-58).
12/31/16 at San Diego State (L 92-89).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 7-5, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/1/17 vs. Holy Cross (W 78-59).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 7-7, 2-2 Horizon.

12/29/16 at Milwaukee (W 91-79).
12/31/16 at Green Bay (L 67-55).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 5-7, 0-0 MAC.

12/27/16 at Marshall (W 48-38).
12/31/16 vs. Tennessee (L 93-48).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 6-4, 1-0 MEAC.

12/31/16 vs. Delaware State (W 76-67).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 6-9, 2-1 MVC.

12/29/16 vs. Illinois State (W 74-65).
12/31/16 vs. Indiana State (W 82-69)

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 5-8, 2-0 Northeast.

12/28/16 at St. Francis-PA (W 82-69).
12/31/16 at Monmouth- feature game, highlighted above.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) - 4-8, 1-1 Northeast.

12/28/16 at St. Francis-NY (W 69-61).
12/31/16 vs. Bryant- feature game, highlighted above.

#25 UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 9-3, 1-1 Pac 10.

12/29/16 vs. #22 Arizona (L 72-58).
12/31/16 vs. Arizona State (W 66-58).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 6-8, 1-1 Southern.

12/28/16 at Georgia Southern (L 77-68).
12/31/16 vs. Wofford (W 83-57).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 8-6, 3-1 Sun Belt.

12/29/16 at Western Kentucky (W 76-63).
12/31/16 vs. North Texas (W 69-52).

A quick note, Brett has already lead the Trojans to as many conference wins as they had last season, as Troy was 3-15 in Sun Belt play last season, and 9-22 overall.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 6-7, 0-0 WAC.

12/29/16 at Nebraska (W 88-67).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 7-6, 0-0 WAC.

12/26/16 vs. Portland (W 104-66).
12/28/16 at Seattle (W 74-61).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Texas (47) 14-0 1774 1 Big 12 Conference
2. Kansas 14-0 1685 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Villanova (21) 12-1 1682 2 Big East Conference
4. Mississippi (4) 12-0 1627 4 Southeastern Conference
5. Oklahoma State 12-1 1463 6 Big 12 Conference
6. Michigan State 13-1 1434 5 Big Ten Conference
7. Georgetown 11-1 1363 7 Big East Conference
8. Alabama 13-0 1351 9 Southeastern Conference
9. Missouri 11-1 1203 8 Big 12 Conference
10. Duke 12-3 1014 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Maryland 12-2 946 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Marquette 11-1 921 17 Big East Conference
13. Minnesota 13-1 895 16 Big Ten Conference
14. North Carolina 10-2 841 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Kent State 12-1 752 13 Mid-American Conference
16. Ohio State 11-3 752 23 Big Ten Conference
17. St. John's 11-1 680 14 Big East Conference
18. Arizona 10-2 654 22 Pacific-10 Conference
19. Syracuse 9-2 551 11 Big East Conference
20. Virginia Tech 10-1 495 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. New Mexico 10-1 415 20 Mountain West Conference
22. Central Florida 12-2 350 12 Conference USA
23. Stanford 9-2 199 NR Pacific-10 Conference
24. Purdue 11-2 109 19 Big Ten Conference
25. UNLV 11-2 95 NR Mountain West Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Kentucky 9-3 54 Southeastern Conference
Baylor 11-2 45 Big 12 Conference
West Virginia 10-2 22 Big East Conference
Vanderbilt 10-2 16 Southeastern Conference
Valparaiso 9-2 7 Horizon League
Gonzaga 10-2 4 Western Athletic Conference
South Florida 8-2 1 Big East Conference

Amazing that UCLA lost all their votes in the coaches poll after 1 lousy loss. Pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Kent State (59) 12-1 1787 2 Mid-American Conference
2. Central Florida (8) 12-2 1699 1 Conference USA
3. New Mexico (5) 10-1 1685 3 Mountain West Conference
4. UNLV 11-2 1574 5 Mountain West Conference
5. Valparaiso 9-2 1496 9 Horizon League
6. Gonzaga 10-2 1434 10 Western Athletic Conference
7. Saint Louis 8-2 1368 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Pacific 10-2 1277 13 Big West Conference
9. Charlotte 9-3 1120 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. George Washington 10-3 1107 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Saint Mary's 10-3 1088 6 West Coast Conference
12. Boise State 9-3 958 19 Western Athletic Conference
13. IUPUI 10-3 933 18 Summit League
14. UC Santa Barbara 9-3 840 8 Big West Conference
15. Drexel 10-3 747 23 Colonial Athletic Association
16. VCU 9-3 710 NR Colonial Athletic Association
17. Bowling Green 8-3 664 22 Mid-American Conference
18. Tulsa 7-3 562 20 Conference USA
19. Rhode Island 9-3 485 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Texas Christian 8-3 424 NR Mountain West Conference
21. Belmont 9-3 362 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
22. Montana 7-3 289 NR Big Sky Conference
23. Vermont 8-3 200 14 America East Conference
24. Sam Houston State 8-3 181 NR Southland Conference
25. Butler 11-4 108 NR Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
San Diego 10-4 69 West Coast Conference
UAB 10-4 68 Conference USA
La Salle 10-4 48 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas Southern 7-3 44 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Green Bay 11-4 36 Horizon League
Mercer 10-4 16 Atlantic Sun Conference
Northeastern 9-4 7 Colonial Athletic Association
Weber State 9-4 4 Big Sky Conference
Wyoming 8-4 4 Mountain West Conference
Dartmouth 7-4 2 Ivy League
Lehigh 10-4 2 Patriot League
UL-Lafayette 9-4 2 Sun Belt Conference

Charlotte drops 2 spots in the mid-major poll, but are still doing well.

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 2-8, 2017

1 feature game to talk about this week, and it's in the America East.

1/4/17- Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) @ Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- Not much separated these 2 teams tonight, but a 6-0 run to end the game gave the Hawks the win.

Final Score: Hartford- 78, Maine- 75

And the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 8-8, 4-1 America East.

1/4/17 vs. Maine- feature game, highlighted above.
1/8/17 vs. Binghamton (W 85-68).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 7-9, 1-3 America East.

1/4/17 at Hartford- feature game, highlighted above.
1/8/17 vs. Vermont (L 94-81).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 11-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10.

1/2/17 at Austin Peay (W 93-91, OT).
1/7/17 vs. Tennessee (W 99-90).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 11-3, 0-0 ACC.

1/5/17 vs. UMass (W 83-62).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 6-8, 0-0 Big 12.

1/4/17 vs. Utah Valley (W 94-73).
1/7/17 at Xavier (W 80-69).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 6-7, 0-2 Big East.

1/4/17 at Rutgers (L 71-69).
1/7/17 vs. South Florida (L 77-68).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 6-8, 1-1 Big East.

1/4/17 vs. Providence (W 91-83).
1/7/17 at #7 Georgetown (L 103-83).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 8-8, 4-2 Big South.

1/5/17 vs. UNC Asheville (L 56-45).
1/7/17 vs. Gardner Webb (W 62-55).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 8-7, 2-2 Big 10.

1/4/17 at #16 Ohio State (L 70-53).
1/7/17 vs. Iowa (L 67-52).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 2-11, 0-2 Big West.

1/5/17 at UC Santa Barbara (L 78-65).
1/7/17 vs. Pacific (L 83-70).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 9-5, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/3/17 at South Dakota State (W 80-61).
1/7/17 at Cal State Bakersfield (W 76-55).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 8-8, 2-3 Horizon.

1/3/17 vs. Western Michigan (W 105-99).
1/7/17 at Detroit (L 88-76).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 6-8, 1-0 MAC.

1/5/17 vs. Duquesne (L 60-56).
1/7/17 vs. Northern Illinois (W 72-65).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 8-4, 3-0 MEAC.

1/2/17 at Morgan State (W 89-66).
1/7/17 vs. Howard (W 79-73).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 7-10, 3-2 MVC.

1/5/17 at Drake (W 75-67).
1/7/17 at Southern Illinois (L 79-71).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 6-9, 3-1 Northeast.

1/4/17 vs. Sacred Heart (W 81-66).
1/7/17 vs. St. Francis-NY (L 58-57, OT).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 5-9, 2-2 Northeast.

1/4/17 vs. Quinnipiac (W 74-68).
1/7/17 at Long Island (L 57-49).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 10-4, 2-2 Pac 10.

1/5/17 at #23 Stanford (L 81-76).
1/7/17 at California (W 73-59).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 6-10, 1-3 Southern.

1/4/17 at Elon (L 84-79).
1/7/17 vs. UNC Greensboro (L 69-44).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 9-7, 4-2 Sun Belt.

1/5/17 at Middle Tennessee (L 74-66).
1/7/17 vs. College of Charleston (W 75-67).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 7-7, 1-0 WAC.

1/7/17 vs. Louisiana Tech (W 87-85).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 7-8, 0-2 WAC.

1/2/17 vs. Fresno State (L 70-63).
1/7/17 at Nevada (L 96-63).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Texas (46) 16-0 1772 1 Big 12 Conference
2. Villanova (22) 14-1 1697 3 Big East Conference
3. Mississippi (4) 15-0 1681 4 Southeastern Conference
4. Kansas 15-0 1618 2 Big 12 Conference
5. Oklahoma State 14-1 1494 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Michigan State 15-1 1438 6 Big Ten Conference
7. Georgetown 13-1 1364 7 Big East Conference
8. Alabama 14-0 1307 8 Southeastern Conference
9. Ohio State 13-3 1101 16 Big Ten Conference
10. Duke 12-3 1090 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Maryland 13-2 1062 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Missouri 12-1 1018 9 Big 12 Conference
13. Kent State 13-1 986 15 Mid-American Conference
14. Arizona 12-2 905 18 Pacific-10 Conference
15. Virginia Tech 12-1 818 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Stanford 11-2 599 23 Pacific-10 Conference
17. St. John's 12-2 557 17 Big East Conference
18. Minnesota 13-2 534 13 Big Ten Conference
19. Syracuse 10-3 531 19 Big East Conference
20. Marquette 12-2 449 12 Big East Conference
21. North Carolina 10-3 409 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Gonzaga 12-2 273 NR Western Athletic Conference
23. Connecticut 10-4 239 NR Big East Conference
24. Valparaiso 11-2 226 NR Horizon League
25. Central Florida 12-3 90 22 Conference USA

Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 12-3 56 Big Ten Conference
Pacific 12-2 40 Big West Conference
IUPUI 12-3 10 Summit League
Kentucky 10-4 9 Southeastern Conference
UNLV 12-3 8 Mountain West Conference
Boston College 11-3 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
Charlotte 11-3 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
West Virginia 11-3 4 Big East Conference
Florida 9-4 2 Southeastern Conference
George Washington 11-3 2 Atlantic 10 Conference

Good to see Boston College and Charlotte receiving votes, even if it's only a few.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Kent State (72) 13-1 1800 1 Mid-American Conference
2. Valparaiso 11-2 1689 5 Horizon League
3. Gonzaga 12-2 1655 6 Western Athletic Conference
4. Central Florida 12-3 1513 2 Conference USA
5. Charlotte 11-3 1463 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. UNLV 12-3 1439 4 Mountain West Conference
7. Pacific 12-2 1329 8 Big West Conference
8. George Washington 11-3 1266 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. IUPUI 12-3 1264 13 Summit League
10. Drexel 12-3 1116 15 Colonial Athletic Association
11. Texas Christian 10-3 1104 20 Mountain West Conference
12. Saint Louis 9-3 1005 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. New Mexico 10-3 913 3 Mountain West Conference
14. Rhode Island 11-3 805 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Butler 13-4 798 25 Horizon League
16. Montana 9-3 751 22 Big Sky Conference
17. San Diego 12-4 624 NR West Coast Conference
18. Sam Houston State 10-3 560 24 Southland Conference
19. Saint Mary's 11-4 409 11 West Coast Conference
20. Boise State 10-4 382 12 Western Athletic Conference
21. Mercer 12-4 273 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
22. Texas Southern 9-3 233 NR Southwestern Athletic Conference
23. UAB 10-4 207 NR Conference USA
24. Wyoming 10-4 193 NR Mountain West Conference
25. La Salle 10-4 169 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Creighton 12-5 119 Missouri Valley Conference
Fresno State 10-4 70 Western Athletic Conference
Southern Illinois 10-4 62 Missouri Valley Conference
Bowling Green 9-4 54 Mid-American Conference
UC Santa Barbara 10-4 37 Big West Conference
Belmont 10-4 24 Atlantic Sun Conference
Manhattan 13-5 24 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Vermont 10-4 20 America East Conference
Tulane 9-4 16 Conference USA
Tulsa 8-4 11 Conference USA
Elon 10-4 3 Southern Conference

Charlotte continues to be the class of the FOFC mid-majors.

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 9-15, 2017

No feature games this week, so let's get straight into the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 8-10, 4-3 America East.

1/11/17 at Vermont (L 77-67).
1/15/17 at Albany (L 93-67).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 7-11, 1-5 America East.

1/11/17 vs. New Hampshire (L 60-59).
1/15/17 at Boston University (L 78-71).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 12-4, 1-1 Atlantic 10.

1/11/17 at LaSalle (L 79-57).
1/14/17 vs. Richmond (W 71-62).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 13-3, 2-0 ACC.

1/11/17 vs. #10 Duke (W 82-80).
1/14/17 at Miami (W 93-86).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 6-10, 0-2 Big 12.

1/11/17 at Iowa State (L 98-71).
1/14/17 vs. #1 Texas (L 91-66).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 6-9, 0-4 Big East.

1/11/17 vs. #17 St. Johns (L 77-63).
1/14/17 at #23 UConn (L 76-64).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 6-10, 1-3 Big East.

1/11/17 vs. West Virginia (L 84-80).
1/14/17 at #20 Marquette (L 96-87).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 8-10, 4-4 Big South.

1/12/17 at Florida Gulf Coast (L 60-53).
1/14/17 at Presbyterian (L 74-67).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 8-9, 2-4 Big 10.

1/11/17 vs. Indiana (L 69-67).
1/14/17 at Indiana (L 76-60).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 2-13, 0-4 Big West.

1/12/17 at Cal State Northridge (L 65-51).
1/14/17 vs. UC Davis (L 67-66).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 11-5, 2-0 Conference USA.

1/11/17 at ECU (W 71-47).
1/14/17 at Tulane (W 89-79).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 9-9, 3-4 Horizon.

1/12/17 vs. #24 Valparaiso (L 89-87).
1/14/17 vs. Butler (W 68-58).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 6-10, 1-2 MAC.

1/11/17 at #13 Kent State (L 70-64, OT).
1/14/17 vs. Eastern Michigan (L 53-48).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 9-4, 4-0 MEAC.

1/14/17 vs. North Carolina A&T (W 73-60).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-11, 4-3 MVC.

1/12/17 vs. Missouri State (L 65-49).
1/14/17 vs. Creighton (W 76-57).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 7-10, 4-2 Northeast.

1/11/17 at Quinnipiac (L 61-60).
1/14/17 at Fairleigh Dickinson (W 100-92, OT).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 7-9, 4-2 Northeast.

1/11/17 vs. Robert Morris (W 73-45).
1/14/17 at Quinnipiac (W 81-70).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 10-5, 2-3 Pac 10.

1/14/17 at USC (L 58-50).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 7-11, 2-4 Southern.

1/11/17 vs. Citadel (W 78-71).
1/14/17 at Chattanooga (L 80-68).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 10-8, 4-3 Sun Belt.

1/9/17 vs. Penn (W 69-67).
1/14/17 at Denver (L 74-67).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 8-8, 2-1 WAC.

1/12/17 at Fresno State (L 68-59).
1/14/17 at Boise State (W 56-47).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 9-8, 2-2 WAC.

1/12/17 at Boise State (W 85-64).
1/14/17 vs. Louisiana Tech (W 62-55).


Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Mississippi (22) 17-0 1746 3 Southeastern Conference
2. Villanova (32) 16-1 1731 2 Big East Conference
3. Texas (18) 18-0 1707 1 Big 12 Conference
4. Kansas 16-1 1544 4 Big 12 Conference
5. Oklahoma State 16-1 1500 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Michigan State 17-1 1490 6 Big Ten Conference
7. Georgetown 15-1 1357 7 Big East Conference
8. Stanford 13-2 1188 16 Pacific-10 Conference
9. Arizona 14-2 1162 14 Pacific-10 Conference
10. Kent State 15-1 1120 13 Mid-American Conference
11. Duke 13-4 996 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Minnesota 15-2 844 18 Big Ten Conference
13. Ohio State 13-4 814 9 Big Ten Conference
14. Alabama 14-2 772 8 Southeastern Conference
15. Connecticut 12-4 772 23 Big East Conference
16. St. John's 14-2 759 17 Big East Conference
17. Maryland 14-3 742 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. North Carolina 12-3 736 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Marquette 14-2 641 20 Big East Conference
20. Missouri 13-2 514 12 Big 12 Conference
21. Kentucky 12-4 259 NR Southeastern Conference
22. Virginia Tech 13-2 255 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Gonzaga 13-2 229 22 Western Athletic Conference
24. Syracuse 11-4 210 19 Big East Conference
25. Central Florida 14-3 175 25 Conference USA

Others Receiving Votes:
IUPUI 14-3 68 Summit League
Boston College 13-3 42 Atlantic Coast Conference
Valparaiso 12-3 18 Horizon League
Drexel 14-3 7 Colonial Athletic Association
Florida 10-5 1 Southeastern Conference
Texas Christian 12-3 1 Mountain West Conference

With the split, Charlotte loses their votes in the coaches poll, but Boston College keeps moving up the ladder.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Kent State (71) 15-1 1799 1 Mid-American Conference
2. Central Florida (1) 14-3 1668 4 Conference USA
3. Gonzaga 13-2 1651 3 Western Athletic Conference
4. IUPUI 14-3 1574 9 Summit League
5. Valparaiso 12-3 1494 2 Horizon League
6. Drexel 14-3 1441 10 Colonial Athletic Association
7. Texas Christian 12-3 1359 11 Mountain West Conference
8. Rhode Island 13-3 1277 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Charlotte 12-4 1220 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. San Diego 14-4 1175 17 West Coast Conference
11. George Washington 12-4 1027 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. UAB 12-4 982 23 Conference USA
13. La Salle 12-4 885 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Texas Southern 12-3 875 22 Southwestern Athletic Conference
15. Pacific 12-3 805 7 Big West Conference
16. UC Santa Barbara 12-4 727 NR Big West Conference
17. New Mexico 11-4 673 13 Mountain West Conference
18. Tulsa 10-4 596 NR Conference USA
19. Vermont 12-4 429 NR America East Conference
20. Montana 10-4 353 16 Big Sky Conference
21. UNLV 12-5 300 6 Mountain West Conference
22. Mercer 13-5 220 21 Atlantic Sun Conference
23. Sam Houston State 11-4 193 18 Southland Conference
24. Wyoming 11-5 159 24 Mountain West Conference
25. UTEP 11-5 126 NR Conference USA

Others Receiving Votes:
Fresno State 11-5 76 Western Athletic Conference
Texas-San Antonio 11-4 60 Southland Conference
Northeastern 12-5 44 Colonial Athletic Association
Middle Tennessee 11-5 40 Sun Belt Conference
Saint Louis 9-5 29 Atlantic 10 Conference
Manhattan 14-6 28 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
San Diego State 10-5 24 Mountain West Conference
Bowling Green 10-5 22 Mid-American Conference
Southern Illinois 11-5 21 Missouri Valley Conference
Norfolk State 9-4 20 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Belmont 11-5 9 Atlantic Sun Conference
Butler 13-6 7 Horizon League
Chattanooga 12-5 7 Southern Conference
Detroit 11-6 4 Horizon League
Rider 11-6 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Charlotte moves down 4 spots in the mid-major poll, and welcome back UTEP. Here's hoping it isn't a short stay.

[bbgunn]

You know who won't be staying in their current positions? Kuji Chagulia and DeShawn St. John, that's who.

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 16-22, 2017

1 feature game to tell you about this week, and it's in the WAC.

1/19/17- Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) @ Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- The final score does not reflect just how much the Warriors controlled this game. Hawaii shot 43.8% from the field to just 27.6% for Oregon State. They outrebounded the Beavers 49-25. The only thing that kept it close was the fact Hawaii committed 23 turnovers. Despite that, Hawaii won fairly easily.

Final Score: Hawaii- 64, Oregon State- 52

Now onto the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 10-10, 6-3 America East.

1/20/17 vs. Boston University (W 66-57).
1/22/17 vs. New Hampshire (W 78-66).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 7-12, 1-6 America East.

1/20/17 at UMBC (L 78-67).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 14-4, 3-1 Atlantic 10.

1/18/17 at UMass (W 78-66).
1/21/17 vs. LaSalle (W 74-68).

The win against LaSalle gave Timmy Tribble his 100th career victory. Congrats to him.

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 14-4, 3-1 ACC.

1/18/17 vs. N.C. State (W 92-60).
1/21/17 at #22 Virginia Tech (L 77-75).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 6-12, 0-4 Big 12.

1/18/17 vs. #5 Oklahoma State (L 95-86).
1/21/17 at #20 Missouri (L 85-69).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 6-11, 0-6 Big East.

1/18/17 at Cincinnati (L 66-56).
1/21/17 vs. #24 Syracuse (L 90-79).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 6-12, 1-5 Big East.

1/18/17 at #15 UConn (L 102-61).
1/21/17 vs. South Florida (L 86-82).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 8-12, 4-5 Big South.

1/19/17 vs. North Carolina Central (L 76-74, OT).
1/21/17 vs. Radford (L 76-66).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 8-11, 2-6 Big 10.

1/18/17 vs. Purdue (L 88-78).
1/21/17 at Illinois (L 73-65).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 4-13, 1-4 Big West.

1/17/17 vs. Valparaiso (W 66-64).
1/19/17 vs. UC Riverside (W 59-49).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 12-6, 3-1 Conference USA.

1/18/17 at Rice (L 69-61).
1/21/17 at Houston (W 82-69).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 10-10, 4-5 Horizon.

1/19/17 at Youngstown State (W 90-73).
1/21/17 at Cleveland State (L 85-83).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 7-10, 2-2 MAC.

1/18/17 at Akron (W 59-56).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 10-5, 5-1 MEAC.

1/16/17 at Coppin State (L 61-53).
1/21/17 at Maryland-East Shore (W 85-42).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-13, 4-5 MVC.

1/19/17 at Wichita State (L 87-80).
1/21/17 at Northern Iowa (L 71-66).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 7-12, 4-4 Northeast.

1/18/17 vs. Central Connecticut State (L 70-48).
1/21/17 at Long Island (L 72-66).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 9-9, 6-2 Northeast.

1/18/17 at Quinnipiac (W 65-40).
1/21/17 vs. Wagner (W 73-59).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 12-5, 4-3 Pac 10.

1/19/17 vs. Washington State (W 62-60).
1/21/17 vs. Washington (W 75-51).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 9-11, 4-4 Southern.

1/18/17 vs. Samford (W 77-74).
1/21/17 vs. Appalachian State (W 83-71).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 11-9, 5-4 Sun Belt.

1/19/17 at Florida International (L 65-52).
1/21/17 vs. UL-Lafayette (W 66-39).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 10-8, 4-1 WAC.

1/19/17 vs. Oregon State- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/17 vs. #23 Gonzaga (W 113-99).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 9-10, 2-4 WAC.

1/19/17 at Hawaii- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/17 vs. New Mexico State (L 88-74).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (42) 18-1 1766 2 Big East Conference
2. Texas (25) 20-0 1720 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Mississippi (5) 18-0 1689 1 Southeastern Conference
4. Michigan State 19-1 1593 6 Big Ten Conference
5. Kansas 18-1 1511 4 Big 12 Conference
6. Oklahoma State 17-1 1439 5 Big 12 Conference
7. Georgetown 17-1 1369 7 Big East Conference
8. Arizona 15-2 1209 9 Pacific-10 Conference
9. Kent State 17-1 1194 10 Mid-American Conference
10. North Carolina 14-3 1189 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Minnesota 17-2 1030 12 Big Ten Conference
12. Ohio State 14-5 880 13 Big Ten Conference
13. Stanford 14-3 858 8 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Syracuse 13-4 793 24 Big East Conference
15. Duke 14-5 732 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Kentucky 14-4 671 21 Southeastern Conference
17. Virginia Tech 15-2 664 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Connecticut 13-5 608 15 Big East Conference
19. Alabama 15-3 586 14 Southeastern Conference
20. St. John's 15-3 482 16 Big East Conference
21. Central Florida 16-3 405 25 Conference USA
22. Missouri 14-3 345 20 Big 12 Conference
23. IUPUI 16-3 287 NR Summit League
24. Southern California 13-5 156 NR Pacific-10 Conference
25. Gonzaga 14-3 62 23 Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 15-4 55 Big Ten Conference
Rhode Island 15-3 45 Atlantic 10 Conference
Maryland 14-5 40 Atlantic Coast Conference
Charlotte 14-4 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
Boston College 14-4 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
Marquette 14-4 4 Big East Conference
George Washington 14-4 2 Atlantic 10 Conference

So Charlotte and Boston College continue to hang tough and receive votes in the coaches poll. Hopefully we can get UCLA and UTEP back in soon enough.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Kent State (70) 17-1 1798 1 Mid-American Conference
2. Central Florida (2) 16-3 1712 2 Conference USA
3. IUPUI 16-3 1646 4 Summit League
4. Charlotte 14-4 1564 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Gonzaga 14-3 1502 3 Western Athletic Conference
6. Rhode Island 15-3 1461 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. George Washington 14-4 1363 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Texas Christian 13-4 1312 7 Mountain West Conference
9. San Diego 14-5 1175 10 West Coast Conference
10. La Salle 13-5 1004 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. San Diego State 12-5 991 NR Mountain West Conference
12. Valparaiso 12-5 958 5 Horizon League
13. Butler 15-6 870 NR Horizon League
14. UC Santa Barbara 13-5 797 16 Big West Conference
15. Drexel 14-5 729 6 Colonial Athletic Association
16. Pacific 13-4 638 15 Big West Conference
17. New Mexico 12-5 610 17 Mountain West Conference
18. Southern Illinois 13-5 503 NR Missouri Valley Conference
19. Tulsa 11-5 496 18 Conference USA
20. Texas-San Antonio 13-4 422 NR Southland Conference
21. Belmont 13-5 383 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
22. UNLV 13-6 248 21 Mountain West Conference
23. Vermont 13-5 200 19 America East Conference
24. Creighton 14-7 186 NR Missouri Valley Conference
25. Nevada 12-7 98 NR Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Mercer 14-6 97 Atlantic Sun Conference
UAB 12-6 81 Conference USA
Saint Mary's 13-6 73 West Coast Conference
UTEP 12-6 64 Conference USA
Rider 13-6 59 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Montana 11-5 57 Big Sky Conference
Manhattan 15-7 53 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Boise State 12-6 51 Western Athletic Conference
Siena 13-7 50 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fresno State 12-6 46 Western Athletic Conference
Xavier 12-7 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas Southern 12-5 23 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Northeastern 13-6 22 Colonial Athletic Association
Detroit 12-7 15 Horizon League
Wyoming 11-6 10 Mountain West Conference
Chattanooga 13-6 3 Southern Conference
Princeton 11-5 3 Ivy League
Lehigh 13-6 2 Patriot League
Tulane 11-6 1 Conference USA

Huge jump for Charlotte in the mid-major top 25. UTEP falls out, but still receives a good amount of votes.

[Grover]

Keep it going Charlotte, let's crack the national 25!

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 23-29, 2017

1 feature game this week, and it's in the America East.

1/29/17- Hartford (David Ginsberg) @ Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- The Black Bears forced 17 Hartford turnovers to shake off a 3 point halftime deficit and win going away.

Final Score: Maine- 68, Hartford- 58

And now the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 10-12, 6-4 America East.

1/24/17 vs. Washington State (L 82-65).
1/29/17 at Maine- feature game, highlighted above.

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 9-12, 3-6 America East.

1/25/17 vs. Binghamton (W 98-50).
1/29/17 vs. Hartford- feature game, highlighted above.

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 16-4, 5-1 Atlantic 10.

1/25/17 at Rhode Island (W 88-79).
1/28/17 vs. Dayton (W 78-71).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 16-4, 5-1 ACC.

1/25/17 vs. Georgia Tech (W 87-85).
1/28/17 at Virginia (W 69-68).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 7-13, 1-5 Big 12.

1/23/17 vs. Kansas State (W 70-62).
1/28/17 at #5 Kansas (L 83-58).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 8-11, 2-6 Big East.

1/25/17 vs. #1 Villanova (W 82-75, OT).
1/28/17 at DePaul (W 92-89, OT).

Was this the week that the Cardinals needed to get back on track? Coach Chagulia hopes so.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 6-14, 1-7 Big East.

1/25/17 at Cincinnati (L 69-53).
1/28/17 vs. Pitt (L 64-56).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 10-12, 6-5 Big South.

1/26/17 vs. Liberty (W 64-39).
1/28/17 vs. VMI (W 56-48).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 9-12, 2-7 Big 10.

1/25/17 at #4 Michigan State (L 70-54).
1/27/17 at Coppin State (W 59-36).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 6-13, 3-4 Big West.

1/26/17 vs. Cal St. Fullerton (W 75-74).
1/28/17 at UC Irvine (W 58-49).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 14-6, 5-1 Conference USA.

1/25/17 vs. Rice (W 79-65).
1/28/17 vs. Southern Miss (W 70-56).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 12-10, 6-5 Horizon.

1/26/17 vs. Green Bay (W 76-63).
1/28/17 vs. Milwaukee (W 90-73).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 9-10, 4-2 MAC.

1/25/17 vs. Buffalo (W 59-47).
1/28/17 at Toledo (W 48-44).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 11-7, 5-2 MEAC.

1/23/17 vs. South Carolina State (L 68-64).
1/26/17 vs. North Carolina Central (W 68-49).
1/28/17 at Winston-Salem (L 56-54).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-15, 4-7 MVC.

1/26/17 at Indiana State (L 80-71).
1/28/17 at Illinois State (L 78-70).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 8-13, 5-5 Northeast.

1/25/17 at Wagner (W 81-77).
1/28/17 vs. St. Francis-PA (L 71-69).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 11-9, 8-2 Northeast.

1/25/17 vs. Sacred Heart (W 75-65).
1/28/17 vs. St. Francis-NY (W 67-42).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 13-6, 5-4 Pac 10.

1/26/17 at Utah State (W 78-49).
1/28/17 at Oregon (L 85-71).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 10-12, 5-5 Southern.

1/25/17 at Western Carolina (L 65-58).
1/28/17 at Appalachian State (W 76-62).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 12-10, 6-5 Sun Belt.

1/26/17 at New Orleans (W 67-63).
1/28/17 vs. South Alabama (L 53-50).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 11-9, 5-2 WAC.

1/26/17 at Nevada (L 91-70).
1/28/17 at New Mexico State (W 73-64).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 9-11, 2-5 WAC.

1/28/17 at San Jose State (L 67-65).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (52) 19-2 1761 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (2) 20-1 1679 4 Big Ten Conference
3. Texas (14) 21-1 1655 2 Big 12 Conference
4. Kansas 20-1 1632 5 Big 12 Conference
5. Mississippi (3) 19-1 1540 3 Southeastern Conference
6. Georgetown (1) 19-1 1441 7 Big East Conference
7. Oklahoma State 18-2 1380 6 Big 12 Conference
8. Arizona 17-2 1251 8 Pacific-10 Conference
9. Duke 16-5 1206 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Ohio State 15-5 1082 12 Big Ten Conference
11. Syracuse 15-4 1055 14 Big East Conference
12. North Carolina 15-4 953 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Kent State 18-2 867 9 Mid-American Conference
14. Central Florida 18-3 809 21 Conference USA
15. Virginia Tech 17-2 789 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Alabama 17-3 698 19 Southeastern Conference
17. Kentucky 15-5 688 16 Southeastern Conference
18. Missouri 16-3 641 22 Big 12 Conference
19. IUPUI 18-3 441 23 Summit League
20. St. John's 16-4 439 20 Big East Conference
21. Minnesota 17-4 233 11 Big Ten Conference
22. Connecticut 13-7 222 18 Big East Conference
23. Southern California 14-6 206 24 Pacific-10 Conference
24. Boston College 16-4 192 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
25. Purdue 16-4 134 NR Big Ten Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Stanford 14-5 124 Pacific-10 Conference
Charlotte 16-4 85 Atlantic 10 Conference
Marquette 16-4 81 Big East Conference
Pittsburgh 13-7 59 Big East Conference
South Carolina 15-5 18 Southeastern Conference
Florida 12-7 16 Southeastern Conference
Maryland 15-6 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
UCLA 13-6 6 Pacific-10 Conference
Wake Forest 13-5 1 Atlantic Coast Conference

We welcome Boston College to the national top 25 poll, and UCLA gets a couple votes, while Charlotte keeps making a push.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (59) 18-3 1780 2 Conference USA
2. Kent State (12) 18-2 1730 1 Mid-American Conference
3. Charlotte 16-4 1653 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. IUPUI (1) 18-3 1602 3 Summit League
5. San Diego State 14-5 1352 11 Mountain West Conference
6. George Washington 15-5 1297 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Nevada 14-7 1273 25 Western Athletic Conference
8. UNLV 15-6 1243 22 Mountain West Conference
9. Valparaiso 14-5 1214 12 Horizon League
10. Texas Christian 14-5 1023 8 Mountain West Conference
11. UC Santa Barbara 15-5 1001 14 Big West Conference
12. Gonzaga 14-5 904 5 Western Athletic Conference
13. San Diego 15-6 867 9 West Coast Conference
14. Butler 16-7 705 13 Horizon League
15. La Salle 14-6 694 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Boise State 14-6 668 NR Western Athletic Conference
17. Rhode Island 15-5 662 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Manhattan 16-7 508 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
19. Fresno State 14-6 497 NR Western Athletic Conference
20. Creighton 14-8 376 24 Missouri Valley Conference
21. Belmont 15-5 359 21 Atlantic Sun Conference
22. UTEP 14-6 270 NR Conference USA
23. Vermont 15-5 256 23 America East Conference
24. Texas-San Antonio 15-4 219 20 Southland Conference
25. Northeastern 15-6 171 NR Colonial Athletic Association

Others Receiving Votes:
Southern Illinois 14-6 134 Missouri Valley Conference
Xavier 13-8 123 Atlantic 10 Conference
Siena 14-8 120 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Drexel 15-6 88 Colonial Athletic Association
New Mexico 13-6 69 Mountain West Conference
Saint Mary's 14-7 69 West Coast Conference
Missouri State 13-7 68 Missouri Valley Conference
Tulsa 12-6 68 Conference USA
Montana 13-5 65 Big Sky Conference
Mercer 15-7 56 Atlantic Sun Conference
Temple 12-7 50 Atlantic 10 Conference
UAB 13-7 45 Conference USA
Utah 13-8 36 Mountain West Conference
Pacific 14-5 22 Big West Conference
Lehigh 15-6 21 Patriot League
Green Bay 15-8 17 Horizon League
UNC Wilmington 14-8 13 Colonial Athletic Association
Richmond 12-8 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
Albany 15-9 2 America East Conference
Brown 11-6 2 Ivy League
Hofstra 13-9 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Elon 14-6 1 Southern Conference

Charlotte keeps inching closer to that top spot in the mid-major poll, while UTEP is back in the mid-major top 25.

[bbgunn]

Nice run for Charlotte!

[rjolley]

Man, what a disappointing end to last season for Tim Sheppard and Penn State and it's carrying over to this one. Hope they can pull themselves out of this rut.

Also, Tim needs to recruit better. Class rank of 304?

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 30-Feb. 6, 2017

No feature games this week, so let's get right to the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 11-13, 7-5 T-3rd America East.

2/1/17 at Stony Brook (L 73-68).
2/5/17 vs. Vermont (W 85-83).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 10-13, 4-7 7th America East.

2/3/17 at Albany (L 83-74).
2/5/17 at New Hampshire (W 81-55).

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 18-4, 7-1 1st Atlantic 10.

2/1/17 at Temple (W 65-54).
2/4/17 vs. St. Louis (W 88-63).

#24 Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 17-5, 6-2 T-2nd ACC.

2/1/17 at Clemson (W 85-69).
2/4/17 at N.C. State (L 97-79).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 7-15, 1-7 T-11th Big 12.

2/1/17 at Nebraska (L 77-71).
2/4/17 vs. Iowa State (L 87-83, OT).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 10-11, 4-6 T-11th Big East.

2/1/17 at #20 St. Johns (W 65-64).
2/4/17 vs. Rutgers (W 65-56).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 6-16, 1-9 T-15th Big East.

2/1/17 vs. #1 Villanova (L 73-53).
2/4/17 vs. #6 Georgetown (L 83-60).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 11-13, 7-6 5th Big South.

2/2/17 at Gardner Webb (W 64-59).
2/4/17 at UNC Asheville (L 62-61).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 9-14, 2-9 T-9th Big 10.

2/1/17 at Iowa (L 84-73).
2/4/17 vs. #21 Minnesota (L 66-56).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 6-15, 3-6 T-7th Big West.

1/31/17 at Long Beach State (L 56-44).
2/2/17 at Pacific (L 63-58).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 15-7, 6-2 T-2nd Conference USA.

2/1/17 vs. UAB (L 70-61).
2/4/17 vs. Houston (W 66-52).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 14-10, 7-5 T-5th Horizon.

1/31/17 at Cal St. Bakersfield (W 74-52).
2/4/17 vs. Detroit (W 89-64).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 9-12, 4-4 4th in West Division of MAC.

2/1/17 vs. Miami (OH) (L 62-56).
2/4/17 at Western Michigan (L 96-94, OT).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 13-7, 6-2 2nd MEAC.

1/31/17 at South Dakota State (W 77-63).
2/4/17 vs. Morgan State (W 77-54).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-17, 4-9 9th MVC.

2/2/17 vs. Southern Illinois (L 71-50).
2/4/17 vs. Drake (L 78-52).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 9-14, 6-6 6th Northeast.

2/1/17 at St. Francis-NY (W 72-62).
2/4/17 vs. Quinnipiac (L 79-63).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 12-10, 9-3 2nd Northeast.

2/1/17 at St. Francis-PA (W 86-79).
2/4/17 at Robert Morris (L 84-82).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 14-7, 6-5 4th Pac 10.

2/2/17 vs. California (W 66-36).
2/4/17 vs. Stanford (L 82-65).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 11-13, 6-6 T-2nd in South Division of Southern.

2/1/17 vs. Georgia Southern (W 84-68).
2/4/17 at Citadel (L 75-73).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 12-12, 6-7 4th in East Division of Sun Belt.

2/2/17 at College of Charleston (L 56-55).
2/4/17 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (L 78-70).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 12-10, 6-2 3rd WAC.

1/30/17 at Austin Peay (L 87-56).
2/2/17 vs. San Jose State (W 80-62).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 10-12, 3-6 T-6th WAC.

2/2/17 vs. Gonzaga (W 86-79).
2/4/17 at Fresno State (L 75-61).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Michigan State (44) 21-1 1770 2 Big Ten Conference
2. Texas (21) 22-1 1732 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Mississippi (4) 21-1 1637 5 Southeastern Conference
4. Villanova (3) 21-2 1627 1 Big East Conference
5. Kansas 20-3 1494 4 Big 12 Conference
6. Georgetown 20-2 1439 6 Big East Conference
7. Oklahoma State 19-3 1387 7 Big 12 Conference
8. Arizona 19-2 1256 8 Pacific-10 Conference
9. Ohio State 17-5 1194 10 Big Ten Conference
10. Missouri 18-3 1059 18 Big 12 Conference
11. Syracuse 16-5 996 11 Big East Conference
12. Duke 17-6 976 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Virginia Tech 19-2 913 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Central Florida 20-3 861 14 Conference USA
15. Connecticut 15-7 823 22 Big East Conference
16. Kent State 19-3 673 13 Mid-American Conference
17. North Carolina 16-5 672 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. IUPUI 20-3 560 19 Summit League
19. Southern California 16-6 483 23 Pacific-10 Conference
20. Marquette 18-4 436 NR Big East Conference
21. Minnesota 19-4 435 21 Big Ten Conference
22. Charlotte 18-4 301 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Kentucky 16-6 264 17 Southeastern Conference
24. Pittsburgh 14-8 134 NR Big East Conference
25. Alabama 17-5 88 16 Southeastern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 17-5 56 Big Ten Conference
Florida 14-7 44 Southeastern Conference
Boston College 17-5 39 Atlantic Coast Conference
St. John's 16-6 28 Big East Conference
Stanford 15-6 8 Pacific-10 Conference
Maryland 16-7 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
George Washington 17-5 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
Wake Forest 15-5 4 Atlantic Coast Conference

Welcome Charlotte and their 7 straight wins to the national top 25, while Boston College loses their spot, but is still receiving votes.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (65) 20-3 1790 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 18-4 1705 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Kent State (5) 19-3 1666 2 Mid-American Conference
4. IUPUI (2) 20-3 1595 4 Summit League
5. Nevada 16-7 1466 7 Western Athletic Conference
6. George Washington 17-5 1449 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. San Diego State 15-6 1296 5 Mountain West Conference
8. UC Santa Barbara 16-5 1203 11 Big West Conference
9. Texas Christian 15-6 1089 10 Mountain West Conference
10. UNLV 15-7 1011 8 Mountain West Conference
11. La Salle 15-7 944 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Butler 17-8 918 14 Horizon League
13. San Diego 16-7 828 13 West Coast Conference
14. Tulsa 14-6 805 NR Conference USA
15. Boise State 15-7 733 16 Western Athletic Conference
16. Southern Illinois 16-6 678 NR Missouri Valley Conference
17. Manhattan 17-8 579 18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
18. Rhode Island 16-6 579 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Fresno State 15-7 414 19 Western Athletic Conference
20. Valparaiso 14-7 414 9 Horizon League
21. Mercer 17-7 348 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
22. UTEP 15-7 316 22 Conference USA
23. Northeastern 16-7 178 25 Colonial Athletic Association
24. New Mexico 14-7 165 NR Mountain West Conference
25. Texas-San Antonio 16-5 158 24 Southland Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Xavier 14-9 115 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hofstra 15-9 99 Colonial Athletic Association
Richmond 14-8 81 Atlantic 10 Conference
Santa Clara 16-8 79 West Coast Conference
UNC Wilmington 16-8 78 Colonial Athletic Association
Bowling Green 14-7 77 Mid-American Conference
Pepperdine 15-7 72 West Coast Conference
Missouri State 14-8 69 Missouri Valley Conference
UAB 14-8 57 Conference USA
Siena 14-9 52 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Gonzaga 14-7 50 Western Athletic Conference
Green Bay 16-9 50 Horizon League
Albany 16-9 38 America East Conference
Northern Colorado 15-7 37 Big Sky Conference
Vermont 15-7 28 America East Conference
Belmont 15-7 23 Atlantic Sun Conference
Drexel 15-8 20 Colonial Athletic Association
Chattanooga 16-7 15 Southern Conference
Pacific 15-6 9 Big West Conference
Northern Iowa 14-10 5 Missouri Valley Conference
Utah 14-9 5 Mountain West Conference
Creighton 14-10 4 Missouri Valley Conference
Temple 12-9 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cal State Northridge 15-8 3 Big West Conference
Elon 15-7 1 Southern Conference
Texas Southern 15-6 1 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Weber State 15-7 1 Big Sky Conference

Charlotte moves up a spot, but just can't buy a FPV in the mid-major poll, while UTEP holds strong at 22. No other FOFC mid-major teams even sniff a vote, no big surprise.

[Grover]

22 in the national top 25!

Tribble for Coach of the Year!

[Zinto]

Rough season at UCLA.

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 6-12, 2017

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 13-13, 9-5 3rd America East.

2/8/17 vs. UMBC (W 89-69).
2/12/17 at Boston University (W 72-58).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 11-14, 5-8 7th America East.

2/8/17 vs. Stony Brook (L 74-64).
2/12/17 vs. UMBC (W 87-68).

#22 Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 20-4, 9-1 1st Atlantic 10.

2/8/17 vs. UMass (W 92-54).
2/11/17 at Richmond (W 96-73).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 18-6, 7-3 ACC.

2/8/17 vs. #13 Virginia Tech (L 93-84).
2/11/17 vs. Wake Forest (W 84-62).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 8-16, 2-8 11th Big 12.

2/6/17 at Oklahoma (L 81-59).
2/11/17 vs. #10 Missouri (W 71-55).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 11-12, 5-7 T-10th Big East.

2/8/17 at #6 Georgetown (L 66-64).
2/11/17 vs. Seton Hall (W 97-52).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 8-16, 3-9 T-13th Big East.

2/8/17 at Providence (W 80-65).
2/11/17 vs. St. Johns (W 68-67, OT).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 13-13, 9-6 T-4th Big South.

2/9/17 vs. Presbyterian (W 66-36).
2/11/17 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (W 70-62).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 10-15, 3-10 10th Big 10.

2/8/17 vs. #1 Michigan State (L 73-55).
2/11/17 vs. Illinois (W 88-86, OT).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 7-16, 4-7 T-7th Big West.

2/9/17 at UC Davis (W 76-72, OT).
2/11/17 vs. UC Santa Barbara (L 90-69).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 16-8, 7-3 2nd Conference USA.

2/8/17 vs. Tulane (L 93-86).
2/11/17 at SMU (W 75-61).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 15-11, 8-6 5th Horizon.

2/9/17 at Butler (L 72-44).
2/11/17 at Valparaiso (W 68-60).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 9-14, 4-6 T-4th MAC West.

2/8/17 at Bowling Green (L 71-62).
2/11/17 vs. Ohio (L 77-75).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 15-7, 8-2 T-1st MEAC.

2/6/17 at South Carolina State (W 75-60).
2/11/17 vs. Florida A&M (W 72-63).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-19, 4-11 T-9th MVC.

2/9/17 at Creighton (L 88-83).
2/11/17 at Missouri State (L 68-57).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 9-16, 6-8 T-6th Northeast.

2/8/17 at Sacred Heart (L 86-75).
2/11/17 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (L 90-76).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 14-10, 11-3 T-1st Northeast.

2/8/17 at Wagner (W 80-58).
2/11/17 vs. Long Island (W 83-59).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 16-7, 7-5 4th Pac 10.

2/9/17 at SIU Edwardsville (W 66-48).
2/11/17 vs. #19 USC (W 70-61).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 12-14, 7-7 T-2nd Southern South.

2/8/17 vs. Elon (L 66-57).
2/11/17 vs. Chattanooga (W 67-33).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 13-13, 7-8 4th Sun Belt East.

2/9/17 vs. Middle Tennessee (W 69-63).
2/11/17 at North Texas (L 75-61).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 13-11, 7-3 3rd WAC.

2/9/17 at Louisiana Tech (L 77-74).
2/11/17 vs. Fresno State (W 86-62).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 10-14, 3-8 8th WAC.

2/6/17 vs. Nevada (L 103-79).
2/11/17 vs. Boise State (L 77-69).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (59) 23-2 1779 4 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (9) 23-1 1724 1 Big Ten Conference
3. Texas (4) 24-1 1665 2 Big 12 Conference
4. Mississippi 23-1 1597 3 Southeastern Conference
5. Kansas 22-3 1495 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Georgetown 22-2 1442 6 Big East Conference
7. Oklahoma State 21-3 1383 7 Big 12 Conference
8. Arizona 21-2 1273 8 Pacific-10 Conference
9. Ohio State 19-5 1236 9 Big Ten Conference
10. Syracuse 18-5 1071 11 Big East Conference
11. North Carolina 18-5 1064 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Central Florida 22-3 1043 14 Conference USA
13. Missouri 19-4 949 10 Big 12 Conference
14. Virginia Tech 20-3 859 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Connecticut 16-8 732 15 Big East Conference
16. Charlotte 20-4 712 22 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Marquette 19-5 640 20 Big East Conference
18. Kent State 20-4 534 16 Mid-American Conference
19. Southern California 17-7 430 19 Pacific-10 Conference
20. Duke 17-8 424 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Minnesota 19-6 380 21 Big Ten Conference
22. IUPUI 20-5 247 18 Summit League
23. Florida 16-7 218 NR Southeastern Conference
24. Pittsburgh 15-9 139 24 Big East Conference
25. South Carolina 18-6 123 NR Southeastern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Boston College 18-6 100 Atlantic Coast Conference
Alabama 18-6 79 Southeastern Conference
UCLA 16-7 40 Pacific-10 Conference
George Washington 18-6 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas Christian 17-6 5 Mountain West Conference
Purdue 17-7 4 Big Ten Conference
Southern Illinois 18-6 3 Missouri Valley Conference
Stanford 16-7 3 Pacific-10 Conference

Huge jump for Charlotte in the national top 25, while BC is knocking at the door, and welcome back UCLA who is receiving votes again.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (72) 22-3 1800 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 20-4 1725 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Kent State 20-4 1651 3 Mid-American Conference
4. IUPUI 20-5 1564 4 Summit League
5. George Washington 18-6 1437 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Nevada 18-7 1425 5 Western Athletic Conference
7. Texas Christian 17-6 1323 9 Mountain West Conference
8. Butler 19-8 1191 12 Horizon League
9. La Salle 17-7 1155 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. San Diego State 16-7 1152 7 Mountain West Conference
11. Rhode Island 18-6 1098 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Southern Illinois 18-6 1062 16 Missouri Valley Conference
13. UC Santa Barbara 17-6 863 8 Big West Conference
14. UNLV 16-8 785 10 Mountain West Conference
15. San Diego 17-8 655 13 West Coast Conference
16. Northeastern 18-7 577 23 Colonial Athletic Association
17. Boise State 16-8 563 15 Western Athletic Conference
18. Manhattan 18-9 423 17 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
19. Hofstra 17-9 376 NR Colonial Athletic Association
20. Bowling Green 16-7 353 NR Mid-American Conference
21. Siena 16-9 341 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Northern Colorado 17-7 278 NR Big Sky Conference
23. Fresno State 16-8 232 19 Western Athletic Conference
24. Valparaiso 15-8 195 20 Horizon League
25. Mercer 18-8 158 21 Atlantic Sun Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UTEP 16-8 126 Conference USA
Xavier 15-10 116 Atlantic 10 Conference
Tulsa 14-8 86 Conference USA
Utah 15-9 70 Mountain West Conference
Richmond 15-9 66 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas-San Antonio 17-6 64 Southland Conference
Albany 18-9 62 America East Conference
Vermont 17-7 56 America East Conference
Creighton 16-10 38 Missouri Valley Conference
Drexel 17-8 38 Colonial Athletic Association
Elon 17-7 38 Southern Conference
Temple 14-9 36 Atlantic 10 Conference
Pepperdine 16-8 35 West Coast Conference
UNC Wilmington 17-9 34 Colonial Athletic Association
Weber State 17-7 33 Big Sky Conference
Santa Clara 17-9 26 West Coast Conference
Northern Iowa 15-10 25 Missouri Valley Conference
UAB 15-9 18 Conference USA
Texas Southern 17-6 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Fairfield 15-9 15 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Gonzaga 15-8 8 Western Athletic Conference
Chattanooga 17-8 4 Southern Conference
Missouri State 15-9 4 Missouri Valley Conference
New Mexico 14-9 3 Mountain West Conference

Charlotte stays pat at #2 in the mid-major poll, but has a lot of competition at the top, specifically Central Florida. UTEP loses their spot in the mid-major top 25 but has a huge test with the previously mentioned Central Florida team next week.

Bubble watch time. This is the first edition, as I forgot to do it for last week. It's pretty brutal really. Keep in mind this is only the bubble watch for the NCAA Tournament, not the entire postseason.

None of our FOFC teams in the overall bubble watch, so let's run it down by FOFC teams.

Locks: Charlotte, Boston College, UCLA.

The other 19 teams, to keep it simple, are projected out. Even UTEP, surprisingly.

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 13-19, 2017

1 feature game to tell you about this week, and it takes place in the WAC.

2/18/17- Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) @ Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- An old fashioned shootout in this one, as the Beavers jumped out to a 14 point halftime lead on the strength of 62% shooting. Pretty even stat wise, the big difference being Oregon State made 7 more shots, and held their lead throughout the second half.

Final Score: Oregon State- 93, Hawaii- 83

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 14-13, 10-5 3rd America East.

2/15/17 at Binghamton (W 70-46).

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 12-15, 6-9 T-6th America East.

2/15/17 at Vermont (L 91-62).
2/19/17 at Binghamton (W 72-69).

#16 Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 21-5, 10-2 1st Atlantic 10.

2/15/17 vs. Xavier (L 101-93).
2/18/17 at St. Bonaventure (W 80-64).

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 19-7, 8-4 3rd ACC.

2/15/17 vs. Maryland (W 79-67).
2/18/17 at Florida State (L 90-82).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 8-18, 2-10 T-11th Big 12.

2/13/17 at Texas Tech (L 72-70).
2/18/17 vs. Nebraska (L 75-66).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 11-14, 5-9 T-10th Big East.

2/15/17 at #24 Pitt (L 88-70).
2/18/17 at #17 Marquette (L 86-81).

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 9-17, 4-10 13th Big East.

2/15/17 at West Virginia (L 96-83).
2/18/17 at Seton Hall (W 69-67).

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 14-13, 10-6 T-3rd Big South.

2/18/17 at Radford (W 64-61).

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 10-16, 3-11 12th (last) Big 10.

2/18/17 vs. #9 Ohio State (L 88-62).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 8-17, 5-7 7th Big West.

2/14/17 at Pepperdine (L 69-61).
2/18/17 vs. Cal St. Northridge (W 63-59).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 16-10, 7-5 T-3rd Conference USA.

2/15/17 at Memphis (L 71-63).
2/18/17 vs. #12 Central Florida (L 84-62).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 17-11, 10-6 T-3rd Horizon.

2/16/17 vs. Cleveland State (W 72-62).
2/18/17 vs. Youngstown State (W 74-68).

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 11-14, 6-6 3rd MAC West.

2/15/17 vs. Ball State (W 70-52).
2/18/17 at Eastern Michigan (W 67-44).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 17-7, 10-2 1st MEAC.

2/13/17 at Bethune-Cookman (W 63-61).
2/18/17 at Hampton (W 64-54).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-21, 4-13 10th (last) MVC.

2/16/17 vs. Northern Iowa (L 78-57).
2/18/17 vs. Wichita State (L 88-76).

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 9-18, 6-10 T-9th Northeast.

2/15/17 vs. Long Island (L 94-89, OT).
2/18/17 vs. Robert Morris (L 64-57).

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 16-10, 13-3 T-1st Northeast.

2/15/17 vs. Mt. St. Marys (W 72-53).
2/18/17 at Fairleigh Dickinson (W 77-59).

UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 18-7, 9-5 3rd Pac 10.

2/16/17 at Washington (W 78-63).
2/18/17 at Washington State (W 85-64).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 13-15, 8-8 T-3rd Southern South.

2/15/17 at UNC Greensboro (L 74-66).
2/18/17 at Wofford (W 75-55).

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 13-14, 7-9 4th Sun Belt East.

2/16/17 vs. Arkansas State (L 67-62).

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 14-12, 8-4 2nd WAC.

2/16/17 vs. Boise State (W 77-57).
2/18/17 at Oregon State- feature game, highlighted above.

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 11-15, 4-9 8th WAC.

2/16/17 at Louisiana Tech (L 61-54).
2/18/17 vs. Hawaii- feature game, highlighted above.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (66) 25-2 1794 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (6) 25-1 1730 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Mississippi 25-1 1642 4 Southeastern Conference
4. Texas 24-3 1593 3 Big 12 Conference
5. Oklahoma State 23-3 1515 7 Big 12 Conference
6. Georgetown 23-3 1443 6 Big East Conference
7. Kansas 22-5 1357 5 Big 12 Conference
8. Ohio State 21-5 1260 9 Big Ten Conference
9. Arizona 22-3 1243 8 Pacific-10 Conference
10. North Carolina 20-5 1131 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Central Florida 24-3 1087 12 Conference USA
12. Missouri 21-4 988 13 Big 12 Conference
13. Connecticut 18-8 899 15 Big East Conference
14. Syracuse 19-6 899 10 Big East Conference
15. Virginia Tech 21-4 782 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Southern California 19-7 630 19 Pacific-10 Conference
17. Marquette 20-6 628 17 Big East Conference
18. Charlotte 21-5 624 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. IUPUI 22-5 490 22 Summit League
20. Kent State 21-5 409 18 Mid-American Conference
21. Pittsburgh 17-9 317 24 Big East Conference
22. Duke 18-9 306 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Minnesota 19-7 266 21 Big Ten Conference
24. UCLA 18-7 213 NR Pacific-10 Conference
25. Boston College 19-7 79 NR Atlantic Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Texas Christian 19-6 42 Mountain West Conference
George Washington 20-6 23 Atlantic 10 Conference
UC Santa Barbara 19-6 6 Big West Conference
Florida 17-8 3 Southeastern Conference
Stanford 17-8 1 Pacific-10 Conference

Charlotte moves down a couple spots after a loss this week, and welcome back UCLA and Boston College to the national top 25.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (72) 24-3 1800 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 21-5 1723 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. IUPUI 22-5 1652 4 Summit League
4. Kent State 21-5 1570 3 Mid-American Conference
5. George Washington 20-6 1503 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Texas Christian 19-6 1425 7 Mountain West Conference
7. Nevada 19-8 1311 6 Western Athletic Conference
8. UC Santa Barbara 19-6 1163 13 Big West Conference
9. UNLV 18-8 1160 14 Mountain West Conference
10. Valparaiso 18-8 996 24 Horizon League
11. San Diego 19-8 963 15 West Coast Conference
12. Rhode Island 19-7 926 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Southern Illinois 19-7 918 12 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Manhattan 20-9 903 18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
15. Butler 19-9 737 8 Horizon League
16. Bowling Green 18-7 736 20 Mid-American Conference
17. La Salle 18-8 712 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. San Diego State 16-8 610 10 Mountain West Conference
19. Xavier 17-10 574 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Weber State 19-7 356 NR Big Sky Conference
21. Tulsa 16-8 318 NR Conference USA
22. Mercer 19-8 280 25 Atlantic Sun Conference
23. Albany 20-9 213 NR America East Conference
24. Vermont 19-7 183 NR America East Conference
25. Siena 17-10 110 21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Missouri State 17-9 88 Missouri Valley Conference
Northern Colorado 18-8 84 Big Sky Conference
Boise State 17-9 77 Western Athletic Conference
Hofstra 18-10 72 Colonial Athletic Association
Northern Iowa 17-10 66 Missouri Valley Conference
UAB 17-9 54 Conference USA
Utah 16-10 28 Mountain West Conference
Northeastern 18-9 17 Colonial Athletic Association
Drexel 18-9 11 Colonial Athletic Association
Texas-San Antonio 18-7 11 Southland Conference
Creighton 17-11 10 Missouri Valley Conference
Temple 15-10 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
UNC Wilmington 18-10 7 Colonial Athletic Association
Dayton 15-10 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
Pepperdine 17-9 4 West Coast Conference
Tulane 16-9 4 Conference USA
Elon 18-8 3 Southern Conference
Fairfield 16-10 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fresno State 16-10 2 Western Athletic Conference
Texas Southern 18-7 2 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Norfolk State 17-7 1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Despite the loss this week, Charlotte stays at #2 in the mid-major poll. Norfolk State gets 1 point, good for them. UTEP, by virtue of losing their 2 games this week, loses all their points.

No change in the Bubble Watch, as Charlotte, Boston College, and UCLA are still locks, while everybody else is projected out.

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 20-26, 2017

2 features game to tell you about this week, and let's start in the Big East.

2/25/16- Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) @ Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- A battle of 2 struggling teams in the Big East turned into an absolute rout. The Cardinals led by 16 at halftime and held the Irish to just 30.2% shooting as they put Notre Dame even deeper in the hole. An interesting stat, Louisville attempted 37 three pointers in the game, wow!

Final Score: Louisville- 80, Notre Dame- 49

Moving to the Northeast:

2/25/16- Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) @ Bryant (Score Galore) -- The Bulldogs might have played their best game of the season, shooting 50% and committing just 10 turnovers. They had a huge edge at the free throw line as they upset league champion Monmouth in the final conference game of the season.

Final Score: Bryant- 77, Monmouth- 63

And now the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 14-14, 10-6 3rd America East.

2/22/17 vs. Albany (L 72-49).

The Hawks have 1 more regular season game before the enter the America East tourney as the 3rd seed, opening up with (6) Maine.

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 13-15, 7-9 6th America East.

2/22/17 vs. Boston University (W 83-82, OT).

The Black Bears also have a regular season game left, and they'll be the 6th seed in the America East tourney, opening up with (3) Hartford.

#18 Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 22-6, 11-3 T-1st Atlantic 10.

2/22/17 at Duquesne (W 74-59).
2/25/17 at George Washington (L 53-52).

#25 Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 21-7, 10-4 3rd ACC.

2/22/17 vs. Miami (W 79-68).
2/25/17 at Georgia Tech (W 87-70).

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 8-20, 2-12 12th (last) Big 12.

2/20/17 vs. Texas A&M (L 87-76).
2/25/17 at Baylor (L 75-51).

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 12-15, 6-10 T-10th Big East.

2/22/17 at South Florida (L 86-72).
2/25/17 vs. Notre Dame- feature game, highlighted above.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 9-19, 4-12 T-13th Big East.

2/22/17 vs. Rutgers (L 80-71).
2/25/17 at Louisville- feature game, highlighted above.

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 15-14, 11-7 T-3rd Big South.

2/23/17 at Charleston Southern (L 65-50).
2/25/17 at Coastal Carolina (W 76-67).

The Panthers lost the 3rd place tiebreaker and will be the 4th seed in the Big South tourney, opening up against (5) Radford.

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 10-18, 3-13 11th (last) Big 10.

2/22/17 at Purdue (L 94-70).
2/25/17 at Northwestern (L 63-62).

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 10-17, 7-7 T-4th Big West.

2/23/17 vs. UC Irvine (W 73-50).
2/25/17 at UC Riverside (W 53-48).

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 17-11, 8-6 T-3rd Conference USA.

2/22/17 at Southern Miss (W 83-76).
2/25/17 vs. Marshall (L 68-58).

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 19-11, 12-6 T-1st Horizon.

2/23/17 at Loyola-IL (W 82-62).
2/25/17 at IL-Chicago (W 65-64).

The Raiders, who have now set a season high for overall wins with 19, will look to build on that. They lost the 1st place tiebreaker but still get credit with a share of the Horizon regular season title. They'll be the 3rd seed in the Horizon tourney and open up against (10) Cleveland State.

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 12-15, 7-7 T-3rd MAC West.

2/22/17 vs. Western Michigan (W 66-62).
2/25/17 at Northern Illinois (L 71-57).

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 18-8, 11-3 1st MEAC.

2/20/17 at Howard (W 82-68).
2/25/17 vs. Coppin State (L 76-68).

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-22, 4-14 10th (last) MVC.

2/25/17 at Bradley (L 72-63).

The Aces are back in the MVC cellar after 11 straight losses (they were 8-11 at one time), and will be the 10th seed in the MVC tourney, opening up against (7) Wichita State.

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 10-19, 7-11 T-8th Northeast.

2/22/17 at Mt. St. Marys (L 81-67).
2/25/17 vs. Monmouth- feature game, highlighted above.

The Bulldogs have their first double digit season win total of this dynasty, congrats to Coach Galore for that. They won the tiebreaker for 8th place and sneak into the Northeast tourney as the 8th seed, where they'll get another chance against (1) Monmouth.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 17-11, 14-4 1st Northeast.

2/22/17 vs. Central Conn. State (W 58-54).
2/25/17 at Bryant- feature game, highlighted above.

Congrats to Coach Mr. Carrano and the Hawks, who despite the regular season ending loss, win the Northeast regular season title and will be the top seed in the Northeast tourney. They'll get a revenge matchup with (8) Bryant.

#24 UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 20-7, 11-5 2nd Pac 10.

2/23/17 vs. Oregon (W 84-80, OT).
2/25/17 vs. Utah State (W 67-57).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 14-16, 9-9 T-2nd Southern South.

2/22/17 vs. Furman (W 93-88).
2/25/17 at Florida Atlantic (L 63-53).

The Wildcats have another disappointing regular season but pull the 5th seed in the Southern tournament. They'll open up with (12) Samford.

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 15-14, 9-9 T-3rd Sun Belt East.

2/23/17 at UL Monroe (W 66-59).
2/25/17 vs. Denver (W 74-66).

The Trojans will be the 7th seed in the Sun Belt tourney and open up against (10) Florida International.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 15-13, 9-5 3rd WAC.

2/20/17 at Gonzaga (L 91-78).
2/25/17 vs. Nevada (W 89-75).

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 12-15, 5-9 T-7th WAC.

2/23/17 at New Mexico State (W 80-71).

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (59) 27-2 1787 1 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (13) 27-1 1741 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Mississippi 27-1 1642 3 Southeastern Conference
4. Texas 26-3 1557 4 Big 12 Conference
5. Oklahoma State 25-3 1540 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Georgetown 25-3 1453 6 Big East Conference
7. Arizona 24-3 1308 9 Pacific-10 Conference
8. Ohio State 22-6 1270 8 Big Ten Conference
9. North Carolina 22-5 1263 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Central Florida 26-3 1152 11 Conference USA
11. Kansas 22-7 1117 7 Big 12 Conference
12. Missouri 22-5 931 12 Big 12 Conference
13. Virginia Tech 23-4 913 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Connecticut 20-8 878 13 Big East Conference
15. Syracuse 20-7 783 14 Big East Conference
16. Marquette 22-6 781 17 Big East Conference
17. UCLA 20-7 561 24 Pacific-10 Conference
18. Charlotte 22-6 523 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. IUPUI 23-5 505 19 Summit League
20. Minnesota 21-7 457 23 Big Ten Conference
21. Pittsburgh 18-10 379 21 Big East Conference
22. Boston College 21-7 234 25 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Kent State 22-6 197 20 Mid-American Conference
24. George Washington 22-6 180 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Duke 19-10 120 22 Atlantic Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Florida 19-8 67 Southeastern Conference
Southern California 19-9 59 Pacific-10 Conference
Purdue 19-9 1 Big Ten Conference
Stanford 18-9 1 Pacific-10 Conference

Nice 7 spot jump for UCLA in the national poll, while BC moves up 3 spots. Charlotte, despite the loss this week, stays tall at #18.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (72) 26-3 1800 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 22-6 1720 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. IUPUI 23-5 1643 3 Summit League
4. George Washington 22-6 1594 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Kent State 22-6 1514 4 Mid-American Conference
6. San Diego 21-8 1370 11 West Coast Conference
7. Texas Christian 19-8 1258 6 Mountain West Conference
8. UNLV 19-9 1221 9 Mountain West Conference
9. Xavier 19-10 1153 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. UC Santa Barbara 20-7 1047 8 Big West Conference
11. Rhode Island 20-8 1017 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Nevada 19-9 985 7 Western Athletic Conference
13. Southern Illinois 20-8 945 13 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Boise State 19-9 766 NR Western Athletic Conference
15. Missouri State 19-9 685 NR Missouri Valley Conference
16. Valparaiso 19-9 675 10 Horizon League
17. San Diego State 17-9 660 18 Mountain West Conference
18. Utah 18-10 586 NR Mountain West Conference
19. Bowling Green 19-8 542 16 Mid-American Conference
20. Butler 20-10 377 15 Horizon League
21. Vermont 20-7 377 24 America East Conference
22. Albany 21-9 362 23 America East Conference
23. Temple 17-10 199 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Weber State 20-8 186 20 Big Sky Conference
25. UNC Wilmington 20-10 133 NR Colonial Athletic Association

Others Receiving Votes:
Tulsa 17-9 106 Conference USA
Manhattan 20-11 77 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fairfield 18-10 62 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
La Salle 18-10 53 Atlantic 10 Conference
Texas-San Antonio 20-7 52 Southland Conference
Siena 18-11 50 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Northern Iowa 18-11 39 Missouri Valley Conference
Fresno State 18-10 37 Western Athletic Conference
Northern Colorado 19-9 30 Big Sky Conference
Centenary 19-10 24 Summit League
Texas Southern 20-7 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Chattanooga 20-9 16 Southern Conference
Wright State 19-11 11 Horizon League
Drexel 19-10 8 Colonial Athletic Association
Mercer 19-10 3 Atlantic Sun Conference

Charlotte stays put in the mid-major poll, and hello Wright State, who is now receiving some votes.

No change in the Bubble Watch, as Charlotte, Boston College, and UCLA are locks, everybody else is projected out.

[bbgunn]

Nice win versus Notre Dame, but too little, too late for Kuji Chagulia, I think. 12-15 just ain't gonna cut in in Louisville. St. John might have a little leeway at Cal Poly, but B.B. is probably on his way out at Hawaii as well. The Warriors should have been doing better by now. Not a good season for my guys.

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 27-March 5, 2017

2 feature games this week, and we start in the Northeast.

3/2/17- Northeast First Round, (8) Bryant (Score Galore) vs. (1) Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- It looked like it was going to be dejavu for the Hawks, who trailed by 8 at halftime. They turned up the defense in the second half though, hitting a buzzer beater to force overtime, in which they totally dominated the overtime period and moved on in the Northeast Tournament.

Final Score: (1) Monmouth- 75, (8) Bryant- 66 (OT)

And now we go to the America East.

3/4/17- America East First Round, (6) Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) vs. (3) Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- The good news is that both teams took pretty good care of the ball, but the shooting was absolutely horrendous. The 2 teams combined to go just 4-32 from three point land. However, Maine made more shots overall, and that was enough to lead them to an easy First Round victory.

Final Score: (6) Maine- 66, (3) Hartford- 53

And now the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 15-15, 10-6 America East.

2/27/17 vs. Quinnipiac (W 59-51).
3/4/17- America East First Round vs. (6) Maine- feature game, highlighted above.

The early round loss in the America East tournament will certainly end the season for the Hawks.

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 15-16, 7-9 America East.

2/27/17 at Brown (L 72-64).
3/4/17- America East First Round vs. (3) Hartford- feature game, highlighted above.
3/5/17- America East Semifinals vs. (2) Vermont (W 79-68).

Next week is a win or done game for the Black Bears. If they win in the A-East Finals, they'll go to the NCAA Tournament. If they lose, their season is over.

#18 Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 24-6, 13-3 T-1st Atlantic 10.

3/1/17 vs. Fordham (W 75-45).
3/4/17 vs. St. Joseph's (W 58-41).

The 49ers will split the regular season A-10 Title, but lost the tiebreaker and will be the 2nd seed in the A-10 Tourney, getting a bye into the Quarterfinals where they will play the winner between (10) St. Louis/(7) LaSalle.

#22 Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 21-9, 10-6 T-3rd ACC.

3/1/17 at #25 Duke (L 74-67).
3/4/17 vs. #9 North Carolina (L 91-80).

A bad week for the Eagles, but they win the 3rd place tiebreaker and will be the 3rd seed in the ACC Tournament. They'll get a bye into the Quarterfinals and take on the winner between (11) Virginia/(6) Miami.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 10-20, 4-12 T-11th (last) Big 12.

3/1/17 vs. #11 Kansas (W 71-69).
3/4/17 at Kansas State (W 86-57).

Nice week for the Buffaloes, but they still tie for last in the conference. However, they win the tiebreaker and get the 11th seed in the Big 12 Tournament. They'll open up against (6) Kansas.

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 12-17, 6-12 12th Big East.

3/1/17 vs. Providence (L 71-62).
3/4/17 vs. West Virginia (L 76-72).

The Cardinals will be the 12th seed in the Big East Tourney and open up against a team that just beat them this week, (13) Providence.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 9-21, 4-14 T-15th (last) Big East.

3/1/17 vs. #15 Syracuse (L 84-61).
3/4/17 at DePaul (L 101-77).

The Fighting Irish weren't really fighters this season, as they lose the tiebreaker and get the 16th seed in the Big East Tournament. They'll open up against (9) St. John's.

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 15-15, 11-7.

2/28/17- Big South Quarterfinals vs. (5) Radford (L 63-59).

The loss in the Big South Quarters most likely means the end of the season for the Panthers.

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 11-19, 4-14 T-10th (last) Big 10.

3/1/17 vs. Michigan (W 71-59).
3/4/17 at Wisconsin (L 83-68).

The Nittany Lions lose the tiebreaker for 10th place and get the 11th seed in the Big 10 Tournament. They'll open up against (6) Purdue.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 11-18, 8-8 T-4th Big West.

2/28/17 at Cal St. Fullerton (L 65-48).
3/2/17 vs. Long Beach State (W 70-58).

The Mustangs lost the 4th place tiebreaker and will be the 5th seed in the Big West Tournament. They'll open up against (8) Cal St. Fullerton.

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 18-12, 9-7 T-3rd Conference USA.

3/1/17 at Tulsa (L 81-79).
3/4/17 vs. ECU (W 79-55).

The Miners really struggled at the end of the season and lost a 3 way tiebreaker for 3rd place. This means they'll be the 5th seed in the C-USA Tourney and open up against (12) Marshall.

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 19-12, 12-6 Horizon.

2/28/17- Horizon First Round vs. (10) Cleveland State (L 74-65).

A huge upset, as the Raiders go down. With the 19-12 record, they should still be NIT bound though.

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 13-16, 8-8 3rd MAC West.

3/1/17 at Ball State (W 72-69, OT).
3/4/17 vs. Toledo (L 65-53).

The Chippewas get the 6th seed in the MAC Tournament and open up against (11) Buffalo.

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 20-8, 13-3 1st MEAC.

2/27/17 at North Carolina A&T (W 71-70).
3/4/17 vs. Maryland-East Shore (W 91-53).

Congrats to Ms. Carrano, who led the Spartans to the MEAC regular season title this season. They'll be the top seed in the MEAC Tournament and get a bye to the Quarterfinals where they'll open up against the winner of (9) Delaware State/(8) Florida A&M.

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-23, 4-14 MVC.

3/2/17- MVC First Round vs. (7) Wichita State (L 73-57).

Another disastrous season for the Aces comes to an end after a loss in the First Round of the MVC Tournament.

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 10-20, 7-11 Northeast.

3/2/17- Northeast First Round vs. (1) Monmouth- feature game, highlighted above.

The season comes to an end for the Bulldogs, but for the first time ever they get double digit wins in a season, so that could be something to build on.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 19-11, 14-4 Northeast.

3/2/17- Northeast First Round vs. (8) Bryant (W 75-66).
3/5/17- Northeast Semifinals vs. (5) Long Island (W 77-76, OT).

The Hawks are seeing postseason play no matter what. If they win the Northeast title game next week, they'll be in the NCAA Tournament. If they lose, it's NIT.

#17 UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 21-8, 12-6 2nd Pac 10.

3/2/17 at Arizona State (W 75-67).
3/4/17 at #7 Arizona (L 55-43).

The Bruins will be the 2nd seed in the Pac 10 Tourney and get a bye into the Quarterfinals where they'll take on the winner of (10) Cal/(7) Arizona State).

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 17-16, 9-9 Southern South.

3/3/17- Southern First Round vs. (12) Samford (W 82-75).
3/4/17- Southern Quarterfinals vs. (4) Georgia Southern (W 96-91, OT).
3/5/17- Southern Semifinals vs. (1) Chattanooga (W 73-60).

The Wildcats are just 1 win away from bursting somebody's bubble, as they'll play in the Southern championship next week with an NCAA Tournament berth on the line.

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 15-15, 9-9 Sun Belt East.

3/1/17- Sun Belt First Round vs. (10) Florida International (L 67-66).

A bit of an upset loss here, and the Trojans, with their 222 RPI, will almost certainly see their season end here.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 16-14, 10-6 T-3rd WAC.

3/2/17 vs. New Mexico State (L 77-75).
3/4/17 at San Jose State (W 71-61).

The Warriors won the 3rd place tiebreaker and will be the 3rd seed in the WAC Tourney, opening up against (6) Louisiana Tech.

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 13-16, 6-10 T-7th WAC.

3/2/17 vs. San Jose State (W 82-64).
3/4/17 at Gonzaga (L 87-74).

The Beavers won the 7th place tiebreaker and will be the 7th seed in the WAC Tourney, opening up against (2) Fresno State.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Michigan State (68) 29-1 1796 2 Big Ten Conference
2. Villanova (4) 28-3 1727 1 Big East Conference
3. Mississippi 29-1 1646 3 Southeastern Conference
4. Texas 28-3 1594 4 Big 12 Conference
5. Georgetown 27-3 1511 6 Big East Conference
6. Oklahoma State 25-5 1439 5 Big 12 Conference
7. Arizona 26-3 1311 7 Pacific-10 Conference
8. North Carolina 24-5 1308 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Ohio State 24-6 1272 8 Big Ten Conference
10. Central Florida 27-4 1090 10 Conference USA
11. Kansas 23-8 1087 11 Big 12 Conference
12. Syracuse 22-7 1046 15 Big East Conference
13. Virginia Tech 24-5 905 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Missouri 23-6 850 12 Big 12 Conference
15. Connecticut 21-9 723 14 Big East Conference
16. Charlotte 24-6 636 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. IUPUI 25-5 628 19 Summit League
18. Duke 21-10 517 25 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Pittsburgh 20-10 489 21 Big East Conference
20. Kent State 24-6 433 23 Mid-American Conference
21. UCLA 21-8 402 17 Pacific-10 Conference
22. George Washington 24-6 336 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Marquette 22-8 261 16 Big East Conference
24. Minnesota 22-8 228 20 Big Ten Conference
25. Florida 20-9 163 NR Southeastern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Kentucky 20-10 1 Southeastern Conference
Stanford 19-9 1 Pacific-10 Conference

The loss to Arizona cost UCLA 4 points in the national polls, while Charlotte moves up 2 spots.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (72) 27-4 1800 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 24-6 1717 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. IUPUI 25-5 1649 3 Summit League
4. George Washington 24-6 1590 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Kent State 24-6 1522 5 Mid-American Conference
6. San Diego 22-8 1404 6 West Coast Conference
7. Boise State 21-9 1292 14 Western Athletic Conference
8. San Diego State 19-9 1182 17 Mountain West Conference
9. Xavier 20-11 1169 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Fairfield 21-10 1082 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
11. Rhode Island 21-9 959 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Texas Christian 19-9 909 7 Mountain West Conference
13. Southern Illinois 21-9 866 13 Missouri Valley Conference
14. UC Santa Barbara 21-8 845 10 Big West Conference
15. Butler 21-10 767 20 Horizon League
16. Tulsa 19-9 716 NR Conference USA
17. UNC Wilmington 22-10 688 25 Colonial Athletic Association
18. Utah 19-11 605 18 Mountain West Conference
19. Fresno State 20-10 454 NR Western Athletic Conference
20. UNLV 19-11 404 8 Mountain West Conference
21. Vermont 22-8 388 21 America East Conference
22. Nevada 19-11 280 12 Western Athletic Conference
23. Valparaiso 19-10 235 16 Horizon League
24. Missouri State 19-10 231 15 Missouri Valley Conference
25. Albany 22-10 182 22 America East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Manhattan 21-12 84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Temple 18-11 81 Atlantic 10 Conference
Bowling Green 19-10 65 Mid-American Conference
Centenary 20-10 54 Summit League
La Salle 19-11 48 Atlantic 10 Conference
Northern Colorado 20-9 38 Big Sky Conference
Gonzaga 19-10 32 Western Athletic Conference
Weber State 20-9 23 Big Sky Conference
Siena 18-12 13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Texas Southern 21-8 11 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Norfolk State 20-8 7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Chattanooga 21-10 4 Southern Conference
Northern Iowa 18-12 3 Missouri Valley Conference
Richmond 18-12 1 Atlantic 10 Conference

Charlotte stays at 2 in the mid-major poll, and Norfolk State gets a few more votes.

[collegesportsfanms]

March 6-12, 2017

No feature games this week, so let's get to the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 15-15, 10-6 America East.

No games this week for the Hawks.

Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 16-16, 7-9 America East.

3/11/17- America East Championship vs. (4) Stony Brook (W 69-60).

Great run in the America East Tournament for the Black Bears, who earn an NCAA Tournament berth and will most likely be a 15 or 16 seed.

#16 Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 24-7, 13-3 Atlantic 10.

3/10/17- Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals vs. (10) St. Louis (L 83-77).

Shocking loss for the 49ers, but they will still be dancing, just not with as high a seed as they expected.

Boston College (Alex Donovan) -- 21-10, 10-6 ACC.

3/10/17- ACC Quarterfinals vs. (6) Miami (L 71-61).

The Eagles finish the season on a 3 game losing streak, and should still be safely in the NCAA Tournament, but they will certainly see a mid-range seed I would think.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 10-21, 4-12 Big 12.

3/8/17- Big 12 First Round vs. (6) #11 Kansas (L 58-52).

Good effort by the Buffaloes, but they will see their season come to an end, a season in which they far, far underachieved.

Louisville (Kuji Chagulia) -- 13-18, 6-12 Big East.

3/7/17- Big East First Round vs. (13) Providence (W 90-58).
3/8/17- Big East Second Round vs. (5) #19 Pitt (L 57-55).

The Cardinals show some life in the conference tournament, but still a very disappointing season as it comes to an end.

Notre Dame (Ernesto Lopez) -- 9-22, 4-14 Big East.

3/7/17- Big East First Round vs. (9) St. John's (L 75-66).

Coach Lopez's first season with the Irish certainly didn't go as expected, and he'll look to regroup next season.

High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 15-15, 11-7 Big South.

No games this week for the Panthers.

Penn State (Tim Sheppard) -- 11-20, 4-14 Big 10.

3/9/17- Big 10 First Round vs. (6) Purdue (L 82-74)

Another FOFC team that had high hopes coming into the season and totally disappointed, the Nittany Lions season their season come to an end.

Cal Poly (DeShawn St. John) -- 12-19, 8-8 Big West.

3/8/17- Big West First Round vs. (8) Cal St. Fullerton (W 77-74, OT).
3/9/17- Big West Second Round vs. (4) Pacific (L 79-54).

The Mustangs' season is over after the Second Round loss in the Big West tourney.

UTEP (Jeeber Mack) -- 18-13, 9-7 Conference USA.

3/8/17- Conference USA First Round vs. (12) Marshall (L 58-57).

An embarrassing loss in the first round and the free fall continues for the Miners, who finish just 4-7 in their last 11 games. With their RPI, at this point it's a question of whether they will even make the postseason. I think they'll slide into the CBI though.

Wright State (Shane Korme) -- 19-12, 12-6 Horizon.

No games this week for the Raiders.

Central Michigan (Cannon Pace) -- 13-17, 8-8 MAC.

3/7/17- MAC First Round vs. (11) Buffalo (L 61-51).

The Chippewas will end their season after the MAC first round loss.

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 22-9, 13-3 MEAC.

3/9/17- MEAC Quarterfinals vs. (9) Delaware State (W 69-57).
3/10/17- MEAC Semifinals vs. (4) South Carolina State (W 78-70).
3/11/17- MEAC Championship vs. (3) Hampton (L 73-53).

A great first season for Miss Carrano, and it'll see the Spartans playing in the NIT as a result of winning the MEAC regular season title.

Evansville (Ekeje Bafou) -- 8-23, 4-14 MVC.

No games this week for the Aces.

Bryant (Score Galore) -- 10-20, 7-11 Northeast.

No games this week for the Bulldogs.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 19-12, 14-4 Northeast.

3/8/17- Northeast Championship vs. (2) Central Conn. State (L 74-65).

Tough loss for the Hawks, who will be in the NIT after winning the Northeast regular season.

#21 UCLA (Patrick Hutt) -- 24-8, 12-6 Pac 10.

3/9/17- Pac 10 Quarterfinals vs. (7) Arizona State (W 89-46).
3/10/17- Pac 10 Semifinals vs. (3) Stanford (W 83-70).
3/11/17- Pac 10 Championship vs. (1) #7 Arizona (W 52-50).

The Bruins were going dancing anyways, but by winning the Pac 10 tourney, they've probably increased their seed by 1 or even 2 seed lines. Congrats to Coach Hutt and the Bruins.

Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 18-16, 9-9 Southern.

3/6/17- Southern Championship vs. (3) UNC Greensboro (W 77-76).

With the Southern tourney win, the Wildcats are back in the NCAA Tournament after a 1 year absence, and they've also burst the bubble for at least 1 bubble team. Nice run at the end their for coach Childress.

Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 15-15, 9-9 Sun Belt.

No games this week for the Trojans.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 18-15, 10-6 WAC.

3/9/17- WAC Quarterfinals vs. (6) Louisiana Tech (W 77-65).
3/10/17- WAC Semifinals vs. (2) Fresno State (W 77-66).
3/11/17- WAC Championship vs. (5) Gonzaga (L 93-83).

A heck of a run for the Warriors, who won 6 of their last 9 games, but lost the most important one. They still have a slight chance to get Coach Gunn his first postseason berth, but the RPI just isn't quite strong enough, and I think they'll miss out.

Oregon State (Jawouk Bafou) -- 13-17, 6-10 WAC.

3/9/17- WAC Quarterfinals vs. (2) Fresno State (L 76-65).

The Beavers took several steps back after last season, and they will end their season with that 13-17 record.

Now it's time to reveal the final polls going into the postseason tournaments.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Villanova (53) 30-4 1773 2 Big East Conference
2. Michigan State (14) 30-2 1734 1 Big Ten Conference
3. Mississippi (5) 32-1 1654 3 Southeastern Conference
4. Texas 31-3 1607 4 Big 12 Conference
5. Georgetown 28-4 1510 5 Big East Conference
6. Oklahoma State 25-6 1415 6 Big 12 Conference
7. Arizona 28-4 1373 7 Pacific-10 Conference
8. Ohio State 26-7 1290 9 Big Ten Conference
9. Connecticut 24-9 1186 15 Big East Conference
10. Central Florida 30-4 1175 10 Conference USA
11. Kansas 24-9 1055 11 Big 12 Conference
12. North Carolina 24-6 1028 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. UCLA 24-8 888 21 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Syracuse 22-8 860 12 Big East Conference
15. Missouri 25-7 852 14 Big 12 Conference
16. Virginia Tech 25-6 685 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Pittsburgh 22-11 645 19 Big East Conference
18. IUPUI 25-6 467 17 Summit League
19. Duke 23-11 458 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. Charlotte 24-7 424 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. Kent State 26-7 419 20 Mid-American Conference
22. Marquette 23-9 294 23 Big East Conference
23. Florida 21-10 278 25 Southeastern Conference
24. Minnesota 23-9 187 24 Big Ten Conference
25. George Washington 24-7 135 22 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Wisconsin 20-12 5 Big Ten Conference
Stanford 20-10 3 Pacific-10 Conference

Huge jump in the national polls for UCLA after winning the Pac 10 Tournament, while Charlotte falls 4 spots after being upset in the A-10 Tourney.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Central Florida (72) 30-4 1800 1 Conference USA
2. Charlotte 24-7 1714 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Kent State 26-7 1627 5 Mid-American Conference
4. George Washington 24-7 1585 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. IUPUI 25-6 1554 3 Summit League
6. San Diego State 21-10 1371 8 Mountain West Conference
7. San Diego 22-9 1277 6 West Coast Conference
8. Fairfield 22-10 1254 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
9. Boise State 21-10 1081 7 Western Athletic Conference
10. Tulsa 21-10 1057 16 Conference USA
11. Gonzaga 22-10 1047 NR Western Athletic Conference
12. UNC Wilmington 23-10 965 17 Colonial Athletic Association
13. Xavier 21-12 927 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Southern Illinois 21-9 817 13 Missouri Valley Conference
15. Rhode Island 22-10 802 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. UC Santa Barbara 22-9 718 14 Big West Conference
17. Texas Christian 19-10 602 12 Mountain West Conference
18. Dayton 20-12 466 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Vermont 22-8 458 21 America East Conference
20. Fresno State 21-11 340 19 Western Athletic Conference
21. Centenary 22-10 312 NR Summit League
22. Missouri State 19-10 275 24 Missouri Valley Conference
23. Utah 19-12 238 18 Mountain West Conference
24. Albany 22-10 204 25 America East Conference
25. Butler 21-11 197 15 Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
Valparaiso 19-10 181 Horizon League
Nevada 20-12 162 Western Athletic Conference
Manhattan 21-12 96 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UNLV 19-12 73 Mountain West Conference
Bowling Green 20-11 51 Mid-American Conference
Richmond 20-13 30 Atlantic 10 Conference
La Salle 19-12 28 Atlantic 10 Conference
Norfolk State 22-9 18 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Temple 18-12 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
Siena 18-12 16 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Northern Colorado 20-10 11 Big Sky Conference
Chattanooga 21-10 9 Southern Conference
Pepperdine 21-11 7 West Coast Conference
New Mexico 19-13 6 Mountain West Conference
Campbell 21-11 3 Atlantic Sun Conference
Northern Iowa 18-12 2 Missouri Valley Conference
Mercer 20-11 1 Atlantic Sun Conference
Wyoming 19-13 1 Mountain West Conference

Despite the A-10 tourney upset, Charlotte stays put at #2 in the mid-major polls. Norfolk State continues to rise.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 Selection Sunday

Maine draws the 16th seed in the NCAA West Region and gets the honor of being smashed.. I mean... playing top seed Michigan State in the First Round.

UCLA gets the 4th seed in the NCAA West Region and will take on (13) New Mexico in the First Round.

Charlotte gets a surprising 4th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will open up against (13) Pepperdine. I more expected Charlotte to be a 6 or 7 seed, so this is a pleasant surprise.

Boston College was rewarded with a 6th seed in the NCAA South Region, largely based on their great RPI. They'll open up against (11) Dayton.

Davidson gets the 15th seed in the NCAA East Region and will take on (2) Arizona in the First Round.

Nice to see every region of the NCAA Tournament represented by an FOFC team. Moving on..

Monmouth gets the 9th seed in the NIT West Region and will travel to (8) Chattanooga in the First Round.

Norfolk State gets the 6th seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will travel to (3) Wyoming in their first game.

Wright State gets the 5th seed in the CBI and will host (12) Winthrop in the First Round.

As expected, Hawaii missed out, so only 8 of our 22 FOFC teams will be extending their season. The FOFC group has to do better.

[Grover]

Maine inexplicably gets in! Charlotte a 4 seed!

Awesome year for my coaches.

[bbgunn]

Ugh, so close for Hawaii.

[Zinto]

I was down on UCLA's chances this year after a few early loses but I am happy with how they bounced back.

[ntndeacon]

Let's go, Davidson!!!

[collegesportsfanms]

sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have been dealing with some illness and just now getting back up to snuff. I hope to have some updates tomorrow.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 NCAA First Round

West Region

(1) Michigan State hammers (16) Maine 91-56. Not really a surprise there.

(4) UCLA all over (13) New Mexico 65-47.

Midwest Region

(4) Charlotte gets by (13) Pepperdine 64-56.

South Region

(6) Boston College escapes (11) Dayton 85-77.

East Region

(2) Arizona gets by a very scrappy (15) Davidson 86-74.

2017 NIT First Round

West Region

(8) Chattanooga survives (9) Monmouth 70-69. Tough loss for the Hawks.

2017 CBI First Round

(5) Wright State hammers (12) Winthrop 91-63.

[Grover]

I'm happy Maine put up 56 against MSU.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 NCAA Second Round

West Region

(5) Marquette all over (4) UCLA 79-62. The Bruins forgot to show up in this one.

Midwest Region

(4) Charlotte with another 8 point win, this time over (12) Ohio 73-65.

South Region

A total shocker here, as (14) Central Connecticut State rolls over (6) Boston College 88-68. Yuck!

2017 NIT Second Round

Midwest Region

(3) Wyoming just gets by (6) Norfolk State 69-68, meaning our NIT teams are gone.

2017 CBI Second Round

(5) Wright State rolls over (13) Stony Brook 90-75.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 NCAA Sweet Sixteen

Midwest Region

(1) Texas squeaked by a tough (4) Charlotte 82-76. Great effort by the 49ers. Now we turn our full attention to the CBI and Wright State.

2017 CBI Semifinals

(5) Wright State continues to roll, beating (8) Tulane 100-92.

Before we progress, I should note that Wright State coach Shane Korme got his 100th career win when the Raiders beat Stony Brook in the CBI Second Round. Win #101 was against Tulane, and now he'll look for wins 102 and 103 in the CBI Championship Series.

2017 CBI Championship Series

Game 1

(5) Wright State looks like a team of destiny, as they absolutely hammered (14) Texas-Pan American 94-55. 1 more game to go for a CBI Championship!

Game 2

(5) Wright State had another easy one, beating (14) Texas-Pan American 108-85 to win the CBI Championship Series. Congrats to head coach Shane Korme on an incredible run, he'll almost certainly have some job offers in the offseason.

The 2017 postseason recap and recruiting rankings and awards will be coming up, most likely tomorrow sometime, but I'll try to get to some of it tonight.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 Postseason Recap

The NCAA Final Four saw (1S) Ole Miss beat (2W) Oklahoma State 69-56 in one semifinal, while (1E) Villanova beat (1MW) Texas in the other semifinal. In the national championship game, Villanova beat Ole Miss 84-71.

The NIT Final Four saw (2S) Iowa beat (2W) TCU 64-45 in one semifinal, and (3E) Fresno State beat (3MW) Wyoming 77-46 in the other semifinal. In the NIT Championship, Iowa beat Fresno State 64-56. Not to rub salt in the wound, but how bad does Ernesto Lopez wish he was still at Iowa?

We already know what happened in the CBI, as Wright State ran through it.

The CIT Championship saw (3) VCU beat (5) Northern Illinois 76-67.

[JAG]

Very salty.

[collegesportsfanms]

2016-2017 National Awards

We had 3 of our players get national awards, and let's take a look.

UCLA put JR PF Toby Miller on the All-NCAA 2nd Team.

UTEP put SR SG Michale Chism on the All-NCAA 2nd Team.

Norfolk State put JR PF Irving Casey on the All-NCAA 3rd Team.

2016-2017 Conference Awards

Hartford put PF Charles Mora on the America East All-Freshman Team.

Maine put SO C Charley Nadler, JR PF Stephen Sales, and JR SG Brian Wilke on the America East 1st Team and also put SO PG Jonathan Crooks on the America East 2nd Team. Based on that, you would think the Black Bears would be solid next season with all those players set to come back.

I'm shocked that Charlotte head coach Timmy Tribble didn't get A-10 Coach of the Year, to me it's a huge snub. The 49ers did put SO SG Anibal Leyva on the A-10 1st Team and PG Frank Given on the A-10 All-Freshman Team.

Surprisingly, no awards for Boston College.

Not surprisingly (Sorry Rob), no awards for Colorado.

Also, no awards for Louisville or Notre Dame.

High Point put JR PF Dustin Zahn on the Big South 2nd Team.

No awards for Penn State.

No awards for Cal Poly.

UTEP had the Conference USA Player of the Year in SR SG Michale Chism. He also made the Conference USA 1st Team.

Wright State put SR SG Stefan Gehrke on the Horizon 1st Team, and put JR SF Apollinaire Lepers and JR PG Joseph Maestas on the Horizon 2nd Team.

No awards for Central Michigan.

Norfolk State had a ton of awards. Let's start with Payten Carrano, who was named MEAC Coach of the Year. Also JR PF Irving Casey was the MEAC Player of the Year, along with being on the MEAC 1st Team. Also on the MEAC 1st Team was SR SG J.C. Gouveia. On the MEAC 2nd Team were SR C David Kessinger and SR PG Damion Davis.

No awards for Evansville.

Bryant put SR C Thomas Montanez on the Northeast 2nd Team.

Monmouth head coach Thomas Carrano was the Northeast Coach of the Year. How ironic is it that both of the coaches that won Coach of the Year in their conference were both Carrano's? Crazy. Also, the Hawks put SR PF Mitch Bye and JR PG Mark Patrick on the Northeast 1st Team.

UCLA put JR PF Toby Miller on the Pac 10 1st Team, as well as putting SR C Alton McKinnie on the Pac 10 2nd Team, and PG Emile Deffresnes on the Pac 10 All-Freshman Team.

Davidson SR PF Richard Goddard was the Southern Player of the Year, as well as being named to the Southern 1st Team. Also, FR SG James Kobayashi was the Southern Freshman of the Year and a member of the Southern All-Freshman Team.

Troy SO SF Marco Paul was named to the Sun Belt 2nd Team.

Hawaii put SR SF Robin Jack on the WAC 1st Team, SR C Fermin Mendez on the WAC 2nd Team, and Jayson Harris on the WAC All-Freshman Team.

Oregon State put JR PG Rod Elder on the WAC 2nd Team.

[bbgunn]

Congrats to Wright State! They'll be looking for bigger fish to fry next year!

And Timmy Tribble totally got snubbed.

[collegesportsfanms]

Just a heads up, I'm still having some weird computer happenings at home. I think it has something to do with Windows 10 and updates. I hate Windows 10 with a passion already.

I've already lost one of my FBCB projects, so I'm being cautious with this one. I'm going to move forward, but be forewarned, if worse comes to worse there's a slight chance this project will have to be restarted, or at least backed up and some of the weeks may have to be replayed. If that happens, we'll just have to deal with it the best we can. It's not ideal, but computer issues have been the death of my projects for a while now. Again, I'll keep moving on, but just a heads up. I'm hoping things are ok now after the latest updates, but I don't know.

[bbgunn]

Thanks for the heads up. I know how it can be when computer issues mess up projects. I think I had that happen to a dynasty or two I did.

If you do have to restart, you can still count me in! I enjoy your dynasties.

[collegesportsfanms]

Thanks for the heads up. I know how it can be when computer issues mess up projects. I think I had that happen to a dynasty or two I did.

If you do have to restart, you can still count me in! I enjoy your dynasties.

I appreciate it, you're one of my best followers and that does mean a lot to know people are still involved. Unfortunately, if I have to restart this dynasty and the Interactive Player dynasty, you might be my only follower left!

It's going to be at least next week before I get back to this as my computer tech won't be available until at least this weekend, but as soon as I know something one or another, you'll know. Thanks for following!

[Grover]

I appreciate it, you're one of my best followers and that does mean a lot to know people are still involved. Unfortunately, if I have to restart this dynasty and the Interactive Player dynasty, you might be my only follower left!

It's going to be at least next week before I get back to this as my computer tech won't be available until at least this weekend, but as soon as I know something one or another, you'll know. Thanks for following!

Restart or not, I'm sticking with you!

[Coffee Warlord]

FER SHAME

[collegesportsfanms]

Guys, I'm afraid I have some terrible news. I just got the word today that the computer I have at home that I run FBCB on is on life support. In other words, I'm going to have to pony up for a new PC, and reinstall FBCB. That unfortunately means this project is a wash.

I am going to be restarting this at some point, as soon as I get a new PC and get FBCB reinstalled. I am also going to try and download the most recent mod with conference realignment, to mix things up a bit from this one. I will be starting a sign-up thread now, so that maybe by the time I have FBCB up and running again on a new PC, I'll have enough coaches to start a dynasty. I know that I will probably lose some followers, and some of you won't sign up again, but I also know that some of you have already said you'll stick it out through another one.

So guys, look for the sign-up thread, as I will get it going today.

In the meantime, I am still able to do my What-if Sports NCAA Basketball Ultimate Tournament on my work computer, and I can report on my NCAA 09: Kansas State Dynasty from the family laptop, so please keep an eye on those 2 projects. Thanks, and again I apologize, I was hoping I wouldn't have to restart yet another project, but such is life. Thanks to everybody that did follow and will continue to follow.

[collegesportsfanms]

For those of you that also follow my Interactive Player Dynasty, you'll see that I'm doing my best to keep that one going as is. Unfortunately, the coaches dynasty will be restarted, no matter what, for 2 reasons.

1. That particular file was wiped out in a forced reboot
2. I want to try and get teams in with a mod, and try and get the teams and conference as close to present as I can. This would put Colorado in the PAC 12 and such.

I won't be starting it until at least the 1st of November, that's provided I remember how to install mods properly and such. Stay tuned.