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For the week of the 26th, no mid-majors in the media poll. Kent State rises to #21 in the coaches poll
Mid Major Poll:
1. Kent State
2. Nevada
3. Pepperdine
4. Ohio
5. MTSU
Ball State #12, Bowling Green #20
I rarely bring up recruiting in the middle of the season, but that's because I rarely change targets mid season. The #118 recruit in the nation, PG Brad Buggs out of Texas, has received an offer from Texas Tech. At this point I lost most of the guys I was eyeing as backup targets in the early signing week, so I go and scout out 4 new PG/SG types that don't appear locked into one school yet.
I'm itching to play Nevada so I sim our next two. The first isn't really a guarenteed win but looks like one we should take.
Dec 28, 2016
at Ohio 92
Duqesne 85
high scoring. Grundy leads us with 17 points/11 boards, Keller 15, McCully 14.
And our next game technically opens up conference play, we better win this one.
Dec 31
Ohio 103
at N. Illinois 64
Good good. Keller 23, Northcutt 19, Murphy 14.
On the injury front though, Mendoza is hurt in this game and will miss about 2 weeks.
And going into the first week in january, Kent State enters the MEdia Poll at #21. They're #20 in the coaches poll.
Mid Major Poll:
1. Kent State
2. Pepperdine
3. Ohio
4. MTSU
5. Nevada
Ball State #14.
This sets up our next game. Our final non-conference game of the year, we host the #5 mid major team, consistently one of the top 3 mid majors every year, Nevada.
Mendoza is out for another 1 1/2 weeks, but Bright is back.
Starting lineup:
PG Murphy,SG McCully, SF Santiago, PF Bright, C Keller
Backups:
PG Barker, SG northcutt, SF Garcia, PF Grundy, C Withers
time to go with a 'normal' backup rotation with two big men.
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