Feb. 24-March 2, 2020
Bryant (Score Galore) -- 16-13, 9-7 T-3rd America East. 1 game to finish off the regular season for Bryant, an 87-76 win at Stony Brook. Due to tiebreakers, they will be the #3 seed in the America East tourney.
Maine (Cillian O'Reilly) -- 13-16, 6-10 4 way tie for 7th (last place) America East. Also 1 game for Maine this week, a 75-59 win at home vs. UMBC. They'll be the 8th seed in the America East tourney.
UMass Lowell (Ekeje Bafou) -- 17-12, 11-5 T-1st America East. The River Hawks missed a chance to win the America East regular season title outright, as they lost their last regular season game at Hartford 68-56. They still draw the top seed in the America East tourney.
St. Louis (Kuji Chagulia) -- 21-7, 10-4 3rd Atlantic Ten. Kuji picked up win number 100 for his career this week, winning at St. Bonaventure 66-54. They then returned home to LaSalle and won 68-51, for win #101 for Kuji.
High Point (Roy Rogers) -- 16-13, 11-5 T-1st North Division of Big South. The Panthers ended the regular season by smashing Prebyterian at home, 91-57. They'll be the 4th seed in the Big South tournament.
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 20-7, 14-0 1st Big West. Hawaii clinched the Big West regular season title this week, with 2 more wins both at home. First a 72-54 win against Cal Poly, then a very tough 108-103 overtime win against UCSB. Now can they finish off the regular season undefeated in Big West play?
Bradley (Alex Donovan) -- 8-20, 5-13 9th MVC. 2 more road losses for the Braves this week, first getting hammered 82-39 at Evansville, then losing 71-58 at Loyola Chicago. They'll be in the play-in round as the 9th seed in the MVC tourney.
Drake (Randolph Childress) -- 19-11, 13-5 T-1st MVC. A bad loss at Lafayette, 76-68 to start the week, then they finish off the regular season with an 88-67 win at Missouri St. They'll be the 2nd seed in the MVC tourney.
Evansville (DeShawn St. John) -- 13-16, 11-7 3rd MVC. 2 home wins to finish off the regular season, an 82-39 pounding of Bradley, then an 88-85 OT win against Northern Iowa. They'll be the 3rd seed in the MVC tourney.
Illinois State (Timmy Tribble) -- 10-18, 7-11 8th MVC. 2 road wins to finish off the regular season, as they won at Indiana St. 58-50 then won at Southern Illinois 78-68. Unfortunately this wasn't enough to keep them out of the play-in round. They'll be the 8th seed playing a day early.
Loyola Chicago (Jawouk Bafou) -- 15-13, 9-9 6th MVC. A home split to finish off the regular season, as the Ramblers lost 95-92 to Northern Iowa, then beat Bradley 71-58.. Congrats to Mr. Bafou as for the first time ever, Loyola Chicago will avoid the play-in round, as the 6th seed. They get to rest an extra day this season!
Northern Iowa (Ernesto Lopez) -- 13-16, 8-10 7th MVC. 2 really tough road games to end the regular season, a 95-92 win at Loyola Chicago and an 88-85 loss at Evansville. If they beat Evansville, then they probably avoid the play-in round, as it stands, they are playing on Thursday night as the 7th seed.
BYU (Patrick Hutt) -- 20-9, 12-6 2nd WCC. Only 1 game this week for the Cougars, an 82-64 win at Pepperdine. They'll get the 2nd seed and a bye in the WCC tournament.
Here is a look at the polls:
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Oklahoma State (67) 25-3 1795 2 Big 12 Conference
2. Pittsburgh (5) 24-5 1732 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Connecticut 24-5 1635 5 American Athletic Conference
4. Miami 21-6 1575 3 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Wisconsin 22-6 1494 8 Big Ten Conference
6. Tennessee 23-5 1439 4 Southeastern Conference
7. Ohio State 22-7 1362 7 Big Ten Conference
8. Villanova 24-5 1315 6 Big East Conference
9. Saint Mary's 24-5 1170 11 West Coast Conference
10. Michigan 22-6 1157 12 Big Ten Conference
11. Purdue 22-6 1027 9 Big Ten Conference
12. Louisville 22-6 1020 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Kansas 20-7 975 14 Big 12 Conference
14. Mississippi 22-5 893 18 Southeastern Conference
15. Baylor 20-7 766 16 Big 12 Conference
16. Duke 19-9 721 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Syracuse 20-9 610 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Stanford 20-9 562 15 Pacific-12 Conference
19. Southern California 21-7 421 10 Pacific-12 Conference
20. Marquette 19-8 392 19 Big East Conference
21. Seton Hall 21-7 355 25 Big East Conference
22. Xavier 21-8 340 23 Big East Conference
23. Texas 20-8 167 21 Big 12 Conference
24. Saint Louis 21-7 147 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Wichita State 23-7 80 NR Missouri Valley Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Georgetown 19-10 71 Big East Conference
Hofstra 23-6 47 Colonial Athletic Association
Colorado 20-8 34 Pacific-12 Conference
Chattanooga 23-6 25 Southern Conference
Princeton 22-6 24 Ivy League
Alcorn State 22-5 14 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Air Force 21-7 12 Mountain West Conference
Southern Mississippi 20-7 9 Conference USA
North Carolina 18-10 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
Memphis 18-9 4 American Athletic Conference
UCLA 18-9 3 Pacific-12 Conference
Missouri 16-11 2 Southeastern Conference
Still no Hawaii? I realize their strength of schedule isn't the greatest, but come on, a team that is undefeated in conference play going into the last week of the regular season should get at least 1 national vote, am I right?
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Mid Major Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Saint Mary's (72) 24-5 1800 1 West Coast Conference
2. Wichita State 23-7 1675 5 Missouri Valley Conference
3. Saint Louis 21-7 1601 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Brigham Young 20-9 1541 4 West Coast Conference
5. Hofstra 23-6 1497 7 Colonial Athletic Association
6. Southern Mississippi 20-7 1406 8 Conference USA
7. Air Force 21-7 1391 9 Mountain West Conference
8. Saint Joseph's 19-7 1303 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Chattanooga 23-6 1167 6 Southern Conference
10. Princeton 22-6 1132 11 Ivy League
11. UNLV 20-8 1107 2 Mountain West Conference
12. VCU 18-8 975 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. UW Milwaukee 21-8 948 16 Horizon League
14. Fresno State 20-8 881 14 Mountain West Conference
15. Alcorn State 22-5 745 18 Southwestern Athletic Conference
16. Sacramento State 21-6 738 13 Big Sky Conference
17. Monmouth 22-7 678 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
18. UW Green Bay 21-8 555 21 Horizon League
19. Belmont 21-9 527 17 Ohio Valley Conference
20. Hawaii 20-7 501 24 Big West Conference
21. Richmond 19-9 342 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Northeastern 20-9 326 20 Colonial Athletic Association
23. American 20-9 187 25 Patriot League
24. Georgia Southern 20-9 162 22 Sun Belt Conference
25. LIU Brooklyn 21-8 91 23 Northeast Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Wyoming 17-10 44 Mountain West Conference
Drake 19-11 24 Missouri Valley Conference
San Diego State 16-10 18 Mountain West Conference
Colorado State 16-10 16 Mountain West Conference
North Texas 18-9 14 Conference USA
Loyola Maryland 19-11 6 Patriot League
Florida International 16-11 2 Conference USA
Even in the mid-major poll, I feel that Hawaii is being slighted. It'll be interesting to see what happens in both polls next week and in the weeks to come, especially if they finish the regular season undefeated in Big West play and win the Big West tourney.