College Basketball 2016-17 Men's Basketball Top 144 -1 / Teams predicted rank in Conference
On the Bracketolgy side of the countdown, simply filling in the 16 conference Champs from the bottom 16 leagues, obviously eliminates 16 of the 68 spots available. ODU projected as a 13 seed
Bracketolgy Link...
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...acketology
Old Dominion Is the #1 selection for CUSA at number 76.
Last years 2016 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings final ranking
94 Old Dominion CUSA 25-13
Link...
http://kenpom.com/index.php
Last years 2016 NCAA RPI rankings
114 Old Dominion (25-13)
Link...
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/
UPDATED 8/27/2016
#76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA
#77 BYU #3 West Coast
#78 Monmouth #1 MAAC
#79 St. Bonaventure #6 A10
#80 Minnesota #9 Big 10
#81 Middle Tennessee #2 CUSA
#82 Akron Men's #2 MAC
#83 Belmont #1 Ohio Valley
#84 Chattanooga #1 SoCon
#85 Harvard #2 Ivy League
#86 Auburn #8 SEC
#87 Northern Iowa #3 Missouri Valley
#88 North Dakota State #1 Summit
#89 UAB #3 CUSA
#90 Memphis #5 American
#91 Vermont #1 America East
#92 New Mexico State #1 WAC
#93 Iona #2 MAAC
#94 Oregon State #10 PAC 12
#95 South Carolina #9 SEC
#96 UT Arlington #1 Sun Belt
#97 UC Irvine Men's #2 Big West
#98 Colorado State #4 Mountain West
#99 Ohio Men's #3 MAC
#100 Charleston #3 CAA
#101 Weber State #1 Big Sky
#102 South Dakota State #2 Summit
#103 Nebraska #10 Big 10
#104 Siena #3 MAAC
#105 William & Mary #4 CAA
#106 UC Santa Barbara #3 Big West
#107 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns: #2 Sun Belt
#108 Arkansas Rank: #10 SEC
#109 Fresno State #5 Mountain West
#110 Georgia Tech #13 ACC
#111 Southern Illinois #4 Missouri Valley
#112 Richmond #7 Atlantic 10
#113 Florida Gulf Coast #1 Atlantic Sun
#114 Sam Houston State #1 Southland
#115 Tulsa #5 American
#116 UNC Asheville #1 Big South
#117 Stanford #11 Pac-12
#118 Boise State #6 Mountain West
#119 Lehigh #1 Patriot
#120 Stony Brook #2 America East
#121 Northwestern State #2 Southland
#122 LSU #11 SEC
#123 Arkansas-Little Rock #3 Sun Belt
#124 Pepperdine #4 West Coast
#125 Hofstra #5 CAA
#126 Kent State #4 Mid-American
#127 Temple #6 American
#128 Stephen F. Austin #3 Southland
#129 Wagner #1 NEC
#130 Marshall #4 Conference USA
#131 North Dakota #2 Big Sky
#132 Penn State #11 Big Ten
#133 Green Bay #2 Horizon
#134 Fordham #8 Atlantic 10
#135 Texas Southern #1 SWAC
#136 Morehead State #2 Ohio Valley
#137 Yale #3 Ivy League
#138 East Tennessee State #2 SoCon
#139 Rice #5 Conference USA
#140 Indiana State #5 Missouri Valley
#141 Howard #1 MEAC
#142 Toledo #5 MAC
#143 Cal State Northridge #4 Big West
#144 Illinois #12 Big Ten
Conference/Schools rank in Conference/Total teams in Conf - Schools Remaining in Conf
I have also attempted to determined how many teams from each conference will be selected from the information so far. I have that number to the right of each conference in BOLD and in parenthesis .
1). ACC
(13) [ #13 Georgia Tech, )
2). Big Ten
(12) [#12 Illinois, #11 Penn St #10 Nebraska, #9 Minnesota]
3). PAC 12
(11) [@11 Stanford, #10 Oregon State]
4). SEC
(11) [#11 LSU #10 Arkansas #9 South Carol, #8 Auburn]
5). BIG XII
(8) -]
6). Big East
(8) -]
7). Atlantic 10
(8) [#8 Fordham, #7 Richmond , #6 St. Bonaventure]
8). American
(6) [#6 Temple, #5 Tulsa #4 Memphis ]
9). MWC
(6) [#6 Boise State, #5 Fresno State, #4 Colorado
10). MAC
(5) [#5 Toledo, #4 Kent State ,#3 Ohio, #2 Akron)
11). Missouri Valley
(5) [#5 Indiana State, #4 Southern Illinois, #3 Northern Iowa)
12). CAA
(5) [#5 Hofstra, #4 W&M, #3 Charleston]
13). West Coast
(4) [#4 Pepperdine, #3 BYU]
14). Big West
(4) [#4 Cal State Northridge, #3 UC Santa Barbara, #2 UC Irvine ]
15). Ivy League
(3) [#3 Yale, #2 Harvard ]
16). Horizon
(2) [#2 Green Bay,]
17). Big South
(2) [#2 UNC Asheville ,)
18). CUSA (5) [#5 Rice, #4 Marshall, #3 UAB, #2 Middle Tenn #1 ODU] COMPLETED
19). MAAC (3)[#3 Siena, #2 Iona, #1 Monmouth] COMPLETED
20). Ohio Valley (2) [#2 Morehead State,#1 Belmont) COMPLETED
21). SoCon (2) [#2 East Tennessee State, #1 Chattanooga] COMPLETED
22). Summit (2) #2 South Dakota Stat, #1 North Dakota State) COMPLETED
23). America East (2)#2 Stony Brook, #1 Vermont COMPLETED
24). WAC (1) (#1 New Mexico State WAC COMPLETED
25). SBC (3) [#3 Arkansas-Little Rock, #2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, #1 UT Arlingt] COMPLETED
26). Big Sky (2) [#2 North Dak (15 -0)$1 Weber St ] COMPLETED
27). Southland (3) [#3 Stephen F. Austin #2 Northwestern St, #1 Sam Houston St (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
28). Atlantic Sun (1) [#1 Florida Gulf Coast (8 -0) COMPLETED]
29). Patriot (1) [#1 Lehigh (9 -0) COMPLETED]
30). NEC [b](1) [#1 Wagner (10 -0 ) COMPLETED]
31). MEAC[b] (1) [#1 Howard (13 - 0) COMPLETED]
32). SWAC (1) [#1 Texas Southern COMPLETED) (10 - 0)
Link....
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens...4-previews
MY PICKS for the LAST 81
1 Villanova #1 BE 35-5 NCAA AQ
2 North Carolina #1 ACC 33-7 NCAA AQ
3 Virginia #2 ACC 29-8
4 Kansas #1 BIG XII 33-5 NCAA AQ
5 Michigan St. #1 BIG 10 29-6 NCAA AQ
6 Kentucky #1 SEC 27-9 NCAA AQ
7 Oklahoma #2 BIG XII 29-8
8 Wichita St. #1 MVC 26-9 NCAA AQ
9 West Virginia #3 BIG XII 26-9
10 Louisville #3 ACC 23-8
11 Xavier #2 BE 28-6
12 Oregon #1 PAC12 31-7 NCAA AQ
13 Miami FL #4 ACC 27-8
14 Purdue #2 BIG 10 26-9
15 Indiana #3 BIG 10 27-8
16 Iowa St. #4 BIG XII 23-12
17 Gonzaga #1 WCC 28-NCAA AQ
18 Texas A&M #2 SEC 28-9
19 Duke #5 ACC 25-11
20 Arizona #2 PAC 12 25-9
21 Seton Hall #3 BE 25-9
22 Iowa #4 BIG 10 22-11
23 Syracuse #6 ACC 23-14 .
24 Maryland #5 BIG 10 27-9
25 Connecticut #1 AAC 25-11
26 Baylor #5 BIG XII 22-12
27 California #3 PAC 12 23-11
28 VCU #1 A10 25-11 NCAA AQ
29 Vanderbilt #3 SEC 19-14
30 Butler #4 BE 22-11
31 Wisconsin #6 BIG 10 22-13
32 Cincinnati #2 AAC 22-11
33 Notre Dame #7 ACC 24-12
34 Texas #6 BIG XII 20-13
35 Creighton #5 BE 20-15
36 Saint Joseph's #2 A10 28-8
37 Utah #4 PAC 12 27-9
38 Valparaiso #1 Horz 30-7 NCAA AQ
39 SMU #3 AAC 25-5
40 Florida #4 SEC 21-15
41 Pittsburgh #8 ACC 21-12
42 Providence #6 BE 24-11
43 Saint Mary's #2 WCC 29-6 NCAA AQ
44 San Diego St.#1 MWC 28-10
45 George Washington #3 A10 28-10
46 Clemson #9 ACC 17-14
47 Florida St. #10 ACC 20-14
48 Texas Tech #7 BIG XII 19-13
49 Kansas St.#8 BIG XII 17-16 --------- At Large Bid Start Range
50 USC #5 PAC 12 21-13
51 Hawaii #1 BW 28-6
52 Virginia Tech #11 ACC 20-15
53 Michigan #7 BIG 10 23-13 ----------At Large Bid Range
54 Dayton #4 A10 25-8 NIT Invite
55 Georgetown #7 BE 15-18 NIT Invite
56 South Carolina #5 SEC 25-9NIT Invite
57 Colorado #6 PAC 12 22-12 NIT Invite
58 Oregon St. #7 PAC 12 19-13 NIT Invite
59 Princeton Ivy 22-7 AQ
60 Washington #8 PAC 12 19-15 NIT Invite
61 Georgia #6 SEC 20-14 NIT Invite
62 Mississippi #7 SEC 20-12 NIT Invite
63 UNC Wilmington #1 CAA 25-8 NCAA .AQ
64 North Carolina St. #12 ACC 16-17 NIT Invite
65 Northwestern #8 BIG 10 20-12 or Ohio St. #8 BIG 10 21-14 NIT Invite
66 UCLA #9 PAC 12 15-17 NIT Invite
67 James Madison #2 CAA 21-11
[color=#000000] 68 Marquette #8 BE 20-13
69 Arizona St. #10 PAC 12 15-17
70 Nevada # 2 MWC 24-14
71 Davidson #5 A10 20-13
72 UNLV 18-15 #3 MWC or New Mexico #3 MWC 17-15
73 Ball St. #1 MAC 21-14 or Buffalo MAC 20-15
74 Evansville #2 MVC 25-9
75 Winthrop #1 Big South
76 Old Dominion #1 CUSA 25-13
THE VERY EARLY NCAA BRAKETOLOGY & NIT INVITATIONS based on MADNESS POLL
KEY
NCAA AQ
NCAA Bubble teams
NIT Invitations
Teams 1- 51 excluding NCAA AQ could be selected for NCAA BIDS
CUSA - 2 teams remain after 8/14/16
[color=#FF0000]RED Teams selected after my prediction
Old Dominion Monarchs
2016-2017 Overall Rank: #76
Conference Rank: #1 Conference USA
Any team that plays defense as well as Old Dominion is going to be in the mix for a conference title. Last season the Monarchs ended up winning 25 games and there is hope that this group can do even better. Coach Jeff Jones’ squad finished 12-6 in a tough Conference USA, but made a nice run to the conference championship game, where they fell 55-53 to Middle Tennessee. The Monarchs had to settle for a trip to the inaugural Vegas 16. They beat Tennessee Tech, UCSB and Oakland en route to a Vegas 16 championship.
2015-16 Record: 25-13, 12-6
2015-16 Postseason: Vegas 16
Coach: Jeff Jones
Coach Record: 70-39 at Old Dominion, 422-324 overall
Who’s Out:
Trey Freeman is a big loss for Old Dominion. He easily led the team with 22.1 points per game and on a team that only scored 68.5 points per game, that is a huge percentage of the scoring. Freeman was one of the few players who could create his own shot and that is a skill the Monarchs will miss. Aaron Bacote was second on the team with 13.1 points per game. Like Freeman, Bacote was a capable outside shooter who could also attack the basket. Nik Biberaj did a lot of the dirty work in the paint during his senior season. The 6-8 forward was never much of a threat to score, but he gave a quality 20 minutes per game.
Little used Payton Pervier ???? and Martin Shaw are also gone.
Who’s In:
ODU will look to reload with five transfers. B.J. Stith comes to the Monarchs to join his brother and his father, who is an assistant under Coach Jones. Stith spent one season at Virginia and the 6-5 sophomore will make a big impact with his new team. Trey Porter was sitting on the sidelines last season too after transferring in from George Mason. Porter is a long, lanky 6-10, 205 pound forward who can do some scoring the paint. He averaged just 3.5 points and 2.6 rebounds with George Mason, but his season on the sidelines has helped his development and he will at least be a force on the defensive end of the floor. The frontcourt also adds junior college transfer Alassane Kah. The 6-9 junior has some work to do, but he can stretch the defense with his outside shooting ability. Fellow junior college transfers Randy Haynes and Keith Pinckney will look for minutes on the perimeter. Both can handle the ball and this is a team that needs some ball handlers. Freshmen Aaron Carver, Travis Fields and Xavier Green should all have time to develop with so many experienced players coming into the program.
Who to Watch:
The newcomers are nice, but Coach Jones returns five players who should have a big impact on this team. Brandan Stith is the most proven of the bunch. The 6-7 forward averaged 10.4 points and 9.7 rebounds last season and he will tally a ton of double-doubles in 2016-2017. The elder Stith will be joined by Denzell Taylor in the frontcourt. Taylor is not much of an offensive threat, but he is an experienced senior who averaged 7.2 rebounds per game last season. With some scorers around him, Old Dominion can afford to put him in the starting lineup and let him hit the glass and play tough defense. Zoran Talley had a very promising freshman campaign. He averaged 8.1 points and 4.5 rebounds and was very efficient scoring in the paint. Talley should be in for a big sophomore season, especially if he can develop an outside shot. Jordan Baker and Ahmad Caver will handle plenty of minutes on the perimeter. Baker is a good shooter off of the bench and Caver will likely step into the starting point guard spot.
Final Projection:
The Monarchs are certainly not lacking in talent. While many of the key contributors are newcomers, B.J. Stith and Porter are no strangers to the program having sat on the sidelines last year. That means the chemistry of fitting in all of the newcomers should not be that big of an issue. The bigger issue will be finding a go-to-scorer or two. Both Stith’s are great options, but the pressure is really on B.J. to provide a consistent and reliable perimeter scoring threat. Somebody on this team needs to knock down some three-pointers and B.J. Stith will likely be the best option. If he has an off night and nobody else has proven that they can hit the long ball, Old Dominion will have some trouble this season. But there are options and Coach Jones will find enough offense to compete for a conference title and a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
Projected Starting Five:
Ahmad Caver, Sophomore, Guard, 2.7 points per game
B.J. Stith, Sophomore, Guard, DNP last season
Zoran Talley, Sophomore, Forward, 8.1 points per game
Brandan Stith, Junior, Forward, 10.4 points per game
Denzell Taylor, Senior, Forward, 4.2 points per game
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 68.5 (270th in nation, 12th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 61.6 (7, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.3 (166, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.7 (23, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.2 (344, 14)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.1 (327, 14)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.2 (242, 9)
Rebound Margin: 6.4 (29, 1)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (178, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.1 (1, 1)
32 Conferences link...
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketba...conference
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