Conference Preseason Polls

[Greek Tragedy]

Nice work, thanks for the help.

[hopefan]

MWC:
http://www.midwestconference.org/news/2019/11/1/st-norbert-mens-basketball-picked-to-repeat-as-mwc-champions.aspx

2019 MWC Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll
1) St. Norbert College (9), 81 points
2) Monmouth College (1), 68 points
3) Lake Forest College, 66 points
4) Grinnell College, 55 points
5) Ripon College, 50 points
6) Lawrence University, 46 points
7) Illinois College, 30 points
8) Cornell College, 26 points
9) Beloit College, 18 points
10) Knox College, 10 points

[hopefan]

CSAC
https://csacsports.com/news/2019/11/1/mens-basketball-cairn-the-top-pick-in-csac-mbb-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

2019-2020 Colonial States Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1) Cairn University – 61 points (6 first-place votes)
2) Centenary University – 48 points (2 first-place votes)
3) Wilson College – 42 points
4) Rosemont College – 41 points
5) The College of Saint Elizabeth – 35 points
6) Keystone College – 33 points
7) Bryn Athyn College – 15 points
8) Clarks Summit University – 13 points

[hopefan]

PrAC
http://www.pacathletics.org/news/2019/10/31/mens-basketball-saint-vincent-men-named-pac-hoops-preseason-favorites.aspx

2019-20 PAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll

school (first-place votes)   Points   2018-19 Record (PAC)
1. Saint Vincent (3)   65   22-5 (14-2)
T-2. Westminster (4)   64   13-15 (9-7)
T-2. Grove City (2)   64   17-12 (10-6)
4. W&J   45   10-16 (8-8)
5. Geneva   41   9-17 (6-10)
6. Chatham   35   19-10 (9-7)
7. Thiel   32   7-19 (5-11)
8. Waynesburg   31   8-18 (7-9)
9. Bethany   19   5-20 (4-12)

[hopefan]

Carried Forward... Conferences not yet posting preseason poll

AMCC
GNAC
Land
LL
MIAA
MIAC
NAC
NEAC
NEWMAC
NJAC
NWC
OAC
SCAC
Sky
UAA

ACAA
CUNYAC
E8
NESCAC
SAA
SUNYAC

[Pat Coleman]

CSAC
https://csacsports.com/news/2019/11/1/mens-basketball-cairn-the-top-pick-in-csac-mbb-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

2019-2020 Colonial States Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1) Cairn University – 61 points (6 first-place votes)
2) Centenary University – 48 points (2 first-place votes)
3) Wilson College – 42 points
4) Rosemont College – 41 points
5) The College of Saint Elizabeth – 35 points
6) Keystone College – 33 points
7) Bryn Athyn College – 15 points
8) Clarks Summit University – 13 points

Wow, that's a brutal league.

[Baldini]

CSAC
https://csacsports.com/news/2019/11/1/mens-basketball-cairn-the-top-pick-in-csac-mbb-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx

2019-2020 Colonial States Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1) Cairn University – 61 points (6 first-place votes)
2) Centenary University – 48 points (2 first-place votes)
3) Wilson College – 42 points
4) Rosemont College – 41 points
5) The College of Saint Elizabeth – 35 points
6) Keystone College – 33 points
7) Bryn Athyn College – 15 points
8) Clarks Summit University – 13 points

Wow, that's a brutal league.

The final 2018-19 Massey Ratings for the CSAC members.

241 - Rosemont
299 - Wilson
308 - Cairn
349 - Centenary
393 - Keystone
413 - Bryn Athyn
427 - Clarks Summit

Not a single team in the top 240 teams in all of D-3 men's basketball.

[Baldini]

The College of Saint Elizabeth was in the NEAC last season and was 378th in the final Massey Ratings.

[hopefan]

I look at as it's the competition that counts.... remember, one of these CSAC teams will make the tourney... a number of teams rated better than 100 won't... that competition is one of the reasons I've enjoyed the SLIAC so much... no NCAA tourney wins yet, but the games leading to a conference tourney winner have often been terrific....

[Gregory Sager]

Gotta agree with hopefan. The CSAC may be brutal in terms of talent level and aesthetics, but there's an awful lot to be said for a league that is internally competitive from top to bottom.

[Pat Coleman]

I'm just remarking on it because it's a shadow of its former self.

[mailsy]

I'm just remarking on it because it's a shadow of its former self.

That it is.

[Baldini]

I don't know anything about their history, but I think we are all in agreement that it is not important what a teams rating is out of conference for those involved there. For those programs it is just win their league and live 'the Hoosiers dream'.   

[Ralph Turner]

I look at as it's the competition that counts.... remember, one of these CSAC teams will make the tourney... a number of teams rated better than 100 won't... that competition is one of the reasons I've enjoyed the SLIAC so much... no NCAA tourney wins yet, but the games leading to a conference tourney winner have often been terrific....

Gotta agree with hopefan. The CSAC may be brutal in terms of talent level and aesthetics, but there's an awful lot to be said for a league that is internally competitive from top to bottom.

Let's remember. D3 is about peer institutions competing on their own level. In fact, those institutions in the CSAC and the SLIAC may be performing closer to the ideals that brought forth Division III nearly 50 years ago. In a lot of ways, Pool C is about do-overs, greed, envy, and covetousness.

[Gregory Sager]

While I can't argue with that, Ralph, I will gladly be a greedy, envious, covetous do-over adherent if NPU doesn't win this week's CCIW men's soccer tourney and thereby requires a Pool C berth. I can go back to making my peace with the tenth commandment next week.