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We will cover the following conferences in this part:

  • Big Sky
  • Big South
  • Big West
  • Conference USA
  • Colonial
  • Horizon
  • Ivy League
  • Independents
  • MAAC

 

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Big Sky

Eastern Washington and Portland State will compete for the top spot in the Big Sky. Portland State has the only C rated player in the conference, but Eastern Washington has more depth. 

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

189

Eastern Washington

2

190

Portland State

3

227

Idaho State

4

236

Idaho

5

259

Montana State

6

271

Montana

7

296

Northern Arizona

8

319

Sacramento State

9

333

Northern Colorado

10

343

Weber State

 

First Team All-Conference

SF Conrad Corder

Sr

Portland State

SF Anthony Joseph

Sr

Montana State

PG James Coleman

Sr

Northern Arizona

SG Michael Watkins

Jr

Montana

C Jason Abramova

Sr

Idaho

 

Second Team All-Conference

PG Leroy Williams

Jr

Eastern Washington

C Christopher Brown

So

Portland State

C Thomas Blood

Jr

Northern Colorado

SF Patrick Brady

So

Eastern Washington

PF Marcos Braham

Sr

Idaho State

 

Top Freshman

SF Scott Lin

Fr

Idaho

 

Big South

UNC Asheville looks to be a slight step above the rest of the Big South. Presbyterian has the only C rated player in the conference, but terrible depth. These teams will just be trying to avoid a 16-seed.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

187

UNC Asheville

2

203

South Carolina Upstate

3

212

Charleston Southern

4

224

High Point

5

249

Winthrop

6

275

Gardner-Webb

7

278

Presbyterian

8

326

Radford

9

335

Longwood

 

First Team All-Conference

SF Brian Long

Sr

UNC Asheville

PG Michael Saunders

Jr

South Carolina Upstate

PG Michael Crouch

Sr

Presbyterian

C Peter Simpson

Sr

High Point

PF Mark Sullivan

Jr

South Carolina Upstate

 

Second Team All-Conference

SG Duane Felder

Jr

Winthrop

PF James Geistfeld

Sr

High Point

PG Lawrence Niemczyk

Sr

Gardner-Webb

C Jose Jeon

Sr

Gardner-Webb

PG Andrew Brouillard

Jr

Radford

 

Top Freshman

PG William Vanderveer

Fr

UNC Asheville

 

Big West

UC Irvine has garnered a Top 10 preseason ranking and will only be competing against Hawaii for the conference title. UC Irvine has scheduled aggressively, with games against Wisconsin, Western Michigan, and UMBC. Sr. C Henry Gonzales is also a Wooden Award candidate for the Anteaters.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

9

UC Irvine

2

140

Hawaii

3

243

Cal Poly

4

263

Long Beach State

5

269

UC Riverside

6

280

UC Santa Barbara

7

287

Cal State Bakersfield

8

293

Cal State Fullerton

9

299

UC San Diego

10

305

UC Davis

11

330

Cal State Northridge

 

First Team All-Conference

C Henry Gonzales

Sr

UC Irvine

PG Michael Phillips

Sr

Hawaii

PF Jerry Bell

Sr

UC Irvine

C Richard Milbourne

(So)

UC Irvine

PG James Taylor

Jr

UC Irvine

 

Second Team All-Conference

PF Jesus Rodriguez

Jr

Hawaii

PF Eugene Courtney

Sr

Hawaii

PF Russell Lee

(Sr)

UC Irvine

PF Joseph Oconnell

Fr

Hawaii

SG Albert Pickens

Fr

Hawaii

 

Top Freshman

PF Joseph Oconnell

Fr

Hawaii

 

Conference USA

Liberty is our pick in Conference USA, and should be an at-large tournament selection even if they don’t win the conference tournament. Louisiana Tech also has some talented pieces returning from last year’s cinderella story, while UTEP has preseason Conference USA player of the year Sr. PF Felipe Raymond. However, unless someone upends Liberty in the conference tournament, C-USA is projecting as a one-bid league. 

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

36

Liberty

2

72

UTEP

3

78

Louisiana Tech

4

111

FIU

5

129

New Mexico State

6

139

Western Kentucky

7

156

Middle Tennessee

8

196

Jacksonville State

9

217

Kennesaw State

10

321

Sam Houston State

 

First Team All-Conference

PF Felipe Raymond

Sr

UTEP

PF Kevin Berglund

Sr

Louisiana Tech

PF Douglas Strom

Sr

Liberty

SG Warren Jones

Jr

Louisiana Tech

PF Wayne Johnson

Jr

FIU

 

Second Team All-Conference

C Keith Mcrae

Jr

Liberty

C Jeremy Ryan

Sr

New Mexico State

PF Curtis Kovacic

Jr

FIU

PF Christopher Davis

Jr

UTEP

SG William Smith

So

Liberty

 

Top Freshman

SG Brandon Desai

Fr

Middle Tennessee

 

Colonial

It will be tight at the top of this conference, with Monmouth our pick to edge out the competition. Don’t expect a very high seed from the Colonial champion, though.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

192

Monmouth

2

201

Northeastern

3

208

Campbell

4

209

William & Mary

5

221

Drexel

6

268

Towson

7

277

Hofstra

8

295

Charleston

9

301

Delaware

10

308

UNC Wilmington

11

314

North Carolina A&T

12

322

Hampton

13

356

Stony Brook

14

362

Elon

 

First Team All-Conference

PF Ronald Mcdaniel

Jr

Hampton

SG Liem Chang

Jr

Monmouth

C George Lira

Jr

Charleston

SG Thomas Ferucci

So

William & Mary

C Dennis Rutan

Jr

Campbell

 

Second Team All-Conference

C Gary Butt

Fr

Hofstra

C Harold Mahaney

Jr

Hofstra

SF Perry Allen

Sr

Drexel

PF Arlyn Chua

Jr

Northeastern

SF Joseph Christmas

Sr

Campbell

 

Top Freshman

C Gary Butt

Fr

Hofstra

 

Horizon

Wright State and Oakland are a step above the rest in the Horizon. The Horizon League actually has more talent than most of the other bottom leagues with two C-rated players. One of them is on Wright State’s roster, making them our pick to advance to the tournament.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

180

Wright State

2

195

Oakland

3

220

UW Milwaukee

4

286

Cleveland State

5

289

Northern Kentucky

6

297

Purdue-Fort Wayne

7

302

UW Green Bay

8

306

Robert Morris

9

310

Detroit Mercy

10

346

IUPUI

11

349

Youngstown State

 

First Team All-Conference

C Xuan Pangelinan

Sr

Wright State

C Kenneth Jones

Jr

Oakland

PG Daniel Cox

Sr

Robert Morris

SG Ralph Sharpe

So

Oakland

SG Jessie Taliaferro

Jr

UW Green Bay

 

Second Team All-Conference

PG Robert Whelton

So

Wright State

SF Douglas Lussier

So

UW Milwaukee

SG Michael Griffith

Sr

Wright State

PF Milton Paul

Sr

Detroit Mercy

SF Gilbert Pagan

Sr

Northern Kentucky

 

Top Freshman

SF Albert Davis

Fr

Purdue-Fort Wayne

 

Ivy League

The Ivy League is the only conference to not have a team ranked in the top 200. They also have 0 players in the whole conference rated C or above. Dartmouth and Yale are the only teams that could start a whole lineup of Ds, making them the favorites to win this prestigious conference.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

206

Dartmouth

2

255

Yale

3

267

Cornell

4

274

Brown

5

282

Harvard

6

312

Columbia

7

316

Princeton

8

338

Penn

 

First Team All-Conference

PF Erik Bishoff

Sr

Yale

C Jack Cavinee

Jr

Brown

SF Charles Racer

Jr

Dartmouth

C Quentin Kumar

So

Dartmouth

PF Michael Barber

Jr

Dartmouth

 

Second Team All-Conference

C Anil Spruce

Jr

Penn

PF Rodney Biggs

Sr

Harvard

C Kevin Lamour

Jr

Cornell

SF Robert Tobias

Jr

Cornell

SG Edward Savage

Sr

Dartmouth

 

Top Freshman

PG Ryan Little

Fr

Princeton

 

Independents

Well, Hartford isn’t playing this season, but this is where they would have been ranked. Let’s not discuss the disaster that is Chicago State (1 D overall, everyone else F).

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

 

185

Hartford

 

309

Chicago State

 

MAAC

Fairfield boasts one of the 3 C-rated players in the MAAC. With better backup support, they take the top ranking here.

 

Conference Rank

National Rank

Team

1

193

Fairfield

2

210

Mount St. Mary’s

3

242

Marist

4

246

Saint Peter’s

5

279

Rider

6

288

Siena

7

304

Niagara

8

341

Manhattan

9

344

Quinnipiac

10

351

Iona

11

361

Canisius

 

First Team All-Conference

PF Jeffery Helms

Sr

Fairfield

SF Austin Siegel

Jr

Mount St. Mary’s

C John Birdsall

Sr

Marist

C Julio Prieto

Jr

Rider

SG Herb Bennett

Sr

Saint Peter’s

 

Second Team All-Conference

C Ernesto Dando

Jr

Siena

PG Quentin Garcia

Sr

Marist

C James Gaines

Jr

Saint Peter’s

PF Ivan Deollos

Jr

Saint Peter’s

SG James Davison

Sr

Mount St. Mary’s

 

Top Freshman

PG Gary Gould

Fr

Fairfield

 

 

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