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Post by sharkey on Oct 20, 2019 8:14:48 GMT -5
Just released his 1st '19-'20 rankings. Pretty sure it takes a few games into the season to be more accurate.
MAAC:
Rider-157
Iona-183
Manhattan-244
Siena-245
Monmouth-247
QPAC-267
Canisius-276
Fairfield-278
SPU-316
Niagara-327
Marist-338
OOC:
Colorado-37
UCONN-71
Princeton-180
Lasalle-218
Ohio-223
Kennesaw-318
Stetson-329
Some thoughts, appears most predict a 2 team race between Iona and Rider. Most think Manhattan might be a bit better than MAAC fans do. The MAAC might be pretty bad again.
If Iona could have avoided the two bad games in Florida and replaced them with a couple local MM programs with decent preseason rankings, even with only 27 games, the schedule would have been ok.
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Post by sharkey on Oct 20, 2019 8:32:06 GMT -5
Taking a look at the couple programs Iona was trying to game with, it's too bad it couldn't be worked out.
Utah St-67
Oregon St-73
Fresno St-106
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Post by hawaii bill on Oct 21, 2019 8:51:59 GMT -5
Just released his 1st '19-'20 rankings. Pretty sure it takes a few games into the season to be more accurate. MAAC: Rider-157 Iona-183 Manhattan-244 Siena-245 Monmouth-247 QPAC-267 Canisius-276 Fairfield-278 SPU-316 Niagara-327 Marist-338 OOC: Colorado-37 UCONN-71 Princeton-180 Lasalle-218 Ohio-223 Kennesaw-318 Stetson-329 Some thoughts, appears most predict a 2 team race between Iona and Rider. Most think Manhattan might be a bit better than MAAC fans do. The MAAC might be pretty bad again. If Iona could have avoided the two bad games in Florida and replaced them with a couple local MM programs with decent preseason rankings, even with only 27 games, the schedule would have been ok. I think that’s right it takes a few games to become reliable. Don’t see how it could take into account newcomers, for example, unless they have a D-1 track record somewhere else. Also this may reflect no IW. |
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Post by GuyF on Oct 21, 2019 9:05:59 GMT -5
Pomeroy's preseason rankings are pretty much based on what you are returning from the year before.
The MAAC is rated 28th, but I don't see that this year. I'll predict an end-of-season ranking of 22nd.
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Post by GuyF on Oct 21, 2019 9:42:10 GMT -5
BTW Pomeroy is missing the Colorado game, factoring that in he has us going 17-10 overall and 14-6 vs MAAC.
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Post by Super on Oct 21, 2019 12:25:17 GMT -5
BTW Pomeroy is missing the Colorado game, factoring that in he has us going 17-10 overall and 14-6 vs MAAC. Wow--3-4 OOC--ridiculous. |
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Post by sharkey on Oct 21, 2019 12:30:10 GMT -5
BTW Pomeroy is missing the Colorado game, factoring that in he has us going 17-10 overall and 14-6 vs MAAC. Wow--3-4 OOC--ridiculous. Wow..I guess he figures losses to Princeton, Colorado, UCONN and LaSalle. Would be very disappointed if Iona doesn't at least split the Princeton and LaSalle games. |
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Post by Cjb on Oct 21, 2019 13:15:04 GMT -5
Wow--3-4 OOC--ridiculous. Wow..I guess he figures losses to Princeton, Colorado, UCONN and LaSalle. Would be very disappointed if Iona doesn't at least split the Princeton and LaSalle games. Princeton has been perennial kryptonite to Iona. Beating them would be a very good omen. |
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Post by GuyF on Oct 22, 2019 14:12:16 GMT -5
Some quick numbers talk--DEFENSIVE numbers, I mean:
For much of the year, Iona's defensive efficiency per KenPom was up over 300. That's horrific. Iona ended the season at 276. Similarly, Iona was allowing 46% shooting from opponents when they were 7-15. During the winning streak and loss to UNC, opponents shot just 42%.
Never easy to pinpoint why there was such improvement, but the most logical reason is that all those new guys started to figure out the system.
And they're all back, minus one.
Bodes well.
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Post by Joebird on Oct 22, 2019 15:35:18 GMT -5
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Post by ic59 on Oct 22, 2019 16:23:16 GMT -5
The entire MAAC is being rated very low by Norlander. Guy said the League is #28 going into the season. At least at #199 we're ahead of Fordham at #205.  |
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Post by ic1983 on Oct 22, 2019 17:24:51 GMT -5
The entire MAAC is being rated very low by Norlander. Guy said the League is #28 going into the season. At least at #199 we're ahead of Fordham at #205. How the hell did he rate Fordham that high? |
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