Top 144: Northern Iowa ranked #53

[shocktheheart]

CBS ranks all Division 1 teams:

9 WSU
59 Illinois St
83 UNI
102 Evansville
128 Loyola
176 Indiana St
191 Missouri St
194 Drake
221 SIU
321 Bradley
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... from-1-351

[Wufan]

CBS ranks all Division 1 teams:

9 WSU
59 Illinois St
83 UNI
102 Evansville
128 Loyola
176 Indiana St
191 Missouri St
194 Drake
221 SIU
321 Bradley
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... from-1-351

UNI, UE, LUC, ISUb too low. MSU too high.

[glm38]

CBS ranks all Division 1 teams:

9 WSU
59 Illinois St
83 UNI
102 Evansville
128 Loyola
176 Indiana St
191 Missouri St
194 Drake
221 SIU
321 Bradley
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... from-1-351

Bradley at 321? Will they be that bad? I thought they were on the way up?

[9628]

Not sure about this site. Last year at this time they had UNI at #61 and they finished in the top 20. #53 might be way high.

[sixth ace]

Imagine:

http://www.midmajormadness.com/missouri ... urple-aces

[Wufan]

CBS ranks all Division 1 teams:

9 WSU
59 Illinois St
83 UNI
102 Evansville
128 Loyola
176 Indiana St
191 Missouri St
194 Drake
221 SIU
321 Bradley
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... from-1-351

Bradley at 321? Will they be that bad? I thought they were on the way up?

They were really bad last year. Everyone is basically gone from that team. Perhaps BU will be better this year in that they are developing young talent, but it's highly likely that it won't show up in the win column. Check back in 2018. They will probably be okay.

[2livewu]

Imagine:

http://www.midmajormadness.com/missouri ... urple-aces

I thought WSU and Gonzaga had been removed from this label? There's zero mid anything about WSU now.

[COUTEAU]

Imagine:

http://www.midmajormadness.com/missouri ... urple-aces

I thought WSU and Gonzaga had been removed from this label? There's zero mid anything about WSU now.

Now, that's funny.
I appreciate as much as most what SHOX has done over the last 5-6 seasons. But, to link ZAGS and SHOX, is unfair to Gonzaga.
ZAGS, have been ranked top 25, since 98-99, including seventeen consecutive NCAA bids, countless All Americans and a National Player of the Year.

In the 2028-29 season, if SHOX has made every tournament, continued their top 25 ranking, can list a dozen AA and a POTY only then can they be compared to what ZAGS have accomplished....Which is also a Mid-Major Program.

[Aargh]

CBS ranks all Division 1 teams:

9 WSU
59 Illinois St
83 UNI
102 Evansville
128 Loyola
176 Indiana St
191 Missouri St
194 Drake
221 SIU
321 Bradley
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... from-1-351

Creighton checked in at #127, so it might be another year before we can say that losing them and adding Loyola was an upgrade to the conference.

[Cdizzle]

Imagine:

http://www.midmajormadness.com/missouri ... urple-aces

I thought WSU and Gonzaga had been removed from this label? There's zero mid anything about WSU now.

Now, that's funny.
I appreciate as much as most what SHOX has done over the last 5-6 seasons. But, to link ZAGS and SHOX, is unfair to Gonzaga.
ZAGS, have been ranked top 25, since 98-99, including seventeen consecutive NCAA bids, countless All Americans and a National Player of the Year.

In the 2028-29 season, if SHOX has made every tournament, continued their top 25 ranking, can list a dozen AA and a POTY only then can they be compared to what ZAGS have accomplished....Which is also a Mid-Major Program.

WSU has a ways to go to maintain the level Gonzaga has for a sustained duration. And certainly I take nothing away from Gonzaga, I like them. But then you're being a little heavy-handed too. "countless" is really 7, WSU has reached a higher peak than Gonzaga ever has, doing so against Gonzaga's best team, and WSU has made investments well beyond what Gonzaga has or will do. The two teams are very much on the same plane. So much so, I wish they played quite often.

The two are very much in the same boat. Especially when compared to the rest of that list. They have way more in common with each other than either one has in common with the rest of the list.