Maybe only a couple of polls left in the 2010-2011 season. But, let's go ahead and keep the thread going.
The old table format still seems to work here. So, I'll go ahead and add the same placeholder table, in case I, or someone else, wants to come back and put together some nice summary of the season. For now the results in the table are all 2009-2010.
| Nov 2 | 16 | 23 | 30 | Dec 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | Jan 4 | 11 | 18 | 25 | Feb 1 | Feb 8 | Feb 15 | Feb 22 | Mar 1 | 8 |
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Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Wright State | 9 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | RV | RV |
Detroit | RV | RV | 20 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | RV | RV |
Green Bay | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 | RV | RV | 24 |
also received votes at least once: Cleveland State, Milwaukee, Loyola (Chicago)
And here's the latest update.
Valpo and Iona both dropped out this week. Oakland still ahead of Butler?!
Poll from March 14, 2011
1. Old Dominion (25) 27-6 768 1 Colonial Athletic
2. Belmont (3) 30-4 735 2 Atlantic Sun
3. George Mason (1) 26-6 714 3 Colonial Athletic
4. Gonzaga 24-9 673 4 West Coast
5. Oakland (2) 25-9 644 6 Summit League
6. Butler 23-9 627 7 Horizon League
7. St. Mary's 25-8 627 5 West Coast
8. Missouri State 25-8 502 8 Missouri Valley
9. Wichita State 24-8 491 9 Missouri Valley
10. Princeton 25-6 477 16 Ivy League
11. Cleveland State 26-5 439 11 Horizon League
12. College of Charleston 24-10 423 9 Southern
13. Harvard 23-6 377 12 Ivy League
14. VCU 23-11 329 13 Colonial Athletic
15. Long Island 27-5 324 14 Northeast
16. Bucknell 25-8 320 17 Patriot League
17. Long Beach State 22-11 220 15 Big West
18. Fairfield 24-7 218 19 Metro Atlantic
19. Milwaukee 19-13 208 18 Horizon League
20. Northern Colorado 21-10 177 22 Big Sky
21. Morehead State 24-9 144 23 Ohio Valley
22. Coastal Carolina 28-5 119 20 Big South
23. Wofford 21-12 106 NR Southern
24. Akron 23-12 66 NR Mid-American
25. Indiana State 20-13 63 25 Missouri Valley
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Iona 50, Valparaiso 32, Murray State 28, Kent State 23, Boston University 21, St Peter's 17, Drexel 11, Hofstra 11, Montana 10, Hampton 9, San Francisco 8, UC Santa Barbara 7, Oral Roberts 6, James Madison 5, Vermont 4, Ball State 2, East Tennessee State 1, Furman 1, Florida Atlantic 1, North Dakota 1.
VOTING PANEL: Jesse Agel (Brown), Randy Bennett (St. Mary's), Milan Brown (Holy Cross), Will Brown (Albany), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Dave Calloway (Monmouth), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Billy Donlon (Wright State), James Fox (Davidson), Tyler Geving (Portland State), Mike Gillian (Longwood), Steve Hawkins (Western Michigan), Dick Hunsaker (Utah Valley), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Danny Kaspar (Stephen F. Austin), Kerry Keating (Santa Clara), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Jim Larranaga (George Mason), Mike Lonergan (Vermont), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Greg McDermott (Creighton), Tom Moore (Quinnipiac), Gregg Nibert (Presbyterian), Jimmy Patsos (Loyola MD), Buzz Peterson (UNC Wilmington), Vann Pettaway (Alabama A&M), Clifford Reed, Jr. (Bethune Cookman), John Shulman (Chattanooga), Brad Stevens (Butler), Gary Stewart (UC Davis), Ernie Zeigler (Central Michigan)
* Longwood head coach Mike Gillian is the chairman of the Top 25 voting panel for the 2010-11 season.
NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Great West, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.
The CollegeInsider.Com Mid-Major Top 25 is now in its twelfth season of existence.
oh look...the first two teams on the receiving votes line look familiar. :)
Looks like they might update the mid-major poll just once more this season, in two weeks.
But, later today we'll likely get to see Butler make their way back into the national top 25.
By the way, the Missouri Valley has now passed the Horizon in RPI. They've had a _much_ better post-season run. Many of their teams in the secondary, tertiary, etc. post-season tournaments are actually winning games.
Huh. Looks like the AP poll didn't update this week. The coaches' poll didn't update last week, either. Maybe all the polls give it one more go, after the championship?
The coaches' poll updated something like April 6.
Butler moved up from receiving _zero_ votes, to taking second overall. (The last Horizon League votes in that poll were for CSU, I think, a couple of polls prior.) VCU went from zero votes to sixth overall.
In the RPI (from WarrenNolan) Valpo ended up 81st. Butler 19th, and not quite enough to put the Horizon back in front of the Valley. So, the Horizon League finished 12th. (CUSA 8th, CAA 9th, A10 10th, Valley 11th, Horizon 12th, WAC 13th, WCC 14th).
And here's the final mid-major poll, from April 5. Valpo effectively in 32nd. 4th among Horizon League vote-getters.
1. Butler (31) 28-10 775 6 Horizon League
2. VCU 28-12 744 14 Colonial Athletic
3. George Mason 27-7 704 3 Colonial Athletic
4. Old Dominion 27-7 664 1 Colonial Athletic
5. Wichita State 29-8 649 9 Missouri Valley
6. Belmont 30-5 636 2 Atlantic Sun
7. Gonzaga 25-10 585 4 West Coast
8. Oakland 25-10 552 5 Summit Leagye
9. Missouri State 26-9 495 8 Missouri Valley
10. Princeton 25-7 485 10 Ivy League
11. St. Mary's 25-9 480 7 West Coast
12. Cleveland State 27-9 359 11 Horizon League
13. College of Charleston 26-11 357 12 Southern
14. Harvard 23-7 349 13 Ivy League
15. Morehead State 25-10 287 21 Ohio Valley
16. Fairfield 25-8 254 18 Metro Atlantic
17. Long Island 27-6 247 15 Northeast
18. Long Beach State 22-12 242 17 Big West
19. Kent State 25-12 213 NR Mid-American
20. Milwaukee 19-14 207 19 Horizon League
21. Bucknell 25-9 187 16 Patriot
22. Santa Clara 24-14 161 NR West Coast
23. Northern Colorado 21-11 86 20 Big Sky
24. Coastal Carolina 28-6 61 22 Big South
25. Woffird 21-13 58 23 Southern
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Iona 54, Drexel 31, Akron 28, Indiana State 28, Hampton 27, Hofstra 18, Valparaiso 13, Creighton 9, San Francisco 7, Vermont 6, ESTU 5, Florida Atlantic 3, Murray State 2, Boston University 1, Jacksonville 1, James Madison 1, St. Peter's 1, Texas Southern 1, UC Santa Barbara 1.
And how did Valpo opponents fare in the end-of-season polls?
Butler 1st in the mid-major poll (to think they were behind Oakland in the previous poll!), second nationally.
Kansas fourth nationally (I notice the Morris twins hired an agent).
Purdue 17th nationally.
Oakland 8th in the mid-major poll.
Missouri State 9th in the mid-major poll.
Cleveland State 12th in the mid-major poll.
Milwaukee 20th in the mid-major poll.
Iona effectively 26th in the mid-major (after losing in the CIT final to Santa Clara).
Valpo itself, effectively 32nd in the mid-major.