Unlike the Postal Service, snow and ice can stop the Power Rankings. No matter, we’re back at it this week. Since we last talked, Kent ran their winning streak to 8 before Buffalo stopped them, Akron regained a share of the East lead, and Ball State joined Central Michigan atop the West. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Power Rankings: Musical Chairs Edition
Last week I suggested interdivisional play would make the difference in the regular season championship. Play since then has borne that out. Kent State has established itself as a clear #1 while watching competitors stumble. #1 and #12 are established. 2-11, however, are shifting almost daily.
1. Kent State (15-7, 6-2) (1): [...]
Polls Just Don’t Make Sense
Somehow, someway, for reasons that completely escape me, Cornell got nary a 1st place vote in the latest Mid-Major Top 25 poll. Obviously, the Mid-Major Top 25 has just about zero relevance and gets as much attention on the national scene as does an NJIT scrimmage, but still… If the Big Red can’t get [...]
And Zippy’s Down for the Count…
Eastern Michigan scored another win for the formerly downtrodden MAC West tonight, upsetting Akron 62-59 at James Rhodes Arena in Akron. Not exactly sure how the Eagles, last seen getting run out of Miami’s Millet Hall in a nationally televised game Saturday, pulled this one out, but judging from the box score, the Zips [...]
UB Bulls Beat: Anybody Get the License Plate of that Truck?
The Big Picture: Defensively-challenged University of Bulls allow very average Western Michigan side that was coming off a two-game losing streak to shoot 60% from the field on their way to a 85-70 rout of UB. The loss, Buffalo’s third in their last four games, has the Bulls back in the middle of [...]
