my picks were 1) us 2) sagnasty 3) wichchita 4) Newman 5) UCF
I didn't pick RIT or UNLV because I didn't really see them enough (or them beating us like Newman or UCF).
One school I was impressed by was Weber Int, but left them off cause theyre newbies. I put Mckenndre and Morehead in the top 20, but not the top 10 because of their inconsistency.
I put Penn St Berks 20th just because that one kid wins every tournament.
I put Fresno 10th because you know they will be up there by the end of the year. BTW, I don't get the girls poll, maybe Phillipe will put his selections here later.
Ideas or thoughts?
Have a merry Xmas everyone................................
-- Edited by footpba at 13:42, 2008-12-22
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I have us 5th on the girls side... UCF Wichita McKendree Pikeville us
Those are teams that we just haven't beaten consistently, if at all when we've seen them.
The women's side is a bit tricky because USBC is sanctioning some NCAA tournaments, thus creating power points for those teams. But, I only considered a team if it bowled in an open USBC event, rather than just an NCAA event...So, Central Missouri, Whitewater and Southern were considered...
I placed Fresno and West Texas a bit higher and placed Ball State and Ohio State lower...
For the sake of discussion, here is the complete men's poll. CFU ahead of Sagnasty sorta surprised me...
2008-2009 NCBCA Coaches Poll Poll 1 of 3 December 22, 2008 MENS TEAM RANKING No School Name Points #1 1 Lindenwood University 620 14 2 Wichita State University 500 1 3 Central Florida /University of 458 1 4 Saginaw Valley State University 456 5 Newman University 404 6 Rochester Institute of Tech 368 7 Pikeville College 340 8 Webber International University 280 9 Nevada /University of - Las Vegas 262 10 William Paterson University 227 11 Morehead State University 189 12 Robert Morris College (IL) 161 13 McKendree University 148 14 Calumet College of St. Joseph 140 15 Florida State University 107 16 Purdue University 94 17 Michigan State University 61 18 California State Univ. - Fresno 58 19 Wright State University 53 20 Nebraska /University of - Omaha 51 Also Receiving Votes (listed alphabetically): Arizona State University, Bellarmine University, Martin Methodist University, Nebraska /University of - Lincoln, North Carolina State University, North Texas /University of, Northern Illinois University, Penn State Univ. - Berks, Robert Morris University (PA), San Jose State University, St. John's University, and Vincennes University
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