Updated Sagarin thru 12/22 games

MeanGreen61 · December 23, 2004

Sagarin basketball rankings are updated & change daily, but here's the latest rankings thru last nite's games.

#40 Western Kentucky

#95 North Texas

#98 Arkansas-Little Rock

#128 Middle Tennessee

#131 UL-Lafayette

#133 Denver

#178 Arkansas State

#179 Florida International

#197 New Mexico State

#268 South Alabama

#297 New Orleans

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkc0405.htm

It's early in the season, but this looks good! Sun Belt Conference standings from the official board.

http://basketball.sunbeltsports.org/x/M/standings

Edited December 23, 2004 by MeanGreen61

MeanGreenBuzz · December 23, 2004

Where would we have to have our teams rated to get more than 1 in the NCAA tourney?

jbchis · December 23, 2004

If we were in the ACC, Big East, or some other power conference then we would only need to be in the Top 50. Since we are in the Sun Belt, an at-large would have to be in the Top 30 most likely.

Just my take.

BleedGreen · December 24, 2004

It scares me that New Orleans is rated so low. I think they would give us fits. Bo McCaleb is the real deal at their point guard position. If we didn't have Isaac Hines, we'd be dead meat. U La La is the best in the conference, and we have to shoot for them. But, their up tempo game suites our style. I think we are more disciplined than them and can beat them in a tourney game.

In summary, anyone can beat anyone in this conference. There's not THAT much difference from best to worst in the SBC.