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Coach's Corner Blog: The Rankings As I See Them 4-17-17

By Don Green, 04/17/17, 11:30AM EDT

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The Rankings Settle In as We Head Towards The Play-Offs!!!!

Penn State & Albany Gain Strength in Loss

I know it is strange to think, but Penn State is earning more clout in a loss. This is because they are finally playing with the big boys, and showing that they belong there. Penn State's game with Rutgers is going to have massive implications for both teams both for a possible At-Large spot but also a place in the Big-Ten Tournament. 

For Albany, this is true as well. They have looked so good this year but have only had two true tests. With one goal losses to Syracuse and Maryland they have shown that they can play dead even with the number one and two teams in the nation! Does this theoretically mean that they are the third best team in the country????

Not really, winning one of these games would have helped them big time!!!! Red hot Yale is coming up on the schedule giving Albany a chance to finally earn a big win!!! 

Let's play the what-if game...... What if, Albany drops a tight game to Yale and does not earn the conference AQ???? Does Albany have a resume to get in? I don't think that they do. 

UNC????? This is a Tough One...

UNC has a lot of losses. It is hard for people to keep them in their rankings and I can understand that because I have the same emotional response. But, that is what people are having...

UNC has lost to: #1,2,4,6,13,14

That puts them behind those guys. UNC also has wins over: #7,16

If you look at this like a math problem, the data indicates that UNC is somewhere in the teens and that is about right. They would be favored over the teams behind them in the rankings and probably some of the teams ahead of them as well. The have played EIGHT ranked teams!!! If you think that a team should be ranked ahead of them, ask your self "how would Binghamton to with this schedule?" You can insert Monmouth, BU or Providence into phrase as well. 

We are just upset, that the defending National Champion is underachieving. That does not mean that they are not one of the best 20 teams in the country. 

Yale

Watch out for these guys!!! They are really good!!!! A slow start keeps them low in my rankings but I have a feeling that they are going to make a strong to quite strong run in the playoffs. 

Rankings

  Team Quality Wins Losses This Week Rationale
1 Cuse Albany, UVA, Hopkins, Duke, ND, UNC Army W 12-11 UNC, W 15-8 Cornell  
2 Maryland UNC, Mich, Penn St, Albany, Rutgers ND, Nova W 13-12 Rut, W 12-11 Albany Nova loss puts Maryland behind Cuse
3 Ohio St Denver, Towson, Hopkins, Mich ND, Penn St W 18-7 Michigan Denver win puts them over Duke
4 Duke Loyola, Richmond, UNC, ND, UVA Air Force, Denver, Cuse W 20-11 UVA Air Force loss puts them behind OSU
5 ND Maryland, UVA, OSU Denver, Cuse, Duke W 11-10 Marquette Losses come to top ten teams, 3 big wins
6 Hopkins Loyola,UNC, UVA, Rutgers, Penn St Towson, Princeton, Cuse, OSU W 13-11 Penn St Capable of beating anyone in the country
7 Denver ND, Towson, Nova UNC, Ohio St W 18-12 St John's Two strong wins put them over PSU, Nova is a wash
8 Penn State Ohio St, Nova Maryland, Hopkins L 13-11 Hopkins only lost to teams ahead of them, but still only have one big win
9 Rutgers Army, Princeton, Mich UDel, Hopkins, Maryland L 13-12 Maryland UDel loss puts them behind PSU who they play this week
10 Albany 0 Cuse, Maryland L 12-11 Maryland Only two losses of the year are to #1 & #2 by 1g each
11 Army Cuse Rutgers, Navy L 10-6 Navy Beating the number one team means something
12 Towson Hopkins Loyola, Ohio St, Denver W 10-6 Delaware Big win v Hopkins and losses come to good teams
13 Hofstra UNC,Princeton Drexel L 13-12 Drexel UNC & Princeton are sliding in the rankings & loss to Drexel hurts
14 Richmond UNC Duke, UVA W 13-6 Bellarmine Not taking bad losses like the teams behind them
15 UNC Denver, UVA Hofstra, Hop, Rich, Maryland, Duke, Cuse L 12-11 Cuse L's to #1,2,4,6,13,14 & two good wins
16 Yale Princeton, Nova Maryland, Bryant, UMass W 18-12 Brown Red Hot with Albany in front of them
17 UVA Loyola, Richmond UPenn, Cuse, ND, Hop, UNC, Duke L 20-11 Duke, W 13-7 RMU UPenn is the only bad loss
18 Princeton Hopkins Hofstra, Rutgers, Yale, Lehigh W 16-6 Dart, L 15-10 Lehigh Lehigh loss hurts, the other 4 top twenty games put them in the middle
19 Villanova Maryland Monmouth, Yale, Penn St, Del, Denver W 17-12 Gtown They had a rough start but are doing well now
20 Michigan 0 ND, Maryland, Rutgers, OSU L 18-7 OSU Only lost to top 10 teams which cant be said for teams below them
21 Boston U Providence, Loyola Bucknell, Lehigh, Army W 12-11 Loyola Losses to Bucknell & Lehigh are tough to look past
22 Loyola Towson UVA, Hopkins, Duke, Bucknell, BU L 12-11 BU Loyola holds the spot with the win over Towson
           
  In the mix        
  Providence 0 Hofstra, BU W 9-8 Marquette Needs big win
  Monmouth Nova St Joe's, Del, Hofstra W 11-8 Detroit, W 15-8 VMI Nees
           
    Just out of the Mix      
  Delaware Rutgers, Nova Buck,Navy,Binghamton, UMass, Hofstra, Towson L 10-6 Towson  
  UPenn UVA Michigan, Penn St, Prince, Yale, Brown W 14-10 Harvard  
  Marquette 0 OSU, Richmond, Nova, Providence, ND L 9-8 Providence, L 11-10 ND  
  Binghamton 0 Marsit, UMBC L 7-6 UMBC  

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