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Coach's Corner Blog - The Rankings as I See Them 5-1-17

By Don Green, 05/01/17, 11:15AM EDT

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How is Cuse Still #1???

How is Cuse Still #1????

People are going to be upset about this one.... but Cuse is still my number one team in the Nation, narrowly. Cuse has a very strong resume of wins, taking a one goal loss to a top twenty team does not hurt that much. 

The only team right now with a shot of dethroning the Orange is Maryland. This is where people will be upset... Maryland beat up rival Hopkins this week and Syracuse lost this week. Maryland's wins match up really well with Syracuse's wins, the loss to Villanova is the difference maker. Nova is dangerous and peaking at the right time but they are still not a team the Maryland or Syracuse should lose to. If Maryland picks up a big win or two in the Big Ten Tournament, they have a very good shot of finishing the regular season as the #1!!!

UNC...

UNC is really good! They have been backed into a corner and fought their way out by beating two of the best teams in the Nation and winning their conference tournament. UNC does not get an AQ from the ACC because they only have five participating members. This means that UNC's fate is still TBD by the selection committee. I think that with the addition of these two wins, they will get in. 

Anyone that took UNC out of their poll this year was making decisions based on emotion. They were more upset with UNC's perceived underperformance than they were about gauging UNC's actual ability.

UNC does not have a loss outside of the top 20. They now have 4 big wins, 3 are against Top Ten Teams! I have been preaching in past blogs that UNC would beat just about any team behind them (I know, Richmond but that was an "upset," most betting people would have picked UNC). 

Who did people put ahead of UNC? Think about it. Playing a very difficult schedule should not be penalized! Strong schedules give us great games! They also allow the best to play the best on a regular basis and prove themselves on the field! 

If UNC gets into the NCAA Tournament, they will most likely be on the road, what a treat that is going to be for a highly seeded team. In all likely hood, they are going to send UNC far away (because they always do), Denver, OSU, or maybe right down the road to see the Dukies??? 

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Rankings

 
Team
Quality Wins
Losses
This Week
Rationale

1

Cuse
Albany, UVA, Hopkins, Duke, ND, UNC
Army, UNC
L 16-15 UNC
Even in a 1g loss, they have the strongest resume

2

Maryland
UNC, Penn St, Albany, Rutgers, Hopkins
ND, Nova, OSU
W 12-5 Hopkins
Nova loss is the difference between Maryland & Cuse

3

ND
Maryland, UVA, OSU, UNC, Duke
Denver, Cuse, Duke, UNC
L 14-10 UNC, W 7-6 Duke
Banged Up and still beat Duke, 2 games in 2 days was too much for injured team

4

Ohio St
Denver, Towson, Hopkins, Maryland
ND, Penn St, Rutgers
L 12-11 Rutgers
Stronger wins than Denver and head-to-head win

5

Denver
ND, Towson, Air Force, Duke
UNC, Ohio St
W 16-8 Marquette
solid

6

Duke
Loyola, Richmond, UNC, ND, UVA
Air Force, Denver, Cuse, ND
L 7-6 ND
very good resume, wins not as strong as teams ahead of them

7

Hopkins
Loyola,UNC, UVA, Rutgers, Penn St
Towson, Princeton, Cuse, OSU, Maryland
L 12-5 Maryland
They really wish they had Towson & Princeton back

8

Penn State
Ohio St, Nova, Rutgers
Maryland, Hopkins
W 17-12 Mich
Behind Hopkins, infront of Rutgers

9

UNC
Denver, UVA, ND, Cuse
Hofstra, Hop, Rich, Maryland, Duke, Cuse, ND
W 14-10 ND, W 16-15 Cuse
4 really strong wins, no bad losses. Had to survive & they did

10

 Rutgers
Army, Princeton, OSU
UDel, Hopkins, Maryland, PSU
W 12-11 OSU
Better Wins than Albany

11

Albany
Yale
Cuse, Maryland
W 16-10 Hartford
They are really good but dont play a strong enough schedule, 1g losses to Cuse & Mary hold them up

12

Towson
Hopkins, Hofstra
Loyola, Ohio St, Denver, Fairfield
W 10-8 Hofstra
Added a second strong win

13

Hofstra
UNC,Princeton
Drexel, Towson
L 10-8 Towson
Behing Towson

14

Loyola
Towson, Army, Army
UVA, Hopkins, Duke, Bucknell, BU
W 13-4 Army, W 13-3 Holy Cross
Peaking at the right time

15

Richmond
UNC
Duke, UVA, Air Force
W 13-4 Furman
UNC win is looking much better now!

16

UVA
Loyola, Richmond
UPenn, Cuse, ND, Hop, UNC, Duke, UPenn
L 17-11 UPenn
Beat the two teams ahead of them but have a lot of losses

17

Army
Cuse, BU, BU
Rutgers, Navy, Loyola, Loyola
L 13-4 Loyola, W 10-7 BU
Not as good as Loyola, better than BU

18

Air Force
Duke, Richmond
Denver, Marist, BU, Marquette, Furman
W 16-11 High Point
Losses to Marist, Marquette and Furman are tough

19

Boston U
Loyola, Air Force
Bucknell, Lehigh, Army
W 10-4 Lehigh, L 10-7 Army
Beat two teams ahead of them!

20

Yale
Princeton, Nova
Maryland, Bryant, UMass, Albany, Harvard
L 9-8 Harvard
They are really good but have a lot of losses, head scratcher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In the Mix
 
 
 
 
 
Princeton
Hopkins
Hofstra, Rutgers, Yale, Lehigh, Cornell
L 18-17 Cornell
 
 
Villanova
Maryland
Monmouth, Yale, Penn St, Del, Denver
W 15-7 Providence
 
 
Monmouth
Nova
St Joe's, Del, Hofstra
W 7-3 Manhatten