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RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:32 pm
by EPJr
Mid-major rank (National rank)
1. Memphis (10)
2. Gonzaga (17)
3. New Mexico State
4. Pepperdine
5. VCU
6. Creighton
7. UNLV
8. Butler
9. Dayton
10. Jackson State
11. UTEP
12. New Mexico
13. MTSU
14. Xavier
15. UAB
16. Charlotte
17. SMU
18. UMass
19. Colorado State
20. Temple
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:11 pm
by AZGrizFan
Sorry, but it's a joke to continue calling Memphis, Gonzaga, Butler, Umass, etc., mid-majors. These schools (for the most part) have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that they deserve to be mentioned when talking about the big boys of college basketball.
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:48 pm
by SuperHornet
UMass has slipped a bit, so I don't have a problem with calling them a "mid-major" right about now. Butler hasn't proven anything over an extended period yet, so they're still mid-major. I don't know that Memphis State ever WAS mid-major. They've been competing for NCs since at least the mid-'80s. Gonzaga I'll grant you, but in the minds of most, their conference is going to weight them down in that respect.
What I'd like to know is why UOP's not in this poll...
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:32 am
by skinny_uncle
Rivals considers any non-BCS school a mid-major. What's in a name..............
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:34 am
by AZGrizFan
SuperHornet wrote:UMass has slipped a bit, so I don't have a problem with calling them a "mid-major" right about now. Butler hasn't proven anything over an extended period yet, so they're still mid-major. I don't know that Memphis State ever WAS mid-major. They've been competing for NCs since at least the mid-'80s. Gonzaga I'll grant you, but in the minds of most, their conference is going to weight them down in that respect.
What I'd like to know is why UOP's not in this poll...
Hey, Arizona State hasn't proven anything over an extended period yet either.....
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:45 am
by SuperHornet
skinny_uncle wrote:Rivals considers any non-BCS school a mid-major. What's in a name..............
That's actually true. So does Scout. That cr@p was what prompted the Big West Boards to leave Scout. Scout tried to combine all "mid-major" boards into one. Anyone trying to link to another one got chopped like AGS. Man, that sucked. We had three different boards in a one-month span.
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:56 pm
by skinny_uncle
Nice to see my Dawgs underrated. Wait until they get a look at Carlton Fay!
Re: RIVALS: Top 20 Midmajor recruiting classes...
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:09 pm
by AppGuy04
IMO, Memphis is the only team on that list that is not mid-major. Gonzaga has come back to reality recently. The other, Butler, UMass etc haven't been consistent enough to be considering something other than a mid-major