In 2003 Cleveland State hosted North Carolina and I remember it being a HUGE deal
(2nd largest crownd in their history, 11,000) I think CSU only lost by 4. It would have been chaos if CSU would have won
We have nothing to be afraid of anymore. We may lose a couple more games to strong teams, but we WILL also beat our fair share of them too. Just like we should have beat Ok St and were competitive with Dayton last year @ Dayton.
Totally agree, we have had some big wins, no doubt about it. But, until we win in the Tourney or make it to the Final Four or something in the NIT we will continue to go somewhat unnoticed.
I know Coastal Carolina's RPI is in the 200s, but they are 13-12 including a win against Clemson (ACC). I mean it's not the worst team we could lose to... that would be GRAMBLING ST
With their leading scorer out one would think they will try and slow the pace down. Additionally, they are 23rd in the country in Field Goal Percentage, so they know they can make shots when needed.
Just some simple stats on NDSU
Record: 20-7
7-6 on the road
4-4 in their last 8 games
On Feb. 14th they lost to Western Illinois 49-36 (I have no idea about this one and how they only scored 36)
RPI: 82
Tallest Starter: Marshall Bjorklund at 6'8" with 12 ppg
Referencing the AP Rankings where we are #32 - here are the schedules of the teams ahead of us #26-31. St. Louis has some tough games this week home against VCU and then AT Butler, while Minnesota is playing AT Ohio State. Keep climbing Zips!
#26 St. Louis' Schedule
#27 Minnesota's Schedule
#28 Louisiana Tech's Schedule
#29 Illinois' Schedule
#30 Cincinnati's Schedule
#31 NC State's Schedule
Yes very impressive- other teams will keep dropping this week, so if we can win Friday (especially if we can handle them on National TV) a top 25 ranking almost seems guaranteed. Now... what are we going to do til Friday?? Ugh..
I thought this was a stunning visual when I first looked at it to really grasp the length of our winning streak-
Winning Streak - Look at all that Green
Akron (20-4, 11-0 Metro Atlantic) shot 53.2 percent from the field, making 25 of 47 attempts, and was 11 of 17 from the free-throw line
Haha, no respect! So, who's on the schedule next Marist, Iona, Rider...?