Zips Picked to Win MAC East

[Blue & Gold]

I was looking at the Sporting News Basketball Preview rag today and I found two things interesting.

1. They have the Zips picked to win the MAC East, w/ Can't Statecks as #2.

2. They have the MAC listed as a "High Major" conference. They had High Majors, Mid-Majors and Low-Majors, and, yep, I was pleasantly surprised to see them list the MAC w/ the High Majors.

[Lion Girl]

What other conferences are listed as High Major? That sounds very suspect to me.

[UAZipster0305]

I was looking at the Sporting News Basketball Preview rag today and I found two things interesting.

1. They have the Zips picked to win the MAC East, w/ Can't Statecks as #2.

2. They have the MAC listed as a "High Major" conference. They had High Majors, Mid-Majors and Low-Majors, and, yep, I was pleasantly surprised to see them list the MAC w/ the High Majors.

To me, the MAC needs to regularly receive more than one NCAA bid to be considered anything more than a mid-major. Mid-majors get multiple bids to other post-seaseon tournaments (NIT, etc.). Hence, most non-BCS leagues are-low majors, there are a few mid-majors, and only a small handful of high-majors (the MVC and C-USA come to mind).

[taxpayer]

Nice headline. Good to know someone likes the Zips other than fellow Zips then.....

Link to article?

[Blue & Gold]

Nice headline. Good to know someone likes the Zips other than fellow Zips then.....

Link to article?

Unfortunately, no link. It was on the newsstand @ Giant Eagle.

[Blue & Gold]

What other conferences are listed as High Major? That sounds very suspect to me.

Good question. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the magazine.

I do remember that they were your usual BCS suspects. But I also specifically remember the MAC, Mountain West, Missouri Valley & C-USA also listed as High Majors. (They probably had the Atlantic-10 in this category as well.)

[lance99]

I was looking at the Sporting News Basketball Preview rag today and I found two things interesting.

1. They have the Zips picked to win the MAC East, w/ Can't Statecks as #2.

2. They have the MAC listed as a "High Major" conference. They had High Majors, Mid-Majors and Low-Majors, and, yep, I was pleasantly surprised to see them list the MAC w/ the High Majors.

"High Major?" Does that mean that the MAC is a one bid conference again?

[skip-zip]

I was looking at the Sporting News Basketball Preview rag today and I found two things interesting.1. They have the Zips picked to win the MAC East, w/ Can't Statecks as #2.2. They have the MAC listed as a "High Major" conference. They had High Majors, Mid-Majors and Low-Majors, and, yep, I was pleasantly surprised to see them list the MAC w/ the High Majors.

"High Major?" Does that mean that the MAC is a one bid conference again?

Could it be that they may be giving this "honorable distinction" to the conferences that do not have to compete in a play-in game? Geez thanks. It changes nothing for me, unless it means that the top team that does not win the MAC tournament will have a better chance of being considered for an at-large bid.

[Dave in Green]

I just hope that Sporting News did a thorough analysis of this season's edition of the Zips and the MAC to reach their conclusion, and didn't just do a quick and dirty plug in of last season's champion. I'd like to think that a knowledgeable college basketball analyst could look at the current Zips roster and come to the conclusion that there's as much or more talent there this season than last.