D2 SIDA Media Poll

[JDonAB92]

Glenville State beat #8 Notre Dame.

#7 Charleston beat #2 Fairmont State

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Last Monday's D2SIDA Regional Top 10 didn't age well. Lot of losses in the those top 10 teams last week. Should look considerably different today.

[boatcapt]

Is it me or is the MEC a bit unpredictable this year. My VULCANS win close games @ UC over two (UC&GSC) of the better teams and lose to an FSU team that gets stepped on by UC. WLU loses to NDC who barely got by WU and SHU and then the FALCONS lose to GSC. Can someone make sense of whether this is a down year or very deep parity ??

MEC, particularly among the top teams, is almost always a rough and tumble furball. Typically it's among 3 teams (WLU, Fairmont and UC) (WLU is 12-7 .631 over the last 5 years against Fairmont and UC...940 against the rest of the MEC) but this year it appears NDC is part of the party. By and large, I'd say the MEC is slightly up but not dramatically so.

[CALUPA69]

MEC, particularly among the top teams, is almost always a rough and tumble furball. Typically it's among 3 teams (WLU, Fairmont and UC) but this year it appears NDC is part of the party. By and large, I'd say the MEC is slightly up but not dramatically so.

So I'll take that as deeper than usual quality.

[boatcapt]

So I'll take that as deeper than usual quality.

Yea...slightly deeper. Top seems deeper, middle a little bit, and the bottom is probably a little worse.

[CALUPA69]

Yea...slightly deeper. Top seems deeper, middle a little bit, and the bottom is probably a little worse.

Thanks. Now I need an insider's view of the CIAA, but in any case it appears those 8 spots in the ATLANTIC will be hard to come by. I believe I'm correct in saying that, unlike FB, league tournament winners automatically qualify.

[boatcapt]

Thanks. Now I need an insider's view of the CIAA, but in any case it appears those 8 spots in the ATLANTIC will be hard to come by. I believe I'm correct in saying that, unlike FB, league tournament winners automatically qualify.

Yep...Conf tourney champs get an AQ.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Week 4 D2SIDA Men's Region Poll


1. IUP (6)
2. Mercyhurst
3. West Liberty
4. Charleston
5. Fairmont State
6. UPJ
7. Notre Dame
8. California
9. Millersville
10. Virginia Union

[CALUPA69]

Week 4 D2SIDA Men's Region Poll


1. IUP (6)
2. Mercyhurst
3. West Liberty
4. Charleston
5. Fairmont State
6. UPJ
7. Notre Dame
8. California
9. Millersville
10. Virginia Union

Is the CIAA as weak as this list seems to indicate ???

[IUPalum]

Is the CIAA as weak as this list seems to indicate ???

It might be. Idk, the usual CIAA powers are struggles.

[CALUPA69]

It might be. Idk, the usual CIAA powers are struggles.

That would seem to mean the final 8 will be 4 from one league, three from the other and the CIAA champ.

[Scrub]

And that's going to spell trouble for someone come March, because the CIAA tourney champ is getting in even if they're not already in the top 8 (whereas the PSAC & MEC tourney champs are likely to be among the collection of teams within the top 8).

[Scrub]

That would seem to mean the final 8 will be 4 from one league, three from the other and the CIAA champ.

You beat me to it! LOL I was typing that same thing while you were posting.

[CALUPA69]

You beat me to it! LOL I was typing that same thing while you were posting.

Great minds !!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

And that's going to spell trouble for someone come March, because the CIAA tourney champ is getting in even if they're not already in the top 8 (whereas the PSAC & MEC tourney champs are likely to be among the collection of teams within the top 8).

We're a long way from that discussion.

Historically, too, the CIAA has a couple teams go on big runs.

But, so far, yes, the CIAA has not looked good.