No love from the coaches for Manitoba (5-1 overall including 3-0 in Canada West), who has an opportunity to get further on the nation's radar screens with a weekend trip into Victoria, a team ranked #10 by the coaches.
Released by the CIS today and with much thanks to Dale Stevens for passing this along...
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In men's hoops, Carleton, winner of six of the past eight W.P. McGee trophies as CIS champion, opens at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive year.
The Ravens, who lost in the national semifinals last March to eventual champion Saskatchewan, went 8-4 overall in the pre-season this fall including a perfect 7-0 mark versus CIS rivals. They beat McGill, Victoria and Windsor at their own House-Laughton Tournament from Oct. 15-17, before sweeping Saint Mary's, UNB and host Laval at the Rouge et Or Tournament in Quebec City from Oct. 22-24.
Carleton, which opens conference play at home against Guelph and Brock this weekend, received 31 of 41 first-place votes and 468 points in the inaugural poll to finish ahead of the No. 2 UBC Thunderbirds, who earned the remaining 10 first-place nods and 439 points.
Rounding out the first Top 10 are No. 3 StFX, reigning national champion Saskatchewan at No. 4, No. 5 Concordia, No. 6 Western Ontario, No. 7 Laval, No. 8 Trinity Western, No. 9 Ottawa and No. 10 Victoria.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Carleton (0-0) / 468 pts (31) / (-)
2. UBC (3-1) / 439 (10) / (-)
3. StFX (0-0) / 374 / (-)
4. Saskatchewan (2-2) / 334 / (-)
5. Concordia (0-0) / 305 / (-)
6. Western Ontario (0-0) / 226 / (-)
7. Laval (0-0) / 187 / (-)
8. Trinity Western (2-2) / 161 / (-)
9. Ottawa (0-0) / 96 / (-)
10. Victoria (2-2) / 95 / (-)
Other teams receiving votes: Windsor (74), Dalhousie (72), Saint Mary's (54), Lakehead (41).
2 comments:
I've always found it silly that the releases mention inter league play but don't include it in the teams' records. That would be akin to the NCAA rankings only including conference play.
Since the coaches are obviously using these games to help pick the top 10, these games should be included in the teams' records.
Agreed.
Inter conference play is part and parcel of a team's overall ranking, especially so at this early juncture of the season.
Interesting to note that two teams from Quebec are ranked in the first top 10 poll (Concordia at 3 and Laval at 7).
Two teams from the Q is pretty good...40% representation for a 5 team league.
Last year, not one team from the QSSF made the top 10 for even one week so obviously that conference won't have to endure that embarrassment again this season.seastne
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