Bison137
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10-16-19 07:59 PM - Post#288642
How many of their 13 OOC games do you think the Bison will win? Results will be displayed after you vote.
Schedule and capsules on each opponent are listed in the next post.
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Bison137
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10-16-19 08:01 PM - Post#288643
In response to Bison137
Bison OOC schedule is shown below. Projections are either from Blue Ribbon, Lindy's, or the leagues' official poll.
1. Nov. 5 (TUE) at Fairfield – Predicted for 10th/8th (of 11) in the two publications; new coach should improve things.
2. Nov. 10 (SUN) vs. VERMONT – Strong pick for 1st in AE; return four of their five top players, incl All-American Anthony Lamb. Also added a 6-11 transfer from Alabama and a PF transfer from OK State.
3. Nov. 13 (WED) vs. HOFSTRA - picked for 1st in CAA official poll; lost CAA POY but return a lot of talent.
4. Nov. 16 (SAT) at Canisius – Predicted for 7th/4th (of 11) in two rankings; lost two good players but return three starters, including two All-MAAC candidates, from a team that tied for 2nd in the MAAC.
5. Nov. 19 (TUE) at Penn State - picked for 9th (of 14) in Big Ten preseason poll and 9th by Blue Ribbon; return four starters from a team that was #43 in the Pomeroy rankings; went 7-3 in last ten Big Ten games.
6. Nov. 23 (SAT) at Syracuse - picked for 8th of 15 in ACC preseason poll and 7th by Blue Ribbon; lost four starters, incl two who entered the NBA draft;
7. Nov. 25 (MON) vs. Seattle (Orlando, Fla.) - picked for 3rd (of 10) in WAC; returns five starters, all in their 4th or 5th year;
8. Nov. 26 (TUE) vs. Western Michigan or Yale (Orlando, Fla.) – Yale won Ivy last year but lost 3 starters; picked for 4th in Ivy poll and 3rd by Blue Ribbon. . . . Western Michigan returns three starters plus the entire bench from a team that finished last in their division in the MAC.
9. Nov. 30 (SAT) vs. PRINCETON – picked for 3rd in Ivy poll and 4th by Blue Ribbon; return 3.5 starters plus most key subs.
10. Dec. 3 (TUE) at Rider - Predicted for 2nd in both publications; return nine of top ten, including two All-MAAC players, from team that tied for 2nd in MAAC; five returnees with extensive starting experience are 4th year players.
11. Dec. 7 (SAT) vs. ALBANY – picked for 3rd by Blue Ribbon; return all five starters; team went 7-4 in second half of AE season after a poor start.
12. Dec. 21 (SAT) at Siena - picked for 3rd/5th (of 11) in two rankings; tied for 2nd in MAAC last year; return 1st team All-MAAC guard Jalen Pickett; only return two starters, after players transferred when Jamion Christian left, but they add two starting transfers: Donald Casey, who had a good freshman year at MSM, plus a PF from Notre Dame.
13. Dec. 28 (SAT) at La Salle (at The Palestra) – generally picked for about 10th out of 14 A-10 teams; return three starters.
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Paulie777
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10-17-19 01:01 PM - Post#288665
In response to Bison137
I think we are going to both surprise on the OOC as well as league. after ooc, we will be sitting at 8-5.
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MrPhillie
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10-17-19 01:55 PM - Post#288671
In response to Paulie777
I vacillated between 5-6 wins but settled on 6. I’d love to have a winning OOC record but this is a pretty good schedule and I have to see how this years’ pieces fit together, what lineups are employed, improvements made by individual players, how the freshmen look, how the staff changes pan out....
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Bison89
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10-17-19 02:04 PM - Post#288672
In response to MrPhillie
Phillie, I'm with you. I picked 6. Anything better would be very successful.
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DrBison
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10-17-19 04:37 PM - Post#288685
In response to Bison89
IMO, anyone picking 5 or less wins is way off base. All reports are the freshmen will add needed depth and the returning players are looking great, and this team will exceed expectations.
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Bison89
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10-18-19 07:26 AM - Post#288710
In response to DrBison
IMO, anyone picking 5 or less wins is way off base. All reports are the freshmen will add needed depth and the returning players are looking great, and this team will exceed expectations.
DrBison, I like the sound of that. The best program in the PL should not have to rebuild; it should reload every season.
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Bison137
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10-28-19 10:39 PM - Post#289203
In response to Bison89
I voted for six wins - which I would be very happy to see - but I think that is a bit optimistic given the schedule and the graduation losses.
My totally subjective probabilities of a Bison win in each game are:
Fairfield 65%
Vermont 35%
Hofstra 60%
Canisius 60%
Penn State 15%
Syracuse 8%
Seattle 50%
Yale/W. Michigan 50%
Rider 35%
Albany 65%
Siena 50%
La Salle 40%
TOTAL . 5.33 Wins
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jkrun80
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10-29-19 03:57 PM - Post#289235
In response to Bison137
I voted for six wins - which I would be very happy to see - but I think that is a bit optimistic given the schedule and the graduation losses.
My totally subjective probabilities of a Bison win in each game are:
Fairfield 65%
Vermont 35%
Hofstra 60%
Canisius 60%
Penn State 15%
Syracuse 8%
Seattle 50%
Yale/W. Michigan 50%
Rider 35%
Albany 65%
Siena 50%
La Salle 40%
TOTAL . 5.33 Wins
Princeton?
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bisonmania
Masters Student
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02-23-20 04:28 PM - Post#301555
In response to jkrun80
Looking back. How many of us saw potentially only winning 7 conference games ??
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bison75
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02-23-20 08:51 PM - Post#301592
In response to bisonmania
In fairness, I didn’t have a number in mind, but I did pick us to win only 3-4 OOC games, and was pretty sure we’d have a losing record in the league. I considered the loss of Sestina to be a very big difference-making deal.
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