Mid-Major Central (Power 23)
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Covering all Mid-Major College Basketball Teams except for MWC, AAC, and A10. Big Sky and Southland enthusiast.
2025-26 Conference Preview Order! Start date is still TBD.
My 2025-26 NEC Preseason Awards Predictions. POY: Malachi Davis, Long Island University DPOY: Chas Stinson, Stonehill FOY: Ashton Reynolds, Central Connecticut NOY: Skylar Wicks, Saint Francis (PA) COY: Nate Champion, Le Moyne
Top 5 impact transfers in the NEC heading into next season. 1. Greg Gordon, UAB➡️LIU 2. Skylar Wicks, UTSA➡️St. Francis (PA) 3. Ametri Moss, North Florida➡️Le Moyne 4. Doyel Cockrill III, Fisk➡️Chicago State 5. Ja'Kobe Williams, Edward Waters➡️Central Connecticut
I completely understand. I fully knew it was a bold choice to put them at 2, but they bring in multiple guys that played in much better conferences while their best returners being much better than who CCSU brings back. Moss could easily be an all-conference player too.
Holy LeMoyne glaze, what did they even do to deserve being above CCSU and Stonehill other than return role players from an awful team and add some non factor low major guards?
My 2025-26 NEC Preseason Standings Prediction. 1. Long Island University 2. Le Moyne 3. Stonehill 4. Central Connecticut 5. Mercyhurst 6. St. Francis (PA) 7. Chicago State 8. Wagner 9. Fairleigh Dickinson 10. New Haven
My 2025-26 OVC Preseason Awards Predictions POY: Brendan Terry, Southeast Missouri State DPOY: Arnas Sakenis, SIU Edwardsville FOY: Ama Tening Sow, UT Martin NOY: Chase Dawson, Morehead State COY: Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State
I get they return some of their great players like Lawson for Little Rock and Jones for Lindenwood, but if you look at the rest of their teams compared to majority of the conference, there’s not a lot of depth and question marks.
This guy knows ball. Although Little Rock and Lindenwood are 2 and 3 imo
Because Jonathan Lawson and a guy who hasn’t played in a year? Compared to other OVC teams, they didn’t do much in the portal and their second best returner from the last year is Pennyfeather.
Little Rock has no business being that low
Top 5 Impact Transfers in the OVC heading into next season. 1. Chase Dawson, Mount Olive ➡️Morehead State 2. Trey Thomas, Bethune-Cookman➡️Southern Indiana 3. Jacob Wilson, ULM➡️Morehead State 4. CJ Hall, Nelson➡️SIU Edwardsville 5. Nazareth Fisher, Point Park Eastern➡️Illinois
My 2025-26 Preseason OVC Standings Prediction. 1. Southeast Missouri State 2. SIU Edwardsville 3. Morehead State 4. Tennessee State 5. Eastern Illinois 6. Tennessee Tech 7. Little Rock 8. Southern Indiana 9. UT Martin 10. Lindenwood 11. Western Illinois
Let's take a moment of silence for those athletic programs have been discontinued. They will not be forgotten.
I agree with most of this except how come you’re so low on the Vikings. Their top 2 scorers are back and have arguably the best portal class in the conference coming off of their best season in years!
1. Montana 2. Idaho 3. Eastern Washington 4. Idaho State 5. Sac State 6. Northern Colorado 7. Portland State And the rest are NOBODIES
Apologies for the late response, but yes anything can happen as they have great head coach and staff, but 3 maybe 4 decent rotational players coming back and only adding mid-major bench players in the portal? Conference is very deep this year and I can’t see them finishing top 4.
Conference champion to 7th? Haha no try again.
2025-26 Big Sky Preseason Awards Predictions. POY: Money Williams, Montana DPOY: Evan Otten, Idaho State FOY: Anthony Moore, Weber State NOY: Jeremiah Cherry, Sacramento State COY: Alex Pribble, Idaho
Very Respectable. Montana State is hard to predict this year because yes they bring in a lot of intriguing transfers, but most of them have yet to prove themselves. They also lose a lot, but I don’t mind you having them a lot higher than I do because I can definitely see it.
Here’s how I have it: 1. Montana 2. Idaho 3. Montana State 4. Sacramento State 5. Portland State 6. Northern Colorado 7. Eastern Washington 8. Idaho State 9. Weber State 10. Northern Arizona
Top 5 Impact Transfers in the Big Sky heading into next season. 1. Caleb Van De Griend, Minot State➡️Idaho State 2. Jeremiah Cherry, UNLV➡️Sacramento State 3. Prophet Johnson, Fairfield➡️Sac State 4. Brycen Long, Arizona State➡️Portland State 5. Isaiah Moses, UC Riverside➡️EWU