Lamar - ARV in First-Ever MM Women's Hoops Poll

[TexasTerror]

For the first-time ever, CollegeInsider is doing a [url=http://www.collegeinsider.com/midmajor/]women's basketball mid-major poll[/url]. Any opportunity to further 'promote' women's hoops is a great thing!

PRESEASON POLL

  1. Gonzaga (12) 33-5 709 -
  2. Green Bay (11) 30-5 693 -
  3. James Madison (7) 28-6 656 -
  4. Arkansas-Little Rock (1) 29-5 606 -
  5. Bowling Green 27-9 599 -
  6. Princeton 31-5 517 -
  7. Marist 27-7 461 -
  8. Liberty 27-9 457 -
  9. Middle Tennessee 26-9 440 -
10. Hartford 26-9 395 -
11. Old Dominion 25-8 369 -
12. Lehigh 25-8 310 -
13. Illinois State 25-10 297 -
14. Florida Gulf Coast 28-7 284 -
15. South Dakota State 24-10 276 -
16. Toledo 20-11 241 -
17. Chattanooga 24-9 233 -
18. Vermont 27-10 228 -
19. Oral Roberts 20-13 211 -
20. Creighton 22-11 208 -
21. Western Kentucky 27-9 173 -
22. Butler 23-12 165 -
23. Gardner-Webb 24-13 149 -
24. Delaware 24-12 147 -
25. St. Mary's 20-10 143 -

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:  Missouri State 141, Boston University 139, [b]Lamar 96[/b], Montana 93, Eastern Illinois 73, East Tennessee State 73, Virginia Commonwealth 61, UC Davis 40, Appalachian State 37, Samford 33, Hampton 30, North Carolina A&T 25, Pepperdine 25, [b]Central Arkansas 22[/b], Iona 21, Eastern Michigan 20, Northern Iowa 20, Eastern Washington 18, Robert Morris 18, UC Riverside 17, American 14, Columbia 11, Southern University 11, Sacred Heart 10, South Carolina Upstate 9, Harvard 8, Oakland 7, High Point 6, Loyola Marymount 6, Kent State 5, Louisiana Tech 5, Portland State 5, Long Island University 2, UMBC 2, [b]Stephen F. Austin 2[/b], Cal Poly 1, Cleveland State 1, Hofstra 1.

[JJWooten]

Women's basketball at the mid major level is one of the most turbulent compared to sports overall. It seems like each week, the "favorite" can be beaten. As for men's basketball, the better team usually wins, but for women's, it seems to fluctuate. Hopefully Lamar can make it into the Top 25 and represent the SLC well.

[ForeverADog]

Agreed JJ. It either seems the favorite wins by 45 or they are upset. Not sure why lol

[JJWooten]

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="889124" timestamp="1288221087"]
Agreed JJ. It either seems the favorite wins by 45 or they are upset. Not sure why lol
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It's always baffled me. SHSU hasn't had a real dominant team in a while, but it seemed like I'd go to a game and see us get mopped up and then other games play super competitively.

[bigred360]

I see Lamar women is the Top 10 of this polls by the time of conference play. They are really loaded and Lamar has a GREAT PG.

Men or women, you need a good PG to be a good team and we got that in Jenna Plumley.