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Archive for November, 2009

Conference Football Championship is on the Line

By nate.landas - Last updated: Friday, November 13, 2009

We’re in the month of November and many conference championships will be decided in all divisions. 

In the NAIA, Morningside College (9-0, 9-0), ranked #4, will play the defending national champion and #1 ranked Sioux Falls College (10-0, 9-0) for the Great Plains Athletic Conference championship on Saturday.  Sioux Falls’ 3-4 Defense is ranked #1 and only allowing 6.7 points per game while the Sioux Falls’ Offense is ranked #2 in Scoring Offense (53.8 pts/game).  On the other side of the ball, the Morningside Offense is ranked #3 in Scoring Offense (52.8 pts/ game).




Kansas’ Men Tops Preseason AP Division I Basketball Poll!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bill Self‘s Kansas Jayhawks will start the 2009-2010 season ranked #1 in the AP Division I Top 25, followed by Michigan State, the 2009 NCAA tournament runner-up.  The preseason Top 25 includes:

1.  Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
2.  Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
3.  Texas 
4.  Kentucky  (Coached by John Calipari)
5.  Villanova (Coached by Jay Wright)
6.  North Carolina (Coached by Roy Williams)
7.  Purdue (Coached by Matt Painter)
8.  West Virginia (Coached by Bob Huggins)
9.  Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
10.  Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
11.  Butler (Coached by Brad Stevens)
12.  Connecticut (Coached by Jim Calhoun)
13.  California (Coached by Mike Montgomery)
14.  Washington (Coached by Lorenzo Romar)
15.  Michigan
16.  Ohio State
17.  Oklahoma
18.  Mississippi State
19.  Louisville (Coached by Rick Pitino)
20.  Georgetown
21.  Dayton (Coached by Brian Gregory)
22.  Georgia Tech (Coached by Paul Hewitt)
23.  Illinois (Coached by Bruce Weber)
24.  Clemson (Coached by Oliver Purnell)
25.  Minnesota (Coached by Tubby Smith)




Iowa Tops 2009-2010 Preseason Wrestling Rankings!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The University of Iowa wrestling program will attempt to win their third consecutive wrestling championship in 2009.  The Hawkeyes open the season ranked #1 in the USA Today / NWCA / Intermat Division I Wrestling Poll.  The preseason rankings include:

1.  Iowa (Coached by Tom Brands and Terry Brands)
2.  Iowa State (Coached by Kevin Jackson and Chris Bono)
3.  Ohio State (Coached by Tom Ryan)
4.  Cornell (Coached by Rob Koll)
5.  Minnesota (Coached by J. Robinson)
6.  Oklahoma State (Coached by John Smith and Eric Guerrero)
7.  Nebraska (Coached by Mark Manning)
8.  Missouri
9.  Boise State
10.  Maryland (Coached by Kerry McCoy)
11.  Wisconsin (Coached by Barry Davis)
12.  Edinboro
13.  Central Michigan
14.  Penn State
15.  Indiana (Coached by Duane Goldman)
16.  American (Coached by Mark Cody
17.  Arizona State (Coached by Ben Askren)




UConn Unanimous #1 in AP Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, November 9, 2009

The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team will open the season as the #1 team according to the 2009-2010 AP Division I Women’s Basketball Poll.  The preseason top 25 also includes:

1.  Connecticut (Coached by Geno Auriemma)
2.  Stanford (Coached by Tara Vanderveer)
3.  Ohio State (Coached by Jim Foster)
4.  Notre Dame 
5.  North Carolina (Coached by Sylvia Hatchell)
6.  Duke (Coached by Joanne Palombo-McCallie)
7.  Baylor
8.  Tennessee (Coached by Pat Summitt)
9.  LSU (Coached by Van Chancellor)
10.  Michigan State 
11.  Xavier
12. Texas (Coached by Gail Goestenkors)
13.  Oklahoma (Coached by Sherri Coale)
14.  Virginia (Coached by Debbie Ryan)
15.  Florida State
16.  Arizona State
17.  Depaul  (Coached by Doug Bruno)
18.  California  (Coached by Joanne Boyle)
19.  Georgia Tech
20.  Kansas
21.  Georgia (Coached by Andy Landers)
22.  Vanderbilt
23.  Louisville
24.  Middle Tennessee State (Coached by Rick Insell)
25.  Rutgers (Coached by C. Vivian Stringer)




Waldrum, Notre Dame Receive #2 Seed for 2009 NCAA Championships!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, November 9, 2009

Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame’s Women’s Soccer Coach, has guided the Irish to its 17th consecutive berth in the NCAA Championships.  The Irish are ranked #4 in the National Soccer Coaches of America poll and received a #2 seed in the Florida State Region.  The 17-3-1 Irish begin NCAA play on Friday when they host IUPUI.




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