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November 27, 2006

MRI2006: Week 1 - Time, Time, Time...

Daequan Cook is the leading scorer for the #1 MRI Buckeyes. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)It's the Monday after Thanksgiving, and that means the first release of the MRI Basketball rankings. Now, remember, it is early. So if your team has only played two games, chances are they are not going to be looking very well right now.

Or if you are a team like Tennessee, and you lost two games in the Final Four of the NIT, you will also not be looking good. However, it is early, and there are plenty of games left, and some of these early losses will start to look better as the season moves on.

The biggest surprises right now? How about Old Dominion at #8? They have already beaten Georgetown and their only loss has come against an undefeated Clemson squad. Do I think the Monarchs can hang tough, just like George Mason did in the MRI last season? I am not ready to say yes yet. They still have the Colonial schedule coming up, and the conference as a whole is not looking as good as everyone expected it might be.

However, we still have some strong mid-major teams making an appearance in the Top 25.

Check out all the ratings in Week 1 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LY
1
Ohio State
6-0
93.63
14
2
Marquette
5-0
88.24
83
3
Duke
5-1
87.97
4
4
Florida
6-1
86.91
3
5
Illinois
7-0
86.57
9
6
Pittsburgh
6-0
84.86
11
7
Kansas
5-1
84.33
7
8
Old Dominion
5-1
82.05
46
9
Oregon
5-0
81.08
94
10
Maryland
7-0
80.65
60
11
UCLA
3-0
80.54
6
12
Michigan
7-0
78,67
38
13
Georgia Tech
5-1
78.24
150
14
Clemson
7-0
77.94
44
15
Texas A&M
5-0
77.61
35
16
Nevada
4-0
77.02
21
17
Air Force
6-1
75.54
69
18
New Mexico
3-0
73.33
129
19
Gonzaga
6-1
72.50
32
20
Butler
6-0
72.41
74
21
Connecticut
5-0
71.57
5
22
Missouri
6-0
71.10
208
23
Arkansas
5-0
68.86
33
24
Michigan State
6-1
68.76
27
25
North Carolina
4-1
67.72
13

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LY
29
Indiana
3-1
65.66
66
31
Texas
4-1
64.97
2
32
Notre Dame
3-1
64.44
68
44
Arizona
3-1
60.43
29
50
Texas Tech
5-2
58.94
187
52
Ohio
2-0
58.45
99
56
Florida State
4-1
56.40
61
60
Washington
5-0
55.38
12
61
Tennessee
4-2
53.97
19
63
LSU
2-1
53.80
10
64
Purdue
4-1
53.07
207
65
Miami
4-2
52.90
72
86
Northern Iowa
4-1
46.73
43
101
Dayton
4-1
44.09
142
128
Auburn
3-2
37.10
144
132
Kentucky
3-2
35.26
39
133
Pennsylvania
2-2
35.13
67
136
Boston College
2-2
34.21
18
156
Ball State
2-3
30.73
215
169
Iowa
2-3
28.82
16
173
Drexel
1-1
28.48
92
190
Wofford
2-2
25.14
269
191
Illinois-Chicago
1-4
24.97
145
209
Vanderbilt
1-2
22.12
87

Last Place this week: Nicholls State (0-7) at -30.90.

Conference rankings this week: ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, PAC-10, Big East, SEC, Mountain West, MVC, C-USA, Atlantic 10, MAC, WAC

The MRI Rankings are copyright 2006 by MRISports.com. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com

Posted by bmiraski at November 27, 2006 5:00 PM

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