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December 19, 2006

MRI2006: Week 4 - Memo Missed?

KC Rivers and Clemson are still #1. Who knew?I must have missed a memo somewhere. Where was it written that Clemson was this good? This marks the third week that the Tigers have held the top spot in the MRI. They aren't the only team surprising.

How about Connecticut? Remember the team that the Huskies had last season? That was the team that was supposed to trounce everyone in the tournament. Unfortunately for UConn, many of the players tried to use the tournament games as a showcase for their own talents and not for the team. Chalk them up as one of the losses for George Mason.

With all those stars gone, who would have expected that the Huskies to still be rolling with a zero in the loss column. They have climbed their way into the #3 spot in the MRI, thanks in good part to that perfect record.

Moving into #2 is Arizona, who dropped an early game to Virginia, but haven't lost since. The Wildcats have the talent to be this high in the rankings, but sometimes, you have to wonder about a team with so many options and whether egos will cause them trouble. They are joined in the top 5 by fellow PAC-10 team, Oregon. The Ducks have also made it through without a blemish this season.

Rounding out the fab five at the top is Illinois, even with two losses. They face a tough Missouri team on Tuesday which should determine if they can stay there. For now though, the Illini are riding high.

Check out all the rankings in the Week 4 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Clemson
10-0
106.37
1
2
Arizona
8-1
104.09
8
3
Connecticut
9-0
102.90
5
4
Oregon
10-0
102.77
12
5
Illinois
10-2
102.12
9
6
Duke
9-1
102.10
2
7
Wisconsin
11-1
100.88
18
8
Florida
9-2
100.00
3
9
North Carolina
8-1
99.98
7
10
Ohio State
9-1
96.91
15
11
Missouri
9-1
94.22
6
12
UCLA
8-0
94.08
13
13
Pittsburgh
10-1
94.03
4
14
Kansas
8-2
92.88
10
15
Memphis
8-2
92.04
22
16
Texas A&M
9-2
91.16
NR(30)
17
Air Force
10-1
90.57
11
18
Maryland
10-2
89.92
21
19
Marquette
9-2
89.62
20
20
Providence
7-2
87.54
17
21
Michigan State
10-2
87.47
16
22
Michigan
11-1
87.29
19
23
Georgia
6-1
84.61
NR(34)
24
Notre Dame
8-1
83.27
23
25
Tennessee
8-2
82.78
NR(26)

Teams Dropped From The Top 25:
Gonzaga (LW #14, TW #26), Villanova (LW #24, TW #28), Oklahoma State (LW #25, TW #27)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LY
35
Indiana
6-3
78.02
41
38
Washington
8-1
75.68
54
39
Florida State
8-2
75.67
32
40
Purdue
8-2
75.51
33
42
Texas Tech
9-3
74.19
50
50
Georgia Tech
6-3
71.19
46
51
LSU
6-2
70.73
51
53
Boston College
7-2
69.38
67
55
Texas
7-2
68.82
59
60
Miami
7-4
65.23
55
66
Northern Iowa
8-2
62.17
60
68
Dayton
9-1
61.69
65
88
Auburn
7-3
50.93
93
89
Kentucky
7-3
50.72
104
93
Drexel
5-2
49.64
86
102
Vanderbilt
6-3
46.39
102
108
Ohio
5-2
44.44
105
116
Pennsylvania
4-4
41.72
115
121
Illinois-Chicago
5-5
38.39
145
132
Iowa
5-5
36.46
114
147
Ball State
4-6
33.41
164
290
Wofford
2-7
-4.88
292

Last Place this week: Denver (1-11) at -55.51.

Biggest Gain this week: San Diego gained 15.81 points (Beat Campbell and Furman)
Biggest Loss this week: Central Florida lost 16.35 points (Lost to Minnesota)

Conference rankings this week: ACC, Big Ten, PAC-10, Big East, SEC, Big 12, MVC, Mountain West, C-USA, Atlantic 10, 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 December 19, 2006 10:30 AM

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