- Top 100 returnees: PG Nick Lother (94th)
- Other key returnees: G Mike James, F Peter Lomuro, F Ben Kingdon, F James Horaska
- Newcomers: C Adam Dobriansky (transfer, Monmouth, NCAA D-1)
- Coach: Dave Crook (ninth season)
- Offence and defence: 87, 98 (-11)
- Last year's results: 7-23, 38th in RPI
- Looking ahead: This might seem like it's coming out of left field (or is due to the fact sister site Out of Left Field has a UW grad writing for it) but hear us out. Winnipeg returns 92% of its scoring and as Rob notes, has lots of room for improvement after the offensive performance was across-the-board below average. Part of that was also due to injuries. A team may only play with the hand it's dealt by times and if Winnipeg has everyone available, they could surprise. The 6-foot-10 Dobriansky is also expected to help Winnipeg cut the path to the rim better than it has in past years. Lother is a steady hand at point guard, which counts for a lot, especially in the nitty-gritty of conference play after Jan. 1.
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Just so you know, Howard Tsumura had a Canada West coaches poll in his article this week. 7 coaches voted, and Winnipeg came in 3rd last.
ReplyDeleteWe saw. We're willing to proven way wrong. Like we said, it's a framework for discussion ...
ReplyDeleteLet me get this straight...
ReplyDeleteVictoria is ranked #20, Dal 19th and Winnipeg 18th?
How does THAT compute?
This is the men's basketball ranking, right?
Dalhousie are the reigning AUS champs and by all accounts have improved a great deal.
Victoria might be a shadow of the teams they have had recently and on their worst day still figure to be better than the Wesman.
Please explain.
No, it's not a ranking, Rob already explained it thusly (and there's a link to it in this post: "These preseason rankings are just a quick ordering based on last year's RPI adjusted for returning players. They are used only as a framework for discussion, not to say Team X is the 4th-best in the country."
ReplyDeleteWe are not, repeat not, saying Winnipeg is 18th-best or UVic is 20th-best. We might get a few right, but we might get a few wrong too.
Dal lost a lot of scoring, so it's bound to suffer in these rankings. And that is explained in the Dal post — we note Mark W. has them No. 5 in the country and his word is gold on these matters.
What Neate said.
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