A cloudy crystal ball

This from the NEC web site. We have touched on this somewhat this year on our blog..but this really spells it out. I can't rememnber a year when the preseason picks were - en masse - so out to lunch (even mine - though that's never surprising!)


The top 3 picks no higher than fifth place....two of the bottom three picks, second and third....yikes! This is why I almost never go to the race track.


Telling The Future
With 2006-07 league play at its halfway point, it seems like a good time to examine how NEC teams are faring compared to their predicted finishes in the league’s preseason coaches poll. There are a number of instances of teams chosen to finish near the top of the pack - preseason favorite Monmouth currently sitting in 7th place being the most notable example - currently struggling, while Sacred Heart (chosen ninth, currently in second) and Mount St. Mary’s (picked tenth, sitting in third) have exceeded expectations considerably.

School Predicted Finish Current Place
Monmouth 1st 7th-tie
Robert Morris 2nd 5th
Long Island 3rd 9th
CCSU 4th-tie 1st
Quinnipiac 4th-tie 4th
Wagner 6th 7th-tie
Fairleigh Dickinson 7th 5th-tie
St. Francis (NY) 8th 10th
Sacred Heart 9th 2nd
Mount St. Mary’s 10th 3rd
Saint Francis (PA) 11th 11th