This week's rankings (with last week's ranking and each school's most important basketball-playing alumnus):
2. North Carolina (2, Michael Jordan)
17. Duke (8, Christian Laettner)
60. Appalachian State (45, Belus Smawley)
61. Davidson (71, Dick Snyder)
122. N.C. State (106, David Thompson)
129. Wake Forest (124, Tim Duncan)
136. UNC Charlotte (144, Cedric Maxwell)
----------
176. High Point (189, Gene Littles)
216. UNC Greensboro (193, none)
234. Western Carolina (242, Kevin Martin)
260. UNC Wilmington (239, Matt Fish)
262. Gardner-Webb (273, Artis Gilmore)
285. UNC Asheville (282, none)
294. Campbell (295, George Lehmann)
295. Elon (270, Jesse Branson)
300. North Carolina A&T (278, Al Attles)
309. East Carolina (312, Blue Edwards)
313. Winston-Salem State (292, Earl Monroe)
6 comments:
Kevin,
Nicely done once again. I hope you will add a school-related twist each week.
the interesting thing is the correlation (or lack thereof) between the top player from each school and how highly that school's RPI is. (I know, I know: you can make the case that Laettner and Jordan are two of the best players ever, but stay with me here).
Think about it: DT is to some folks, teh best player in ACC history, and State's just at 122. Same with Duncan (129). Cornbread Maxwell was fantastic (144) and all the way at the bottom is Blue Edwards and Earl Monroe.
By the way, what are the numbers beside the players' names for?
test
Never mind.
Kevin, a suggestion for next week's RPI: Names of home courts.
Here's something everyone here might enjoy. Patrick Stevens of The Washington Times wrote a feature on District native Sidney Lowe:
http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20070214-121035-8043r.htm
Post a Comment