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Post by Commissioner on Aug 13, 2023 21:16:33 GMT -5
Here's are usual grid tracking all the various predictions for the conference this coming 2023-24 season. I'll fill in predictions as I find them. Source/Team | CSU | Det | GrB | Ind. | Mil | NKU | Oak | PFW | RMU | WSU | YSU | Horizon League Poll | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | Lindys | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Blue Ribbon | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ESPN | | | | | | | | | | | | CBS Sports | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | HoriZone Roundtable | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Busting Brackets | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | The Almanac* | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Mid-Major Central | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | College Insider | | | | | | | | | | | | Ceasar's Sportsbook | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Action Network | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Won & Done | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | Locked on College Basketball | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | CBB Central/Sports Illustrated | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | Coast to Coast Hoops** | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Just College Basketball | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Field of 68 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | EvanMiya.Com | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | College Sports Madness | | | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | The Hoop Resource Nexus | | | | | 4 | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 | The Scoop Podcast | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | Burner Ball | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
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Post by Commissioner on Aug 13, 2023 21:21:34 GMT -5
The first 2023-24 prediction I've seen is out, from "Mid-Major Central." This is a new one to enter the field of Horizon preseason predictions. Titans picked 9th; Wright State to win it, followed by NKU and Milwaukee.
Some quotes: "There’s is no clear cut winner and I wouldn’t be shocked if teams like Oakland or Cleveland State go dancing. ... Robert Morris and Detroit Mercy look to have the most question marks in the conference. I still think they’re really solid though but don’t think they can compete talent wise in the conference... This conference has depth and will be really fun to watch ESPECIALLY the conference tournament."
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Post by Commissioner on Aug 23, 2023 17:11:26 GMT -5
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Post by Commissioner on Sept 7, 2023 20:56:24 GMT -5
Blue Ribbon is out, and picks the Titans to finish last in the HL.
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Post by Commissioner on Sept 16, 2023 21:33:59 GMT -5
Lindy's is out. They've got the Titans finishing 10th in the Horizon. The first post in this thread collects various predictions.
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Post by fan on Sept 16, 2023 21:39:39 GMT -5
Blue Ribbon and Lindy must know something we don't know..............
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 16, 2023 22:32:22 GMT -5
I expect that most predicitons will have the Titans at the bottom of the standings. We lost a lot from a team that had a losing record and we didn't bring in any players who have proven to be difference makers on the D1 level. I think we'll be better than most expect, but I understand the pessimism.
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Post by fan on Sept 17, 2023 7:42:26 GMT -5
MC Sam, you have more basketball knowledge and savvy than most, short of looking at this coming season through rose-colored glasses why do you "think we'll be better than most expect"?
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 17, 2023 13:09:11 GMT -5
MC Sam, you have more basketball knowledge and savvy than most, short of looking at this coming season through rose-colored glasses why do you "think we'll be better than most expect"? Yeah, it's basically the fan in me, not the objective observer, who says that we'll be better than most expect. On paper, it looks like a single digit wins season. I'd objectively feel better about things if Tovar and Coleman had worked out, and if Alex had gotten a waiver, but we got what we got. It's a bleak outlook. But the Titans are my team and hope springs eternal.
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Post by Commissioner on Sept 17, 2023 15:48:17 GMT -5
I suspect anything less that a winning record makes this Coach Davis's last season.
And totally unrelated, did folks know that Rick Majerus applied for the Titan job after Willie McCarter was fired?
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Post by titantarheel on Sept 17, 2023 19:17:38 GMT -5
I suspect anything less that a winning record makes this Coach Davis's last season. And totally unrelated, did folks know that Rick Majerus applied for the Titan job after Willie McCarter was fired? And then we give Vowels another spin at the wheel of naming a new head coach to a sport team that has, umm, been dreadful all around. (And people will say we’ve been awful for longer than vowels, as a defense? I’m so sick of this type of accept failure attitude w UD)
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 17, 2023 19:22:00 GMT -5
I suspect anything less that a winning record makes this Coach Davis's last season. And totally unrelated, did folks know that Rick Majerus applied for the Titan job after Willie McCarter was fired? And we hired Sicko instead? Well, hindsight is 20/20, but chalk that up to another in the long list of bad decisions that this program has made over the past forty plus years.
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 17, 2023 19:39:20 GMT -5
I suspect anything less that a winning record makes this Coach Davis's last season. And totally unrelated, did folks know that Rick Majerus applied for the Titan job after Willie McCarter was fired? And then we give Vowels another spin at the wheel of naming a new head coach to a sport team that has, umm, been dreadful all around. (And people will say we’ve been awful for longer than vowels, as a defense? I’m so sick of this type of accept failure attitude w UD) Yeah, that "we were bad before" defense is frustrating to hear. And I don't know just how much power Vowels has compared to other ADs, but I can't use that as an excuse for him either. I have spoken with Vowels on several occasions, at games and other events, and while I think he is a good guy with good ideas, his record as AD is pretty indefensible. And most ADs don't get to make three coaching hires for the same position. I think what actually happens first is a new AD being hired, and then Davis maybe sticking around a year under the new person before a change is made if he doesn't turn things around.
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Post by uofdfan1983 on Sept 17, 2023 20:40:29 GMT -5
Majerus did apply and interview but he didn't want the job. So in the end he was not an option.
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Post by motorcitysam on Sept 17, 2023 21:46:16 GMT -5
Majerus did apply and interview but he didn't want the job. So in the end he was not an option. Did the Titans offer him the job? Did he turn it down?
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