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Sunday, November 24, 2024
The Summit League in 2016-17 did not match what was in many ways a banner season the year before. There would be little arguing as much. Coming off a superb year when the league finished 12th in conference RPI-after rising as high as No. 8 at one point-and put forth […]
Bucknell continues to rule the Patriot League, and that doesn’t seem ready to change very soon.
If ever there’s a league that deserves to gloat a little bit, it’s the Western Athletic Conference, the once-proud league that has struggled to survive in recent years but fought back with a very nice 2016-17 season.
The Atlantic 10 went somewhat as expected this year in that the top three teams were expected to be there. Things will look a little different on the benches next year, and there may be other places where that is the case as well.
Belmont again proved why it’s one of the model programs in the country, while Jacksonville State made a surprising rise in the postseason in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2016-17.
The Mid-American Conference in 2016-17 looked a lot like the Mid-American Conference in 2015-16, with big men, Akron, and a conference tourney upset among the storylines.
The Mountain West was a little better this season, though not as good as a few years back. It was, however, a fun conference to watch, as little went as predicted.
Last year was the end of a storied run in the Missouri Valley Conference, and the 2016-17 season was too, as Wichita State concluded a 68-year run in the league.
Not much changed in the standings this year, though one thing was different: the degree to which the champion dominated and made history in the process. Will much change next year?
The Big 12’s version of a down year was still one just about any other conference would take, as the 10-team league was once again one of the country’s very best conferences
