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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2023 10:06:20 GMT -5
Western Carolina men's basketball enters this week's short Thanksgiving break ranked in two of the national mid-major polls. Winners of four straight, the Catamounts are ranked 14th in this week's Men's Mid-Major Top 25 from CollegeInsider.com and tip the scales at No. 9 in the Field of 68 Media Network's Mid-Major rankings. In addition to being ranked ninth in the Field of 68 mid-major poll – up six spots from the previous week's rankings after starting the season at No. 25 in the preseason – WCU was also listed as its "Team of the Week," in the site's writer Sean Paul's weekly awards on Tuesday. The Catamounts are joined in the poll by UNCG at No. 15 and Chattanooga at No. 21.  |
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Post by The Cats on Nov 24, 2023 14:14:10 GMT -5
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Post by The Cats on Nov 24, 2023 14:20:35 GMT -5
MENS MID MAJOR TOP 25®UPDATE DATE: NOVEMBER 20,2023 OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Harvard 74, Cornell 71, Northern Illinois 68, UMass-Lowell 66, Chattanooga 56, McNeese State 53, Penn 50, Colgate 48, Middle Tennessee 48, UTEP 42, Long Beach State 33, Missouri State 32, Loyola Marymount 25, San Francisco 24, Northern Iowa 22, Ohio 21, Tennessee State 21, UC San Diego 18, Presbyterian 17, South Dakota State 16, Drexel 15, Norfolk State 14, Charleston 13, UNC Asheville 13, Indiana State 12, UC Davis 11, Illinois State 10, Montana State 10, Delaware 8, Wright State 4, Belmont 2, Evansville 2, Quinnipiac 1, Sacred Heart 1.
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Post by UNCAshevilleAlum on Nov 27, 2023 13:25:00 GMT -5
Looking forward to the rivalry game on Dec. 9th! Has WCU been promoting it to the fans? It'd be good to see 4-5k fans there. Y'all look really good this year. Should be a great game. Would be nice if they pulled some of the seat covers up, especially if y'all turnout a good amount. A 4pm start should help. I'll be there and bringing 6-8 ppl with the wife and I! Hoping a decent amount of Asheville fans travel for this year's game. We had 2k Asheville fans travel to Charlotte for the conference championship game last year. Campbell only traveled like 300.
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Post by retiredcat on Nov 27, 2023 17:05:37 GMT -5
I'm worried about what Pember could do to us inside. We have no post offense...just shooting and driving guards. When they are on, we are hard to stop, but UNCA plays solid defense. I like Fletcher Abee...he verbally committed to Western out of Freedom High when Larry Hunter was here, but our next coach didn't follow up and he ended up with UNCA. If WCU promotes the game, I think we will have our biggest crowd in several years. It would help if The Cats can handle Tennessee Tech, Gardner-Webb and High Point before the Dec. 9 game. It has been awhile since we beat G-W.
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Post by catamountman231 on Nov 27, 2023 17:22:14 GMT -5
My parents went to GW and let me know every time the running bulldogs beat us. It would be nice to finally beat them. The Big South is always tough.
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Post by The Cats on Nov 27, 2023 17:56:35 GMT -5
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Post by UNCAshevilleAlum on Nov 27, 2023 22:56:13 GMT -5
I'm worried about what Pember could do to us inside. We have no post offense...just shooting and driving guards. When they are on, we are hard to stop, but UNCA plays solid defense. I like Fletcher Abee...he verbally committed to Western out of Freedom High when Larry Hunter was here, but our next coach didn't follow up and he ended up with UNCA. If WCU promotes the game, I think we will have our biggest crowd in several years. It would help if The Cats can handle Tennessee Tech, Gardner-Webb and High Point before the Dec. 9 game. It has been awhile since we beat G-W. Good to know, didn't realize y'all play G-W and High Point before us. G-W is definitely better that High Point this season. High Point lost at Wofford by 1. Asheville beat Wofford and Western Kentucky in Canada this weekend. We were without Pember in the Wofford game for perspective. Pember was back Sunday though. UNCA started slow against Michigan and UNCW. We seemed to be adjusting to life without Tajon Jones who graduated, but they seemed to start figuringit out this weekend. We still have a really talented team, honestly. Probably more talent than last year overall. You guy's look really good. Thanks for the info on your Bigs. I don't know much about them. Asheville is good in the post with Pember and McMullen. McMullen lead the team in scoring against WKU Sunday. Compared to WCU, our weakness would be at guard, although we have Josh Banks (VCU transfer) and, of course, Fletcher Abee (The Citadel transfer). Asheville's Greg Gantt (NC State transfer) has yet to play due to injury. This should be a really good matchup! Side note, I never knew Abee committed to WCU in high school. Good to know! |
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Post by The Cats on Nov 30, 2023 11:47:05 GMT -5
The Catamounts have moved up 2 spots to rank 7th in the Field Of 68 most recent Top 25 Mid-Major Rankings!  |
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Post by The Cats on Nov 30, 2023 16:21:40 GMT -5
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