TOP 30 CCAA Team Rankings By Bill Crowdis – November 18, 2015

We are now past the halfway mark of the first semester and our coverage of the Top 30 rankings is now into week #4.

1-10 – Our top six has seen no movement after almost a month of basketball, even though some teams have been taken to the wire on several occasions. New to the Top 10 we have Champlain representing the RSEQ and La Cite becomes the first OCAA East team to make the list.  Lambton and Keyano both move up a spot with NAIT dropping out along with Humber.

11-20 – Two teams from the ACAA enter the Top 20, with Crandall and UKC both sporting 4-0 league records.  Teams on the rise include John Abbott, who gave Vanier their first loss of the young season as well as Langara, who pulled out two close games against Capilano and Douglas. Medicine Hat took care of their game against SAIT, however St Lawrence wasn’t so lucky, having taken a loss to rival Loyalist and dropping out if the Top 20.

21-30 – Lots of action rounding out our top 30 this past week. We see the ACAC’s Lakeland and Kings enter for the first time with wins over NAIT and Concordia respectively. There were three teams that took loses over the weekend, but still saw their ranking go up. Niagara took #5 Sheridan into overtime before losing by a bucket. Mount Allison lossed to #18 Crandall but rebounded with a win over STU. Olds had an interesting weekend getting upset by Ambrose and following that up with their own upset of Lethbridge. Algonquin has used solid defence over the course of the season, good for 2nd place in the OCAA East–the biggest rise on this weeks list.

Player of the Week

Player of the Week goes to Ian Tevis of Red Deer, who averaged a 32.5ppg, 6.5rpg, 2apg in wins over Lethbridge and Ambrose.

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Games to Watch:

Thu. Nov. 18 – #5 Sheridan vs #12 Humber

Fri. Nov. 20 – #2 VIU vs #17 Langara, #4 Red Deer vs #16 Medicine Hat, #15 Vanier vs #25 Brebeuf

Sat. Nov. 21 – #1 Holland Vs #18 Crandall, #2 VIU vs #6 Quest, #3 Mohawk vs #7 Lambton

Sun. Nov. 22 – #1 Holland vs #18 Crandall

Wed. Nov. 25 – #3 Mohawk vs #5 Sheridan, #12 Humber vs #21 Niagara

These are my top 30 team rankings as of 11/18/15

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CCAA Top 30

Rank. School Wins-Losses (Previous Rank)

1. Holland 3-0 (1)
Wins vs MSVU 91-60 & 102-64
2. Vancouver Island 5-0 (2) 
Wins vs KPU 116-68 & CBC 94-75
3. Mohawk 4-0 (3)
Win vs Humber 94-78
4. Red Deer 5-0 (4)
Wins vs Lethbridge 98-77 & Ambrose 115-70
5. Sheridan 6-0 (5)
Win vs Niagara 75-73
6. Quest 5-0 (6)
Wins vs Capilano 80-60 & Douglas 75-67
7. Lambton 5-1 (8)
Win vs St. Clair 90-64
8. Keyano 7-1 (9)
Wins vs Augustana 99-76 & 106-70
9. Champlain 3-1 (13)
DNP
10. La Cite 7-0 (14)
Wins vs Seneca 60-44 & Georgian 68-59

11. NAIT 6-2 (7)
Win vs Lakeland 92-72 & Loss vs Lakeland 59-63
12. Humber 3-3 (10)
Loss vs Mohawk 78-94
13. John Abbott 3-2 (16)
Win vs Vanier 87-71
14. Lethbridge 4-2 (12) 
Losses to Red Deer 98-77 & Olds 87-85
15. Vanier 3-1 (12)
Loss vs John Abbott 71-87
16. Medicine Hat 3-2 (17)
Win vs SAIT 71-60
17. Langara 4-1 (18)
Wins vs Capilano 84-79 & Douglas 89-85
18. Crandall 4-0 (19)
Wins vs Mount Allison 89-74 & Dalhousie AC 112-36
19. UKC 4-0 (21)
Wins vs UNBSJ 86-70 & 83-69
20. Capilano 2-3 (15)
Losses vs Langara 79-84 & Quest 60-80
21. Niagara 4-1 (22)
Loss vs Sheridan 73-75
22. Mount Allison 2-2 (23)
Win vs STU 100-94 & Loss vs Crandall 89-74
23. Olds 3-2 (24)
Win vs Lethbridge 87-85 & Loss vs Ambrose 87-97
24. Algonquin 5-2 (29)
Wins vs Seneca 76-70 & Georgian 66-59
25. Brebeuf 2–2 (27)
DNP
26. St. Lawrence 3-2 (20)
Loss vs Loyalist 81-90
27. Lakeland 5-5 (NR)
Win vs NAIT 63-59 & Loss vs NAIT 72-92
28. Kings 5-3 (NR)
Wins vs Concordia 89-75 @ 77-73
29. Camosun 3-2 (NR)
Wins vs CBC 81-60 & KPU 91-66
30. Concordia 4-4 (28)
Losses vs Kings 75-89 & 73-77