Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Odds and Ends

Entering play on Tuesday, America East teams are off to an impressive start to the 2008-09 season in non-conference play. As a whole the league is...
  • Ranked 14th (5th among non-FBS conferences) in the first RPI released by College Basketball News after finishing 2007-08 ranked 27th
  • One of 3 Non-FBS Conferences with overall winning record and one of just 12 overall
  • 37-31 in non-league play to date for a .544 win percentage compared to 44-73 (.376) last season
  • 31-18 (.633) in games against Division I non-BCS conference (including Atlantic 10) schools
Kyle Whelliston discussed America East's success on his site, Mid-Majority.com, Monday