From: writer@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Crazed Lunatic)
Subject: Crazed Lunatic Awards
Keywords: NCAA Basketball
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:09:17 GMT

CRAZED LUNATIC PRESS (West Lafayette, Ind.)-
Hello, fellow basketball fans.  The Crazed Lunatic is back and ready to 
return you to the world of college basketball.  Yes, I know it must have
been devastating to not know the Lunatic's sage insight on the world of 
NCAA Basketball, but I am back so you can once again be enlightened.
Due to the fact that I despise the AP Poll and didn't get last week's CNN
Poll, I will only post my poll for last week.  I figure it should be published 
before this week's polls (with many drastic changes thanks to the many 
highly-ranked undefeated teams who decided that they would crash this week)
come out on the computer waves tomorrow (MAYBE TUESDAY!  THE LUNATIC HAS LOTS
OF WORK TO STILL DO!)  Anyways, the CLP Poll is the only important poll 
anyways.  So, here is last week's poll:

CLP Top 25		W - L	Votes	Prev. Rank
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1)  Duke		8 - 0   90 (3)	2
2)  Kentucky		9 - 0   87	3
3)  Michigan	       10 - 1   84      6
4)  North Carolina	9 - 1   79      5
5)  Kansas  		9 - 1   78      1
6)  Indiana	       11 - 2   76 	4
7)  Seton Hall	       11 - 1   72	7
8)  Iowa	       10 - 0	69	8
9)  Purdue		9 - 0   66	13	
10) Oklahoma	       10 - 1   62      10
11) Georgia Tech        7 - 1   59      16
12) Arkansas		8 - 1   58      12
13) UNLV		6 - 0   55	22
14) Vanderbilt         11 - 1   48      32
15) Cincinnati		6 - 1   47      20
16) Michigan State      8 - 1   45      19
17) Connecticut		6 - 1   42	23
18) Georgetown		7 - 1   40      17
19) UCLA		9 - 2	39	14
20) Massachusetts	5 - 2   30      21
21) Virginia		7 - 0   29      NR
22) Arizona		5 - 2	28	15
23) Florida State	8 - 4   25      9
24) Pittsburgh		8 - 1   22      NR
25) Florida		6 - 3   12	NR

Others: Minnesota 10, Maryland 8, Wake Forest 6, Nebraska 6, Xavier (Ohio) 5,
George Washington 4, Tulane 4, California 3, Tennessee 2, Memphis State 1,
Brigham Young 1, Wisconsin 1.

And now to cheer your day up a little, the Loonster is going to come out with
the first annual CLP Mid-Season Awards.  These are little things that he
has noticed from the exciting world of college basketball.

Best Overall Conference Award - Atlantic Coast Conference.  The ACC right now
has a 68-12 record against non-conference teams (the best of any conference)
along with 8 of their 9 teams in the AP Top 40. (the only non-ranked team is
North Carolina State)

"We Want Some Respect" Award - Big Ten Conference.  This conference was right
behind the ACC with an 88-21 non-conference record.  However, they get this
award for the 5 teams ranked in the top 15 and all saying that they deserved 
better.

"Can We Start Our Conference Season Now So All These Bigger Schools Stop 
Picking On Us" Award - Northeast Conference.  This dismal conference could
only manage to win 19 of their 74 games against non-conference opponents.
None of these schools managed to win half of their games to start the season
(Marist was the best at 4-5).  Just for any of you who were curious, the 
Northeast Conf. consists of Marist, Monmouth, Wagner, Rider, Mt. St. Mary's,
Long Island Univ., Robert Morris, St. Francis (PA), Farleigh Dickinson, 
St. Francis (NY).  So, if your school beat any of these schools, big deal.
If your school lost to one, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

"Thank God for our Northern Neighbors Along The East Coast" Award - Mideastern
Athletic Conference.  This conference was almost as bad as the Northeast
with a 19-52 record.  It's really not worth mentioning who is in this 
conference since I bored you with the last one, but at least they had one of
their teams with a .500 record (S. Carolina St. 4 - 4).  However, if you
ever do get curious if you beat up on one of these teams, ask me some day
and I will gladly tell you.

Most Underrated Conference - Atlantic Ten.  This conference is filled with
good teams from top to bottom.  (In fact, the last place team in the conference
Temple just upset #20 Massachusetts)  However, the media has decided that this
conference only deserves one team in the top 40.  I have a feeling that the
media won't be able to say that for long if this conference continues to play
the great basketball that it has so far this season.
Honorable mention: Great Midwest Conf.  This six team conference so far doesn't
have a single team with a losing record (just like the Atl. 10), but only has
one of their teams in the top 40.  Watch out when Memphis State, DePaul, UAB,
and Marquette continue to upset ranked teams.

"I wish we were still playing non-conference teams" Award - Iowa, Purdue, 
Michigan State, Clemson, Syracuse, and Maryland.  These six teams devastated
their non-conference schedules winning 53 of their 55 games.  Then, they 
started conference play.  Since then, these six teams have a compiled record
of 1-12 with Syracuse being the only team to win a game (after losing their
first three).  They must all be hoping that they see an opponent that isn't in
their conference soon.

"I wish this season was over" Award - Sacramento State.  This poor school
hasn't won once this season despite 12 attempts to do so.  Students here are
already looking forward to the baseball season.

"I wish I didn't join a conference" Award - Penn State.  The Nittany Lions
took their 5-4 record into Big Ten play only to meet up with Ohio State and
Indiana.  After being beaten by the Buckeyes, the Hoosiers welcomed Penn St.
to the conference with a 105-57 romp at Bloomington.  Their woes will 
probably continue as they visit the campuses of the other 8 schools in the
conference.

"Hey, Deion, I can play two sports, too" Award - Charlie Ward, Florida State.
After leading FSU to a 27-7 victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and a 
#2 ranking in the nation as the Seminoles' quarterback, Ward returned to the
hardcourts as the starting point guard for the injury-depleted lineup of
Florida State.  

"Why did we get such a hard non-conference schedule" Award - East Tennessee
State.  The Buccaneers would have an undefeated (5-0) record going into their
conference play if it wasn't for scheduling #5 Kansas, #9 Purdue, and #16
Michigan State.  And, impressively, ETSU didn't get blown out by any of these
powerhouses.  In fact, they almost pulled the upset of the year when Kansas
needed to score 4 points in the final minute to escape with a 3 point victory.

"Gee, when does football season start again" Award - Miami (FLA).  The 
Hurricanes managed to crush their Big East foes on way to a 11-1 season.
Yet, the basketball season has been a little more difficult as they have
a 3-8 record so far this year.  Maybe the basketball season will end quickly 
so the Hurricanes can concentrate again on the gridiron.

Those were the first CLP Mid-Season Awards.  I hope you enjoyed them.
And now, in a final report that I have just learned, #1 Duke has just been
upset by Georgia Tech 80-79.  Congratulations to the Yellow Jackets for your
outstanding victory.


ps - Have a nice day!