News On The Horizon 10/12/2021

College basketball rankings: Countdown of every team begins with Nos. 358-201 for the 2021-22 season--CBS Sports

205. Milwaukee: I can 100% declare this is the most interesting sub-200 team I've ever ranked because it's the only sub-200 team I've ever ranked that has a potential top-five NBA pick on the roster. Pat Baldwin, Jr. opted to stay home, play for his father and make the Horizon League as enticing as it's been in a long time. 

Did you know: Detroit's Antoine Davis has scored at least 10 points in 82 straight games.  Getty Images

220. Detroit: Walking bucket Antoine Davis is averaging 24.9 points for his three-year career and has amassed 2,040. He'll need to average north of 30 per night and have Detroit play at least 33 games to reach the rare 3,000-point club. (Last season's 22-game schedule is what's probably going to hold him back.)

225. Oakland: Greg Kampe's got a first team all league-caliber player with Jalen Moore, who had the No. 2 assist rate in the country last season (45.9%) while also taking 14 shots nightly. Few guys are as truly essential to their mid-major team like Moore.

256. Youngstown State: Failed to get above .500 in the Horizon League last season, extending YSU's streak of not having two consecutive seasons at .500 or better in conference play to 20 years.

280. Purdue Fort Wayne: The Mastodons return four starters off an 8-15 team that was among the best 3-point-shooting clubs in the Horizon League. Most important among them: senior guard Jarred Godfrey. 

284. Robert Morris: Its first season in the Horizon League was a quagmire. Andy Toole's team went 4-15 a year after being the best in the NEC. The Colonials will creep up in the overall rankings this year.

308. UIC: Flames coach Luke Yaklich, a defensive specialist, actually saw this team's defensive prowess dip in his first season. This year will be the test, as the Flames have to become a better man-to-man outfit.

318. Green Bay: The Phoenix are in their second season under Will Ryan (son of Bo Ryan) and are working their way to relevancy in the Horizon League. Personal note: Given I live in Connecticut, this is probably the most unexpected/random school I've ever been to for a game.

328. IUPUI: Yet another program (hey, there's more than 60) with a new coach. Here, it's Matt Crenshaw, who graduated from the school 17 years ago and is still IUPUI's leader in assists.