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Thursday 10/29/09 - 7:42:05 PM
Practices have started, and the pre-season poll is out. Let's do a bit of prediction time.
First off, your final four will be Kansas, Kentucky, Villanova, and Michigan St.
Nova will top MSU for the title.
Elite 8:
Texas
Purdue
Tennessee
Cal
Sweet 16
West Virginia
Butler
Maryland
Oklahoma
Kansas St
Dayton
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
The Big six conference predictions (* means makes NCAA field) :
Big 12:
1. Kansas*
2. Texas *
3. OU *
4. K St*
5. Okie St*
6. Iowa St *
7. Texas A&M*
8. Baylor
9. Mizzou
10. Nebraska
11. Colorado
12. Texas Tech
ACC
1. Maryland *
2. Duke*
3. UNC *
4. GT *
5. Clemson*
6. VT
7. Wake
8. FSU
9. BC
10. Miami
11. UVA
12. NC St. |
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Thursday 10/29/09 - 7:45:23 PM
Big East
1. Nova*
2. WVU *
3. ND *
4. Seton Hall *
5. Georgetown*
6. St. John's*
7. Louisville*
8. UConn
9. Cincy
10. Cuse
11. Pitt
12. Marquette
13. Providence
14. USF
15. Rutgers
16. Depaul
Big 10
1. MSU*
2. Purdue*
3. Illinois*
4. Ohio St *
5. Michigan*
6. Wisconsin*
7. Minnesota*
8. Northwestern
9. Penn St
10. Indiana
11. Iowa
PAC10
1. Cal*
2. Washington*
3. UCLA*
4. Oregon St
5. Oregon
6. Wash St
7. ASU
8. Zona
9. USC
10. Stanford
SEC
1. Kentucky *
2. Tennesee *
3. Vandy*
4. Miss st*
5. Ole Miss*
6. South Carolina*
7. Arkansas *
8. Florida
9. LSU
10. Bama
11. Auburn
12. Georgia |
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Thursday 10/29/09 - 7:48:39 PM
The rest of the NCAA field:
Boston U
Dayton
LaSalle
Jacksonville
Montana
Radford
UC Davis
ODU
Tulsa
Houston
Butler
Cornell
Niagara
Siena
Buffalo
Morgan St
Northern Iowa
Illinois St
BYU
Mt St Mary's
Morehead St
LeHigh
Coll of Charleston
Texas A&M CC
Oakland
Western Kentucky
Jackson St.
Nevada
Gonzaga
And in Lunardi style...
Last 4 in:
Arkansas
Texas A&M
Minnesota
LaSalle
First 4 out:
Northwestern
UConn
Oregon St
Cincy
Let's hear some trash talk about college hoops! |
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Thursday 10/29/09 - 7:59:03 PM
Zona will continue the streak. Their class of freshman isn't as good as say Memphis' was a few years back, but it's good. Four top 100 recruits isn't bad at all and Nic Wise, while not a good NBA prospect is an excellent college PG. I think USC finishes last, especially with the evil Kevin O'Neill.
ASU lost too much in Harden and Pendergraph. I say they finish eighth.
UCLA wins in my mind, followed by Cal and Wazzu. Washington St. will really miss Tony Bennett in my eyes.
I'm only really qualified to talk about the Pac-10. In depth.
I think Kentucky is overrated. And though I love Pastner, Memphis is in for a fall. |
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Thursday 10/29/09 - 8:29:10 PM
Zona's recruiting class definitely makes their future interesting, and the PAC 10 is down so I could see them sneak in as a result of the league being crap. I just don't see it though. Wise is solid, but he just can't carry a team like Jason Terry did when the 97/98 teams lost all that talent to the pros.
Kentucky may be overrated, but it's hard to argue with Calipari's recent track record. And he's got 20 times the resources at UK than he ever did at Memphis. |
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Wednesday 11/4/09 - 12:32:33 PM
That's a fair evaluation. I know it's going to be tough, most definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't make it.
How about 'Cuse losing that exhibition game? |
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Wednesday 11/4/09 - 8:23:58 PM
I change my Big East predictions:
1. Nova*
2. WVU *
3. ND *
4. Seton Hall *
5. Georgetown*
6. St. John's*
7. Louisville*
8. UConn
9. Cincy
10. Le Moyne
11. Cuse
12. Pitt
13. Marquette
14. Providence
15. USF
16. Rutgers
17. Depaul |
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Tuesday 11/17/09 - 9:41:23 PM
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Wednesday 11/18/09 - 2:41:42 PM
Man. Gonzaga and Memphis are going to end up pretty good. I kind of have to cheer for Memphis some because of Pastner now. |
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Wednesday 11/18/09 - 5:15:48 PM
Zona has chance for the Pac-10 title!
Oh wait, I thought this was the College Football thread.  |
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Wednesday 11/18/09 - 6:41:52 PM
Yeah, I was impressed with Memphis last night. Next year's obviously gonna be Pastner's first big haul, but the defensive intensity he's coached to this year's guys is amazing. |
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Thursday 11/19/09 - 3:26:15 PM
Do you root for the 'Huskers in basketball too? Because I'm curious if Doc Sadler can finally get them to the NIT finals this year.
On Wednesday 11/18/09 - 5:15:48 PM McGoodness wrote:
Zona has chance for the Pac-10 title! Oh wait, I thought this was the College Football thread. |
Hey, UCLA lost to Cal State Fullerton, and Stanford lost at home to Oral Roberts. Oregon St. to Texas A&M Corpus Christi. I admit, at first I thought the CC meant community college and I thought it was novel for the Aggies to finally admit it. Alas, it wasn't the case. I say we can finish third and continue the streak.
Also, I'm almost giddy to see ASU get it handed to them by Duke. First and last time I will cheer for the Blue Devils. |
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Friday 11/20/09 - 8:20:01 PM
Sadler's gonna have to work some magic this year. They already lost their top 3 scorers from last year and now their top big man is out with a knee. |
