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This is a little early but I am excited because Georgetown just landed the #1 recruit for next year, who apparently might lure other top recruits with him:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/preprally/...-makes-co.html

I figure people can just post about their respective schools, cuz I do not know a lot of what has gone at other schools. Gtown will be good this year, with the same team as last year minus Jeff Green. They added two All American recruits, both guards, Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, who should play a lot. Starting lineup will look like this probably:

G: John Wallace
G: Jessie Sapp
F: Dajuan Summers
F: Patrick Ewing Jr.
C: Roy Hibbert

This should be a top ten team all year. Schedule isnt too hard, early schedule is a joke except for at Alabama and at Memphis. They should win the Big East, but might struggle with Green gone so we shall see. Either way I am really excited, post about your favorite teams.

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Yeah this team is really good even with the loss of Green.

Is this the year Lil Romeo plays for USC or is he a freshman next year lol?

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College hoops ftw.

I know 'Cuse is supposed to have a sick incoming class & are unranked. Last time that happened it worked out ok [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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I know 'Cuse is supposed to have a sick incoming class & are unranked. Last time that happened it worked out ok [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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We had won like 13 games straight last year and the 'Cuse still beat us bad. I hate syracuse a lot. They always play good.

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Illinois will suck and consider it a success to go one-and-done in the tournament.

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Assuming we stay healthy, this will be the first year in a long time that Auburn doesn't suck.

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This is a little early but I am excited because Georgetown just landed the #1 recruit for next year, who apparently might lure other top recruits with him:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/preprally/...-makes-co.html

I figure people can just post about their respective schools, cuz I do not know a lot of what has gone at other schools. Gtown will be good this year, with the same team as last year minus Jeff Green. They added two All American recruits, both guards, Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, who should play a lot. Starting lineup will look like this probably:

G: John Wallace
G: Jessie Sapp
F: Dajuan Summers
F: Patrick Ewing Jr.
C: Roy Hibbert

This should be a top ten team all year. Schedule isnt too hard, early schedule is a joke except for at Alabama and at Memphis. They should win the Big East, but might struggle with Green gone so we shall see. Either way I am really excited, post about your favorite teams.

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I have season tickets this year and I could not be more pumped. I think we should be really good this year, and my optimistic pick is Dajuan Summers for BE POY.

I'm a little curious as to why you think Freeman and Wright are going to get a lot of playing time this year though. Obv the starting frontcourt is going to be Sapp and Wallace, and it sort of seems like Thompson is hesitant to play young guys a lot of minutes. Macklin had a really hard time finding PT for example. Wallace plays a ridiculous amount of minutes, so I dont know if I expect either of them to play much. I know some of the guys who do summer workouts and camps on campus and they said Wright is absolutely sick and was consistently destroying Sapp all summer long, so I suppose if either of them is just absolutely to awesome to sit, they could get some time. I'm just not expecting much out of them until next year.

EDIT: starting backcourt obv, not frontcourt.

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College hoops ftw.

I know 'Cuse is supposed to have a sick incoming class & are unranked. Last time that happened it worked out ok [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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We lost the big 3 but it's good to start over. Not having Rautins this year sucks. Stupid Canadian national team.

But the starting line-up will probably look something like this:

PG: Jonny Flynn (Josh Wright might start until Flynn gets his feet wet.)
SG: Eric Devendorf
SF: Paul Harris
PF: Donte Green
C: Arinze Onauku

Both Flynn and Greene are 5 star recruits and should be impressive right away. Two other recruits in 6-8 235 Rick Jackson and SG Antonio Jardine should contribute right away. Also 6-8 JuCo transfer Kristof Ongenaet was added for depth to a very young frontcourt.

Depending on how the young players adjust and if Paul Harris progresses, this could be a very dangerous team late in the season. They are in most experts top 25 but with no seniors that will see any playing team, this team will have a lot of growing pains. Should be a fun season.

It looks like they're gonna red shirt 6-11 freshman Sean Williams. He's probably too thin to contribute yet.

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Macklin was really raw coming in, so he couldnt play because of the demands of his position. Plus he was behind multiple guys on the depth chart. Wright and Freeman are supposed to be pretty polished, and both can shoot, which is bad news for Sapp. If Sapp struggles, I expect them to play. I also think they will go small more than they have before, playing 3 guards a lot. We shall see.

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Macklin was really raw coming in, so he couldnt play because of the demands of his position. Plus he was behind multiple guys on the depth chart. Wright and Freeman are supposed to be pretty polished, and both can shoot, which is bad news for Sapp. If Sapp struggles, I expect them to play. I also think they will go small more than they have before, playing 3 guards a lot. We shall see.

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Do you agree that the starting lineup is going to be Hibbert, Summers, Ewing, Sapp and Wallace? And then Macklin as the first guy in off the bench? I actually expected them to play a little bigger this year, because Ewing handles the ball really well for his size and can practically play the 2. I'd imagine Hibbert, Macklin, Summers, Ewing and Wallace on the court at the same time will be a common occurrance.

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College hoops ftw.

I know 'Cuse is supposed to have a sick incoming class & are unranked. Last time that happened it worked out ok [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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We lost the big 3 but it's good to start over. Not having Rautins this year sucks. Stupid Canadian national team.

But the starting line-up will probably look something like this:

PG: Jonny Flynn (Josh Wright might start until Flynn gets his feet wet.)
SG: Eric Devendorf
SF: Paul Harris
PF: Donte Green
C: Arinze Onauku

Both Flynn and Greene are 5 star recruits and should be impressive right away. Two other recruits in 6-8 235 Rick Jackson and SG Antonio Jardine should contribute right away. Also 6-8 JuCo transfer Kristof Ongenaet was added for depth to a very young frontcourt.

Depending on how the young players adjust and if Paul Harris progresses, this could be a very dangerous team late in the season. They are in most experts top 25 but with no seniors that will see any playing team, this team will have a lot of growing pains. Should be a fun season.

It looks like they're gonna red shirt 6-11 freshman Sean Williams. He's probably too thin to contribute yet.

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I didn't realize Rautins left - that sucks. Can Flynn shoot or is he the slasher type? Hopefully both if he's 5star; otherwise where's the deep threat?

It'd be nice if Devendorf doesn't turn it over 10 times every other game.

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Rautins has a torn ACL, he didn't leave. As for my school, ND should be pretty good this year, the backcourt should be very good with Tory Jackson and McAlarney, both with point guard ball handling ability and Jackson the slasher and McAlarney the shooter. Kurz and Harangody should be good down low, I'm excited to see how much Harangody progressed from his freshman year, if he developed a left hand he'd be pretty tough to stop. We'll probably score a lot of points and give up a lot of points, the schedule is a joke until conference play, and the Big East should be tougher this year, so who knows how things will shake out, but I hope to at least make the tournament again and try not to have the worst shooting game of the year in the first round.

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College hoops ftw.

I know 'Cuse is supposed to have a sick incoming class & are unranked. Last time that happened it worked out ok [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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We lost the big 3 but it's good to start over. Not having Rautins this year sucks. Stupid Canadian national team.

But the starting line-up will probably look something like this:

PG: Jonny Flynn (Josh Wright might start until Flynn gets his feet wet.)
SG: Eric Devendorf
SF: Paul Harris
PF: Donte Green
C: Arinze Onauku

Both Flynn and Greene are 5 star recruits and should be impressive right away. Two other recruits in 6-8 235 Rick Jackson and SG Antonio Jardine should contribute right away. Also 6-8 JuCo transfer Kristof Ongenaet was added for depth to a very young frontcourt.

Depending on how the young players adjust and if Paul Harris progresses, this could be a very dangerous team late in the season. They are in most experts top 25 but with no seniors that will see any playing team, this team will have a lot of growing pains. Should be a fun season.

It looks like they're gonna red shirt 6-11 freshman Sean Williams. He's probably too thin to contribute yet.

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I didn't realize Rautins left - that sucks. Can Flynn shoot or is he the slasher type? Hopefully both if he's 5star; otherwise where's the deep threat?

It'd be nice if Devendorf doesn't turn it over 10 times every other game.

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Rautins was injured playing for the Canadian national team. Ruptured ACL. He's out for the season.

Flynn is a decent 3-point shooter but not the next JJ Redick. He's a top notch PG though, he can do it all. Devendorf has a pretty good 3-point shot. Harris was decent 3-point shooter in high school, not sure what happened last year. Also freshman Antonia Jardine can drain it from 3 and he'll get some time at the 2 this year.

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Illinois will suck and consider it a success to go one-and-done in the tournament.

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yep...no SG this year

anywhere from 3rd to 7th in the Big11Ten is the range...I expect 5th or 6th

they'll play hard-nosed D and awful offense (while making few turnovers which is just plain weird) just like last year

they'll be very ugly to watch for most people

their big11ten schedule did them no favors

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Yea, Illinois is not fun to watch. I remember the illinois gtown game a couple years ago, was painful to watch, and there was like 20 total points scored at half.

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i devoutly hope so, but the potential lack of an outside shooter is our achilles. here's to hoping ellington learned how to shoot 40%+ from 3 in the offseason (and also that tyler learned how to pass out of the post).

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Sorry about last year Tar Heels.

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Yes sir.

Here is my projection for our starting lineup:

PG: Ty Lawson (So.)
SG: Wayne Ellington (So.)
SG/SF: Marcus Ginyard (Jr.)
PF: Deon Thompson (So.)
C: Tyler Hansbrough (Jr.)

I really like our starting lineup this year and I think starting Ginyard will prove to be very valuable. He is the perfect glue guy on a national title contender in that he plays great defense and provides excellent offensive rebounding for a guard. He won't look to score much, which we really won't need with our starting lineup. I really think Deon Thompson has a great chance to be an All ACC caliber performer.

The main things that worry me about this team are outside shooting and backup PG. Ellington is very capable of making the outside shot, but if he becomes a consistent threat from deep, this team just becomes almost impossible to guard. Lawson needs to hit open looks, which I think he may see plenty of. I'm somewhat concerned about the backup PG position because Thomas is being bothered by a knee and the status of Frasor's foot isn't really going to be known until he plays and practices more. Frasor is very important to this team because he has the ability to knock down the outside shot as well helping Thomas spell Lawson for 10-12 minutes a game, allowing Ty to go full throttle.

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I'm sure you're very sorry [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. On the brightside, thanks for getting Greg Monroe away from Durham since they were pinning their entire 08-09 post rotation around him showing up. Oops...

That game still gives me nightmares. How we stopped getting the ball inside and instead relied on jumpshots for the last 8 minutes of regulation and all of overtime, I'll never know. I love Roy, but his hatred of calling timeouts to stop an opposing teams big run confuses me and will continue to confuse me.

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For the first time basically ever, there is major excitement about Washington State basketball. Most preseason polls have them in the top 10. The Pac-10 is gonna be stacked this year, but WSU will hopefully be right there competing for the championship.

Only lost 1 player from last year's team and a great core group of seniors to lead this year.

Key players:

G - Derrick Low
F - Kyle Weaver
F - Robbie Cowgill
C - Aron Baines
G - Taylor Rochestie

As terrible as the football season is going, I can't wait for WSU basketball... season opener Nov 9.

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I'd imagine Hibbert, Macklin, Summers, Ewing and Wallace on the court at the same time will be a common occurrance.

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I'd be willing to bet that this lineup sees the floor for less than 5 minutes all year, if at all. Not enough ball handling and would likely lead to a lot of fouls, not to mention that we have more depth at guard than in the frontcourt.

I've seen both Freeman and Wright play a lot, and each is more than ready to contribute. It's hard to predict what will happen with CW, as he will miss a lot of practice and the start of the season due to his broken foot. Since he will also be competing with Rivers (who, unfortunately, doesn't look to have improved his shot at all), he may struggle to pick up minutes at first.

Freeman, on the other hand, has to play - he is simply too good not to. He'll probably be the second best 3 point shooter on the team, will have by far the best midrange game, and will be up there for best penetrator with Sapp and Wright. I wouldn't be surprised to see him play just as much as Macklin, at least while Wright is out. That may change later, but only due to need. I'd be surprised if Freeman wasn't our best player off the bench this year.

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http://www.sportsline.com/collegebas...ory/10400769/1

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Yea Freeman will be good, I think he might push Sapp for playing time. Sapp cant shoot and Freeman can, Freeman is bigger and can jump.

No way Macklin, Ewing, Summers, Hibbert are on the floor together. At least I hope to god that doesnt happen. I want Ewing on the court as little as possible.

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Maryland loses 3 starters. Vasquez and Hayes backcourt should be exciting though. Osby should be able to replace Ibekwe decently. Gist is still there. Not 100% certain about the other starting spot. Their defense should still be very good, but obviously losing DJ hurts. Some people are concerned about losing Mike Jones, but I have to think that we can find one decent shooter to take over his role. Some freshmen may get big minutes this year. Making the tourney would be a successful season imo.


Oh and it looks like they may have lost their top recruit, Terrence Jennings, for 2008. He was committed but backed out....not sure what will happen now. He was a top 15 player in the nation. I think Kentucky is also on his list of possible schools.

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I'd be willing to bet that this lineup sees the floor for less than 5 minutes all year, if at all. Not enough ball handling and would likely lead to a lot of fouls, not to mention that we have more depth at guard than in the frontcourt.

I've seen both Freeman and Wright play a lot, and each is more than ready to contribute. It's hard to predict what will happen with CW, as he will miss a lot of practice and the start of the season due to his broken foot. Since he will also be competing with Rivers (who, unfortunately, doesn't look to have improved his shot at all), he may struggle to pick up minutes at first.

Freeman, on the other hand, has to play - he is simply too good not to. He'll probably be the second best 3 point shooter on the team, will have by far the best midrange game, and will be up there for best penetrator with Sapp and Wright. I wouldn't be surprised to see him play just as much as Macklin, at least while Wright is out. That may change later, but only due to need. I'd be surprised if Freeman wasn't our best player off the bench this year.

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I would be absolutely thrilled if Freeman does anything that results in Rivers never taking off his sweats the entire season.

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Yeah. As nice as it is to see Oregon in the preseason polls, I'm really scared of the gauntlet we'll have to run in conference. Also, I'm not too confident in Tajuan Porter's ability to run the offense by himself. Watching him shoot is wonderful, but dribbling and passing... not quite so much. I suspect we're going to miss Aaron Brooks more than most people are counting on.

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Yea, The Big11Ten is not fun to watch. there are 20 total points scored at half.

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FYP.

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It'd be cool if the G'town rivalry heated up again; but this ridiculous 300 team conference isn't helping.

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I'm a fan of the 300 team conference....of course I live in Milwaukee and just picked up Marquette season tickets. So seeing G-Town, Louisville, Pitt instead of Houston, South Florida & Tulane is quite attractive.

If Summers develops for the Hoyas they may not fall far at all with the loss of Green.

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Gators 3 peat obviously.

Anyways, should be excited, the #1 class to go with a bunch of other young guys. Obviously no returning starters, but a sick amount of talent.

SEC isn't anything special, so I expect us to make the dance, probably near 22 wins.

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I would (and most other experts) rank Duke's, Syracuse's, Ohio State's, Purdue's and Michigan State's recruiting classes above Florida's.

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Southern Illinois will most likely repeat as Valley champs and as best team in the state. With a decent chance of returning to the Sweet 16.
The strength of this years team should lie in the frontcourt with a pair of seniors; undersized center Randal Falker, and Matt Shaw who is an excellent outside shooter. It also features foul-a-minute Junior Tony Boyle, and very good incoming freshman Carlton Fay.
The Salukis also return starting point guard Bryan Mullins, who is an excellent defender and ball handler but will need to improve his outside shooting and carry more of the scoring load this year if the Salukis are to make a deep tourney run.
The question marks in this years team are who will replace outgoing seniors Jamal Tatum and Tony Young. It appears now that Sophomore Josh Bone will be asked to replace Tatum's scoring and Junior Wesley Clemson will replace Young as the defensive stopper.
Just like the last 7 years the Salukis will be one of the best defensive teams in the nation. Success of this years will likely hinge on if the Salukis are able to overcome the loss of MVC POY Jamal Tatum.

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I would (and most other experts) rank Duke's, Syracuse's, Ohio State's, Purdue's and Michigan State's recruiting classes above Florida's.

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Yeah, so would I actually, but it's basically arguing over who is ranking them. You would agree it's a pretty good class, no?

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He verballed to Louisville a few days ago. I think he's on the Carl Krauser plan of graduating from college when he's 24.

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I think it'd be absolutely criminal if Roy Williams finds a way for UNC NOT to win the title this year and I say this as a total and absolute hater of the Tar Heels.

Georgetown's win against them last year was nothing short of a hardwood miracle.

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I'm a Pitt fan. I think you'll be seeing a bit of a departure from Panthers teams of old this year. We have a much smaller, quicker team coming back that remains deep. Lots of athletes with a couple good spot up shooters could lead to a more run and gun approach.

Projected Lineup:
PG: Levance Fields
SG: Ronald Ramon
SF: Mike Cook
PF: Sam Young/Tyrell Biggs
C: Dajuan Blair

Blair is a beast and comes from just down the road Schenley High who he led to a state title last year. Fields seems to have resolved his legal troubles and is back with the team on 9 months probation. Cook is a scorer but not a shooter off the wing. Ramon is the team's best shooter and can heat it up in stretches. Young has the potential to be a star but seems to lack motivation or desire. Biggs is a role player down low.

We'll obviously be Tier 2 in the Big East this year after losing Aaron Gray and Levon Kendall and with teams like GTown, Marquette, Syracuse, and Louisville getting stronger.

Either way, another 20 win season and an NCAA berth with a win or two is the most I could possible expect out of this team. Another year and they could be something.

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Yeah, no doubt a solid class.