NCAA Basketball preseason polls are out!

[Gatorade]

1. FLORIDA (30) (33-6) 772 1
2. NORTH CAROLINA (23-8) 728 14
3. KANSAS (25-8) 714 22
4. OHIO ST (26-6) 595 13
5. (tie) PITTSBURGH (25-8) 583 18
5. (tie) UCLA (32-7) 583 2
7. LSU (27-9) 556 3
8. GEORGETOWN (23-10) 538 16
9. WISCONSIN (19-12) 530 NR
10. ARIZONA (20-13) 478 NR
11. DUKE (32-4) 477 7
12. ALABAMA (18-13) 420 NR
13. TEXAS A&M (22-9) 335 NR
14. MEMPHIS (33-4) 328 6
15. BOSTON COLLEGE (28-8) 284 11
16. WASHINGTON (26-7) 240 12
17. MARQUETTE (20-11) 203 NR
18. CONNECTICUT (30-4) 200 4
19. TEXAS (30-7) 172 9
20. SYRACUSE (23-12) 138 NR
21. GEORGIA TECH (11-17) 137 NR
22. KENTUCKY (22-13) 119 NR
23. CREIGHTON (20-10) 113 NR
24. TENNESSEE (22-8) 106 20
25. NEVADA (27-6) 101 N


Guess who is grinning ear to ear?

 

[jduffy]

Oh oh! I saw the title and knew it had to be you!

Th Gator honk is loose.....

 

[mrob]

Its not where you start. . .

 

[ratcheer]

We may not have finished number one last year, but I think we beat you.

Roll Tide!

Tim

PS - I was very proud of Florida, last year. They were just great!

 

[mullenpf61]

Does anyone know how many preseason #1's have won the NCAA's?

not a shot at the gators, just curious

 

[Jack Bauer]

It is Arizona's year. Go Cats.

 

[Phog Allen]

It is Arizona's year. Go Cats.

Nope Jack. Its Kansas' year. Check out out my Jayahawks stats.(just don't check their recent tourney stats. )

Regards, Todd

 

[rtaylor61]

I don't follow a lot of college basketball, but I do remember seeing BYU and Kansas at the Cotton Bowl...man, the traffic sucked...oh, and so did Kansas!

Sorry Todd, couldn't resist! Oh, and the tickets were free!

Randy

 

[castlecraver]

Where are my Hoosiers??? Whomever thinks OSU is going to dominate the Big Ten is in for quite the shock...

 

[mrob]

Color me shocked--I think Oden is the real deal.

Why don't you think OSU will be good?

 

[Phog Allen]

I don't follow a lot of college basketball, but I do remember seeing BYU and Kansas at the Cotton Bowl...man, the traffic sucked...oh, and so did Kansas!

Sorry Todd, couldn't resist! Oh, and the tickets were free!

Randy

Yeah, but you're talking football Randy. KU has only really had three or four genuinely competitive teams in the last 50-60 years. 1968/69 and the early 90's when they finished up #7 overall under Glen Mason. Now B-ball, that's a different story.

Regards, Todd

 

[ouch]

What the hell happened to my Arizona Wildcats?

 

[castlecraver]

Color me shocked--I think Oden is the real deal.

Why don't you think OSU will be good?

They lack a lot of experience. I'm not saying Oden isn't good... I think he's going to be a damn good player. But he's young, and will come with all the Freshman issues. I don't think it will be until next season until OSU has a team with the chemistry and experience to really dominate like they're expected to, especially on the back of just one hype-able player. I got to see Conley play at LN... I have no reason to doubt the OSU staff but its going to take some damn good coaching to turn him into the caliber of player that deserves to start at a big D1 school. Oden will be great, but there are big men in the Big 10 that will be able to handle him, especially this year (DJ White will have no trouble, if his foot stays healthy). With such a young team, its going to be difficult to keep him balanced with the perimeter attack.

 

[Jack Bauer]

What the hell happened to my Arizona Wildcats?

The wildcats will be sick this year. With Marcus Williams leading the way, Staf, a healthy McClellan, Kirk Walters, and Chase Budinger. The Wildcats will win the Pac 10.

Chris

 

[htownmmm]

At least with basketball, it doesn't matter how you start-its how you finish that matters. I will be rooting for Georgetown to make the Final Four-Maryland is much too young, but they will scare some people along the way.


Marty