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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 16, 2018 13:18:00 GMT -5
We've devoted time to predictions for the HL in 2018-19. Here are some predictions for how things shake out nationally.
ATHLON:
1. Kansas 2. Kentucky 3. Duke 4. Gonzaga 5. Nevada (!) 6. Tennessee 7. North Carolina 8. Virginia 9. Auburn 10.Michigan State 11.Kansas State 12.Virgina Tech 13.Nova 14.Syracuse 15.West Virginia 16.Florida State 17.Oregon 18.LSU 19.Missippi State (Coach Ernie Z is still on staff there) 20.Washington 21.UCLA 22.Clemson 23.TCU 24.Michigan 25.Nebraska
STREET & SMITH:
1. Kansas 2. Virginia 3. Duke 4. Tennessee 5. Kentucky 6. Gonzaga 7. North Carolina 8. Nevada 9. Villanova 10.Auburn 11.Kansas State 12.Michigan State 13.Virginia Tech 14.West Virginia 15.Oregon 16.Missippis State 17.Michigan 18.TCY 19.Clemson 20.LSU 21.Florida State 22.Syracuse 23.UCLA 24.Florida 25.Marshall (!)
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 16, 2018 13:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by titantarheel on Oct 17, 2018 9:02:12 GMT -5
It's really something that Duke isn't #1, bolded and in all caps at the top of both of these lists. The incoming freshman class haul is absolutely unprecedented, even compared with some of their past classes and what Kentucky has done in the past decade. Having said that, as a Tar Heel I'm also totally okay with Duke not being the #1 team -- now, or at the end of the season
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Post by Commissioner on Oct 17, 2018 9:41:28 GMT -5
Then there is the mysterious, euphonic Missippis State. Not a traditional power.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 17, 2018 9:54:33 GMT -5
Then there is the mysterious, euphonic Missippis State. Not a traditional power. Relatively unknown. First year as a D1 team. Can't believe I did that twice.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 17, 2018 9:57:54 GMT -5
It's really something that Duke isn't #1, bolded and in all caps at the top of both of these lists. The incoming freshman class haul is absolutely unprecedented, even compared with some of their past classes and what Kentucky has done in the past decade. Having said that, as a Tar Heel I'm also totally okay with Duke not being the #1 team -- now, or at the end of the season Kansas is probably the only team I would rank above Duke, based on depth and experience. But you can certainly make a strong case for Duke being at the top. As a Tar Heel fan since Phil Ford ran the point, I hate Duke.
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Post by Commissioner on Oct 17, 2018 12:26:02 GMT -5
It's really something that Duke isn't #1, bolded and in all caps at the top of both of these lists. The incoming freshman class haul is absolutely unprecedented, even compared with some of their past classes and what Kentucky has done in the past decade. Having said that, as a Tar Heel I'm also totally okay with Duke not being the #1 team -- now, or at the end of the season Kansas is probably the only team I would rank above Duke, based on depth and experience. But you can certainly make a strong case for Duke being at the top. As a Tar Heel fan since Phil Ford ran the point, I hate Duke. I am human, therefore I hate Duke.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 18, 2018 17:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by ptctitan on Oct 21, 2018 16:46:04 GMT -5
KenPom pre-season conference rankings.
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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 22, 2018 13:55:03 GMT -5
AP 25
1. Kansas 2. Kentucky 3. Gonzaga 4. Duke 5. Virginia 6. Tennessee 7. Nevada 8. North Carolina 9. Villanova 10.Michigan State 11.Auburn 12.Kansas State 13.West Virginia 14.Oregon 15.Virginia Tech 16.Syracuse 17.Florida State 18.Mississippi State 19.Michigan 20.TCU 21.UCLA 22.Clemons 23.LSU 24.Purdue 25.Washington
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Post by motorcitysam on Nov 1, 2018 15:25:46 GMT -5
From Jon Rothstein:
11 mid-majors to watch (in no particular order): 1. Nevada 2. Loyola-Chicago 3. Illinois State 4. Harvard 5. Rider 6. Western Kentucky 7. Marshall 8. Montana 9. South Dakota State 10. Northeastern 11. Buffalo
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Post by motorcitysam on Nov 1, 2018 18:36:39 GMT -5
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