ESPN's top 10
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They lost their four best players.......... you clearly don’t follow college basketball closely.
Also, Kentucky will play four of the teams on that list. Our guys will be battle-hardened come March.
Respect is earned and your regular season conference title, early exits in the conference tourney and then again in the big dance isn't enough.
UVA right back up there heading for another annual letdown.
This is the Top 10 not the bottom 10. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I assume that is without Hagans and Reid. Honestly, I don't care about pre-season rankings. I would rather be 3 than 1.
The real question is, how good is Nevada going to be? Brought back almost everyone and added a McDonald's all American. Good team and will be a handful come March.
The real question is, how good is Nevada going to be? Brought back almost everyone and added a McDonald's all American. Good team and will be a handful come March.
i think they will get over the hump (ff) at some point. sometimes to win big you got to lose big first. i don’t however see them ever winning a title with that style of play.
KU is losing key pieces that I think will be too much to overcome. They still win their national league title but they are NOT the best team next year.
Be careful switching accounts back and forth in the same thread. It will eventually catch up to you.
Oh... and Auburn is a little sister and deserves no respect. Win a tourney game or shut up.
I’m sick of this auburn dude coming over here running his mouth. Go find yourself a different board. The Cats will beat that Auburn *** this year. **** Auburn
I was thinking exactly the opposite--they're showing way too much respect for the defending champs.
NO way should Villanova be in the Top 10 after losing Brunson, Bridges, Divincenzo and Spellman. They're looking at a rebuilding season.
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Oh I stand corrected.....
(Thanks for the segway, lol)
That's correct Auburn did win ONE NCCA Tournament game.
The first tourney win in 15 years.
Defeated the mighty Cougars of Charlestown.
Then was promptly thumped by 31 by Clemson????
So Brian, as I figured Vest, Parm and is this new knucklehead are all the same lame ***. By the way Rice, like Brian said keep your accounts straight, you used Vest’s lame sign off verbatim for this “new” one.
KU is going to miss Graham. Been their heart and soul for the past 2-3 years.
Hard to imagine them being better with a transfer leading the way at PG.
Hard to imagine them being better with a transfer leading the way at PG.
And the Tigers. . .I mean, where is Auburn?
That’s probably who he was referring to. Him and the other Auburn fan act like the SEC regular season was equal to a national championship.
I feel your pain but it is best you get back on the porch where it is a little safer. The big dogs are out of their pen and feeling ornery.
Look at Parrish’s CBS poll where he predicts:
OUR CEILING:
Kentucky
YOUR CEILING:
#10 Auburn
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OUR CEILING:
Kentucky
- Coach: John Calipari
- 2017-18 record: 26-11
- Notable players definitely gone: Kevin Knox, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Hamidou Diallo, Wenyan Gabriel, Jarred Vanderbilt, Sacha Killeya-Jones, Tai Wynyard
- Other expected departures: None
- Notable players expected to return: PJ Washington, Quade Green, Nick Richards, Brad Calipari, Jemarl Baker
- Expected additions: Keldon Johnson, Immanuel Quickly, Tyler Herro, E.J. Montgomery
- Why the Wildcats are ranked here: Two of the top five scorers -- specifically PJ Washington and Quade Green -- are back from a team that advanced to the Sweet 16. Combine that with the nation's No. 2 recruiting class (that will improve if/when five-star Class of 2019 guard Ashton Hagans reclassifies), and the Wildcats are worthy of yet another preseason top-five rating. And if Stanford transfer Travis Reid enrolls, as expected, watch out. A second national title is in play for John Calipari
YOUR CEILING:
#10 Auburn
- Coach: Bruce Pearl
- 2017-18 record: 26-8
- Notable players definitely gone: Mustapha Heron, Davion Mitchell, Desean Murray
- Other expected departures: None
- Notable players expected to return: Bryce Brown, Austin Wiley, Danjel Purifoy, Jared Harper, Chuma Okeke, Anfernee McLemore, Horace Spencer, Malik Dunbar
- Expected additions: Samir Doughty
- Why the Tigers are ranked here: The Tigers are losing Mustapha Heron to transfer, which is surprising. But they were expected to lose him anyway, one way or another, so the end result is the same. And, even with that development, Auburn is still returning six of the top eight scorers from a team that shared the SEC regular-season title last season. So another league championship is very much a possibility.
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