Ben Ball Warriors In Top-5 In Andy Katz's (WWL) Final Preseason Top 25
Bruins Nation —
Ben Ball Warriors In Top-5 In Andy Katz's (WWL) Final Preseason Top 25
Ben Ball warriors check in at number 5 in Andy Katz's final pre-season top 25. Click on the link for details. Not really an earth shattering list but still a fun read. GO BRUINS.
ESPN's Andy Katz - Texas Among Second Tier of Contenders
Burnt Orange Nation —
ESPN's Andy Katz - Texas Among Second Tier of Contenders
"The interior is a question for Texas. Connor Atchley is the most experienced player but doesn't provide the beef. Texas needs that to offset wings Damion James and Justin Mason and shooting guards A.J. ...
More Talk of High Expectations
Pitt Blather -- The Rantings Continue —
... so much more.“For us to have basically the same team back for this season, it definitely was an inspiration for me to come back and to show people that we’re one of the teams to beat, that we’re the team we thought we were before we lost to Michigan State.” We’ll see. Right now, after UNC it’s a jumbled mess from #2-8. You can make a legitimate case for any of the following: Pitt, Louisville, UConn, Notre Dame, UCLA, Gonzaga, and Texas (or Oklahoma). That’s what Andy Katz does as he capsules some things on the top teams . Update: Levance Fields got hurt again. Fields had ...
Texas Basketball Schedule Preview...
Burnt Orange Nation —
...the more things change, the more Rick Barnes stays the same.
As Andy Katz notes, the Longhorns will have a murderous schedule in 2008-9, but most of the premiere match-ups won't occur in the Erwin Center. In fact, the non-conference home schedule can accurately be described as "UCLA and the Six Dwarfs." In looking at the totality of the schedule (which we do after the jump), the 'Horns will be tested early and often. Outlined below, the non-conference schedule contains a healthy dose of excellent, very good, and creampuff teams, while ...
The Roundup: Fun Night in Sports, Huh?
The Big Lead —
... Katz has UConn 2nd; we remain confident the Huskies will win it all. Which means a first weekend March flameout, obviously. (ESPN) ...
Morning Coffee Reminds You That OU Still Sucks
Burnt Orange Nation —
... Looking ahead to this season, Andy Katz puts the 2008-09 version of the Longhorns' basketball team in the second tier of contenders, which seems legitimate, while calling the interior of the team a question. It's probably true, since Matt Hill hasn't shown much and Sexy Dexy hasn't logged significant minutes either. It seems an easily-answerable question, however, as Pittman seems poised for a breakout season and Alexis Wangmene, Clint Chapman, and Gary Johnson should all improve after a year in the program. I think the biggest question there is the allocation of minutes. ...
Live Blogger?
Old Gold & Blog —
... aftermath of Bowden's firing/resignation at Clemson, Jim Grobe is not interested in the job. I think most Wake fans were confident of that anyway, but it's good to have him confirm it. Swank is still questionable for this weekend's game at Maryland. Basketball media day happened recently, and we're starting to get some coverage. Here's an AP preview, and SI also lists Wake as the #8 front court in the country. Andy Katz puts Wake at #16 in his final preseason top 25, at the bottom of his "second tier" of teams.
10.15.08 Fast Breaks
Rush The Court —
... We’re just not feeling Price, sorry UConn fans.
Parrish thinks that this year’s Florida squad will be quite a bit better than last year’s, and we can’t say that we really disagree with that.
Andy Katz assures us that KU’s 2008 national title is safe in light of the re-opening case of Darrell Arthur’s HS transcripts. You know, because we were worried, or something.
He also gives his preseason view of 37 teams that he thinks can make a run next March.
Hey, we’ve always ...
Welcome To Midnight (Or Anytime You Want, Really) Madness [College Basketball]
Deadspin —
... preparing to dine in hell at Michigan State's Midnight Madness last year. I share this with you, because ... look at the guy. That's one of the most respected men in the game, right there. I will now go weep into my Street and Smith's. • "Midnight madness comes early at some schools via practice loophole" [SI] • KENTUCKY COMMIT NO SURPRISE [Fox Sports] • UK's 2008 Midnight Madness [video @ Kentucky.com] • Tar Heels on top as season sets to begin [Andy Katz] • Top 65 countdown ...
Bad Day On The Gold Coast For Crocs
JR, On Fire —
... . Katz also ranks his Top 25 college teams. Good to see he has my Zags at #7. I'm sensing a huge year for the Zags. ...
College Basketball Top 20 for 2008-2009
The Big Lead —
... . Andy Katz of ESPN has Michigan State. No. 4, sort of shattering our “Final Four sleeper” pick earlier today. The only surprise at SI.com is that ...
