Here’s an aggregate of Top 25 basketball teams according to various national hoops gurus, thoughtfully compiled by Rush the Court. It’s never too soon to start speculating.
Sure, it’s a little early. But that doesn’t stop brave souls like Gary Parrish and Jeff Goodman from making their lists and sticking the Kansas Jayhawks at the very top. The other usual suspects are in play as well: UCLA, UNC, Duke, with Michigan State, Purdue, and ‘Nova also appearing high.
What makes KU’s prospects intriguing [...]
Let it be noted that the national AP player of the year (Blake Griffin) and the national AP coach of the year (Bill Self) are both from the same conference. And that conference is…cough cough…the Big 12.
Moreover, even though media pundits on the East and West coasts routinely ignore the Big 12’s toughness and strength [...]
This guy is hilarious, and captures the reason I have Duke losing to Texas and North Carolina losing to Butler. If I had the time, I’d write a column just like this.
Picking against Duke just because you hate Duke is ridiculous — except that in this space in 2006, I correctly used that [...]
For those of you hip enough to care about such things, I’ve started up the 2009 NCAA Tournament Bracket grist mill over at my other blog. In the days ahead, I will try (sort of) but likely not prevent the frenzied prognosticating from spilling over onto this site.
Several people lately have gently reminded me that [...]
