This is not a top 25 poll. I just need help putting some teams together that will probably be in the top 25 to start next season.
25 teams as of now:
USC
K-State
UCLA
Arizona
Duke
NC (no matter who stays)
Georgia Tech
Texas (without Durant of course).
MSU
Ohio St. (regardless if Oden stays).
Memphis
Indiana
Kansas (even if Rush and Wright leave).
Pitt (will be in the 20-25 range however).
Louisville
Marquette (does James stay?...will be ranked either way).
Butler
S. Illinois
Washington St.
Oregon
Stanford
Tennessee
Kentucky (will find themselves here even without Morris).
Mississippi St.
Arkansas
Depending on player decisions and voter expectations:
-Virginia (will singletary stay?).
-Clemson (lose one player only, but what do voters expect out of this team?).
-Georgetown (i think Hibbert and Green are all but gone).
-Washington (does Hawes stay?...would they be ranked from the get go anyways?)
-Florida (here until they declare to leave...then they'll fall very far).
-Gonzaga (is Heytvelt coming back?).
Just below top 25 or not sure:
-Missouri
-Xavier
-Oklahoma St.
-Syracuse
-West Virginia
-Wisconsin
-Illinois
-VCU
-Bradley
-Vanderbilt
-Georgia
-Alabama (should be in top 25, but will voters punish them for underachieving this season?).
-Nevada
-Fresno St.
-New Mexico St. (26th ranked team?).
-Villanova (27th ranked team?).
-Texas A&M
Thoughts?
Last edited by i seen hippos : 03-23-2007 at 04:23 PM.
Donald Sloan is a beast and will be a good replacement for Acie Law and A&M just recruited the #2 ranked center by rivals.com DeAndre Jordan 7'0" 240lbs. He can move well too according to one of my friends who has played against him.
A&M still has great defense and will still have joseph jones.
i did it fast...and didn't really look at all the teams recruits other than the ones i already knew. thanks for the help though.
no problem. Impossible to keep up with all teams. But go to rivals.com and go to basketball recruiting top 150 to see who got the most recruits. It looks pretty even. Make sure its on 2007 and not 2008.
Donald Sloan is a beast and will be a good replacement for Acie Law and A&M just recruited the #2 ranked center by rivals.com DeAndre Jordan 7'0" 240lbs. He can move well too according to one of my friends who has played against him.
A&M still has great defense and will still have joseph jones.
DeAndre Jordan looks weak and seems to have kwame brown hands. Might take him 2 or 3 years to develop into a game changer.
I doubt Texas A&M will be top 25 especially if Gillepsee leaves.
I didn't necessarily mean Illinois will have a chance at being in the pre-season top 25. Just that they are a team that will be around their during the season, therefore deserve to be mentioned.
Arizona, Stanford, and Arkansas are not good enough to be ranked next year, there are plenty of teams that are better then them like Virginia and Villinova and lots of other teams and Texas A&M should be ranked even with out Acie Law.
Arizona, Stanford, and Arkansas are not good enough to be ranked next year, there are plenty of teams that are better then them like Virginia and Villinova and lots of other teams and Texas A&M should be ranked even with out Acie Law.
Huh??? Arizona not ranked???
But ******, Villanova and Texas A&M should be???
GTFO Arizona finnaly loses a PG that did nothing for them.
PG Bayless(Best frosh pure shooter, Top 10 freshman)
SG McClellen(Senior Leader, only injuries have limited him in the past)
SF Horne(Top 20 Frosh)
PF Budinger(Pac-10 poy canadiate)
C Hill
Plus Nic Wise, Kirk Walters(missed season w/ mono),Fendi Onobun coming off the bench.
Arizona sucks they dont diserve ****, earlier this year they were suposed to be one of the teams in the final 4 and now look were there at, sittin at home watchin the tourny.
Teams in next year's top 25.
