My Preseason top 15
*-denotes predicted conference winner
1 Duke*-key players- Kyle Singler/ Kyle Irving
2 Michigan St*- Draymond Green/ Kalin Lucas
3 Ohio st- John Diebler/ Jared Sullinger
4 Pitt*-Ashton Gibbs/ Brad Wanamaker
5 Kansas St*- Jacob Pullen/ Jamar Samuels
6 UNC- John Henson/ Harrison Barnes
7 Nova- Corey Stokes/ Corey Fisher
8 Kentucky*- Brandon Knight/ Enes Kanter
9 Kansas-Josh Selby/ Markieff Morris
10 Syracuse- Rick Jackson/ Scoop Jardine
11 Florida- Kenny Boyton/ Chandler Parsons
12 Illinois- Mike Davis/ Demetri Mccamey
13 Virginia Tech- Malcom Delaney/ Jeff Allen
14 Gonzaga- Steven Gray/ Demetri Goodson
15 Baylor- LaceDarius Dunn/ Perry Jones
Pac 10 champ- Washington- Isiah Thomas/ Venoy Overton
4 big match ups to watch:
Feb 15- Ohio St at Michigan St- Only meeting between the top 2 teams in the Big Ten.
Dec 4- Butler vs Duke- Shelvin Mack vs Kyle Irving should be fun to watch, as rematch of the championship will be a rocking one in New Jersey.
Jan 29- Kansas St at Kansas- Fear the Beard! Pullen and co. go marching into Jayhawk territory to show they're no fluke
Nov 30- UNC at ILL- A rematch of the '06 championship and also rematch of freshman Barnes and Richmond in an ACC-Big Ten showdown.
My Preseason All Americans-
G- Kalin Lucas-Michigan St
G-Jimmer Fredette-BYU
G- Malcom Delaney-VT
F-Kyle Singler-Duke
F-JaJuan Johnson-Purdue
14 Fab Freshmen- These names you will all know by season's end.
1 Brandon Knight-Kentucky
2 Enes Kanter-Kentucky
3 Terrence Jones- Kentucky
4 Josh Selby- Kansas
5 Perry Jones- Baylor
6 Jared Sullinger- OSU
7 Jereme Richmond- ILL
8 Kyle Irving- Duke
9 Harrison Barnes- UNC
10 Fab Melo- Cuse
11 Will Barton- Memphis
12 C.J. Leslie- NC State
13 Tobias Harris- Tenn
14 Patric Young- FLA
RS- Seth Curry- Duke
3 Cinderella Teams
San Diego St- Defending MWC champs return 5 starters and look for best finish in school history.
Gonzaga- Has eerie, similar talent to Butler's team last year. We all know what they did last year.
Dayton- Even while losing 7 seniors, the Flyers return tons of toughness and athleticism in the always tough A-10
My Early Final Four Picks:
Duke, Nova, Tenn, and Baylor
My big ten conference preview will also be out this week. Sorry for the long article, but i'm pumped for this season.
