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auror said:
Pre-season rankings are pretty good measures of team talent/potential+infrastructure. Not perfect, but actually capture team ceiling/upside better than midseason/end of season polls. We were the exception last season.

UConn was unranked last season (well just, we were 27th), but we basically went 6/6 on development:
1) Karaban freshman hit.
2) Clingan massive freshman hit,
3) Jackson development as passer/"point guard".
4) Sanogo added outside shot and improved passing.
5) Hawkins massive improvement in basically all areas.
6) Newton game translated up competition level.

Only thing that didn't really develop as hoped was Jackson's outside shot.
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I'd add a 7th: the additional inbound transfers were a net improvement over the outbound transfers.
 
MilliniumPrince said:
We were unranked and went on to win every non- conference game by double-digits, and lost only once on a neutral court while dominating the advanced metrics. Conversely, UNC was preseason #1 and didn't make the tourney. Those rankings are useless to until about 10 games into the season.
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The pre-season poll is more predictive of the champ than the final ap poll.
 


Honestly I think I’m with @aburks41 for once. If we were Duke or Kentucky, with this starting lineup, coming off a national championship, on top of a top 3 recruiting class, we’d be moved to the number 1 spot after landing Spencer. Dan is not getting the proper respect he, and this program, deserve.
 
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Huskyforlife said:


Honestly I think I’m with @aburks41 for once. If we were Duke or Kentucky, with this starting lineup, coming off a national championship, on top of a top 3 recruiting class, we’d be moved to the number 1 spot after landing Spencer. Dan is not getting the proper respect he, and this program, deserve.
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National press has always been biased vs UConn and their achievements. Dan Hurley will take full advantage of this trend at the appropriate time this season as he did last year.. Chip on the shoulder kind of attitude. Hasn't stopped us before from being successful.. Fuel on the fire..
 
Huskyforlife said:


Honestly I think I’m with @aburks41 for once. If we were Duke or Kentucky, with this starting lineup, coming off a national championship, on top of a top 3 recruiting class, we’d be moved to the number 1 spot after landing Spencer. Dan is not getting the proper respect he, and this program, deserve.
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Do people really think the projected starting 5 for Kansas is signifcantly better or better at all than UConn's projected starting 5?

Dajuan Harris, Nick Timberlake, Kevin McCullar, KJ Adams, Hunter Dickinson

Stephon Castle, Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, Alex Karaban, Donovan Clingan

Kansas is the consensus #1 and UConn seems to be around top 10ish. It seems a bit strange.
 
superjohn said:
Do people really think the projected starting 5 for Kansas is signifcantly better or better at all than UConn's projected starting 5?

Dajuan Harris, Nick Timberlake, Kevin McCullar, KJ Adams, Hunter Dickinson

Stephon Castle, Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, Alex Karaban, Donovan Clingan

Kansas is the consensus #1 and UConn seems to be around top 10ish. It seems a bit strange.
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I really don’t. It’s a good starting 5, and I’d understand anyone who has them top 5 with Self as coach. But I’m really struggling to understand why it’s projected to be much better than our lineup?
 
UConn moves up 3 spots to #8 with the commitment of Cam Spencer. St. John's moves into the rankings at #26. 5 Big east teams now in.

There have been other notable developments since Version 16.0 of the Top 25 And 1 published 11 days ago — most notably former Rutgers standout Cam Spencer announcing he's transferring to UConn while former Toledo standout RayJ Dennis announced he's transferring to Baylor. As a result, the Huskies and Bears have moved up in the Top 25 And 1 — specifically to No. 8 (UConn) and No. 18 (Baylor).

www.cbssports.com

College basketball rankings: Rick Pitino lands ex-UNC signee Simeon Wilcher to put St. John's in Top 25 And 1

Wilcher, a four-star recruit, joined the Red Storm, who have now cracked the early preseason rankings
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
superjohn said:
Kansas is the consensus #1 and UConn seems to be around top 10ish. It seems a bit strange.
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I've actually been pretty pleased, there's been a healthy amount of different views on number one this year. Kansas might be number one in a consensus, I'm not sure, probably depends which sources you aggregate, But it seems like a pretty tight top four (Kansas, Duke, Michigan St, Purdue) and then we're in the next group (Marquette, UConn, Creighton, FAU, Miami, Houston).
 
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auror said:
I've actually been pretty pleased, there's been a healthy amount of different views on number one this year. Kansas might be number one in a consensus, I'm not sure, probably depends which sources you aggregate, But it seems like a pretty tight top four (Kansas, Duke, Michigan St, Purdue) and then we're in the next group (Marquette, UConn, Creighton, FAU, Miami, Houston).
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2 big 10 teams? Wait until they flame out in the tournament
 
UConn goes from a "chip on the shoulder" about being unranked in 2022 preseason to another "chip on the shoulder" about being marginally in the top 10 in 2023. It is a good situation. The Dickenson-Clingan matchup early in the year will dictate where UConn will settle in the polls leading into the BE season. Clingan has not faced the pressure of being "the man". UConn fans are going to miss the safety net and comfort of Sanogo's inside game. I think the BE will be more of a grind this year than last.
 
Conference Breakdown is pretty even

Big East - 5 teams
SEC - 4 teams
ACC, B1G, Big 12 - 3 teams
AAC, PAC-12, and West Coast - 2 teams ((FAU added to AAC)
Mountain West - 1 team
 
Huskyforlife said:


Honestly I think I’m with @aburks41 for once. If we were Duke or Kentucky, with this starting lineup, coming off a national championship, on top of a top 3 recruiting class, we’d be moved to the number 1 spot after landing Spencer. Dan is not getting the proper respect he, and this program, deserve.
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Who cares?
It's always better to be able to smile as you lift the NC trophy and proclaim to the world how your team overcame all the doubters.
 
superjohn said:
Do people really think the projected starting 5 for Kansas is signifcantly better or better at all than UConn's projected starting 5?

Dajuan Harris, Nick Timberlake, Kevin McCullar, KJ Adams, Hunter Dickinson

Stephon Castle, Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, Alex Karaban, Donovan Clingan

Kansas is the consensus #1 and UConn seems to be around top 10ish. It seems a bit strange.
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I love it and you will too when Dan Hurley tells the world about how his team had character and was committed to doing the things they needed to do to repeat.........as the confetti is falling.
 
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auror said:
I've actually been pretty pleased, there's been a healthy amount of different views on number one this year. Kansas might be number one in a consensus, I'm not sure, probably depends which sources you aggregate, But it seems like a pretty tight top four (Kansas, Duke, Michigan St, Purdue) and then we're in the next group (Marquette, UConn, Creighton, FAU, Miami, Houston).
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The now traditional over ranking of MSU is getting really old. None of the writers seem to have the courage to doubt Izzo's ability to win the big one...........or even the almost big ones.
 
Scrutiner said:
The now traditional over ranking of MSU is getting really old. None of the writers seem to have the courage to doubt Izzo's ability to win the big one...........or even the almost big ones.
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Who cares?
 
Scrutiner said:
The now traditional over ranking of MSU is getting really old. None of the writers seem to have the courage to doubt Izzo's ability to win the big one...........or even the almost big ones.
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He's won the Big One and made 8 Final Fours. He makes one basically every 3 to 4 years.
 
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