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And Russ Smith's dad just told reporters his son is going into the draft. So Louisville loses 3 starters; I don't see them a top 5 team. Maybe borderline top 10 if the freshmen PGs and Ware really break out.
 
Rico444 said:
And Russ Smith's dad just told reporters his son is going into the draft. So Louisville loses 3 starters; I don't see them a top 5 team. Maybe borderline top 10 if the freshmen PGs and Ware really break out.
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The guards they are bringing in are supposed to be the real deal. They still have Hancock, Blackshear, and (hopefully) Ware on the wings. They'll miss Dieng defensively but Behanan and Harrell are really good inside. Harrell's a stud, and he played 12 minutes last night.
 
What an ass hat as far as his comments are concerned. That's all you can come up with geez.
 
There are going to be 40 legitimate underclassmen declaring, and roughly half will return to school. If it shakes out differently, it shakes out differently.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
There are going to be 40 legitimate underclassmen declaring, and roughly half will return to school. If it shakes out differently, it shakes out differently.
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If you declare, then you are pretty much in the draft. There is no more testing the waters so it makes pretty much no sense to declare for the draft if you don't have any intentions of staying in.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
No, it isn't - because the ESPN list includes four no-brainers that you left out in Kentucky, Louisville, Duke, and Ohio State.
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tOSU's Thomas is nasty, and will be missed. Louisville will be good, but they lose Dieng and Smith, their two most important players. Top 20 team, probably not top 10. Duke loses their top 3 scorers. I guess you think Thomas, Plumlee, Curry, Dieng and Smith all suck and their teams will be better without them. You are entitled to that opinion.

With Kentucky, I am saying this years high school all star team will not play well with next year's.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
tOSU's Thomas is nasty, and will be missed. Louisville will be good, but they lose Dieng and Smith, their two most important players. Top 20 team, probably not top 10. Duke loses their top 3 scorers. I guess you think Thomas, Plumlee, Curry, Dieng and Smith all suck and their teams will be better without them. You are entitled to that opinion.

With Kentucky, I am saying this years high school all star team will not play well with next year's.
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Outside of Ohio State, who returns every player of note other than Thomas, you are vastly underestimating, or maybe not even considering, the quality of players that Louisville, Kentucky, and Duke are bringing in for next year.
 
Husky1972 said:
USAToday this morning doesn't even have us in their top 25 for 2013 - 14, nor the next 18 teams they have under "Others Receiving Strong Consideration". Do they know we are eligible to field a team next year? Hell, we would have made the top 43 this year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...he-ncaa-basketball-top-25-in-2013-14/2061989/
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UConn was in their "Others Receiving Strong Consideration"

Still should be in the top 25, and when I look at some of the teams on their list, it's hard to imagine some of these being better than UConn.

Still, it is too early to really be making these predictions. For instance, look at Michigan. They are at the bottom of the list, but if "everyone returns, they are number 1".
 
nelsonmuntz said:
There are going to be 40 legitimate underclassmen declaring, and roughly half will return to school. If it shakes out differently, it shakes out differently.
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Your lack of hoops knowledge is growing more apparent with every post. You may want to review the new ncaa rules regarding early entrants.
 
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CAHUSKY said:
Your lack of hoops knowledge is growing more apparent with every post. You may want to review the new ncaa rules regarding early entrants.
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Feel free to provide your own top 10 so we can be dazzled by your brilliance.
 
I like Arkansas without Powell and Young. There are a lot of minutes returning on that team, and the third year of a coach's tenure is when you often see a big bump.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I like Arkansas without Powell and Young. There are a lot of minutes returning on that team, and the third year of a coach's tenure is when you often see a big bump.
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Your best argument might be the opposite of the 1 you are making. Young and Powell led in scoring and minutes played last year. It would be the addition of Alandise Harris a transfer from Houston and Bobby Portis Jr. the McDonald's AA that could put the Razorbacks on the inside of the bubble. Neither logged any minutes last year.
 
nelson u said bennett would be a 4yr starter when he declared a week ago.....
 
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Neither Young or Powell averaged over 30 minutes. They have some talent coming in, but I am more interested in the number of minutes returning and the fact that it is Anderson's 3rd year teaching a system that is not easy to learn.

Everyone focuses so much on recruiting, so I guess it must be true that freshmen are better than seniors.
 
All these comments almost make me want to take nelson off my ignore list just to get a good laugh. Almost.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Everyone focuses so much on recruiting, so I guess it must be true that freshmen are better than seniors.
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Did Kentucky not win with freshman in 2012? Did we not start three freshman in 2011? Did Michigan not start three freshman last night?

In this day and age, freshman are pretty good.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
Did Kentucky not win with freshman in 2012? Did we not start three freshman in 2011? Did Michigan not start three freshman last night?

In this day and age, freshman are pretty good.
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Sometimes. UK's didn't pan out this year. Yet Ben McLemore was great for Kansas. Anybody who thinks they can predict next season now is full of crap. End of story. It's hard enough even at the beginning of the season. That's why they play the games.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
The guards they are bringing in are supposed to be the real deal. They still have Hancock, Blackshear, and (hopefully) Ware on the wings. They'll miss Dieng defensively but Behanan and Harrell are really good inside. Harrell's a stud, and he played 12 minutes last night.
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Do you think Behanan might declare? Did he put up strong enough numbers in the tournament to make this possible?
 
I'm surprised nobody is talking about Behanen going pro, I would certainly think he'll look into it.
 
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I would have to see Behanan's measurements. He's the classic undersized PF at around 6'6" 250 and he has pretty good athelticism and hops but not quite on the level of say Anthony Bennet and not as skilled. Pitino was saying that he's going to encourage all of his guys to enter their names in the draft and go through the process but he clearly doesn't realize that the rules have changed.
 
Anthony Bennett was an all-but-guaranteed one-and-done guy before the season even started. I thought this was common knowledge, because I really don't follow national recruiting all that closely and I knew that.
 
superjohn said:
Holy crap Nelson this list is a joke, I seriously hope you were kidding with this. Nobody can actually be this clueless.
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Bennett is going to be a top-1o pick in the 2013 Draft. A four-year starter?????
 
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