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Ohio State, Kentucky, North Carolina ranked ahead of us preseason.
 
if any are ahead of us is unc and maybe osu... but i could careless about preseason rankings,
 
If Drummond lives up to the hype as a young Amare or Dwight, Uconn will easily have the best front court. Those guys were putting up double doubles as rookies in the NBA so if Drummond is really in that class, he will be scary in college.
 
walker11 said:
If Drummond lives up to the hype as a young Amare or Dwight, Uconn will easily have the best front court. Those guys were putting up double doubles as rookies in the NBA so if Drummond is really in that class, he will be scary in college.
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you're going to have to wait a while..........probably eoy before he'll do it against top flight competitio n
 
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Rankings mean nothing until who is #1 in the end. Let the haters/doubters doubt/hate
 
I would put our front court against anyone in the country.
 
The rankings are understandable when you look at both sides of the ball. All 3 ahead of UConn have a go-to scorer type. UConn should have one or two go-to guys down low on offense this year but will have to prove it.
Either way I feel like UConn would shut down all of those three. Just wish we had an early test.
 
Ranking obviously don't mean anything... uconn was unranked last season and won a title..
 
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I think UNC has the best frontcourt in the nation, but they can't touch Lamb/Napier with their guard play.
 
Keep in mind SI also didnt even have Uconn in the tournament last year
 
Yea, UNC's front court has to be regarded as the best right now. Who knows how it will turn out down the road. Their back court isn't too shabby either. I really like Marshall and think he is by far their most important player. Bullock and Hairston were regarded in HS as two of the best shooters in their class so if they can meet those expectations and stay healthy, they will have an unbelievably balanced and well put together team.
 
walker11 said:
Yea, UNC's front court has to be regarded as the best right now. Who knows how it will turn out down the road. Their back court isn't too shabby either. I really like Marshall and think he is by far their most important player. Bullock and Hairston were regarded in HS as two of the best shooters in their class so if they can meet those expectations and stay healthy, they will have an unbelievably balanced and well put together team.
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I'm going to have to agree with this post...they have 5-7 future NBA players on their team right now.
 
people on here have no sense of objectivity.

UConn's frontcourt has the potential to be the best, but there's no way you can rank them ahead of UNC right now, at least before seeing how Drummond adjusts. And ranking Ohio State (Sullinger was the best big man in the country as a frosh) and Kentucky (Jones>Oriakhi based on stats, Davis=Drummond) ahead of UConn is justifiable as well.

There's a chance UConn's frontcourt ends up being higher than 4 (and maybe even #1), but it's not an unreasonable rankings preseason.
 
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UConn's frontcourt definitely isn't as offensively skilled as UNC's and probably not as skilled as UK's and OSU's, but it's the most physical frontcourt in the country. In my mind, that's the most important characteristic a frontcourt should possess. UConn's got plenty of firepower from the wing, so I want to see the 4 and 5 dominate the boards and I think AO and AD will do so like no other tandem in the country.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
UCONN will have the best front court by end of the season. That's all it matters.
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Correct, they do not have the best frontcourt right now. AD (or DD and MB) haven't played a college game yet.
 
Hmmm seems like we're severely underrated heading into the season....AGAIN this year. Whoops!
 
Kitaman said:
Correct, they do not have the best frontcourt right now. AD (or DD and MB) haven't played a college game yet.
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Neither has the entire UK frontcourt neither has that guy on UNC.
 
Are they seriously suggesting that Jared Sullinger and David Lighty combined are better than AO, AD, RS, and DD combined?
 
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UConn990411 said:
people on here have no sense of objectivity.

UConn's frontcourt has the potential to be the best, but there's no way you can rank them ahead of UNC right now, at least before seeing how Drummond adjusts. And ranking Ohio State (Sullinger was the best big man in the country as a frosh) and Kentucky (Jones>Oriakhi based on stats, Davis=Drummond) ahead of UConn is justifiable as well.

There's a chance UConn's frontcourt ends up being higher than 4 (and maybe even #1), but it's not an unreasonable rankings preseason.
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+1
 
babysheep said:
Are they seriously suggesting that Jared Sullinger and David Lighty combined are better than AO, AD, RS, and DD combined?
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Lighty is gone- I think they are adding in Deshaun Thomas, who had a pretty good freshman year.

I think it's pretty hard to argue uconn over unc. And Sullinger alone makes OSU no worse than uconn. I think uconn and UK are about even, with uconn slightly ahead.
 
Davis should be a beast for Kensucky. So they have their own version of an unstoppable beast in the paint- we will see which one is a better player as the season goes on. I am kinda sad we are not playing them again this year- I really enjoyed our interaction last year.
 
Alex is the least heralded of the returning front court players for these four teams. They based their votes accordingly. With out a doubt, UNC's frontourt is the deepest and most experienced. I would certainly rate them number one preseason. The other three are a toss up and will be argued about all season. And Baylor's front court might be formidable as well.

I'm just happy UConn is in the discussion. AD really filled in the missing piece. The front court had a big question mark before his arrival.

Now everything hinges on guard play. The guards for all these teams will have a big say in determining whose front court is the best. They can make the front courts better or worse depending on what they can do.

This season will have a lot more hype than last year. There are five or six super teams to start off this season. Whereas last season it was Duke and nineteen interchangeable second tier teams. And we all know how things turned out last year.

So let the basketball and the season determine how things go this season. Preseason rankings and predictions are primarily to get the juices floating. They should be fun and not something that people take seriously or personally.
 
I wonder if this is the highest front or even back-court ranking we've ever had. If my memory serves me, we rarely get much attention in these types of preseason rankings. It's always fun to see UConn listed, but frankly I don't really care. All that matters is who's left standing the longest come March.
 
DogMania said:
I wonder if this is the highest front or even back-court ranking we've ever had. If my memory serves me, we rarely get much attention in these types of preseason rankings. It's always fun to see UConn listed, but frankly I don't really care. All that matters is who's left standing the longest come March.
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I thought the 2003-04 team the front court was number one or two preseason.
 
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