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UCONN picked 5th in preason AAC

I think I’d swap UConn and UCF, but I don’t really have much of an argument about how the voters saw it. They have fewer question marks than we do. We have to have at least two players show something more than basic competence in our front court. (Head to head...the solution to a guy like Fall is a guy like Cobb.)

I also don’t think Cincy over WSU is a stretch. WSU will be ranked higher, but I think moving to the new conference, the second injury to Shamet’s foot, etc., will have an effect. I’d bet on Cincy winning the league.
 
Fishy said:
I think I’d swap UConn and UCF, but I don’t really have much of an argument about how the voters saw it. They have fewer question marks than we do. We have to have at least two players show something more than basic competence in our front court. (Head to head...the solution to a guy like Fall is a guy like Cobb.)

I also don’t think Cincy over WSU is a stretch. WSU will be ranked higher, but I think moving to the new conference, the second injury to Shamet’s foot, etc., will have an effect. I’d bet on Cincy winning the league.
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I agree on swapping Uconn and UCF. Both teams have a TON of new players. SMU is also a bit of a wild card for me. They lost their entire frontcourt, and while they have excellent guards/wings...we prob have a better front court than they do. Id watch out for Temple. They have a lot of talent.

After Cincy and Witchia, a lot of these teams seem very close.
 
BFieldHusky said:
I agree on swapping Uconn and UCF. Both teams have a TON of new players. SMU is also a bit of a wild card for me. They lost their entire frontcourt, and while they have excellent guards/wings...we prob have a better front court than they do. Id watch out for Temple. They have a lot of talent.

After Cincy and Witchia, a lot of these teams seem very close.
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I agree - I think the top two are pretty clear.

The next five teams are in a pigpile and then you have some real sludge in the bottom third.
 
Fishy said:
I agree - I think the top two are pretty clear.

The next five teams are in a pigpile and then you have some real sludge in the bottom third.
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Memphis sludge now...LOL.
 
Crazy to think Memphis was brought in for hoops and ECU for football. Memphis has at least seen a meteoric rise in football.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Crazy to think Memphis was brought in for hoops and ECU for football. Memphis has at least seen a meteoric rise in football.
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Memphis will be back.

They need to get back to what they do best - abandon all pretense of academics and recruit kids who understand that an impermissible benefit is just a starting point in a negotiation.

East Carolina is a harder case.

That is a program steeped in nothing. Lebo has been there for seven years and has only won 36% of his conference games in that time. That sort of failure over such a length of time is unheard of - most schools would have fired that kind of incompetence, but they barely even notice it at ECU.

Let this sink in - East Carolina was ranked 14th in the RPI last year....in the state of North Carolina. And they brought the coach back.
 
Lebo received extra rope because of who he is and where he is from
I think ECU felt uncomfortable about cutting ties with a good ole Carolina boy
If he can't win this year - which I doubt he will - he'll find himself back at UNC teaching a course in basket weaving
 
Tacko Fall is severely overrated. He's never impressed me. He's literally just tall.
 
AntG168 said:
Tacko Fall is severely overrated. He's never impressed me. He's literally just tall.
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26 and 12 against Mississippi State, 20 and 13 against then #3 Villanova, averaged 10.5 and 9.5 in 2 contests against Cincy (as well as 9.5 boards per game in 2 vs. SMU). He's a very talented player whom Brimah matched up exceedingly well against. I have a hunch that sticking any of our 6'9'' guys with shorter wingspans than Brimah on him will allow him to do a bit more damage against us this year.
 
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Fall is underrated if anything, in my estimation. I'd have had both him and Clark on my first team.
 
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AntG168 said:
Tacko Fall is severely overrated. He's never impressed me. He's literally just tall.
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He essentially averaged a double-double as a sophomore and hit 72% of his shot attempts. He plays 27 minutes a game and is rarely in foul trouble.

Top three in field goal percentage, top 20 in shot blocks and top 25 in rebounds per game.

Watch more basketball.

(While I was looking at his stats on ESPN.com just now, ESPN was updating the UCF roster info. Fall went from 270 pounds to 295 pounds in two minutes.)
 
Fishy said:
He essentially averaged a double-double as a sophomore and hit 72% of his shot attempts. He plays 27 minutes a game and is rarely in foul trouble.

Top three in field goal percentage, top 20 in shot blocks and top 25 in rebounds per game.

Watch more basketball.

(While I was looking at his stats on ESPN.com just now, ESPN was updating the UCF roster info. Fall went from 270 pounds to 295 pounds in two minutes.)
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That's called HGH.
 
Fishy said:
He essentially averaged a double-double as a sophomore and hit 72% of his shot attempts. He plays 27 minutes a game and is rarely in foul trouble.

Top three in field goal percentage, top 20 in shot blocks and top 25 in rebounds per game.

Watch more basketball.

(While I was looking at his stats on ESPN.com just now, ESPN was updating the UCF roster info. Fall went from 270 pounds to 295 pounds in two minutes.)
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The numbers seem to disagree with me. But I'd think being 7'6 at the college level is a massive advantage even for someone with minimal talent. I've never watched him and been overly impressed. Though I must admit I don't sit around and watch UCF games regularly.
 
Stairmaster said:
26 and 12 against Mississippi State, 20 and 13 against then #3 Villanova, averaged 10.5 and 9.5 in 2 contests against Cincy (as well as 9.5 boards per game in 2 vs. SMU). He's a very talented player whom Brimah matched up exceedingly well against. I have a hunch that sticking any of our 6'9'' guys with shorter wingspans than Brimah on him will allow him to do a bit more damage against us this year.
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That had less to do with brimah and more to do with how we played him schematically. Our guards (rodney and vital) were able to make tje gsme very difficult for him skirmishing in dluble teams
 
AntG168 said:
Tacko Fall is severely overrated. He's never impressed me. He's literally just tall.
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I am biased since I know Tacko and his family, but he has good hands and a good offensive arsenal (hook shots with either hand). He works at his craft, he started the year in a huge slump at the FT line and reworked his stroke and improved dramatically. You have to remember BJ Taylor is a shoot first second and third point guard in my opinion. I would be at games and my guy Matt Williams would hit 3 3's to start the game and never see the ball again until the second half. Taylor pounds the ball non stop and while a terrific talent, does not distribute nor does the staff push him to in my estimation (no inside info).

His development really reminds me of Thabeet. Starter but limited offensive impact as freshman, big jump his sophomore year, although they got away from him as the season progressed for some reason after dominating early. Certainly remains to be seen if he makes that colossal jump HT did his junior year to be one of the best players in America. And I'm not projecting that just saying the first 2 years were quite similar.

May not be possible with BJ Taylor not distributing like a PG. Plus they added a ton of high major transfers that sat out last year. There is a lot to like if they find a shooter to replace Matt Williams, who was a great kid as well.
 
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CL82 said:
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One tall, awkward guy on a bad team that we beat twice last year with a depleted roster.
 
They have called UCF the sleeping giant for a while now. Their football team is ranked 20 in the country. If they manage to stay 3rd in the AAC, then they would probably be ranked what? 20-40 in basketball? Have to put them in the top 30 in the country for the big 2 sports. Not too shabby, and good for the AAC, which is looking much less bad than a few years ago. Yes, I said "much less bad."
 
5th would be a sad season.... hope they use this to push this team
 
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