donalddoowop
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Just got a glimpse of this seasons' Lindy's basketball rankings. LSU is first and UConn is second. Utah is included in the top ten.
UConn Ranked Second In Lindy's 2023 College Basketball Edition
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Could you post the top 25 for us
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No, did not have a pen when I was looking at the magazine and cannot remember the complete rankings. If I had been thinking I could have put this in another thread about rankings that has already been posted.
Second seems to be the most common prediction for us this season.
A little off topic, but do any of you old folks remember the days when sports magazines were the main source of information for hard core fans. Maybe back to Little League age when I would keep looking at the magazines in a 7 Eleven to see if Street and Smith's annual magazine was out yet for Baseball, Football, and Basketball.
There were several others of course, but in those days I couldn't wait for those magazines to arrive. I'm glad Lindy's is still doing it!
A little off topic, but do any of you old folks remember the days when sports magazines were the main source of information for hard core fans. Maybe back to Little League age when I would keep looking at the magazines in a 7 Eleven to see if Street and Smith's annual magazine was out yet for Baseball, Football, and Basketball.
There were several others of course, but in those days I couldn't wait for those magazines to arrive. I'm glad Lindy's is still doing it!
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I used to do the same thing. Whenever I entered a store I checked out the magazine section looking for the basketball preview. Usually, one of our girls were on the cover.
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YES!! Street and Smith's was the Bible, especially when it came to college & pro basketball.
The rankings will come into focus over the first month of the season. I really think UCONN will have the ability to dominate really good teams with their offense and hold their own plus a little on defense. This will be a very exciting first month of the season for all the fans of UCONN WBB.
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It doesnt matter where you are ranked before the season starts. What matters is where you are ranked at the end. With a healthy and stronger Paige, Caroline, Azzi, Amari, Aubrey Ayanna and Ice plus an improved Nika, Ines and Aaliyah. I think we will be #1 at the end of the season. Got to include some really good freshmen to give the starters a blow in the mix as well.
GO HUSKIES!!!
GO HUSKIES!!!
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I used to get all the Sport's magazines since we had to sell magazines in high school Sports Illustrated (when it was weekly and good), Sport, Inside Sports, Basketball and Football and Hockey and Baseball Digests and The Sporting News among others. I also loved the weekday paper The National in its short life around 1990.
Well perhaps the LSU team gets mesmerized by Las Vegas’s over the top glitter and glamour, the perfect reflection of their coach‘s game time wardrobe, and loses its November 6th opener versus Colorado. Then UConn ascends to Number 1 in the polls. One can only hope.
Sarge, I hear you, but SOS says nothing about how good you are, or are not. Just like your zip code says nothing about you as a person (unless it's a South Bend zip).
I will agree that deep into the season a team with a 15-2 record and an impressive SOS should be higher ranked than a team with a 15-2 record and an embarrassing SOS.
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I don’t think it’s unreasonable for you to go back to the store and use your phone’s camera to get us a picture of the top 25 and post it here. Being reasonable myself, I’ll wait til noon before I come back and check.No, did not have a pen when I was looking at the magazine and cannot remember the complete rankings. If I had been thinking I could have put this in another thread about rankings that has already been posted.
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Yes, I remember. There was a magazine, who's name escapes me now, that actually included stats for minor league baseball. This was more than half a century ago. But I would buy a copy each month to scan which players were doing well and about to hit the major leagues.
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I have no problem with LSU being No 1 in the AP poll. I prefer imperfect computer ratings to media opinion polls and the more the spotlight shines on LSU the sweeter it will be for me later.
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I agree about should, but the AP will continue to follow their past practice where a preseason No 1 has to lose to drop. The media is trying to generate interest.
Sarge, I think the main reason LSU is #1 in every ranking I have seen is because of adding Morrow and Hailey Van Lith. While I think our 2 main adds are a little more of an unknown due to injuries, but given health, who in their right minds would take the 2 LSU additions over Paige (the NPOY as a Freshman) and a top 5 recruit (ICE) who learned the UCONN system and had a full year to become part of the team chemistry.
Plus I would take Liya over Reese any day of the week. AE would (will) just overpower Angel if they ever face off against each other.
My biggest worry-game is the early contest against UCLA with Betts added to its lineup. It's a game that I really wish we had Jana for as I believe Amari is too thin and AE and ICE are too short to win any battles in the low key-maybe we can wear Betts down.
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Well, it’s somewhat comforting to know that their two main guards/outside players, Rice & Osborne, aren’t exactly sharpshooters from outside. Unless they’ve greatly improved their percentages Geno will have the option of at least occasionally double teaming Betts should the need arise.
Fortunately, we have Geno et al on the bench and they’ve dealt with big, skilled players before!
Fortunately, we have Geno et al on the bench and they’ve dealt with big, skilled players before!
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I really used to look forward to the Sport magazine, especially the football and basketball issue. I have several I saved from the sixties and seventies . I get the Lindy now but find they are really off key when it comes to picking where teams wind up. I think they had Uconn at 24 or 25 last year.