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Was just looking back at the ESPN preseason predictions for AAC order of finish. Memphis should still be #1, but will probably see some up and down results while wiseman is out. 2 and 3 though with Cinci and Houston look like they could both just as easily be somewhere in the 5-8 range. Again, it's way too early to really take anything away, but I'll be interested to see how cinci does against Xavier in a couple weeks.
WSU looks about right at 4 while Temple and SMU are interesting. Temple hasn't really played anyone but have a string of good non-conference tests coming up (including common opponents in St Joes and Miami), while SMU's only real result is a win over that team that beat Kentucky.
Minus the St Joes disaster I think we've really shown that we could very easily be a tourney team and finish top 3 in the conference (would that be a first in the AAC?). Usually that shouldn't get a program like ours head over heels, but with the last several years I'll take what I can get especially with it being a year ahead of schedule.
Here's the article I'm looking at if you're interested
WSU looks about right at 4 while Temple and SMU are interesting. Temple hasn't really played anyone but have a string of good non-conference tests coming up (including common opponents in St Joes and Miami), while SMU's only real result is a win over that team that beat Kentucky.
Minus the St Joes disaster I think we've really shown that we could very easily be a tourney team and finish top 3 in the conference (would that be a first in the AAC?). Usually that shouldn't get a program like ours head over heels, but with the last several years I'll take what I can get especially with it being a year ahead of schedule.
Here's the article I'm looking at if you're interested