Way Too Early Top 25 (2021-2022)

[KingOPancakes]

This guy with the Seattle Times has UConn at #7 as his "top sleeper pick"... Don't think we've done anything to merit THAT much optimism but I love that there are people on the outside looking in that can see the potential we've all been seeing recently

Analysis: Here’s a way-too-early guess at next year’s top-25 men’s college basketball rankings

While a lot can still change with transfers and the ever-present lure of the NBA draft, Jon Wilner picks the top-25 men's college basketball teams for 2022.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[ClifSpliffy]

whoa, so all this jibberjabber has us mostly in the top 20?
outstanding start, coach dan. outstanding. change has come!

 

[TheChamps990411]

My initial thought is that UConn is another year away from being a real threat. While I like the depth, I'm just not sure where the scoring will come from or who will be the top dog.

Nope. I though this would be the year where we turned things around and next year would be the year where we really become a player nationally. Of course that was assuming Bouk being back but im going to stick with it. Next season a first round exit is back to being completely unacceptable.

 

[AdamaNation]

That’s a grimy 19-21. Oof. Imagine.

 

[Waterbury]

where are all the big east teams

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Sports Illustrated joins the fray:

Way-Too-Early Women's Top 10 for 2021–22

By adding Azzi Fudd, can UConn return to championship glory, or will another contender steal the show?

www.si.com

 

[CTBasketball]

Sports Illustrated joins the fray:

Way-Too-Early Women's Top 10 for 2021–22

By adding Azzi Fudd, can UConn return to championship glory, or will another contender steal the show?

www.si.com

Sick dude, keep reminding me how easy it is to win in women’s college basketball again.

 

[bendm]

Men's Bracketology: Bid stealers leave out Pitt, Virginia, Seton Hall, Indiana State

Most years the

www.espn.com

6 seed would be ideal. hopefully not in Zags region tho.

 

[Get a Job]

Men's Bracketology: Bid stealers leave out Pitt, Virginia, Seton Hall, Indiana State

Most years the

www.espn.com

6 seed would be ideal. hopefully not in Zags region tho.

Ideal? You can't imagine a scenario that would be better than getting a 6-seed?

 

[CL82]

Ideal? You can't imagine a scenario that would be better than getting a 6-seed?

Being declared national champion by acclamation?

 

[bendm]

Ideal? You can't imagine a scenario that would be better than getting a 6-seed?

not within the realm of reasonable expectations for next season. conservatively, i think we'll finish 3rd in a stronger BE and be a top 20-25 team all year. i'd rather be a 6 than a 5. not acceptable to you?

 

[Get a Job]

not within the realm of reasonable expectations for next season. conservatively, i think we'll finish 3rd in a stronger BE and be a top 20-25 team all year. i'd rather be a 6 than a 5. not acceptable to you?

Just quibbling about your use of "ideal." In my opinion, it would be ideal if we were the number one one overall seed. I'd also rather be a 2- or 3-seed. So, for me, a 6-seed would be far from ideal. I agree, though, that 6 is better than 4 or 5.

 

[bendm]

Just quibbling about your use of "ideal." In my opinion, it would be ideal if we were the number one one overall seed. I'd also rather be a 2- or 3-seed. So, for me, a 6-seed would be far from ideal. I agree, though, that 6 is better than 4 or 5.

and water is wet. thanks for quibbling

 

[navery12]

UConn at 22, largely based on the number of returning players

 

[Jbirdp5]

UConn at 22, largely based on the number of returning players

Also a 5 seed in the latest bracketology updated yesterday as well.

 

[CashewCrew]

Anotha one

 

[husky429]

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I'll take top-25 and second in the big east any day of the week. This is where we belong.

 

[freescooter]

Big questions for UConn I think are who scores besides Sanogo?
Will Akok return from a terrible injury
Who plays in the back court.

 

[M.S.G.]

Akok is a big question mark as far as I'm concerned - it seems to have been a suitable amount of time for him to be considered 100% so now it's time to give him that PT and let him perform. Does Polley start at the 3 with Akok playing some minutes there? Does AJ start at the 3 with Polley and Akok being the first 2 off the bench? I can't wai tto see how this shakes out.

The back court is a question mark as well - RJ and Gaff together? RJ and AJ together? I don't know what the right answer is. I think Gaff quietly had a splendid 2nd half last year. AJ gets the highlight and the RTs but Gaff settles the floor. Can he and RJ function together? To be determined.

Thankfully the frontcourt is set in stone with Whaley & Sanogo as the anchors.

Agree with the poster above - who scores??? Cole, Whaley, and Sanogo? If we want to be #2 in the Big East we're going to need someone else to break into that scoring column consistently outside of those 3.

 

[freescooter]

Not a lot of love for the New Big East from Goodman. Villanova at 2 but they’d be at 2 if they played in the NESCAC. Then us at 22.

 

[Jbirdp5]

Not a lot of love for the New Big East from Goodman. Villanova at 2 but they’d be at 2 if they played in the NESCAC. Then us at 22.

I think it’s ok to refer to it as the big East now you can drop the word new.....

 

[freescooter]

Akok is a big question mark as far as I'm concerned - it seems to have been a suitable amount of time for him to be considered 100% so now it's time to give him that PT and let him perform. Does Polley start at the 3 with Akok playing some minutes there? Does AJ start at the 3 with Polley and Akok being the first 2 off the bench? I can't wai tto see how this shakes out.

The back court is a question mark as well - RJ and Gaff together? RJ and AJ together? I don't know what the right answer is. I think Gaff quietly had a splendid 2nd half last year. AJ gets the highlight and the RTs but Gaff settles the floor. Can he and RJ function together? To be determined.

Thankfully the frontcourt is set in stone with Whaley & Sanogo as the anchors.

Agree with the poster above - who scores??? Cole, Whaley, and Sanogo? If we want to be #2 in the Big East we're going to need someone else to break into that scoring column consistently outside of those 3.

Agree with all of this but you can’t play Jackson at the 3. That is a position where you need points. Can’t play him at the 2 either. Same reason. And we desperately need scoring from the back court. I think Sanogo might be dominant inside. But in the current game you can’t really win built that way. You’ll find yourself falling behind by a point on every possession.

 

[bendm]

Agree with all of this but you can’t play Jackson at the 3. That is a position where you need points. Can’t play him at the 2 either. Same reason.

there isn't a position you want to punt points at. you can play aj at the 3 if you have 2 of polley/akok/whaley/johnson at the 4 and 5.

but akok is not a 3

 

[NowInStorrs]

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So this isn't the most important thing in the world but since there is one team all by itself given the 8x3 grid, if you were going to make one logo larger than the others, doesn't it make more sense to do that with #1 at the top than #25 at the bottom? Just saying.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

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I love the Bonnies, but no way they are a better team than Auburn or Texas.