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pilight
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Posted: 09/06/18 3:47 pm ::: Magazine previews |
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Athlon
1 Notre Dame
2 Connecticut
3 Baylor
4 Oregon
5 Tennessee
6 Louisville
7 Oregon State
8 Stanford
9 Georgia
10 Marquette
11 NC State
12 Iowa
13 Texas
14 Mississippi State
15 Syracuse
16 South Carolina
17 Maryland
18 DePaul
19 Arizona State
20 Minnesota
21 Missouri
22 Miami (FL)
23 California
24 Nebraska
25 Texas A&M
AA
1st
Brown
Collier
Ogunbowale
Samuelson
Turner
2nd
Cox
Durr
Gustafson
Ionescu
McCowan
_________________ I'm sick and tired of the stories that you always tell
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See, you're the largest liar that was ever created
You and Pinocchio are probably related
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calbearman76
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Posted: 09/07/18 10:07 pm ::: |
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I have always backed the Pac-12 and believe that the conference is generally underrated, but I can't see three teams in the top 8. Five in the top 25 seems right. I hope that Cal can live up to this ranking.
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ucbart
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#Occasionalwnbafan
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Posted: 09/08/18 8:19 pm ::: |
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Ionescu 2nd team All American? She my pick for preseason POY. |
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myrtle
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Posted: 09/09/18 8:22 pm ::: |
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calbearman76 wrote: |
I have always backed the Pac-12 and believe that the conference is generally underrated, but I can't see three teams in the top 8. Five in the top 25 seems right. I hope that Cal can live up to this ranking. |
me too. On all statements.
_________________ For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman
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ucbart
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Posted: 09/10/18 6:44 am ::: |
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#Occasionalwnbafan wrote: |
Ionescu 2nd team All American? She my pick for preseason POY. |
I thought the same thing. She certainly is the media darling for POY this season. I thought her or whichever of Lou/Pheesa had the best season for UCONN would be POY. Those two are going to have to score A LOT this year.
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myrtle
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Nixtreefan
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Posted: 09/10/18 5:32 pm ::: |
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I agree Calbear, what were they drinking. I'd rather be put in a position to show we deserve not get laughed at.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 09/11/18 9:29 pm ::: |
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calbearman76 wrote: |
I have always backed the Pac-12 and believe that the conference is generally underrated, but I can't see three teams in the top 8. Five in the top 25 seems right. I hope that Cal can live up to this ranking. |
Must be the Recee' Caldwell effect. Leads to exaggerated ranking.
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CBiebel
Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 1058 Location: PA
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pilight
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Posted: 09/13/18 2:42 pm ::: |
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Street & Smith
1 Notre Dame
2 Oregon
3 Connecticut
4 Baylor
5 Louisville
6 Mississippi State
7 South Carolina
8 Iowa
9 Maryland
10 Oregon State
11 Stanford
12 Texas A&M
13 Georgia
14 Texas
15 Missouri
16 DePaul
17 NC State
18 Central Michigan
19 Duke
20 California
AA
Brown
Carter
Collier
Durr
Gustafson
Ionescu
McCowan
Ogunbowale
Samuelson
Turner
_________________ I'm sick and tired of the stories that you always tell
Shakespeare couldn't tell a story that well
See, you're the largest liar that was ever created
You and Pinocchio are probably related
Full of criss-crossed fits, you lie all the time
Your tongue should be embarrassed, you're a threat to mankind
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calbearman76
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Posted: 09/16/18 12:17 am ::: |
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Interesting differences between Athlon and Street & Smith's. Athlon has both Tennessee (#5) and Marquette (#10) but neither makes S&S top 20. Mississippi St and South Carolina are both top 10 in S&S.
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Nixtreefan
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Posted: 09/17/18 3:56 pm ::: |
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Yeah that is a big discrepancy.
Will be interesting how the committee will view Oregons weak schedule as they should be penalized like Maryland etc.
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calbearman76
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Posted: 09/18/18 5:23 pm ::: |
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Nixtreefan wrote: |
Yeah that is a big discrepancy.
Will be interesting how the committee will view Oregons weak schedule as they should be penalized like Maryland etc. |
The Oregon schedule includes 2 top 15 teams (per Athlon) in Mississippi St and Syracuse as well as a road swing at Michigan St and South Dakota St. I don't see any reason to penalize them unless they lose some of those games.
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Nixtreefan
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Hoopsmom
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Posted: 09/19/18 11:43 am ::: |
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On the South Dakota State fan board, there is a person that is taking credit for lining up the SDSU / Oregon game. This is based on a tweet from the Oregon coach back in April looking for additional games...
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myrtle
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Posted: 09/20/18 2:53 pm ::: |
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The REAl cupcakes for Oregon are airforce (like playing a DIII team), Utah State and a bunch of the California schools. There are a few teams that at least do well in their leagues, like St. Mary's and Buffalo. Syracuse could bring a surprise or two as well. But overall, yeah it's on the exceptionally weak side.
For that matter Stanford's schedule is only marginally better. Usually they get a good team at the Rainbow thing in Hawaii but not this year, so all they have is OhSU, Baylor, and Tennessee. Of course those three are quite a step up from Oregon's MissSt, MichSt, and Syracuse. And the bottom end of Stanford's schedule is also a step up.
The bottom line is that you need to beat all those 'weaker' teams. i.e. Stanford losing to Western Illinois last year. And if you really want to be a top team, you beat the good one's too. Stanford will almost certainly lose to Baylor and could easily lose to Tennessee. Oregon can't afford any loses with that schedule...including MissSt.
_________________ For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman
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myrtle
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Posted: 09/20/18 3:06 pm ::: |
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And actually there's no need to single out Oregon's schedule.
Take a look at Miss St. for example. Other than Texas and Oregon, they play just as bad a schedule as Oregon.
_________________ For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
- Amanda Gorman
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Howee
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Nixtreefan
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CBiebel
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Posted: 09/23/18 1:26 pm ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
. After all, no one looks back after the tournament and talks about the preseason schedule. All that matters is how you finish ... |
The flip side of that is that if you don't play many tough teams during the season, you might not do as well in the Tournament because you aren't used to the competition.
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