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swok34
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 Posted: 09/13/06 11:23 pm ::: Athlon's Preseason Poll |
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Athlon Sports Preseason Top-25
1. North Carolina
2. Maryland
3. Oklahoma
4. Stanford
5. Ohio State
6. Duke
7. Tennessee
8. Georgia
9. LSU
10. Baylor
11. Arizona State
12. Vanderbilt
13. Connecticut
14. Kentucky
15. UCLA
16. Purdue
17. BYU
18. Rutgers
19. California
20. Bowling Green
21. DePaul
22. NC State
23. Louisiana Tech
24. Texas A&M
25. Western Kentucky
Athlon’s Preseason All-Americans
First Team: Jessica Davenport (Sr., C, Ohio State), Crystal Langhorne (Jr., C/F, Maryland), Ivory Latta (G, Sr., North Carolina), Courtney Paris (C, So., Oklahoma), Candace Parker (So., F, Tennessee).
Second Team: Sylvia Fowles (Jr., C, LSU), Tasha Humphrey (Jr., F, Georgia), Tiffany Jackson (Sr., F, Texas), Erlana Larkins (Jr., F, North Carolina), Candice Wiggins (Jr., G, Stanford).
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boilerjay
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shmace83002
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| Posted: 09/14/06 12:27 am ::: |
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yikes.......they obv dont do their homework, at least i dont think
i know uconn aint the cream of the crop in 05 and 06 but 13? cmon....and lsu, baylor, vandy and asu a little too high i think
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bballfan2005
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| Posted: 09/14/06 1:04 pm ::: |
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Unfortunately, Athlon doesn't give a shit about which team won the NC last season. Those who follow college basketball know that the Florida Gators return all five starters (Noah, Horford, Brewer, Green, and Humphrey...in order of importance) from its NC team YET is ranked #2 in Athlon's poll. Who's ranked #1? North Carolina.
Athlon = POS publication
The only thing that magazine got somewhat right are the All-Americans (though not necessarily the right teams).
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bullsky
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| Posted: 09/14/06 3:43 pm ::: |
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| I still don't get why Vandy is ranked so high on some of these polls...
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ThreeBall25
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| Posted: 09/14/06 5:17 pm ::: |
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Baylor ahead of UConn? I just had a good laugh...
I think if Liz Sherwood can be a factor this season Vandy might be able to make some noise.
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mabell3368
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| Posted: 09/17/06 4:42 pm ::: |
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This is only an opinion. Arrived at by committee. What do you expect? A camel is a horse designed by a committee, as some would say.
Here is my prediction: The final top 25 for 2006-2007 will look very little like this one. Some of these teams will be on that final poll, and some won't. But hardly anybody will wind up where this poll has them listed. I also believe that to be true about all polls, but especially the preseason polls. That, my friends, is why they play the games!
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