2010-2011 NCAA Basketball Thread

[turtle825]

We're coming off an exciting 2010 Big Dance tourney, and Duke and Butler could make their case as top 5 teams for next season, if Kyle Singler and Gordon Hayward return to their respective schools. Of course, there are a lot of teams returning their veteran staff for next season, and all I can say is, fasten your seltbelts, college hoops fans.

Feel free to talk about incoming recruits, your predictions, and your own :2 cents: about the next upcoming NCAA hoops season on this thread.

 

[titsrock]

I predict the Pac10 will not suck as bad in 2011 as it did in 2010...

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

Watch out for UCLA........in 2011-12.

I got big hopes for Florida. Making the tourney was a nice achievement, and a minor surprise, now time to build on it.

 

[STDiva]

I predict the Pac10 will not suck as bad in 2011 as it did in 2010...

I hope not. This year was embarrassing.

 

[turtle825]

I'm not sure what I can say about DePaul hiring Oliver Purnell from Clemson - a man with no previous ties to the Chicagoland area, plus the fact that he has never led any team past the 1st round of the Big Dance.

 

[Chrism86354]

and now i wait for next year and try to do a little better on my brackets. This time next year i'll be saying the same thing lol.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

With 2 of the top 4 power forwards in the country coming in with a top 3 recruiting class and 4 or maybe even 5 returning starters.......my buckeyes are looking good.

 

[turtle825]

My Big Ten POY for next season: Northwestern forward Kevin Coble.

 

[turtle825]

Looks like Cornell's Sweet 16 run this year earned Steve Donahue a new coaching job at Boston College - a solid hire for the Eagles.

 

[roronoa3000]

With 2 of the top 4 power forwards in the country coming in with a top 3 recruiting class and 4 or maybe even 5 returning starters.......my buckeyes are looking good.

Ohio State and my Tarheels are looking good for next year. Great players returning and amazing recruiting classes.
I predict both to make the final four, the elite eight at the least.

Best player in the country
#1 SF Harrison Barnes
#3 SG Reggie Bullock
#6 PG Kendell Marshall

The Carolina post players are young and great. The backcourt will finally be fast again and have great shooters next year.

I also predict Duke will burn in hell.

 

[turtle825]

It's official: Evan Turner has declared for the NBA draft.

 

[roronoa3000]

It's official: Evan Turner has declared for the NBA draft.

To bad for OSU.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

It was kinda assumed he woud go. He had to. His stock could not be any higher. We in Ohio wish him well.

 

[titsrock]

^
He should go #1. He is a Brandon Roy clone. John Wall reminds me of the ghost of John Starks :eek:

 

[Icewater Jones]

Ohio State and my Tarheels are looking good for next year. Great players returning and amazing recruiting classes.
I predict both to make the final four, the elite eight at the least.

Best player in the country
#1 SF Harrison Barnes
#3 SG Reggie Bullock
#6 PG Kendell Marshall

The Carolina post players are young and great. The backcourt will finally be fast again and have great shooters next year.

I also predict Duke will burn in hell.

The Tarheels should be better, Barnes and Bullock should be good but it'll be another team full of one-and-done wannabes. Behind Curry and Irving, Duke will win the ACC again.

 

[maildude]

Purdue. OSU. Michigan State. Kings of the Big16 next season!!!!

 

[turtle825]

Purdue. OSU. Michigan State. Kings of the Big16 next season!!!!

Don't be surprised if Northwestern makes a Cornell-like run in the Big 10 - with 4 experienced starters coming back including Kevin Coble and backup guard Jeff Ryan returning from their medical redshirt seasons, don't even think about sleeping on the Wildcats next season.

The Illini have a decent chance to compete in the league next season, too. It depends on their incumbent starting lineup, which had been up and down this past season. It also doesn't hurt that they have a solid recruiting class coming in too, led by wingman Jereme Richmond, Crandall Head (brother of former Illini guard Luther), and big man Meyers Leonard.

 

[titsrock]

5 Kentucky players declared for the NBA today. Hmmm. Is that a good thing for college athletics?

Should College Athletics shift away from being "the minor leagues" for the NBA and the NFL and go back to being focused on "scholar/athletes"?

I feel bad for Kentucky fan/alum today for some reason....

 

[Jack Davenport]

Ohio State and my Tarheels are looking good for next year. Great players returning and amazing recruiting classes.
I predict both to make the final four, the elite eight at the least.

Best player in the country
#1 SF Harrison Barnes
#3 SG Reggie Bullock
#6 PG Kendell Marshall

The Carolina post players are young and great. The backcourt will finally be fast again and have great shooters next year.

I also predict Duke will burn in hell.

great news in light of the worst season evah!

because dook won.

 

[Icewater Jones]

Am I the only one willing to give the Devil's their due??? Duke has absolutely nothing going for them athletically in any of the major sports but basketball, and yet they're hated dearly. They're a good team with and excellent coach who recruits kids with an interest in winning a national championship.

Not being a one-and-done.

Not because Michael Jordan went to that school.

Not because the coach has a history of making high draft picks.

But because Duke will be contention every year. Because the coach will give you an opportunity at cutting down the nets. So why the hate??? I understand why Tarheel fans hate the Devils, but I'm interested in knowing why everyone else does.