Lindy's Preason 2012 College Basketball Preview

[tornado]

Hits the newsstands today....
I will have more later........
they rank the Preseason Top 10 (very interesting - some surprise inclusions)
#1 Louisville
#2 Indiana
#3 Michigan
#4 N.C. State
#5 Kentucky
#6 Ohio State
#7 Duke
#8 Creighton
#9 St. Louis
#10 UCLA

Lindy's predicts the Valley as follows (can't say there's much evidence of any respect for BU at all!):

1- Creighton
2- Illinois State
3- Wichita State
4- Northern Iowa
5- Evansville
6- Drake
7- Indiana State
8- Missouri State
9- Southern Illinois
10- Bradley

Other picks...........
All-MVC 1stTeam: (POY)
Doug McDermott
Jake Odum
Colt Ryan
Jackie Carmichael
Greg Echenique

All-MVC 2nd Team:Anthony James, Tyler Brown, Carl Hall, Ben Simons, Seth Tuttle
All-MVC 3rd Team: Anthony Downing, Desmar Jackson (transfer at SIU who has not played yet in the MVC), Grant Gibbs, Malcolm Armstead (transfer at WSU who hasn't played yet), Dantiel Daniels

Honor Roll:
POY: Doug McDermott
Newcomer of the Year: Desmar Jackson
Top Shooter: Doug McDermott
Top Rebounder: Jackie Carmichael
Top Defender: Gregory Echenique
Top Playmaker & Most Versatile: Jake Odum
Top NBA Prospect: Doug McDermott
Most Entertaining: Jackie Carmichael

Recruiting/Newcomers:
Best Group: Wichita State
Most Impact: Fred Van Vleet
Best Rebounder: Daddy Ugbede
Best Shooter: Adam Wing (Evansville)
Best Playmaker/Passer: Fred Van Vleet (Wichita)
Biggest Surprise: Daddy Ugbede (Drake)
Number 1 Prospect Signed: Fred Van Vleet
Biggest Miss: Perry Ellis (Wichita thought they had a chance)



Also the Athlon Presason edition will be out soon, and they rank Indiana at #1, Louisville at #2, then Kentucky at #3

[Future Walk-On]

Not that this will happen........ but would you be willing to post their BIG 10 projections....

[tornado]

Don't have the mag in front of me but here's how they ranked the top four (and where their national ranking was)
1- Indiana (#2)
2- Michigan (#3)
3- Ohio State (#6)
4- Michigan State (#16)

[Future Walk-On]

Don't have the mag in front of me but here's how they ranked the top four (and where their national ranking was)
1- Indiana (#2)
2- Michigan (#3)
3- Ohio State (#6)
4- Michigan State (#16)

went to walmart for some stuff and walked passed the mag section and thought of this and grabbed the mag. I think it is much better done than last years (IIRC)

U of I picked 10th.....

[Future Walk-On]

"I don't know if we were the softest team in the league, but we weren't the toughest"

I liked this quote from GF....but we were really soft.

[Bravesfan]

Great to see Creighton getting a lot of love from the national pundits. They certainly do have the potential to do that well if they can tighten up their defense. That's not to say they will necessarily make the Elite Eight, but they should be very highly ranked all year, which will help the national profile of the Valley.

Regarding Bradley, I can't say I blame them for not respecting us. We need to show we can win more than 2 games at home (and I don't mean 3) before anyone picks us higher than tenth, or even ninth.