Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline posts his first preseason Top 25.
IMO, he has Kansas (#3) way too high. They were picked very high the last 2 years, and fell short. This year, their top player, Brandon Rush, is coming off a very serious knee injury and reconstruction, and Parrish talks as if it have no effect on him.
He says the same thing about Derrick Caracter of Louisville, although he is not as important to them as Rush is to Kansas. But interestingly, he cites Bill Walker's knee injury as a reason that Kansas State might underachieve. Strange.
3 Bradley opponents, Michigan State, Butler, and SIU are in his Top 25.
There is some bizarre logic in some of Parrish's picks.--
He cites an incoming freshman and a 2008 recruit (?) in picking Texas A&M #22.
Pittsburgh at #24 with what they've lost the last 2 years is too high.
7 Pac 10 teams in the top 23 is a little too much.
Some teams I think are rated too high-- Washington State, Stanford, Washington, Alabama, and Duke.
It seems Parrish is caught up in the hype of a bunch of incoming freshmen like Kyle Singler (Duke), Eric Gordon (Indiana), OJ Mayo (USC), and DeAndre Jordan (Tex A&M).
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