CollegeHoops.net Top 144 countdown

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#43 New Mexico State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_new_mexico_state_basketball_preview41113

#42 Georgia

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_georgia_basketball_preview41114

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#41 Dayton

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_dayton_basketball_preview41116

#40 Kansas State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_kansas_state_basketball_preview41117

K-State at #40 is a whole lot more sensible than Rivals' choice to put them nearly into the Top 10

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1146&CID=720742

#39 Florida

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_florida_basketball_preview41122

#38 George Mason

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_george_mason_basketball_preview41123

#37 BYU - predicted to finish #1 in the Big West

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_byu_basketball_preview41128

#36 Villanova - Still SIX more Big East teams to come!

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_villanova_basketball_preview41129

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#37 BYU - predicted to finish #1 in the Big West
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/s...l_preview41128

Since when did BYU join the big West? That's an all-California Conference basically anymore - isn't it?

Just joking with you T - I know it was a typo and you meant Mountain West.

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#41 Dayton

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_dayton_basketball_preview41116

#40 Kansas State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_kansas_state_basketball_preview41117

#39 Florida

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_florida_basketball_preview41122

#38 George Mason

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_george_mason_basketball_preview41123

#37 BYU - predicted to finish #1 in the Big West

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_byu_basketball_preview41128

#36 Villanova - Still SIX more Big East teams to come!
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/s...l_preview41129[/QUOTE]

#35 Wisconsin - 5th in the Big Ten

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_wisconsin_basketball_preview41134

#34 Oregon - 6th in the Pac 10

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_oregon_basketball_preview41135

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#33 in the CHN Countdown is Illinois

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_illinois_basketball_preview41141

Recall, Illinois had a very hard time against those weak teams in Canada last month, losing to one and being taken to overtime by two others!
Of the dozen or so other D-I teams that went up to play those Canadian clubs, none looked as bad and as vulnerable as the Illini did.
I cannot impagine that this Illini team will be better than 90% of all D-I teams!
This whole team has been in turmoil, there's talk of coaches being fired, they have little depth at any position, and have lost their best scorer (Warren Carter) and their two best outside threats (McBride & Jamar).

Then I lost all respect for this guy making the rankings, when he says this....
"Richard Semrau and Rodney Alexander have the experience to make an immediate impact up front.
Semrau is a tall and surprisingly athletic redshirt freshman..."

Does he know the combined "experience" he is referring to is exactly a total of 63 MINUTES, AND FOUR SHOTS TAKEN against a couple of weak early season opponents last year?
The guy also says Carlwell will battle for minutes off the bench.
Hmmm....Carlwell although eligible for all games last year, played so little as a freshman, that the only scholarship player who played any less was Semrau, who reshirted after just 5 games! I am not saying these guys couldn't have good years, but to rate the Illini this high is counting on production from freshmen, jucos, and extremely inexperienced players, something that is a real long shot.

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Also want to mention... with UIUC checking in at #33 and #4 in the B10... I guess it leaves Indiana, Ohio St and Michigan St to round out the top 3. Which also leaves Iowa and Northwestern to fill out the bottom 2 spots. So, yikes - didn't realize Iowa was expected to be THAT bad this season.

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Back to the countdown....
#32 Missouri

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_missouri_basketball_preview41143

#31 Virginia

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_2008_virginia_basketball_preview41151

#30 Notre Dame

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_2008_notre_dame_basketball_preview41156

#29 Davidson

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_2008_davidson_basketball_preview41157

#28 Kentucky

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_kentucky_basketball_preview41164

#27 NC State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_nc_state_basketball_preview41166

#26 Arizona - 5th in the Pac 10

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_arizona_basketball_preview41172

#25 Xavier (1st in A-10) - this guy really likes mid-majors!

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_xavier_basketball_preview41173

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Finally they come in with the last of the Valley teams........

#24 Southern Illinois University

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_southern_illinois_basketball_preview41176

#23 Mississippi State - the team that knocked BU out of the NIT last year

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_mississippi_state_basketball_preview41178

#22 Butler

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_butler_basketball_preview41182

#21 Syracuse

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_syracuse_basketball_preview41186

#20 Clemson

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_clemson_basketball_preview41188

#19 Ohio State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_ohio_state_basketball_preview41192

#18 UConn

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_uconn_basketball_preview41195

#17 Stanford

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_stanford_basketball_preview41196

#16 Texas

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_texas_longhorns_basketball_preview41203

#15 Arkansas

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_arkansas_basketball_preview41204

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We're now inside the top 15....
#14 Gonzaga

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_gonzaga_basketball_preview41209

#13 Washington State

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_washington_state_basketball_preview41212

#12 USC

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_usc_basketball_preview41217

#11 Duke

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_duke_basketball_preview41221

#10 Indiana

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_indiana_basketball_preview41223

#9 Georgetown

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_georgetown_basketball_preview41224

#8 Marquette

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_marquette_basketball_preview41233

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Time to resurrect this old thread, since they now have gotten to a team that's relevant.

#7 Michigan State (#1 in Big Ten, and obviously they didn't know about the Grand Valley State game)

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_michigan_state_basketball_preview41234

#6 Louisville

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_louisville_basketball_preview41237

#5 Tennessee

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_tennessee_basketball_preview41241

#4 Kansas

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_kansas_basketball_preview41243

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We have reached the end of the CHN 144 Teams in 144 days...and I hope next year they don't drag it out so long.

#3 North Carolina

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_north_carolina_basketball_preview41248

#2 Memphis

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_memphis_basketball_preview41258

#1 UCLA

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/new/story/2007_08_ucla_basketbal_preview41282