Preseason Mid-Major Top 25 - BU is #8

[MacabreMob]

VCU hasn't beaten a team with an RPI under 120 and still hangs at #11.

Pssstt... T... Bradley owns RPI wins over 140, 245, 253, and 294.

[Dubl R 1]

VCU must not fail, they must not. Don't you understand, they beat DUKE for god's sake. They must be the second coming. I mean, they have Eric Maynor, they WILL make the NCAA, they WILL make the Sweet 16, and they WILL make a run at the Final 4. They have also locked up the 2 seed in the Eastern Conference in the NBA, and Maynor leads all Vote Getters for the A.L. at shortstop for the 2008 All Star game.

In other news coach K has taken over for Dr. Jarvik in those artificial heart commercials, because nobody knows more than Coach K regardless of the subject.

[tornado]

Just a word on the Jarvik note....
as much as the commercials seem to hail Dr. Jarvik as an expert on everything from cholesterol medicine to credit cards, you have to wonder why he's selling himself for TV commercials.
Answer.....his "artifical heart" as most will accurately recall, was really a total flop, and for the past decade or more, all the research has gone totally in the opposite direction.
It may, in the grand scheme of things, actually be one of the worst inventions ever (although well intentioned), and it delayed the entire area of disease prevention and minimally invasive repair in favor of massive disease repair and heart replacement - for over a decade.
Dr. Jarvik is NOT a hero of anyone I know in the medical profession.

[Guinness]

Dr. Jarvik is NOT a hero of anyone I know in the medical profession.

Modern day Walter Freeman?

[Dubl R 1]

No, modern day Billy Packer.

[Dubl R 1]

Actually, if you think about it, maybe Packer is the way he is because his doctor was Freeman? Would explain some things wouldn't it?