CollegeHoops.net Top 144 countdown -- 2008-09

[thefish7]

C'mon big money... Or something.

[SFP]

What if they left us off????

[IheartBU]

What if they left us off????

That's starting to be my worry too ... I think my Kool Aid supply is running low.

[BradleyBrave]

That's starting to be my worry too ... I think my Kool Aid supply is running low.

Calm down. There's no way they left us off. If they did, they're ignorant. BU has established themselves over the past couple of years as, at minimum, an above average team in an above average conference. That's enough to garner a Top 144 spot. We've got some solid talent returning, so on paper we may look a little better than just 'above average'. I think we'll be listed somewhere in the next 10-15 spots.

[jeffsu]

I'd be worried if they didnt have ISU in there as 5th in the MVC. Theyre definitely not putting us even worse off than some of the MVC names they've put in.

Apparently someone just has faith in the MVC! Bigger question is what order they have the top 4 of the MVC in.

[amckillip]

I'd be worried if they didnt have ISU in there as 5th in the MVC. Theyre definitely not putting us even worse off than some of the MVC names they've put in.

Apparently someone just has faith in the MVC! Bigger question is what order they have the top 4 of the MVC in.

4. BU
3. DU
2. SIU
1. CU

Book it!

[mrcoachdude]

1 Cu
2 Du
3 Bu
4 Siu

[mexicobufan]

Is SIU really going to be that good this year? I dont see it........help me understand what I am missing?

[Bradleyguy10]

This poll is obviously based on who has heard of the teams.

No one in their RIGHT MIND that knows anything about college basketball would choose SIUC over Creighton...therefore this is purely based on which team you have/haven't heard of. Another indicator of this being the case is that Davidson is so ahead in the polls. Not that Davidson isn't the best team but to be ahead by that much just indicates that their NCAA run last year has them fresh in peoples' minds.

But again no credibility what so ever with SIUC getting that many votes and beating Creighton. Give me ONE source that predicts SIUC to be better than CU this year...

[amckillip]

Is SIU really going to be that good this year? I dont see it........help me understand what I am missing?

No but have you seen national MVC coverage. They just throw CU and SIU one and two every year, then figure who lost scorers and slot those people in. Theres not a lot of thought or analysis to it.

[IheartBU]

2008-09 Michigan Basketball Preview: #72 - http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/20080...eview-72-84988

2008-09 Miami RedHawks Preview: #73 - http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/20080...eview-73-84935


Tick tick tick

[jeffsu]

#71 Texas Tech

http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/200809-texas-tech-basketball-preview-71-86022

(by the way, this thread now owns the record for the most replies of any thread ever on BradleyFans,
and is 3rd in total views behind the David Collins thread and the 2007 collegehoopsnet.com countdown thread.)

Sad that we care so much about collegehoopsnet.com's thoughts or exciting that we're all this pumped about this year?!

Or maybe collegehoops is just dragging this on far too long...

[brocks]

that's it...it's because they drag this whole Top 144 out so long, that each day we post more and people come back again and again...

Maybe I will update the ranking once a week instead of daily

Nah . . . what else do we have to talk about??!! Keep it coming T.

[gobu]

Is SIU really going to be that good this year? I dont see it........help me understand what I am missing?

When is the last time we finished ahead of SIU in the conference standings, 8 years ago? That track record puts them ahead of us in every preseason poll until we change that, which hopefully begins this year and continues for the next 10.

[Braves4Life]

When is the last time we finished ahead of SIU in the conference standings, 8 years ago? That track record puts them ahead of us in every preseason poll until we change that, which hopefully begins this year and continues for the next 10.

It does? You have got to be kidding, right!?

So I guess with your reasoning there's no reason to even look at a teams returning talent, experience or chemistry. Let's just look at how they finished the previous year and rank them according to that. So I guess Drake is #1 this year, huh?