And the rankings begin...
It's two days until the Big Blue Madness, and I am stoked. Yes, stoked. I can still remember attending Midnight Madness in 1992, as Jamal Mashburn came out to a hero's welcome and can't miss superstar Rodrick Rhodes walked out from among an army of blue-clad maniacs with a grin from ear to ear. Can't miss, baby...sigh.
In addition to CBS Sportsline's Gregg Doyel's dubious Top 10 point guards rankings, scribes the web over are beginning to piece together top 25 lists. My first reaction is that (Kentucky aside) too many have clearly paid too little attention to what's happened over the summer and have relied on what they see on paper. For instance, why is UCONN's Laptopgate seeming to have no effect on their preseason status? And I'm not talking ab out the fact that Coach Calhoun dropped the ball in disciplining his starting PG. No one honestly believes this will adversely affect the team at all? Sketchy.
"Can't miss" hoops blogger Yoni Cohen has done the hard work for us, compiling a list of prominent "experts" and their early top 25s. I'll concede it's very tough to judge how early season struggles/injuries etc will play out. Some teams will lose an early game or two and then catch fire, while others (Pittsburgh, Georgetown) will play no one for two months and then hit conference play like a teenager driving a stick-shift.
Suffice it to say, I happen to believe UK is a top 11 team (see below post), and that while Courier-Journal's Jerry Brewer may be a little optimistic with his #4 ranking, we're much better than Doyel wants to believe, if only because of Rondo and Sparks.
But only two more days until all the posturing becomes moot ... I, for one, cannot wait.
In addition to CBS Sportsline's Gregg Doyel's dubious Top 10 point guards rankings, scribes the web over are beginning to piece together top 25 lists. My first reaction is that (Kentucky aside) too many have clearly paid too little attention to what's happened over the summer and have relied on what they see on paper. For instance, why is UCONN's Laptopgate seeming to have no effect on their preseason status? And I'm not talking ab out the fact that Coach Calhoun dropped the ball in disciplining his starting PG. No one honestly believes this will adversely affect the team at all? Sketchy.
"Can't miss" hoops blogger Yoni Cohen has done the hard work for us, compiling a list of prominent "experts" and their early top 25s. I'll concede it's very tough to judge how early season struggles/injuries etc will play out. Some teams will lose an early game or two and then catch fire, while others (Pittsburgh, Georgetown) will play no one for two months and then hit conference play like a teenager driving a stick-shift.
Suffice it to say, I happen to believe UK is a top 11 team (see below post), and that while Courier-Journal's Jerry Brewer may be a little optimistic with his #4 ranking, we're much better than Doyel wants to believe, if only because of Rondo and Sparks.
But only two more days until all the posturing becomes moot ... I, for one, cannot wait.
1 Comments:
At 8:14 AM, The Old Doc said…
I see in the box score that Rekalim Sims had an NBA night - 6 fouls. I think rebounding may be a big problem for UK this year, even more so than last.
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