JarHeadJim
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Washington #21. Some love for Hop. Nice.
A power conference program returning all five starters from a Sweet 16 team in this day and age is very rare.
#16 seems laughably conservative, considering.
A power conference program returning all five starters from a Sweet 16 team in this day and age is very rare.
#16 seems laughably conservative, considering.
What a turnaround job!Washington #21. Some love for Hop. Nice.
I know people are geeked up about returning everyone from a sweet sixteen run and reasonably so. I am too!
But the other side of that coin is that we had a regular season that gut us barely into the tournament. Which is probably a better barometer than two weeks in March.
I like 16. Higher than weve been in a while but still plenty of room to climb.
8-10 in conference playing with (quite literally) no bench.I think the fact that they were the last team in, were 8-10 in conference and played some ugly ball is going to keep preseason projections lower. Fine with me. It’s not his fault, he didn’t know
They finished 16th in the country with no bench. Unless you think NCAA Tournament results are meaningless.8-10 with no bench to 16th in the country.
I mean yeah that's a pretty substantial jump right there.
They finished 16th in the country with no bench. Unless you think NCAA Tournament results are meaningless.
Gambling on sports is going to make a lot of people a lot of money.I don't.
But 3 months of data is more valuable than two weeks of data.
Gambling on sports is going to make a lot of people a lot of money.
16th in the nation doesn't bother me
6th in the acc does
But we started 2 freshmen ... so the first 3 months of data were pretty much useless. I'd say the NCAA's, when OB started playing better and MD started scoring, are a better measure even though a shorter period.I don't.
But 3 months of data is more valuable than two weeks of data.
Said every gambler ever.Gambling on sports is going to make a lot of people a lot of money.
But we started 2 freshmen ... so the first 3 months of data were pretty much useless. I'd say the NCAA's, when OB started playing better and MD started scoring, are a better measure even though a shorter period.
We have the same defense coming back, with more depth. Our top scorer just walked back into the Dome. Even if we leave Tyus alone at 18-19 pg, and plot modest improvement for the rest of the starters (MD from 5+ to 8-10; Pascal from 5 - 8; Frank from 14 to 16; OB from 15 to 17), plus add only 13 bench points TOTAL from Sid (3-6), Carey, Hughes and Bras, we're looking at 80 ppg (near the top of the ACC) with a very good defensive team.
There's reason for optimism and top 20 predictions.
Honestly, who cares? I'll be much more interested in where we're ranked by mid-December -- we could be in the top 10 if we get off to a good start.