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Alright guys we are a week away from tipping off the college hoops season. I have a list of 15 storylines for us to keep our eyes on this season. A lot has happened since we were last together so let's get at it:
1. Will the ACC live up to the hype?
LY with the additions of Cuse,Pitt and Notre Dame the new 15 team ACC had a lot of hype and rightfully so. Talks of 8,9 even 10 teams in the tourney. That didn't happen in year 1. Now Maryland leaves and Louisville joins the league. Is the ACC better than it was? Or did it just add more cargo? Time will tell
2. Rick Pitino has a chance at history and no one is talking about it
Hell Rick Pitino may not know what i'm talking about. I'll tell you. Let's say Louisville wins the ACC tournament this year which isn't out of the realm of possibility. If that happens Rick Pitino at Louisville will have won 3 conference tourney titles in 3 different conferences in 3 years
If at some point at Louisville he wins an ACC Tourney which very well could happen. Pitino will have won 4 conference tourney titles in 4 different conferences at Louisville. Just interesting IMO
If at some point at Louisville he wins an ACC Tourney which very well could happen. Pitino will have won 4 conference tourney titles in 4 different conferences at Louisville. Just interesting IMO3. Bruce Pearl and Kelvin Sampson are back in college basketball
2 words you never want associated with you are "show-cause" Both men got show cause penalties which led to their departure from college hoops. Sampson was hired at Houston and they are building new facilities. Sampson said this offseason "Phi Slama Jama isn't going to win us any games. A new building will,practice facility as well we have to catch up facilities wise" He'll get Houston going in the next few years. Hell a year or 2 from now we may be talking about the big Houston-SMU game in college hoops
Bruce Pearl returns to the SEC at Auburn who hasn't made the NCAA Tourney since 2003 and only been there 8 times. Pearl has a lot of folks excited with his demeanor/style of play. And he's brought in some transfers in KC Ross Miller from New Mexico State and Antoine Mason from Niagara. Pearl will win there probably not right away but witin a year or 2 they could be a top4-5 SEC team
Other coaching hires that i find interesting are:
Cuonzo Martin at California
Buzz Williams at Va.Tech {I wasn't suprised Buzz left Marquette}
Ernie Kent Washington State
Danny Manning Wake Forest
Frank Haith Tulsa
Saul Phillips Ohio
Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount
4. Will the SEC finally get better in hoops?
If you believe the SEC is a bad hoops league don't tell South Carolina HC Frank Martin. He said the following this offseason" I'm tired of this fallacy our league is no good. I'm tired of it Its disrespectful to the coaches in our league. Our league is ahrd we're a league in transition. I think you'll start seeing our leaguemoving forward as the new coaches stabilize their program"
With all due respect to Coach Martin the problem in the SEC is it's Kentucky/Florida league. If you put Arkansas's players in Ole Miss's jersey's Ole Miss's players in Alabama's jersey's Bama's players in S.Carolina's jerseys. S.Carolina's players in A&M's jerseys they'd all finish about the same. It's like that in a lot of leagues but it shows more in the SEC. Arkansas should be a tourney team and a sleeper team i like...LSU. Nevertheless SEC needs to get better
5. The Transfer epidemic
Its just showing up more and more in college hoops. 700+ transfers a year. Grad Student transfers everyone has a sick relative etc. Something needs to be done about all the transfers in college hoops. Coaches have talked about giving a player 6 years to play 4 seasons to not have the 5th year transfer free agents. Something has to be done guys
6-10 coming up
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