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Top 2009 Recruiting School – NCAA Mens Basketball

July 16, 2009

carolinatarheelsI have studied all the recruits going into this next season and I have decided finally on my Top 10 recruiting schools for mens basketball.  I know I am a little late on the picks but you should hear me out on this one.  I think you are going to see these schools getting just that much better by playing their top prospects their freshman season.  This in no way reflects my personal views and I basically watched film on the Top 150 players coming out of high school and where they are headed to.  I then tallied those players up and ordered them from top to bottom in my own personal opinion.  I then I averaged the numbers out and figured out how many top 150 athletes were going to each school and what the average number was.  This is what I came up with (and it would be sweet if its actually true):

  1. North Carolina – (#6 John Henson)
  2. Texas – (#1 Avery Bradley, #8 Jordan Hamilton)
  3. Kentucky (#4 DeMarcus Cousins, #5 John Wall)
  4. Villanova
  5. Kansas (#3 Xavier Henry)
  6. Georgia Tech (#2 Derrick Favors)
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Oklahoma State
  9. Duke (#10 Mason Plumlee)
  10. Connecticut

I know you are thinking, but Sidelineblog, youre a huge fan of both North Carolina and Texas…I cant help it that Texas is getting two players that are in my Top 10 (Avery Bradley and Jordan Hamilton).  Its not my fault they just happen to be amazing at recuiting.

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 6

December 23, 2008

Lots of teams drop in the polls this week as there have been some pretty big upsets.  Cleveland State, I believe, is one of the most underrated teams in the nation this season which is why I have them hiding down there at #50. Even though they are 9-4, they have played some pretty hardcore teams in which they lost by 2 points to Butler, and 10 points to Kansas State and West Virginia.  They are playing some pretty big named schools for a school that I had never heard of.  I think its possible that they could take the Horizon League this season unless Butler just gets it from them.  Come to think of it, Butlers has played well in the tournament in years past, which makes me think that the Horizon League is a little underrated.

1. North Carolina (71) 11-0 1,775
2. Connecticut 10-0 1,693
3. Pittsburgh 12-0 1,618
4. Oklahoma 11-0 1,580
5. Duke 10-1 1,486
6. Wake Forest 10-0 1,294
7. Gonzaga 8-2 1,154
8. Notre Dame 8-2 1,116
9. Texas 9-2 1,108
10. Purdue 9-2 1,083
11. Michigan State 8-2 907
12. Georgetown 8-1 880
13. UCLA 8-2 873
14. Xavier 9-1 861
15. Ohio State 8-0 766
16. Tennessee 8-2 758
17. Syracuse 11-1 742
18. Villanova 10-1 594
19. Louisville 7-2 521
20. Arizona State 9-1 477
21. Baylor 9-1 466
22. Clemson 12-0 462
23. Minnesota 10-0 198
24. Michigan 8-2 183
25. Missouri 9-1 71
26. Memphis 70
27. Marquette 69
28. Davidson 66
29. Butler 40
30. Dayton 25
31. Saint Mary’s 25
32. Illinois 20
33. Brigham Young 18
34. Maryland 16
35. Texas A&M 11
36. Kansas 10
37. Florida 8
38. Florida State 8
39. Stanford 8
40. Miami (FL) 6
41. Wisconsin 5
42. UNLV 1
43. West Virginia 1
44. Western Kentucky 1
45. George Mason 1
46. LSU
47. Illinois State
48. Arizona
49. Nebraska
50. Cleveland State

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 5

December 18, 2008

This past week of basketball has seen its great ones. #19 Tennessee beat the #23 ranked team of Marquette this past week in a great match-up. I will look at Texas Southern against Gonzaga today because they played Texas pretty well Tuesday. Friday looks good because I like the much improved Richmond squad and the best part is that I am going to get to watch it on TV. It will be on ESPNU at 6PM Central Time.

  1. North Carolina (72) 9-0 1,800
  2. Connecticut 8-0 1,715
  3. Pittsburgh 10-0 1,646
  4. Oklahoma 10-0 1,585
  5. Texas 8-1 1,473
  6. Duke 8-1 1,347
  7. Xavier 9-0 1,233
  8. Gonzaga 7-1 1,225
  9. Louisville 6-1 1,176
  10. Wake Forest 9-0 1,101
  11. Syracuse 9-0 1,005
  12. Notre Dame 7-2 992
  13. Purdue 8-2 765
  14. UCLA 6-2 756
  15. Georgetown 7-1 750
  16. Tennessee 6-2 683
  17. Ohio State 6-0 576
  18. Villanova 10-1 571
  19. Michigan State 6-2 506
  20. Arizona State 8-1 431
  21. Baylor 8-1 420
  22. Davidson 8-1 398
  23. Memphis 5-2 350
  24. Marquette 8-1 240
  25. Clemson 10-0 196
  26. Michigan 7-2 132
  27. Miami (FL) 7-2 64
  28. Missouri 8-1 44
  29. Brigham Young 10-0 37
  30. Butler 8-1 23
  31. Dayton 9-1 23
  32. Florida State 10-1 21
  33. LSU 8-0 21
  34. Illinois 9-1 15
  35. Kansas 7-2 15
  36. Wisconsin 8-2 15
  37. Maryland 7-2 10
  38. Arizona 7-2 10
  39. Florida 7-2 8
  40. Northwestern 7-1 7
  41. Texas A&M 9-1 6
  42. Saint Mary’s 8-1 3
  43. Temple 5-3 2
  44. Minnesota 9-0 2
  45. Navy 8-2 1
  46. West Virginia 7-2 1
  47. Nebraska 6-2
  48. Texas Tech 7-3
  49. Rutgers 7-3
  50. Providence 7-3

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NCAA Mens Basketball – Week 6 Games to Watch

December 18, 2008

There are a lot of great games this week and I am looking forward to Saturday.  Thursday, there are a couple of good games on, but there are only two that I will be watching:

6:00PM CST ESPN Evansville at #1 North Carolina
8:00PM CST ESPN Mississippi vs. #9 Louisville***

Friday’s schedule looks pretty boring and there is only one game that I will be watching if I am even home:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #10 Wake Forest at Richmond

Saturday is going to be CRAZY only because there are so many great games on.  Here are the games that I will be watching:

1:00PM CST ESPNU #1 North Carolina at Valparaiso
1:00PM CST CBS #22 Michigan State vs. #5 Texas***
1:00PM CST CBS #7 Xavier vs. #6 Duke*** (I wont be getting this game, but hope you get to see it)
3:00PM CST CBS #2 Connecticut vs. #7 Gonzaga*** (I wont be getting this game either)
3:00PM CST CBS #20 Davidson at #18 Purdue
5:00PM CST ESPN #11 Syracuse at #21 Memphis***
6:30PM CST ESPN Classic Rhode Island vs. Oklahoma State***
9:00PM CST ESPN2 Virginia Commonwealth vs. #4 Oklahoma***

Sunday there is only one game that I know of that is scheduled to be on TV:

3:00PM CST ESPNU Lafayette at Penn State

Monday, again there is only one game scheduled to be on TV:

6:00PM CST ESPNU #23 Marquette at North Carolina State

Tuesday brings a decent 4 hour block at the least of college basketball:

6:00PM CST ESPNU Butler at #7 Xavier
6:30PM CST ESPN2 Missouri vs. Illinois
8:30PM CST ESPN2 #5 Texas at Wisconsin

That concludes the weeks schedule for Men’s Basketball.  I hope that you get to see some of these great games.

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Villanova eeeks out Saint. Joseph’s in 2nd Half Push

December 12, 2008

At the end of every practice, most players end with some kind of drill done religiously.  For Scottie Reynolds every practice is ended with shooting around and free throws which help him to finish games, pad his stats, and overcome adversity.  It paid off last night against Saint Joseph’s.  The Wildcats found themselves down by 9 at halftime and wondering if they deserved the #12 ranking.  By the end of the game, my questions had been answered and I was able to watch a great college basketball game.  Saint Joseph’s is the real deal folks, and Villanova is getting polished.  My only question about Villanova is how they are going to play against Top 25 teams…I mean thats great and all if you can get out of the first or second round, but the only ranked team they have played beat them by nine.  Don’t worry though, he will have plenty of chances come January.  Exactly 1/2 their last 18 games are Top 25 ranked teams at this time including #2, #3, #10, #13, #16 and more.   To give you an idea, Texas was ranked #6 when they played Villanova and beat them by 9.  I would say come tournment time, this team will more than likely be a 5 loss team ranked somewhere in the #11-#15 by the time the tournament comes around.

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NCAA Mens Top 50 – Week 4

December 11, 2008

There are some decent games this week.  Gonzaga is traveling 90 miles to visit Washington State tonight which should pose a great match-up between two Northwest schools.  Saint Josephs and Villanova go at it on Thursday at 7:00PM CST on ESPN 2.

1. North Carolina (72) 8-0
2. Connecticut 8-0
3. Pittsburgh 9-0
4. Gonzaga 6-0
5. Oklahoma 8-0
6. Texas 6-1
7. Duke 8-1
8. Tennessee 6-1
9. Louisville 4-1
10. Xavier 7-0
11. Wake Forest 8-0
12. Notre Dame 6-2
13. Syracuse 8-0
14. Purdue 6-2
15. Villanova 8-0
16. UCLA 5-2
17. Memphis 5-1
18. Michigan State 5-2
19. Georgetown 5-1
20. Arizona State 7-1
21. Ohio State 5-0
22. Baylor 7-1
23. Davidson 6-1
24. Marquette 7-1
25. Kansas 7-1
26. Dayton 8-0
27. Clemson 9-0
28. Michigan 6-2
29. Miami 5-2
30. BYU 8-0
31. Florida 6-2
32. Missouri 7-1
33. LSU 6-0
34. Butler 7-0
35. Wisconsin 7-2
36. Illinois 8-1
37. Florida State 8-1
38. Saint Mary’s 6-1
39. Maryland 6-2
40. Texas A&M 6-1
41. Northwestern 6-1
42. Washington State 6-2
43. West Virginia 6-2
44. Minnesota 8-0
45. Utah 5-2
46. Houston 5-1
47. Austin Peay 5-2
48. Illinois State 8-0
49. Stanford 4-0
50. Portland State 7-1

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NCAA Mens Top 25 – Week 3

December 10, 2008

1. North Carolina (72) 7-0
2. Connecticut 6-0
3. Pittsburgh 7-0
4. Duke 7-0
5. Gonzaga 5-0
6. Oklahoma 6-0
7. Notre Dame 5-1
8. Texas 5-1
9. Purdue 5-1
10. Tennessee 5-1
11. Louisville 2-1
12. UCLA 4-1
13. Michigan State 4-1
14. Xavier 6-0
15. Wake Forest 6-0
16. Syracuse 6-0
17. Villanova 6-0
18. Memphis 4-1
19. Arizona State 5-1
20. Georgetown 4-1
21. Miami (FL) 4-1
22. Davidson 5-1
23. Florida 5-1
24. Baylor 6-1
25. Marquette 5-1

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NCAA Mens Top 25 – Week 2

December 10, 2008

1. North Carolina (72) 3-0
2. Connecticut 4-0
3. Louisville 2-0
4. Pittsburgh 4-0
5. Michigan State 2-0
6. Texas 2-0
7. Duke 6-0
8. Notre Dame 2-0
9. Gonzaga 2-0
10. Purdue 4-0
11. Oklahoma 4-0
12. Tennessee 3-0
13. UCLA 3-1
14. Arizona State 3-0
15. Marquette 3-0
16. Xavier 5-0
17. Florida 3-0
18. Memphis 4-1
19. Wake Forest 2-0
20. Villanova 3-0
21. Georgetown 2-0
22. Miami (FL) 2-1
22. Kansas 2-0
24. Davidson 3-1
25. Wisconsin 4-0

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NCAA Mens Top 25 – Week 1

December 10, 2008

1. North Carolina (72) 1-0
2. Connecticut 1-0
3. Louisville 0-0
4. UCLA 2-0
5. Michigan State 1-0
6. Pittsburgh 1-0
7. Texas 1-0
8. Notre Dame 1-0
9. Gonzaga 1-0
10. Duke 3-0
11. Purdue 1-0
12. Oklahoma 1-0
13. Memphis 1-0
14. Tennessee 1-0
15. Arizona State 1-0
15. Marquette 1-0
17. Miami (FL) 1-0
18. Florida 2-0
19. USC 1-0
20. Wake Forest 1-0
21. Davidson 1-0
22. Georgetown 0-0
23. Villanova 1-0
24. Kansas 1-0
25. Wisconsin 1-0

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NCAA Mens Top 25 – Preseason

December 10, 2008

This looks to be a great season in mens college basketball and to no suprise North Carolina is the early favorite.  Davidson breaks the Top 25 at the beginning of the season for the first time since I can remember.  I know its Stephen Curry’s first time in the top 25 preseason.

1. North Carolina (72) 0-0
2. Connecticut 0-0
3. Louisville 0-0
4. UCLA 0-0
5. Pittsburgh 0-0
6. Michigan State 0-0
7. Texas 0-0
8. Duke 0-0
9. Notre Dame 0-0
10. Gonzaga 0-0
11. Purdue 0-0
12. Oklahoma 0-0
13. Memphis 0-0
14. Tennessee 0-0
15. Arizona State 0-0
16. Marquette 0-0
17. Miami (FL) 0-0
18. USC 0-0
19. Florida 0-0
20. Davidson 0-0
21. Wake Forest 0-0
22. Georgetown 0-0
23. Villanova 0-0
24. Kansas 0-0
25. Wisconsin 0-0

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