Prognostication of Next Year's Team

[swarthmoreCY]

Texas
Kansas
Iowa State
Kansas State
Oklahoma State, Baylor, WV

Damn...tough conference next year

Plus even teams like OU and TT return nearly everyone (and have great coaches). The Big 12 will be better top to bottom next year. If White returns, we will have the talent to compete with anyone....but we did this year as too, and just got off the bubble. Better toughness and luck will be needed.

Regardless of how the grueling Big 12 turns out, we will have a team capable of going deep into the NCAA tournament. Fred is building something special.

[IASTATE4LIFE]

i predict 38-2 with a national championship. we will lose a couple tough ones on the road in conference and that is it.

[cstrunk]

I'm going to say they will get picked 4th in the conference. Behind KU, Texas, and probably Baylor or K-State.

[alarson]

but we did this year as too, and just got off the bubble. Better toughness and luck will be needed.

Part of that was a pretty lackluster set of noncon results. If we'd come into conference without the drake\uni losses (and without the michigan game being as lopsided) people probably wouldve jumped on board a bit quicker.

Take care of business in the noncon and we'll be past the bubble a bit quicker.

[everyyard]

Kansas will be picked first. Even a basketball idiot would take those odds.

[madcityCY]

KU loses Taylor and Robinson (likely).

Withey, Releford, and Johnson return.
Tharpe/ PG is a big question mark
McLemore could hit the ground running - I've heard he is one of the most impressive individuals on the team during practice.
Jakarr Sampson and Shabazz Muhammed (both '12s) visited for the Mizzou game. Both of those guys could start wherever they commit.

[tejasclone]

I will be absolutely shocked if we are picked to finish in the top half next year. We won't get picked to finish in the bottom 3 again, but I can easily see KU, KSU, Baylor, Texas, WVU -- maybe even OSU -- being picked ahead of us.

[mj4cy]

How is WV looking for next year?

[CYUL8R]

Dang...totally forgot about WVU and TCU for next year...somehow in my mind that was only in football...OOPS!

I think our preseason rank in the XII will depend on our run in the tourney...obviously. Still, due to lack of respect overall, nobody will pick us to finish any higher than 4th. I contend that we will have a chance to win it all (a very good chance) but the breakdown will go something like this:

Kansas
Purple Kansas
Texas
Baylor
ISU
Okie Light
Oklahoma
WVU
Texas Tech
TCU


This is all a BIT silly, since we're guessing what everyone's guesses will be for next year before this year has even ended...when we go deep in the tournament, that will of course change things!

Go Cyclones!

[aeroclone]

For everyone claiming that KU will be picked first next year because they have won it 8 years in a row, I'm pretty sure that aTm was the pick to win it this year.

[CYUL8R]

and people won't make that mistake again...never count Bill Self out...

[Clones21]

I think we will be picked to finish in the upper half IF some idiot writers do their research.

[LegendofRodA]

People will see that we lost 2 starters (Allen, Scotty) who accounted for a lot of points. They might talk about the transfers again and how well the team may or may not mesh, but when it comes down to it, not many writers will have ISU in their top 3 in the Big 12 next year.

With how this team has played with the chip on their shoulder this year, I am just fine with members of the media not giving us the credit we deserve. We will take it!