Way Too Early Top 25 roundup: Cyclones a consensus top 5 pick
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And there are still people out there that claim the Big 12 is not the top basketball conference.
It cannot be. Fake charts. The nation hates ISU and never gives the Clones their due. That's are long-running story and I'm sticking to it. Heh.
If you’re looking at their message boards, it’s nothing but women’s BB topics, nothing about their other team which is basically a glorified intramural dorm team. An absolute joke of a program and it makes me laugh at their utter stupidity. F€*^k the hoks. Give Fran an extension, please. Drake is now the second best program in the state.
I was an ISU freshman when Johnny was hired. I've seen a lot of Cyclone teams. This has to be the best ever pre-season full roster team at ISU.
With UCONN down the BIG 12 should be back where in 2021 it was Baylor, '22 it was Kansas, and in '25 it could well be one of the three listed as NCAA MBB Champs.
CBS Sports . . . so, Chris Hassel
College basketball rankings: Iowa State lands Joshua Jefferson from Saint Mary's, jumps in Top 25 And 1
The Cyclones move up to No. 3 after adding the Gaels' Jefferson
Uconn will be down? I dont think we can necessarily confirm that lol
I think the Big 12 will have 3 preseason top 5 teams and another top ten team in Baylor.
I did a double take on that, too. Uconn is ranked a lowly 6th according to the very same article:
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UCONN | This ranking is based on Dan Hurley's Huskies returning five of the top nine scorers - specifically Alex Karaban, Hassan Diarra, Samson Johnson, Solomon Ball and Jaylin Stewart - from a team that won the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Tarris Reed, a former top-50 recruit who averaged 9.0 points and 7.2 rebounds this season at Michigan, is among the newcomers expected to keep UConn in contention for a third straight national championship. |
Also this reddit poster is notorious for shitting on the Big12 in these simulations.
Three in a row? Are you calling it? Do you know that in the 84-year history of the NCAA Men's tourney, only one school has done that? I will refine my statement then if to say "UCONN will be in the hunt but likely not be the NCAA Champs." They could be but few see that is probable.
That’s essentially what I meant, I’ll bet there’s a few more transfers and recruits to commit to them and Hurley being on fire like he is, they’ll definitely be in the hunt.
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Published this morning,.....OMG!!!!!
www.espn.com
Men's WTE Top 25: Houston at No. 1, while decimated Duke, Kentucky fall
The coaching carousel and transfer portal have completely upended things just 17 days after UConn won the NCAA title. Welcome, previously unranked and next-in-line teams.
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ESPN has 4 Big 12 in top 5. BRUTAL! . . . . 5 Big 12 teams (Arizona) in top 10.Published this morning,.....OMG!!!!!
Men's WTE Top 25: Houston at No. 1, while decimated Duke, Kentucky fall
The coaching carousel and transfer portal have completely upended things just 17 days after UConn won the NCAA title. Welcome, previously unranked and next-in-line teams.
Interesting only 4 of that top 25 don't have a projected starter that's a transfer.Published this morning,.....OMG!!!!!
Men's WTE Top 25: Houston at No. 1, while decimated Duke, Kentucky fall
The coaching carousel and transfer portal have completely upended things just 17 days after UConn won the NCAA title. Welcome, previously unranked and next-in-line teams.
That is way too high for what they have as of now.I did a double take on that, too. Uconn is ranked a lowly 6th according to the very same article:
6.
UCONNThis ranking is based on Dan Hurley's Huskies returning five of the top nine scorers - specifically Alex Karaban, Hassan Diarra, Samson Johnson, Solomon Ball and Jaylin Stewart - from a team that won the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Tarris Reed, a former top-50 recruit who averaged 9.0 points and 7.2 rebounds this season at Michigan, is among the newcomers expected to keep UConn in contention for a third straight national championship.
