Preseason B12 MBB poll ...

[dafarmer]

Yes, there was a lot of blather here about Tang not having enough guys to practice. Pretty funny.

Are admission standards as tough as Baylor's?

 

[surly]

Are admission standards as tough as Baylor's?

I have noticed that athletes don't spend a lot of time talking about their major course of study.

 

[surly]

Eh, they’ll be a bottom dweller.

Beating two bad teams changes nothing.

Money where your mouth is, Jack?

 

[surly]

Watching the champions classic games last night, Grady **** is a stud on the offensive end. I think he is one and done. Adding McCullar to that team gives them maybe the best defensive backcourt in the country when paired with Harris. Both get a ton of steals and McCullar makes some aboslutely ridiculous defensive plays. Looks to me like it will be Baylor and KU fighting for the top spot. Both should be top ten teams pretty much all year.
Watching some of Baylor this season their three guards are going to give everyone fits. Best guard trio in the nation. Keyonte George is the real deal. I think their interior will be an issue though until they get their other big back from injury. It is Thamba and then not much behind him. They also don't appear to be that deep.

Texas looks pretty much the same to me as last year. They will be very good at times and look like one of the best teams in the country but when their shots aren't falling from 3 they will look just ok.

Tech is good but I think they are even a step behind Texas.

I watched most of the first half and came away thinking both blue bloods have a lot of room for improvement. I see this morning that it ended pretty close, 4 points or so.

 

[Malty Flannel]

If he were to have enough success to be enticing to other schools, it would probably either be a blue blood or SEC school opening the checkbook for their basketball program. Could be at age 56 he's just happy to have a head coaching gig at this level and makes it his last stop. He's 4 years older than Scott Drew, so a return to Baylor to fill a vacancy doesn't seem likely, unless Drew were to retire early or something.

I could see him going to Oklahoma, LSU or TA&M after a couple good years at KSU. I assume given his coaching history that his recruiting bread and butter is based in Texas

 

[surly]

I could see him going to Oklahoma, LSU or TA&M after a couple good years at KSU. I assume given his coaching history that his recruiting bread and butter is based in Texas

Here's where the current roster originated:

NY 4
LA, VA, MD 2
AR, GA, TX 1

2023 recruiting class has one each from IL, MO, TX.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Money where your mouth is, Jack?

I mean, I guess anything is possible since TJ did take ISU from a 2 win season to the Sweet 16.

 

[ChampFantana]

Still early so this will definitely change but here is my rankings. I haven't watched every game so obviously take with a grain of salt. Separated into tiers as well.

Top Tier
1.Baylor
2. Kansas

Middle Tier
3. Texas
4.Tech

Will Be Interesting to see Tier
5. WVU (P5 win)
6. K-State (P5 Win)
7. ISU (did what they needed but haven't played anyone)
8. TCU (I THINK that they will end up much higher but 2 bad games for a team that returned a bunch is concerning)
9. Ok State (not a terrible loss but not a good loss)
10. OU (bad loss, almost put on a separate tier because I think they will finish last but don't want to overreact)

Largely agree with this. With the recent Texas result, they should probably jump to the to the top tier, unfortunately. TCU hasn't shown it yet but believe they will eventually be in your middle tier with Tech. In the bottom tier I think I'd go:
6. OSU
7. ISU
8. WVU
9. KSU
10. OU

UT-Norman really struggling in both revenue sports this year. You hate to see it.