People think this years freshmen were good....

Next year will be unbelievable. Derrick Rose is probably my #1 player in the country, Memphis' players are returning, if he plays up to his billing, Memphis could be a top 5 team. Michael Beasley will probably be a dominant PF for Kansas State, if Bill Walker comes back healthy Kansas State could be a very good team. Beasley will be the player that suprises people next season. OJ Mayo are USC, if Gabe Pruitt stays, could be the best backcourt in the country. This guy should put up huge numbers and make USC pretty competitive. Eric Gordon at Indiana with DJ White.... Kevin Love with Luc Richard Mboa a Moute, Darren Collison...good lord... College basketball is going to be awesome next season. What a class.

 

Memphis alread is like a top 5 team. They had won what? 20 straight before hte tourney. Meh maybe 6th behind Georgetown and I think Jeff Green/Hibbert are leaving. You could make a case that they're better than UCLA.

 

Don't forget about Kosta Koufos or however you spell it going to Ohio State. Also Dallas Lauderdale, Evan Turner, Jon Diebler all committed too. All four of them are Top 15 recruits in the nation at their position. Koufos is actually like a top 10 recruit overall.

 

I might be a bit biased or whatever...but unless Ohio St. all starters come back, or the championship winners starters all come back, I think Memphis will be ranked 1st from the get-go.

 

Next year will be really good overall. Not just because of freshman either. Look at Texas and Ohio State even without Oden and Durant will be good with all the talent they have. UConn will be more experienced and evolved regardless if Hasheem Thabeet stays. Not too be a homer or anything, but Oklahoma State could make some noise next year even without Mario Boggan. They have all their other good players returning:JamesOn Curry, Byron Eaton, Tyrell Harris, Obi Munelo (sp), Kenny Cooper, Marcus Dove.Curry will be the leader and probably a Big 12 player of the year candidate.Eaton is a good point guard who showed some flashes last year of being a really clutch player and leader.Harris is a streaky scorer who could either go 0-8 shooting or 10-11. Next year he should be more matured and have a better game.Munelo was injured most of the year, but was a key player when they were playing good in the tourney and beginning of the year. He is a good shooter.Cooper showed flashes last year with some good games.Dove is the best defender in the country without a doubt. In the first game against Texas he was put on Durant. Held him to only 17 (if my memory serves me right haha) until he fouled out. He ended up with 37. They put him on some of the best players in the country; Durant, Morrison, Law, even played sometimes against Aaron Gray, Lofton, and some others.We are also getting a top prospect in the country in James Anderson. Great athlete with a good defensive game.http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect...mp;pr_key=41285I'm not saying they will win a championship, but I think they can do some damage in the tourney if they aren't bothered with injuries again.

 

overall it will be better and deeperbut I don't there will be a standout player like Kevin Durant

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ Mar 28 2007, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I might be a bit biased or whatever...but unless Ohio St. all starters come back, or the championship winners starters all come back, I think Memphis will be ranked 1st from the get-go.</div>dude - what about IU?they have Eric Gordon, D.J. White, and a 6'10 center who averaged 25 15 7 and 5 per in Cali in h.s. plus two junoir college transfers who played in the junoir college championship game

 

DeAndre Jordan too. He's going to be a good Center.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 28 2007, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>dude - what about IU?they have Eric Gordon, D.J. White, and a 6'10 center who averaged 25 15 7 and 5 per in Cali in h.s. plus two junoir college transfers who played in the junoir college championship game</div> Sorry, Indiana is going to be solid, but Memphis just has more established/experienced talent.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Camby23Land @ Mar 28 2007, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Next year will be really good overall. Not just because of freshman either. Look at Texas and Ohio State even without Oden and Durant will be good with all the talent they have. UConn will be more experienced and evolved regardless if Hasheem Thabeet stays.</div> Texas & UConn will still not be top 25 teams, they are still too young.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 28 2007, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Texas & UConn will still not be top 25 teams, they are still too young.</div>I think they might struggle at first, but will emerge as solid teams, maybe top 25.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 28 2007, 03:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>dude - what about IU?they have Eric Gordon, D.J. White, and a 6'10 center who averaged 25 15 7 and 5 per in Cali in h.s. plus two junoir college transfers who played in the junoir college championship game</div>Dude quit overrationg IU. They will be a top 25 team but it's like you think they'll be a top 5 team. Also Eli Holman averaged 11 points, 10 rebpunds, and 12 blocks not 25/15/7/5. Well that is in his last full season. I do believe he averaged those numbers you put int he few games he played this season, but he didn't play most of the season due to a suspension. However Holman has some huge upside and he is a player I really think is under the radar. I expect impressive numbers from him next season

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Mar 28 2007, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Dude quit overrationg IU. They will be a top 25 team but it's like you think they'll be a top 5 team. Also Eli Holman averaged 11 points, 10 rebpunds, and 12 blocks not 25/15/7/5. Well that is in his last full season. I do believe he averaged those numbers you put int he few games he played this season, but he didn't play most of the season due to a suspension. However Holman has some huge upside and he is a player I really think is under the radar. I expect impressive numbers from him next season</div>no he averaged what I said - I read it in the paper this morningand his suspension was a little overstretched and they cut it

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 28 2007, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>dude - what about IU?they have Eric Gordon, D.J. White, and a 6'10 center who averaged 25 15 7 and 5 per in Cali in h.s. plus two junoir college transfers who played in the junoir college championship game</div>No... Indiana has no shot at allOklahoma St never lives up to its hypeTexas will deff be top 25 if they were this year

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 28 2007, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>no he averaged what I said - I read it in the paper this morningand his suspension was a little overstretched and they cut it</div>LOL ok how are you gonna tell me that I'm wrong when I live 25 minutes from the dude and obviously have known about him longer than you. Not to mention my county paper that we get writes about him all the time. So yes in his last FULL season which was his Junior year he averaged 10 points, 11 rebounds. and 12 blocks a game. I even double checked on Rivals to make sure. He averaged the numbers you gave this season but he played less than 10 games.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Mar 29 2007, 10:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>LOL ok how are you gonna tell me that I'm wrong when I live 25 minutes from the dude and obviously have known about him longer than you. Not to mention my county paper that we get writes about him all the time. So yes in his last FULL season which was his Junior year he averaged 10 points, 11 rebounds. and 12 blocks a game. I even double checked on Rivals to make sure. He averaged the numbers you gave this season but he played less than 10 games.</div>he played 13 games this season and averaged what I said. I'm talking about this season.

 

I take HS statistics with a grain of salt, all top 50 division 1 playes put up big numbers across the board.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 29 2007, 07:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>he played 13 games this season and averaged what I said. I'm talking about this season.</div>I realize that your talking about this season. The point I'm making is that he only played 13 games. You were acting in your first post like he did it the whole season. Richmond played over thirty games this season and he only played about 1/3 of them. Also Richmonds not in an incredible conference or anything. There's no big man in that conference that is even his size. I think the guy has enough upside to be a future NBA player from what I've seen but your overrating the guy. Also BCB, I don't think he's even top 100 right now lol. He would be except he missed so much time due to a long ass suspension for shoving a ref so that's why he isn't ranked. He really impressed at ABCD camp and that's a big reason he got a scholarship. If he wouldn't have been suspended he'd be going somewhere other than IU and he probably would be a top 100 recruit.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iversonfan268 @ Mar 29 2007, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I realize that your talking about this season. The point I'm making is that he only played 13 games. You were acting in your first post like he did it the whole season. Richmond played over thirty games this season and he only played about 1/3 of them. Also Richmonds not in an incredible conference or anything. There's no big man in that conference that is even his size. I think the guy has enough upside to be a future NBA player from what I've seen but your overrating the guy. Also BCB, I don't think he's even top 100 right now lol. He would be except he missed so much time due to a long ass suspension for shoving a ref so that's why he isn't ranked. He really impressed at ABCD camp and that's a big reason he got a scholarship. If he wouldn't have been suspended he'd be going somewhere other than IU and he probably would be a top 100 recruit.</div>I.U. is a top college program. Don't act like only hicks go there. Hicks go to Butler - and they're even better! :dribble:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Mar 29 2007, 08:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I.U. is a top college program. Don't act like only hicks go there. Hicks go to Butler - and they're even better! :dribble:</div>Are you trying to say when he commited to IU they were a top college program because at the tim they weren't a top 25 team. I'm saying if he would've played a full season he would've commited to a team that was a top 25 team at the time.

 

Memphis is alot better than IU, the same team that made it to the Elite Eight is coming back, WITH 3 top 35 recruits....a transfer who was top 30 recruit, and one of those recruits is arguebly the best highschool player in the nation.Memphis is better than IU...nuff said.