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Redemption in Paradise: Maui Preview
As usual, the 2007-08 college basketball season will kick off with a slate of early season, made for-TV tournaments, and once again one of the best among them will be the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Five of this year’s eight team field have been to the Final Four in the last four years: Marquette (2003), Duke and Oklahoma State (2004), Illinois (2005) and LSU (2006). Two of them (Duke and Marquette) will begin their new campaign ranked in the Top 10 nationally.
Freshman 10: Season Debut
2007-08 Duke Basketball Preview
Daily Dribble: Top 25 Players in the ACC
This is the first of a new series ranking the Top 25 players from the Major Conferences. After the BCS conferences are through, I'll be moving on to the Top 10 from the 2nd tier leagues.
Up first is the ACC, which is loaded with talent. I've already finished the Big Ten ranking and the disparity between these two leagues is pretty amazing.
Feel free to disagree with my selections.. there's certainly many different ways this ranking could go.
- ACC Top 25 Players -
2007-08 ACC Stats Preview
This is the first of what will be six mini statistical previews of the major conferences. Each one includes projected starting lineups, projected stats for each player, and a short comment.
Boston College
G Tyrese Rice - 19, 3, 5
G Biko Paris - 6, 2, 4
F Rakim Sanders - 7, 4, 2
F Shamari Spears - 9, 5, 1
C John Oates - 8, 5, 1
6 Tyrelle Blair - 4, 6, 0
This lineup is by no means certain. If Paris doesn't perform, Rice could simply handle point guard duties. Blair also could get the minutes over Oates due to his defensive presence.
Clemson
Impact Freshmen: Part Two
With a loaded incoming freshmen class,
and with the success of one-and-done stars in the 2006 class like Kevin Durant,
Greg Oden and Brandan Wright, the pressure is on for some of the biggest names
in recent high school basketball history. This is the Second part of
our series breaking down the situations that some of the country's top freshmen
will be entering, and whether that could hurt or help their success. Eric Gordon G Indiana
All-American Lineup Rundown
No surprise that Coach K's 2007-08 squad will feature the most McDonald's
All-Americans with a whopping 8, including three freshmen. ACC rival North
Carolina is second with 5, but with no new additions. After Duke with 3
All-American freshmen, Florida and a pair of Big East teams (Syracuse &
Georgetown) are next with 2 new top dogs. Below is a lengthy compilation of the
projected starting five's of all 35 teams that include a single McDonald's
All-Americans, in order of how many award winners fill the roster. 2007 NBA Draft: Biggest Surprises
Another NBA draft is in the books, and as usual there was a ton of activity with even more rumors flying around. The biggest surprise of the night is the trades that didn’t go down, as opposed to what actually did transpire. Here are the top shockers from the evening:
Kevin Garnett is still in Minnesota