Preseason Mid-Major All-Americans: 08-09

I saw the headline Preseason Mid-Major All Americans, and I clicked on it expecting Eric Maynor to be first team... certainly I thought it would be an insult if he was on the second team. He does not even get honorable mention here. What gives?

Thanks for recognizing Jarvis! That guy can flat out play. Hopefully he can help take ORU to their fourth straight NCAA Tournament!

Marqus Blakely can fly!

How is Marqus Blakely second team? All these dudes are scrubs, its Stephen Curry and then Marqus, Tennessee Martin? is that a community college?

Marqus Blakely went to the virgin Islands and when he came back they were just called the islands.

Some personal thoughts on the Mid-Major team, including my views on whose overrated/underrated and some snubs.

Marqus Blakely on the Second Team? I guess they haven't seen him play. Congrats to Marqus and Mike for their selection to the All-American list. Go Vermont!

I live in the bay area so I get to go out to alot of the Santa Clara, USF, St Marys, Stanford, CAL games and overall I cant get over what a force Lowhorn is on the WCC. He was on the last years honorable mention and this year yet again only honorable mention. (how is he below players that werent even on any of the lists last year?) This power forward averaged 20.5 pts a game and 7.8 rbds last season, constantly double teamed. I cant wait to see what he brings to the table this season.

On another note, J. Bryant is a force to be reckon with! He can block shots and is unstopable in the post!

Good catch about Lowhorn in terms of last year's list.. a couple of guys didn't move up either, ryan wittman at cornell for example. gnyo pomare even dropped. hard to say why, there are some new voters, but a lot of the same back. the siena guys got a lot more respect this time than last year as did some of the younger guys like matt howard.

J-ROD (Jonathon Rodriguez) is a 6-4 post player averagin 20 and 10 hes nasty and should have been player of the year i the A-Sun Last year hes 2nd behind all juniors in the country in career scoring behind guess who..yep stephen curry..i bet he will get 2nd team if he has the type of season he did last year

The senior is the picked as the Preseason Horizon League POY and Matt Howard and J'Nathan Bullock are on the 1st and 2nd teams and he's not even an honorable mention? What gives? He's definitely proving his stock right now at 21 ppg.

Louis Dale can really play. He's not your typical mid-major guard. He can compete with anyone in the country. He's a scorer, a passer, and he does it through the offense that is very good around him. Ryan Wittman is an elite shooter with size. I'm really impressed with Cornell. They have great balance. They have good guard play with Geoff Greeves and Adam Gore and some nice bigs, one of them being 7 footer Jeff Foote who has really improved. This group going along with Dale and Wittman make them a premiere mid-major who can play with anyone in the nation. Watch for them to make some serious noise in the NCAA Tournament.