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What is your way too early preseason rankings for basketball?

Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:49 pm
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:49 pm
Keep in mind, LSU is expecting some more good news about at least one player.

And possibly two more players.


I’m picking LSU to be #1 in the SEC.


I don’t follow any of your programs.


What is your rankings?
Posted by hiremikeleach
Member since Dec 2019
4612 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:50 pm to
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Auburn

Kentucky
Mississippi state


The rest
This post was edited on 5/10/21 at 5:51 pm
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:51 pm to
An absolute bloodbath
Posted by tiger perry
Member since Dec 2009
25668 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:53 pm to
Yep. Isn’t it great No more years where the league got two teams in the NCAA tournament
Posted by Hawgeye
tFlagship Brothel
Member since Jun 2009
30921 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:54 pm to
Arkansas and Bama at the top, in some order. Followed by group 2 of Kentucky, LSU, Tennessee, and Auburn.
Posted by remaster916
Alabama
Member since Oct 2012
12216 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:58 pm to
Bama preseason #1
Kentucky #2
Arkansas #3
LSU #299
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93646 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 5:58 pm to
quote:

No more years where the league got two teams in the NCAA tournament

Thank God. I love having the conference be competitive in basketball.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:02 pm to
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Yep. Isn’t it great No more years where the league got two teams in the NCAA tournament



Next year will be the pinaccle, IMHO

- Full arenas again
- Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU fanbases will all be revved up for their programs/teams
- Tennessee will be very good and TBA packed as it has been for years now
- Kentucky fans will be rabid after last season with a new and pretty good looking roster
- State, Ole Miss, Florida


What's going to be interesting is seeing how some of the teams who lost players and didn't really replace them turn out. Feels like they could be 8-9 teams that all beat the hell out of each other and then 3-4 teams (Mizzou, UofSC, UGA,) that struggle to win many games.
Posted by tiger perry
Member since Dec 2009
25668 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:05 pm to
Yeah, how about the year 2009 when LSU won the league and was an 8 seed. I think that year only 2 teams got in the NCAA tournament. Since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn, everybody put money into their programs, coaches, and facilities. This is great
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:06 pm to
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Yeah, how about the year 2009 when LSU won the league and was an 8 seed. I think that year only 2 teams got in the NCAA tournament. Since Bruce Pearl went to Auburn, everybody put money into their programs, coaches, and facilities. This is great



I know why it happens - because this board and social media, in general, is all about e-confrontation and all that, but it perplexes me when people get mad and pissed off about other teams in the league being good in basketball.

In football I get it - it's a zero-sum game. In basketball, it is basically the opposite.
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93646 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:12 pm to
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it perplexes me when people get mad and pissed off about other teams in the league being good in basketball.

Same. Since I was old enough go understand what was going on, my dad and his friends always told me that you want the SEC teams to win to make your schedule look that much better. I guess I will never get passed that. It's what I was raised on.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:15 pm to
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Same. Since I was old enough go understand what was going on, my dad and his friends always told me that you want the SEC teams to win to make your schedule look that much better. I guess I will never get passed that. It's what I was raised on.



Yea it doesn't make any sense. LSU, Arkansas and Auburn being really good is good for Alabama. It means that wins at home and on the road vs those teams are valuable and it means that losses to those teams don't hurt you.

It's how you get 10 teams into the NCAAT, which I'm pretty sure is everyone's goal.
Posted by tiger perry
Member since Dec 2009
25668 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:16 pm to
I guess the SEC being down benefits other conferences. They get more teams in the tournament. ACC, Big Ten, PAC 12. Now those slots will go SEC.
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
13958 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:16 pm to
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Keep in mind, LSU is expecting some more good news about at least one player.



Sounds like Wade finally ordered that book entitled, "Defense For Dummies."

Let's hope he's not completely overwhelmed by the concepts.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
102699 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:18 pm to
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I guess the SEC being down benefits other conferences. They get more teams in the tournament. ACC, Big Ten, PAC 12. Now those slots will go SEC.



We badly need to all come out strong to start the season and win some of the big OOC games.

That has been our boogeyman as a league for the last few years. We've generally played well in the SEC/BigXII and we've held our own in the tournament itself, but we've struggled in the OOC schedule as a league as as whole - even with teams that figured it out and were good by the time conference play started.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
49090 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:22 pm to
quote:

What is your way too early preseason rankings for basketball?

quote:

I don’t follow any of your programs.

Sounds logical.
Posted by tiger perry
Member since Dec 2009
25668 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:23 pm to
Yep totally agree. Big wins early means better seeded teams.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
49090 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:23 pm to
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LSU #299

With a new 5 star Center and new 5 star Point Guard...sounds about right.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132226 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 6:24 pm to
I miss basketball
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 7:32 pm to
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I miss basketball


Nba still going on. Been nice having a couple Auburn players to watch, finally. Okoro and Okeke are both going to develop really nicely
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