Hey, are you the guy who grew up in a Chicago suburb
and played college basketball. (about 6'7")
If you are I recruited you when I was at the
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. I think you
ended up going d-1 though.
james
--- Todd Bergmann <tbergma2@...> wrote:
>
> I do know for a fact, the coaches generally do
> their own poll themselves....granted they don't
> research it a ton.
> Now to St. Joes...just got done doing some research
> there.
> 1)Went 26-7 last year...lost BARELY to Stanford in
> Regional semis.
> 2)Only loss is Frank Wilkins, a backup post player
> 3)Marvin O'Conner and Jameer Nelson is a top-flight
> backcourt. O'Conner is a flat out scorer, no other
> way to describe that. Nelson is a coach's PG who
> runs Martelli's system better than anyone else that
> I've seen.
> 4)The top five scorers are all back....that's worth
> something for any team...experience factor is way
> underrated imo.
> 5)Martelli just wins....I've seen him do this
> before, this is by far the most talent he's ever
> had, especially with a signing like Carroll.
> My concerns - not sure about rebounding, but the A10
> isn't exactly a league with a ton of monster
> centers, also they don't have a post offense really.
> That will hurt offense rebounding off midrange
> jumpers probably.
> Overall, this team should be good enough to make to
> the elite 8 or at least sweet 16.
> Are they a traditional top ten, no. Are they good
> enough this year, yes. Should they be top ten
> preseason, maybe...top 15 no doubt.
> Todd
>
> Geoffrey Birchfield <gbirchfield@...>
> wrote: ST.JOE'S IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT, BUT YOU DON'T
> THINK A LITTLE OVERRATED?...OH
> YEAH, IT'S THE COACHES POLL. "how's this look coach?
> good..ok, thanks"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Bergmann [mailto:tbergma2@...]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:07 AM
> To: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [collegerpi] RPI V coaches preseason
>
>
>
> SIDs have their own poll.
>
>
> St Joes oughta be a stud program this year, that's
> my expectation. O'Conner
> and Nelson is a great backcourt.
>
>
> Temple - Greer's a natural leader, if I recall, he
> played all but about 30
> minutes total last season, so he'll be key.
>
>
> Xavier should be back in the NCAAs imo..those three
> from the A10
>
>
> Todd
>
>
> Geoffrey Birchfield wrote:
>
>
> coaches don't vote. sid's do.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: St. Jean Chris [mailto:friars93@...]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:09 AM
> To: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [collegerpi] RPI V coaches preseason
>
>
> I don't really think these coaches that vote have a
> clue. Have you looked at the list of schools these
> coaches are from? Most are small D-1 or mid-majors,
> who seem to always vote based on popularity and past
> performance. St. Joe's #10? Give me a break. The
> Big East shoul have a couple more schools in there
> and
> the Big Ten is always over rated if you look at
> their
> post season record as a conference.
>
> --- billvhome@... wrote:
> > Just reviewed the coaches preseaon poll.
> > Naturally the power conferences, Big 10, Big 12,
> Big
> > East,&,not to
> > forget the ACC, dominate the rankings as they did
> > the season ending
> > RPI.
> > the only surprise, if you can call it that, is
> that
> > the A10, has
> > nearly as many teams ranked, as its more
> recognized
> > rival, the Big
> > East (2 v. 3).
> > every one else's opinon?
> >
> >
>
>
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