Draftexpress
HOME NCAA INTERNATIONAL NBA HIGH SCHOOL D-LEAGUE
Login:Remember:  Register | Lost Pass
 
Loading
DraftExpress :: The Daily Word
       
The DraftExpress Daily
       
  Saturday, November 5, 2005

BX Conf. Prev. #9: Conference USA
By Drew Barnette

#9 href=/profile//> CONFERENCE href=/profile//> USA

This href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ago. href=/profile//> De href=/profile//> Paul, href=/profile//> Louisville, href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> East, href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Louis href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> joined href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Ten, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> TCU href=/profile//> bolted href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Mountain href=/profile//> West. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> newcomers href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Marshall, href=/profile//> SMU, href=/profile//> Rice, href=/profile//> UTEP, href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Tulsa. href=/profile//> Many href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> media href=/profile//> seem href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> consist href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> eleven href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> also-rans. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> agree href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> walk href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> everyone. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> successful href=/profile//> programs href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> parity href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> Expect href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> gridlock href=/profile//> among href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>




-1. href=/profile//> MEMPHIS. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Tigers href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> consensus href=/profile//> favorites href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> media. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> Louisville, href=/profile//> Cincinnati, href=/profile//> DePaul, href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> join href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> conferences, href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> beneath href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Don’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> fooled. href=/profile//> Whereas href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tigers href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> walk href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> expecting. href=/profile//> Of href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> returning, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> successful href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> honor href=/profile//> goes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> UAB. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> couldn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> ended href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> heartbreaking href=/profile//> fashion; href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hated href=/profile//> rival href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> freethrows href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> sent href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> After href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> preseason href=/profile//> expectations href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> rankings href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> agree href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> disappointment href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> However, href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> potential href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tigers. href=/profile//> Rodney href=/profile//> Carney href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Darius href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> back. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> newcomers href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> stacked href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> talent. href=/profile//> Talent href=/profile//> alone href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> execute href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> anywhere. href=/profile//> We href=/profile//> saw href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 2/3rds href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> UAB. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Blazers href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> resemblance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> old href=/profile//> Arkansas href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> forty href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> hell. href=/profile//> Starting href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> Cardell href=/profile//> Johnson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Marvett href=/profile//> McDonald href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> quick, href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> scorers, href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> passers href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> players. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Blazers href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> seem href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Mike href=/profile//> Anderson href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> built href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Birmingham. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> UTEP. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Miners href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> brought href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> excitement href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> hadn’t href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> prior href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> Replacing href=/profile//> Omar href=/profile//> Thomas, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> ago, href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> easy. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> John href=/profile//> Tofi href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> G/F href=/profile//> Jason href=/profile//> Williams. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> Juco href=/profile//> transfer href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Kevin href=/profile//> Henderson href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> seems href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> above href=/profile//> itself. href=/profile//> C-USA href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> provide href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> opportunity href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> build href=/profile//> upon href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> recent href=/profile//> success. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> HOUSTON. href=/profile//> Head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Tom href=/profile//> Penders href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> immediate href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Cougars href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> hadn’t href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> decade, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Cougars href=/profile//> posted href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> 18-14 href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> recorded href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> improvement href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> continue href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> back. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Lanny href=/profile//> Smith href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> assist href=/profile//> man. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Ramon href=/profile//> Dyer, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> 10ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 6rpg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> returns href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Cougars href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> come, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> terms href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> building href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> SMU. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Mustangs href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> 14-14 href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> amount href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> talent href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Bryan href=/profile//> Hopkins href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> (18ppg) href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> whatever href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> He’s href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Devon href=/profile//> Pearson href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> returns href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounding. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> 7’1” href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> Bamba href=/profile//> Fall href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Oak href=/profile//> Hill href=/profile//> Academy. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> away. href=/profile//> One href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> major href=/profile//> weaknesses href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Mustangs href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> lack href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> depth. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> slowly href=/profile//> improving href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> share href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> RICE. href=/profile//> Willis href=/profile//> Wilson href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> strides href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Owls href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> come, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> tend href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> taper href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> can’t href=/profile//> seem href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> coached, href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> disciplined href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> hard, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAAs. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> 17-11 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> seven href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> WAC href=/profile//> semifinals href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> UTEP. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> J.R. href=/profile//> Harrison href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 9ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Morris href=/profile//> Almond href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> contributor. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Owls href=/profile//> backcourt href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> contend href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> title. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> direction. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> yet. href=/profile//>

-7. href=/profile//> UCF. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Golden href=/profile//> Knights href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Atlantic href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> As href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> challenged href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> No href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> walk href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> Josh href=/profile//> Peppers href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Knights href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Anthony href=/profile//> Williams href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> score. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> opportunity href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> earn href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> attention href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> successful. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> easier href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//>

-8. href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> MISSISSIPPI. href=/profile//> Head href=/profile//> Coach href=/profile//> Larry href=/profile//> Eustachy href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> working href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> build href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Golden href=/profile//> Eagles href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> progress href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> newcomers href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> Juco href=/profile//> transfers href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> carry href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Jarekus href=/profile//> Singleton href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Jason href=/profile//> Forte href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> vital href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> success href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Golden href=/profile//> Eagles href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> div2 href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> overall, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> Eustachy href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> winning, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-9. href=/profile//> TULSA. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Golden href=/profile//> Hurricane href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> tradition href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> problem href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> disappointment. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> programs href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> seasons. href=/profile//> First href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> head href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Dough href=/profile//> Wojcik href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Brett href=/profile//> McDade href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Anthony href=/profile//> Price href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> scorers. href=/profile//> Price href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> starter href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> class href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributors href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Ashton href=/profile//> Hall href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> significant href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> believe href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> progress href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> hasn’t href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> reached href=/profile//> completion. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-10. href=/profile//> TULANE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Green href=/profile//> Wave href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> disappointing href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> paled href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> comparison href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> offseason href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Hurricane href=/profile//> Katrina. href=/profile//> Perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> ten href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> campus href=/profile//> arena, href=/profile//> including href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> entire href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> slate. href=/profile//> First href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> coach href=/profile//> Dave href=/profile//> Dickerson href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> cut href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> deal href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> roster href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Center href=/profile//> Quincy href=/profile//> Davis, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounder, href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Taylor href=/profile//> Rochestie href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//>

-11. href=/profile//> EAST href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Pirates href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 9-19 href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> contention href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> joining href=/profile//> C-USA. href=/profile//> Despite href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> fact href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> heavyweights href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> gone href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> won’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> different. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Corey href=/profile//> Rouse href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> 10.2rpg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> They’ll href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> relying href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> junior href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> transfers href=/profile//> Tyrone href=/profile//> Beale href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Courtney href=/profile//> Caption href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> contribute href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> overmatched, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> means href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> frontrunner. href=/profile//>

-12. href=/profile//> MARSHALL. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Thundering href=/profile//> Herd href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> Sophomore href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Joe href=/profile//> Miles href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> scored href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> digits href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> thirteen href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> Senior href=/profile//> Mark href=/profile//> Patton href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounder href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> players. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> frustrating href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



-CONFERENCE href=/profile//> TOURNAMENT:
March href=/profile//> 8-11
FedEx href=/profile//> Forum
Memphis, href=/profile//> TN

 
Archive
 
 
       
© 2012 DraftExpress LLC All rights reserved.