Rankings
Well, it's time for the rankings to come out. What, why would anyone put out an NFL pre-season rank before some teams have opened training camp?
Come on, I'm not talking about the NFL. It's the men's college basketball rankings! But only since 84/85. Extra-special Terrapin enemy edition with Duke and Georgetown bookending the rankings at 1 & 10 respectively.
Goes to show how the dog days of summer are. ESPN is now analyzing some teams who's players have played, won championships, moved on to the NBA and retired. Overall, I can't fault them on their picks. Duke and NC are obvious contenders. Yeah ACC! Boo Blue Devils and Tarheels!
What is almost more interesting is how they rank conferences. Duke and NC are number 1 & 2 respectively, yet the ACC is third, losing out to the Big East and the Big Ten. Part of that problem is that they include all ACC teams as of today in the ranking, vs using only traditional teams. Let's face it, BC, VA Tech, and Miami weren't tearing up the court in their pre-ACC days.
The Big East gets a boast from both Louisville and Cincinnati, both of whom only joined in 2005. But yet again, the are counted for their full load since 84/85. The Big Ten, I can less complain about, except for the fact that they have 11 teams. But I guess the Big Eleven doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
