College basketball is almost here.   In fact, it will officially begin tomorrow night on ESPN.  WHOO-HOO!!!

This is a preview of the “Power 6” conferences.  For those of you who complain that the little guys do not get enough attention (Big West, Southern Conference, Horizon League, MAAC, Atlantic 10, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, the WAC and West Coast Conference), I agree that they have teams that are competitive that I enjoy watching (Gonzaga, Creighton, Wichita State and Butler are good examples) – especially the “Bracket Busters” weekend on ESPN.  However, outside of that weekend and the NCAA Tournament, no one else gives a damn about those conferences – and neither do I.

So without further ado, here is my predicted order of finish of teams from the major conferences for the upcoming college basketball season:

Atlantic Coast Conference

1. NC State (this scares me as an alum; my Pack has NEVER lived to their expectations in ANY sport it seems)
2. Duke
3. Florida State
4. North Carolina
5. Miami
6. Virginia
7. Maryland
8. Georgia Tech
9. Wake Forest
10. Clemson
11. Virginia Tech
12. Boston College

Big XII

1. Kansas
2. Baylor
3. Texas
4. Kansas State
5. Oklahoma State
6. Iowa State
7. Oklahoma
8. TCU
9. West Virginia
10. Texas Tech

B1G (Big 10 to those who are un-hip)

1. Indiana
2. Michigan
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Minnesota
7. Purdue
8. Northwestern
9. Iowa
10. Illinois
11. Penn State
12. Nebraska

Big East

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. Cincinnati
4. Notre Dame
5. Pittsburgh
6. Marquette
7. Georgetown
8. St. John’s
9. Seton Hall
10. South Florida
11. Rutgers
12. Villanova
13. Connecticut
14. DePaul
15. Providence

Pac-12

1. Arizona
2. UCLA
3. California
4. Stanford
5. Washington
6. Colorado
7. Oregon
8. Arizona State
9. Washington State
10. USC
11. Oregon State (Craig Robinson could use his brother-in-law Barack Obama’s help in recruiting…)
12. Utah

Southeastern Conference

1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Missouri
4. Arkansas
5. Tennessee
6. Alabama
7. Ole Miss
8. Texas A&M
9. Georgia
10. Vanderbilt
11. South Carolina (I am afraid of new coach Frank Martin)
12. LSU
13. Auburn
14. Mississippi State

2012-2013 Champion: Kentucky (gee that was hard…)

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