The 2014-2015 college basketball season is already here.  As if things could not get better for guys (and some gals) in this wonderful country – with pro and college football going, as well as the NBA – we are in the state of sports euphoria.

Now there were some folks who were bitching over their conference not being previewed along with the “Power Five” leagues (ACC, B1G, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC).  To those folks I say the following: 1) “shaddup!”; and 2) “fine bitches, I’ll acquiesce.”  So now we have some of the other mid-major conferences to go along with the “Power Five” leagues.  However if you STILL cannot find your conference of choice below, then chances are that means your conference is not only inconsequential, it just might suck – really bad actually.

So without further ado, here are the conferences in alphabetical order – sort of…

Atlantic Coast Conference

1. Duke (damn Coach K…)
2. UNC
3. Louisville
4. Syracuse
5. Pitt
6. Florida State
7. N.C. State (nice to see my alma mater settle back into mediocrity…)
8. Notre Dame
9. Clemson
10. Miami
11. Georgia Tech
12. Virginia Tech
13. Wake Forest
14. Boston College

Atlantic 10

1. VCU (the name “Shaka Smart” has to be the coolest name in coaching…)
2. Dayton
3. George Washington
4. UMass
5. Rhode Island
6. Richmond
7. LaSalle
8. St. Joseph’s
9. St. Louis
10. Duquesne
11. St. Bonaventure
12. Fordham
13. Davidson (welcome to the big leagues boys!)
14. George Mason (goes for you too…)

American Athletic Conference

1. UConn
2. SMU
3. Cincinnati
4. Memphis
5. Tulsa
6. Houston
7. Tulane
8. Temple
9. East Carolina
10. UCF
11. South Florida

Big Ten Conference

1. Wisconsin
2. Michigan State
3. Nebraska
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Iowa
7. Indiana (Tom Crean’s seat is red-ass hot…)
8. Illinois
9. Maryland
10. Purdue
11. Minnesota
12. Penn State
13. Northwestern
14. Rutgers

Big 12

1. Kansas
2. Texas
3. Iowa State
4. Oklahoma
5. Kansas State
6. Baylor
7. West Virginia
8. Oklahoma State
9. TCU
10. Texas Tech (what a dumpster fire that program has become since Bobby Knight…)

Big East

1. Villanova
2. Georgetown
3. St. John’s
4. Xavier
5. Providence
6. Marquette
7. Seton Hall
8. Butler (are the Bulldogs longing for the days in the Atlantic 10?)
9. Creighton (time to see just how good of a coach Doug McDermont’s daddy is…)
10. DePaul

Conference USA

1. Louisiana Tech
2. UTEP
3. Western Kentucky
4. Old Dominion
5. Charlotte
6. Middle Tennessee
7. North Texas
8. UAB
9. Southern Miss
10. Florida International
11. Rice
12. Florida Atlantic
13. UTSA
14. Marshall

Mountain West

1. San Diego State
2. Colorado State
3. Boise State
4. UNLV
5. Wyoming
6. New Mexico
7. Fresno State
8. Nevada
9. Utah State
10. Air Force
11. San Jose State

Missouri Valley Conference

1. Wichita State (memo to Kansas: stop being a pussy and play these guys!)
2. Northern Illinois
3. Illinois State
4. Evansville
5. Indiana State
6. Missouri State
7. Bradley
8. Drake
9. Loyola
10. Southern Illinois

Pacific 12

1. Arizona
2. Stanford
3. UCLA
4. Colorado
5. Utah
6. Cal
7. Washington
8. Oregon
9. Arizona State
10. USC
11. Washington State
12. Oregon State (ya think the Beavers miss having the President’s brother-in-law for recruiting?)

Southeastern Conference

1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Ole Miss
4. Arkansas
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Auburn
8. Texas A&M
9. Missouri
10. Vanderbilt
11. Alabama
12. South Carolina (I’m still scared shitless of
13. Mississippi State
14. Tennessee

West Coast Conference

1. Gonzaga
2. BYU (think they still want to be in the Big 12?)
3. St. Mary’s
4. San Francisco
5. Portland
6. San Diego
7. Pepperdine
8. Santa Clara
9. Pacific
10. Loyola Marymount (Hank Gathers’ death still looms over the school…)

Final Four Prediction:  Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, Wisconsin

2014-2015 Champion: Kentucky

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