2014-2015 College Basketball Preview

ncaaThe 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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