Katz's Early Top 25

[awww walshy]

I didn't see this until like 3 days ago and thought I'd put it up here.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/column...ndy&id=4058254

1. Kansas
2. Michigan State
3. UNC
4. Texas
5. Villanova
6. Syracuse
7. Duke
8. Purdue
9. West Virginia
10. Cal
11. Michigan
12. Kentucky
13. Tennessee
14. Xavier
15. Butler
16. Gonzaga
17. Washington
18. Oklahoma
19. Clemson
20. Boston College
21. Mississippi State
22. Ole Miss
23. Dayton
24. Illinois
25. Texas A & M

Thoughts? Also this is before everyone had declared so it's obviously subject to some changes.

[JuniorG]

WVU should be there next to Nova but besides that, the list is pretty good.

[HaRdKoRexRoCkEr]

i wanna see that kentucky team this year!

[Luichi]

kentucky will win... john wall just commited lol

[johhnywave]

KU is still the favorites. They have players who played a role on the championship team, a young team that went to the Elite Eight this past season, very good coach, and one of the best classes in the nation coming in. Although, I still don't believe in Collins being able to lead a team. He's one of the best shooting guards, maybe the best, in the country in a point guards body and playing the point guard position. That's usually not a good thing.

Texas is a Final Four waiting to happen. Avery Bradley is unbelievable... If KU and UK ever meet up, I would bet anything that Bradley shuts down Wall. He's just as athletic, almost as quick, and a much better defender. Would help if James stopped playing like a pansy too.

Nova is should be just as good, but I don't think their three guard system will ever win a championship unless they had a Marcus Camby type player in the post. I do very much like Cheek, though. He will be a bunch of poster's favorite college player a couple years down the road on this board.

I doubt the Heels repeat, although I would never bet against them, and obviously their entire season depends on the development of Drew II and how well the frosh get adjusted to the college game. I truly hope Marcus is fully healthy and maybe even better. My biggest concern is not the starting point guard (Drew proved to me that he's good enough to lead a team in the ACC Tournament), but how Dex, Marcus, and maybe Mc'D and, unlikely, Watts do when they have to spell minutes at PG. Marcus played a bit when Tywon was out a couple season ago and did a decent job, but we still don't know where he is right now. I've seen enough from Dex to know that he will struggle against average defenders as he forces a bit and Mc'D is basically a lesser Marcus with better offensive ability at his current stage. If that gets figured out and maybe Graves continues his path on becoming the next Pierce, I can see them doing what KU did. Then the following year, Marshall comes in, Ed leaves, but Henson stays and plays the 4 while Bullock can jump at the 3, maybe land a recruit like Prather (they say he's the next Jason Richardson) or Roscoe Smith... Massive post depth+added perimeter depth+experience+Roy Williams=Championship.

[HaRdKoRexRoCkEr]

or watch out, UCLA will surprise everyone haha.

nah i really hope kentucky wins this year for some reason

[Potpono]

Watch out for kentucky for real, and I want to see a new top 25 since we know who all left.