College Basketball 2011-2012

[3morethan2]

with college basketball around the corner and teams allowed to practice starting this past friday who is your early favorite for the final four and national champion and what to expect this year

[pbuck]

Duke Kentucky North Carolina Ohio State is my pre season Final Four and it pains my to say it being a Duke fan but I'd say right now UNC is the favorite to win the National Championship IMO I can't wait for the season to tip off especially now it looks like the NBA might miss the entire season due to the current labor dispute

[thechosenone]

LETS GO WILDCATS

[cool cucumber]

Final four; Kentucky, Ohio State, North Carolina and Duke. Hopefully OSU vs Duke in the championship game but probably NC vs. UK With NC winning.. :/

[trojandave]

North Carolina is my favorite to win the national championship, with Harrison Barnes, Tyler Zeller, and John Henson back on what probably is the best frontline in college basketball.

I look for Ohio State to be a serious challenger for the Final 4, and should win the Big 10 again, while Kentucky has reloaded once again with John Calipari's incredible recruiting. Duke's Austin Rivers should be one of the top freshmen in the country, and the Blue Devils will be good as always.

Hopefully my UCLA Bruins can improve on their 23 win season a year ago and make a serious tourney run........we will have 6-10 Josh Smith, 6-8 Reeves Nelson, and the two 6-10 Wear twins who transferred from North Carolina two year ago......both of them will be juniors. The biggest concern I have for my Bruins is the backcourt, but a couple of newcomers, including a freshman from San Diego, could help incumbents Jerime Anderson and Lazeric Jones.

[3morethan2]

I think North Carolina will win it as well most if not all of their team returning from last year including a top ranked recruiting class in hairston and mcadoo.
I can see Uconn making another run if Drummond is all hyped up to what he is , they still have lamb who will be a lottery pick whenever he comes out.

I forgot about the wear twins transferring to UCLA acouple years ago they should help a lot and I think Larry Drew transferred there in the middle of the season last year as well is he eligible for does he have to sit out a year?

[trojandave]

Larry Drew is not eligible until next season........wish he could play this year, given our uncertain guard play.

[run-n-gun]

My Final Four picks are North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio State, and why not, Butler. Okay, how about Vanderbilt?
Ohio St sits 3rd in the coaches poll as expected. Xavier sits at 15 I believe, and Cincinnati at 22. Memphis is getting that hype they want and they received the ranking of 9. Should be an interesting season.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

UNC, Syracuse, Ohio St, and Kentucky are my favorites for the Final Four, with UNC & Kentucky as my favorites for the title game. If true, I wouldn't watch so I don't care who would win.

[JHS08]

OU will win it all! GO Cats! ha

[Peake]

Final Four:UNC, Georgetown, UConn, and Michigan State.

UNC is more talented then anyone in the country. They should roll like in 08. I hate them as a Dukie but they are loaded.

Duke should be a top 10 team but we will see how good Rivers is and how they work all three Plumlee brothers into the lineup.

Ohio State should be very good again but they are bad come tourny time.

[Charge]

I think Georgetown is one of the most overrated teams in college basketball every year.

[seofan_via_dublin]

OSU may run the table in conference.
Non-Conference with Florida, South Carolina, Duke, and Kansas will do a better job at getting the Buckeyes going earlier and more prepared for the tourney.

I'd like to see Matta start putting the Bucks into "pre-season" tourneys like Maui, C vs C, and the like.

[PTrojan59]

I think the final four will be Ohio State , North Carolina , Syracuse , Kentucky all of those teams are loaded and no how to win hope there is a Ohio State vs. Kenticky championship with the Buckeyes getting the W !!

[Cameron34Crazie34]

Being the big Duke fan that I am I hate to say and believe UNC is the front hrunner going into the year. Some might say UK should be up the but to me I want to see some experience. Coach Cal can have all his one and done classes. This might when you games in November- February but can only take you so far in March. This is why I am proud to.say that I'm a Blue Devil for life. And I also believe the Huskies of UConn can make another run and defend their title.

For the Due Blue Devils.......I think they will have a fine season. They are going to have some fine guard play this year. Andre Dawkins can stroke the basketball and Seth Curry is just a guy who knows how to score. They need to get some good post play out of the Plumlees with the addition of the third brother coming in. Another big guy who had some good games while they were in China is Ryan Kelly. Two players for them that I really like is Hairston and Thorton, these guys are not going to be high scoring nights but they will play defense and give you 110%. And of course the most anticipated freshman in this freshman class for the Dukies is Austin Rivers. This kid can flat ball and o believe he will be there number 1 or 2 leading ppg. Also hope they get some fine play out of Cook, Murphy, and Gbinjie. I really think this team could be deep.

I am ready for this season to start. Ready to be at the Schott watching the Devils play the Bucks. And hopefully this squad makes a run and wins the ACC and ultimately cut the nets down the first of April.

Let's Go Duke, Let's Go Duke, Let's Go Duke

[3morethan2]

coming from a UNC fan i think duke beats ohio state....i just don't see ohio state doing as good as they did last year, Duke has a lot more weapons for ohio state to guard and I don't think anyone on ohio state can stop austin rivers is a monster...on the other hand the carrier classic is 9 days away It would be insane to get tickets to that game but nearly impossible I think the Heels takes care of MSU by double digits ....TARRR....HEEELS

[fightingtigers45]

Dont sleep on Florida. Im very proud of Billy for the scheduling this year.

Including conference play, we play #2 twice (Kentucky), on the road at #3 (OSU) and #5 (Syracuse), #7 twice (Vanderbilt), #16 Arizona, #19 Alabama, #20 Texas A&M. Also, Florida State who is #26.

Thank you Billy.

[fightingtigers45]

Cant wait to be in the Schott on the 15th to see the Gators/Bucks game. I had to buy a 4 pack just to make sure I was in the doors at a reasonable price.

If anyone is interested in buying the other 3 games off of me, you are more than welcome.

[fightingtigers45]

My Final Four...

North Carolina, Syracuse, Florida, Xavier.

[Cameron34Crazie34]

Cant wait to be in the Schott on the 15th to see the Gators/Bucks game. I had to buy a 4 pack just to make sure I was in the doors at a reasonable price.

If anyone is interested in buying the other 3 games off of me, you are more than welcome.

What other games you got and how many tickets for each game?