“If you know anything about basketball you know they are a very good team. The Wildcats could use some good news this winter after an unexpectedly rough football season. It will get a couple of games in Kansas City, Missouri, starting with Missouri and then either Northwestern or North Carolina. Head coach Bruce Weber seemed like he was on his way out last year after defections and suspensions.Ĭounting a season-opening blowout win against Maryland Eastern Shore, K-State is simply taking care of business.
Senior guard Maodo Lo had a fantastic summer but didn't fare nearly as well in the "other Manhattan." He had 12 points while missing 10 of his 13 shots.įreshman Wesley Iwundu was just named the Big 12's Co-Player of Week. He made five of six shots, including two three-pointers, on top of seven assists and six rebounds."Ĭolumbia was picked to finish second in the Ivy. Kellis Robinett of the Wichita Eagle pointed out in his postgame wrap-up that Edwards " was electric inside the lane and behind the three-point line on his way to a game-high 19 points.
That's typically like being Cosmo Kramer and finding your "katra" while dominating at the dojo against young kids.īut Kansas State out-hustled Columbia from start to finish and hardly looked like the team that melted down early last season.Īll five Wildcat starters scored in double digits Monday, led by senior guard Justin Edwards. It's not often that a win against an Ivy League school prompts a whole lot of praise. Read ahead to check out 10 teams which will be cracking a poll nearest you.
Instead we sought others that have been really overlooked, and also have the talent and schedule to make some moves. In full disclosure, we tried to keep the fashionable names from this week's " others receiving votes" list, like Florida State (with a big-time freshman), Texas A&M (an experienced team poised to make some SEC noise) or West Virginia off the list. We'll also see some "who are they?" presences. We'll see some old, familiar names on a quick up-rise to start the 2015-16 season. Letting more teams get "touches" into the weekly polls from coaches or media.Īnd there are some teams on the outside that will have some shots to get in pretty soon. We're not even a week into the season and we've already seen usual poll mainstays Wisconsin, UCLA, Georgia and North Carolina State lose games, among others. There's going to be plenty of movement this year, especially among teams breaking in. We're going to take that a step further and apply it to the weekly Top 25 ballots. If you've watched five minutes of college basketball already this season and heard a few whistles blow, you know that the key phrase this season is "freedom of movement." It's about moving screens-refs aren't supposed to allow them this year-or a smackdown on hand-checking.
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