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We're just about finished with the first month of the season in the metropolitan area, and it's become quite obvious who the best team in the area is right now. Seton Hall has gotten off to a 6-1 start, which includes a pair of gutty comebacks in Puerto Rico to finish third in that in-season tournament. Jeremy Hazell has shown himself to be one of the most explosive scorers in the Big East; what has come in his sophomore campaign (23.3 ppg; tops in the Big East) is a level of consistency that wasn't always present last season.

20 Random Rants, Thoughts, and Observations from the Week in College Basketball by CollegeHoops.net Editor Shawn Siegel:

1 - This has unexpectedly become a weekly thing, so except 20 more random rants every Tuesday from now on.

2 - There's another Curry on the lose. Steph's brother Seth is quietly emerging as the star of an upstart Liberty squad that is 5-1. The Flames already have a win over Virginia, and just won an OT game against a quality George Mason side. Curry is already averaging 22 ppg.. as a freshman.

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Michigan State

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Other (Maryland, Oklahoma St, Siena, Wichita St)

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2008-09 Manhattan Basketball Preview

Could the Jaspers be a darkhorse in the MAAC?

 

2008-09 Iona Basketball Preview

Gaels looking to take next step in the MAAC

 

2008-09 Marist Basketball Preview

Chuck Martin takes over in Poughkeepsie

 

 

2008-09 St. Peter’s Basketball Preview

Coach Dunne continues to build in Jersey City

 

 

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

November 15^th @ NJIT 

19^th Morgan State

22^nd @ Fordham

26^th @ St. Francis (N.Y.) (Jaspers could be looking to go to 3-0 in this one)

29^th Hofstra

December 5^th Canisius

7^th @ Rider (two days after MAAC opener the Jaspers visit one of the better teams in the league)

14^th Princeton

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

November 14^th Hampton 

2008 USVI Paradise Jam (tough opener with Badgers will test interior strength)

21^st Wisconsin 

23^rd Valparaiso / San Diego 

24^th TBA 

29^th Robert Morris 

December 5^th @ Marist (conference opener at rebuilding Marist)

Schedule (key games in bold)

 

Garden State Tip-off Classic

November 14^th @ Rutgers

17^th St. Bonaventure (home opener comes within the four-team event)

22^nd vs. Robert Morris

23^rd vs. Delaware

29^th New Hampshire