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Preseason Coaches Poll: Big East Dominates
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October 30th, 2008
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ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
1. North Carolina (31) 0-0 775
2. Connecticut 0-0 707
3. Louisville 0-0 694
4. UCLA 0-0 650
5. Duke 0-0 578
6. Pittsburgh 0-0 576
7. Michigan State 0-0 572
8. Texas 0-0 538
9. Notre Dame 0-0 525
10. Purdue 0-0 465
11. Gonzaga 0-0 437
12. Memphis 0-0 425
13. Tennessee 0-0 408
14. Oklahoma 0-0 387
15. Arizona State 0-0 304
16. Miami (FL) 0-0 233
17. Marquette 0-0 219
18. Georgetown 0-0 175
19. Florida 0-0 161
20. Davidson 0-0 158
21. USC 0-0 153
21. Wisconsin 0-0 153
23. Kansas 0-0 130
24. Wake Forest 0-0 129
25. Villanova 0-0 122
Others Receiving Votes
UNLV 60, Saint Mary's 59, Ohio State 54, Baylor 47, Xavier 27, Syracuse 23, Texas A&M 19, LSU 19, Arizona 18, Virginia Tech 15, Brigham Young 13, West Virginia 10, Washington 8, Siena 8, Kentucky 7, Vanderbilt 7, Oklahoma State 4, Clemson 2, Washington State 1.
Comments
Beast
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-10-30 11:24.
Big East is the best league with 7 teams in the top 25, but the order is all botched by the voters. Louisville is #1. Marquette is better than Notre Dame. Syracuse is better than Villanova and Georgetown. Villanova's arguable better than Georgetown too. Still I like all the votes the league got, not to mention WVU also getting some love
Syracuse only losing the
Submitted by West Coast (not verified) on Thu, 2008-10-30 13:25.
Syracuse only losing the selfish shoot-ill advised-first-play-defense-later Greene and getting 2 injured starters back not ranked? Kansas losing 4 starters #23? Glad to see B.E. love, but Pitt w/o Fields shouldn't be that high. And I'm sorry, Duke is not a top 5 team.
Big East
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-10-30 13:32.
I agree with Louisville as #1 in the BE, but don't think I'd put Marquette ahead of ND. I think my BE rankings of teams with a chance to make the NCAAs would look like this:
1 Louisville
2 UConn
3 Pitt
4 ND
5 Marquette
6 Syracuse
7 Villanova
8 Georgetown
9 West Virginia
10 Providence
I think the biggest thing I saw in the coaches poll that suprised me was Miami at 16. Is McClinton REALLY that good?
yep, thats exactly how I'd
Submitted by Shawn Siegel on Thu, 2008-10-30 13:50.
yep, thats exactly how I'd rate the BE's Top 10 as well. I'm not a huge Miami fan either, but they're more than just McClinton. Miami's one of the few teams out there that legitimately goes 8 deep with solid players.
Thoughts?
No major surprises, though obviously I disagree on some teams. Post your thoughts below: