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Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:43 pm
by CharlieFU

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:43 pm
by Flagman
Too bad we won’t see them in person.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:39 am
by CharlieFU
Flagman wrote:
Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:43 pm
Too bad we won’t see them in person.
I remain hopeful that we will. The plan they announced at least anticipates that.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:51 am
by Roundball
Flagman wrote:
Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:43 pm
Too bad we won’t see them in person.
Based on the plan announced on Tuesday, we will get to see this team play. However, the virus is exploding, so things will change. At this point, watching our team play on tv is good enough for me. I just want our team to have a chance to compete on the court. Whether I am there in person is not a priority.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:05 am
by Davemeister
This was a media poll, right? Do the coaches have a separate one?

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:50 pm
by MidlandsPaladin

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:51 pm
by furpop16

Anybody else puzzled that while...:
- we have three players listed on the preseason All-SoCon Team to UNCG's one
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG on KenPom
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG by CBS Sports
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG by the Media poll (with nearly twice as many first-place votes)

... nevertheless the Coaches poll overall has UNCG listed as the preseason favorite? What am I missing?

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:54 pm
by PaladinPower
Furman also has more votes (5) for a 1st place finish than UNCG (4). That makes no sense. Whoever voted for ETSU to finish first must have put Furman at least 4th or 5th for that to happen.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:21 pm
by Furmanoid
furpop16 wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:51 pm

Anybody else puzzled that while...:
- we have three players listed on the preseason All-SoCon Team to UNCG's one
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG on KenPom
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG by CBS Sports
- and we're ranked higher than UNCG by the Media poll (with nearly twice as many first-place votes)

... nevertheless the Coaches poll overall has UNCG listed as the preseason favorite? What am I missing?
Hopefully it just means that coaches don’t necessarily know everything about basketball which also explains why so many of them get fired every year. If we are who we think we are we should blow through this conference undefeated and lose maybe 2 out of conference. If we have terrible luck maybe we lose 1 in and 3 out.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:42 pm
by youwouldno
PaladinPower wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:54 pm
Furman also has more votes (5) for a 1st place finish than UNCG (4). That makes no sense. Whoever voted for ETSU to finish first must have put Furman at least 4th or 5th for that to happen.

The obvious candidate is Wes Miller.

Re: Pre Season Selections

PostPosted:Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:32 pm
by furmandad
Obviously, pre season selections are limited, but I believe Alex Hunter continues to be under estimated. I would absolutely take Alex over Storm Murphy in a pick up game.