Did y’all know we’re about eight weeks from college basketball season? Yeah! I swear to God!
It’s coming up fast, and yet with college football in full swing, the shooty-hoops are getting even less love than normal. Obviously, this is not a problem at Sons of Pepe Sanchez (or else we’d probably be called Sons of Pisa Tinoisamoa) but it is worth bearing in mind that the cognoscenti have run out of space on the dance card to devote to basketball.
So until the season tips, we’ll tackle one big question for each of my own personal preseason top-10. For previous editions, we have:
No. 10 Kentucky: Can youth be served in Lexington this time?
No. 9 Purdue: What happens if Zach Edey’s supporting cast isn’t enough?
And now, for the weird country nerds:
Was the post-New Year Texas A&M the rule or the exception?
You might not remember how Texas A&M started last season, so let me remind you. 6-5 after 11 games with shocking losses to Mu**ay State and Wofford and pants-beating howlers against Colorado (by 28) and Boise State (by 15) is not what you want if you’re the Aggies, although I’m sure it delighted Texas and other rivals to no end.