Did y’all know we’re about four 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?
No. 8 Texas A&M: Was the post-New Year Texas A&M the rule or the exception?
No. 7 Tennessee: Is this the year the Vol offense does its part?
No. 6 Creighton: How, exactly, can Creighton get over the hump?
No. 5 Michigan State: What is this Michigan State team now?
And now, for the defending champs:
What can UConn do for an encore?
The Huskies lost their best player (Adama Sanogo), best shooter (Jordan Hawkins) and best defender (Andre Jackson Jr.)… and are still a clear-cut top-10 team entering this season. Most pundits have them somewhere in the 7-10 range, and I don’t because
The champs get to be a top-five team until someone proves they don’t belong there anymore.
Dan Hurley is still coaching in Storrs.