2009-2010 Texas A&M Predictions
2008-09 Record: (24-10, 9-7 Big 12)
Coach: Mark Turgeon (3rd year, 49-21 at Texas A&M)
Assistants: Scott Spinelli, Alvin Williamson, Bill Walker
Ret. Starters/Lost: 3/2

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Overview: The Aggies must replace leading scorer Josh Carter (13.8ppg), but their biggest loss was when 6-10 center Chinemelu Elonu (9.8ppg, 7.3rpg) decided to turn pro, instead of returning for his senior season. He wound up being taken in the second round. In the backcourt, Texas A&M returns guards Donald Sloan (6-3, 205, 11.8ppg) and Derrick Roland (6-4, 6.3ppg). Carter will be missed, so more pressure will be put on Sloan and Roland, along with freshmen Naji Hibbert (6-5, 180) and Khris Middleton (6-7, 185), who add athleticism and length at the wing. Up front, the Aggies have to replace Elonu’s defense and rebounding. Holdover starter Bryan Davis (6-9, 240, 10.8ppg, 6.5rpg) will have to carry the load. He will be joined by David Loubeau (6-9, 215) and Nathan Walkup (6-7, 205), who combined for 8.1ppg and 5.7rpg last season. Freshman Kourtney Roberson (6-9, 215), is the half-brother of Bernard King, A&M’s all-time leading scorer. Ray Turner (6-8, 220) is another youngster, who can rebound.

Outlook: Carter was a tough enough loss, but losing Elonu was devastating. Texas A&M will play some tough defense and hang in there against most teams, but they don’t have what it takes to make the top four.

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2009-2010 Kansas State Predictions
2008-09 Record: (23-12, 9-7 Big 12)
Coach: Frank Martin (3rd year, 44-24 at Kansas State)
Assistants: Dalonte Hill, Brad Underwood, Matt Figger
Ret. Starters/Lost: 4/1

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Overview: Without Michael Beasley, the Wildcats slumped to 9-7 overall in the Big 12, but did win 23 games overall. This season, they have to replace 6-10 Darren Kent (9ppg, 5.8rpg), but that’s not like replacing Beasley. Fortunately, they return 6-1 guard Denis Clemente (15ppg), who was ranked in the top 15 in five Big 12 categories. Junior Jacob Pullen (6-0, 200) is a good compliment to Clemente. He averaged 13.9ppg and 2.2 3-pointers per game. He also had 54 steals and scored 20 or more points eight times last season. Up front, they return starters in Luis Colon (6-10, 265, 4.4ppg, 4.7rpg) and Dominique Sutton (6-5, 210, 7.5ppg, 5.4rpg). They also add Wally Judge (6-9, 220), a freshman and top-20 recruit along with Connecticut transfer Curtis Kelly (6-8, 250), who should add beef up front. Judge is the most intriguing recruit and his speed and athleticism should make this squad a team to watch later this season and beyond. Judge or Kelly will need to push Colon, who’s a solid player, but unspectacular. The bench will either be their strength or their weakness, depending on how the youngsters develop.

Outlook: This team is very deep and could really push the upper echelon of the Big East if Stephenson and Wright are the real deal. Cronin has brought this team along slowly, and it would be a huge disappointment if they don’t make some huge strides towards the NCAA Tournament and beyond.

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2009-2010 Oklahoma State Predictions
2008-09 Record: (23-12, 9-7 Big 12)
Coach: Travis Ford (2nd year, 23-12 at Oklahoma State)
Assistants: Butch Pierre, Chris Ferguson, Steve Middleton
Ret. Starters/Lost: 3/2

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Overview: With Blake Griffin gone, this would be a great chance for Travis Ford and his Cowboys to make a big jump in the Big 12. The one problem is that they lost two major starters in point guard Byron Eaton (14.3ppg, 5.7apg) and wing Terrel Harris (13.9ppg). The Cowboys run an uptempo offense and will look to sophomore Kelton Page (5-10, 168), who is an outstanding three-point shooter, but not a pure point. Freshmen Ray Penn (5-9, 170) is a future star, but may be hampered by off-season shoulder surgery. At wing the Cowboys return their best player in James Anderson (6-6, 195), a great shooter, who averaged 18.2ppg and 5.7rpg. He’s a definite pro, who just needs to get stronger and refine his skills. Up front, junior Marshall Moses (6-8, 235) gives the team hustle and boards (6.1rpg). Kentucky transfer Matt Pilgrim (6-8, 233), who also played at Hampton, is eligible to play and should give this team immediate help up front. Freshman Torin Walker (6-11, 230) will play right away and give the team minutes when they need help against a bigger lineup.

Outlook: Pilgrim adds size and experience up front, while Anderson is a big-time talent. But there are so many questions at point guard and off the bench, it make be another season before the Cowboys take a huge jump. Just a slight one this year.

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2009-2010 Oklahoma Predictions
2008-09 Record: (30-6, 13-3 Big 12)
Coach: Jeff Capel (4th year, 69-33 at Oklahoma)
Assistants: Ben Betts, Mark Cline, Oronde Taliaferro
Ret. Starters/Lost: 2/3

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Overview: Some teams lose quantity, others lose quality. Oklahoma lost both in terms of three starters and the nation’s best player. Blake Griffin (22.7ppg, 14.4rpg) has moved on to the NBA with his brother Taylor and distributor Austin Johnson. This will be sophomore Willie Warren’s squad. The 6-4 guard from Fort Worth, Texas, averaged 14.6ppg last year was a consensus first-team freshman All-American. Fortunately, they return senior wing guard Tony Crocker (9.4ppg), who is a solid defender and an erratic shooter. Warren can run the point, but if Jeff Capel wants to take pressure off of him, he can go with freshman Thomas Mason-Griffin (5-11, 203), a McDonald’s All-American and pure point. Senior Ryan Wright (6-9, 238), who transferred from UCLA, could step in for one of the Griffin’s. He played sparingly as a backup last year. Freshman Tiny Gallon (6-9, 300) comes from Oak Hill Academy (Va.) and was one of the nation’s most highly-regarded big men. He is extremely skilled, though they need him to rebound, first-and-foremost. Junior Cade Davis (6-4, 4.7ppg) can hit the three. Ray Willis (3.3ppg) also returns, though there will be question about the bench.

Outlook: The Sooners will have another great player in Warren, but replacing the Griffin’s up front will be impossible. They may add a lot of size, but Blake Griffin was one of the best big men of the decade.

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2009-2010 Texas Predictions
2008-09 Record: 23-12, 9-7 Big 12)
Coach: Rick Barnes (12th year, 270-105 at Texas)
Assistants: Russell Springmann, Rodney Terry, Chris Ogden
Ret. Starters/Lost: 4/1

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Overview: The Longhorns are stacked every year, but they always seem to play second fiddle to Texas or Kansas. This season, Rick Barnes not only has four returning starters, but also an outstanding transfer in Jai Lucas (8.5ppg), a 5-10 junior point guard who played at Florida for two seasons. He’ll elevate the team’s outside shooting and soften the loss of star guard A.J. Abrams (11.6ppg). Abrams was similar to Lucas in that he was a scoring point guard and less of a creator for his teammates. Senior guard Justin Barnes (6-2, 195, 6.1ppg, 4apg) is the guy that delivers the ball, but has to improve his shooting (20.6% 3pt). At the third guard spot, freshman Avery Bradley (6-3, 180) arrives from Las Vegas with a tremendous amount of fanfare. He was ranked No. 1 prep player by some scouting services. Up front, the good news for Barnes was the return of senior Damion James (6-7, 225), who led the team in rebounds at 9.2rpg and also averaged 15.4ppg. James will have to show NBA scouts that’s he’s a better long-range shooter and not just a college power forward. At center, senior Dexter Pittman (6-10, 290) takes up a lot of space, but played just 16.6mpg last year. He averaged around 10ppg and 5.5rpg. Big question about the bench though Lucas could start of come off it. Junior Dogus Balbay (6-0, 186) came on late last season, averaging 4.8apg, after being inserted into the starting lineup. Freshman Jordan Hamilton (6-7, 226) arrives from Los Angeles as the second-rated player in one of the nation’s top classes.

Outlook: Texas basketball would love to match Texas football. That will be tough, but this should be a very good squad. They have some great recruits as usual, good size and few key losses. If Lucas can replace Abrams and if Bradley lives up to his potential, this will be a potential elite eight team.

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2009-2010 Kansas Predictions
2008-09 Record: (27-8, 14-2 Big 12)
Coach: Bill Self (7th year, 169-40 at Kansas)
Assistants: Joe Dooley, Kurtis Townsend, Danny Manning
Ret. Starters/Lost: 5/0

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Overview: Kansas is flat-out scary this year. They are eerily similar to North Carolina last year, who returned five starters and ran away with the title. This season, KU returns five, but also adds one of the nation’s top recruits in Xavier Henry (6-6, 200), a big, explosive wing player. He’d start for any team in the nation, but Kansas could bring him off the bench and still play him 25 minutes per game. Junior Brady Morningstar (6-3, 185), 6.5ppg) was second on the team in three-pointers made and can really extend the defense. The other wing is sophomore Marcus Morris (6-8, 225), who averaged 7.4ppg and 4.7rpg in his freshman season. His twin brother Markieff (6-9, 232) is a post player, who averaged 4.6pp and 4.4rpg off the bench. At the point, senior Sherron Collins seemingly played with assistant coach Danny Manning. It appears he’s been around since the eighties since he has a title. Collins (5-11, 205) led the team in scoring (18.9ppg) and also added 5rpg. Tyshawn Taylor (6-3, 180) added 9.7ppg and 3apg in 26.5mpg as a freshman. At center, the Jayhawks have one of the best in the nation in senior Cole Aldrich (6-11, 245), who averaged 14.9ppg, 11.1rpg and 2.7bpg. The depth is good but young. Junior guard Tyler Reed (6-3, 185) is an unselfish guard, who will do what it takes to help the team. Senior guard Mario Little (6-5, 210) adds 4.7ppg and could be a pleasant surprise this year. Last year was a disappointment as the heavily-recruited juco wing was expected to be a big scorer from the wing, but was hampered by injuries.

Outlook: Bill Self is one of the best recruiters in the country and obviously has another stacked team. Anything less than a championship appearance will be a disappointment.

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Colorado vs. Oklahoma State
Free Pick: Over 47 points -110 odds
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The value in this game is clearly with the OVER tonight. This line has dropped 2.5 points, meaning the public is on the UNDER when it should be on the OVER. The reason this total is dropping is due to Oklahoma State’s recent 4-1 UNDER run. But the Cowboys are more than capable of taking care of this OVER by themselves, and with QB Zac Robinson playing tonight after a concussion, they won’t miss a beat offensively. The Cowboys have scored 33 or more points in 7 of their last 9 games, and the only time they failed to reach that 33-number was against a great Texas defense and an improved Texas Tech defense. Colorado is not a good defensive team, giving up 28.7 points/game overall and 32.8 points/game on the road. Given those averages, I see no possibility of Colorado holding the Cowboys to less than 35 points. Oky State’s defense has not been spectacular, allowing 22.9 points/game at home this season. That said, I also feel Colorado will score at least 2 touchdowns tonight to help chip in to get this thing over the number. The OVER is 6-0 in Buffaloes last 6 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game. The OVER is 32-13 in Cowboys last 45 home games. Take the OVER.

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Tournament actions abounds on this Thursday with games all day, and good ones at that. We’ve got a great late morning matchup between Dayton and Georgia Tech, two teams expected to be contenders in their conferences all season long. Tonight, Madison Square Garden will be the host for two terrific games, Syracuse takes on California in game 1, while Ohio State takes on defending National Champion North Carolina in the second game. Good luck and enjoy.

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South Carolina vs. LaSalle
Free Pick: South Carolina -7.5 (-110 odds)
Thu November 19th 2009 9:30p
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The South Carolina Gamecocks are already 2-0 this season and we look for them to make it a hat trick tonight vs. a La Salle Explorers team that just barely got by Hampton in their opener.

South Carolina opened the year with a 38-point win in a non-lined game vs. Alabama A&M and they followed that up by beating Georgia Southern by 24, just covering the 22-point spread. This line is much more manageable, and the Gamecocks are not really stepping up in class that much. They have smothered their first two opponents defensively, allowing only 58.0 points per game on a microscopic 34.1 percent shooting from the floor while forcing 45 turnovers.

On the offensive end, Devan Downey may compete for SEC Player of the Year honors this season, and the senior guard is already filling up the star sheet, averaging 18.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in the first two games. He has gotten some nice support from fellow senior Dominique Archie, who has hit nine of 14 from the floor so far including an incredible five of his six three-point attempts. That dup should come up big vs. a soft La Salle defense.

The Explorers were life-and-death to come away with an 83-80 win over Hampton, which does not bode well for them given this major jump in class. La Salle ranked 212 out of 335 Division I schools in defensive field goal percentage allowed last season, and after watching the Pirates shred them in the opener, how are they going to contain an upper-tier SEC school that can score?

The answer is they cannot, so we see South Carolina coming away with a double-digit win here.

CBB Free Pick: South Carolina -7.5 (-110)

Kent State vs. Youngstown State
Free Pick: Youngstown State +3 -110 betting odds
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We should be seeing a down year from Kent St. this season at least in the beginning. The Golden Flashes lost three starters from last season and even though there are six seniors on the team, experience is still an issue. This will be a team to keep an eye on once conference action gets going but the chemistry may be an issue in the early part of the season. That is even more so playing its first road game of the season. The Golden Flashes have played three games already this season with all three of those games coming at home where they went 2-1. Despite the winning record, the results were not great. Ken St. has been outshot by 4.8 percent as the defense has allowed 48.8 percent shooting from the floor and even though it is just three games in, this team was about defense last season as it allowed opponents to shoot only 41.1 percent from the field. The Golden Flashes have also has trouble from long range as they are hitting only 27.7 percent from behind the arc. Youngstown St. has played two games and while its numbers are not as games, it is justified. Playing Xavier will do that to a team as the Penguins shot only 32.8 percent including 7.7 percent from three-point range (1-13). They bounced back in their last game against Hiram which was basically a glorified exhibition but it restored some confidence after the debacle at Xavier. This is a team on the rise and that has not been said in a long time in Youngstown. The Penguins have four starters back from last season and this is big since in each of the last two seasons, they have has to replace their two top scorers so there is finally some continuity on the floor in the beginning of the season. They exceeded expectations last season as picked to finish 10th in the Horizon League, they finished sixth, thanks to seven league wins which tied for the most ever since joining. Things could have been even better as six of their losses came by five points or fewer, three of which came on the road. DeAndre Mays, Sirlester Martin and Kelvin Bright and Vytas Sulskis all averaged between 9.6 and 11.4 ppg last season and with an even deeper team this year, the Penguins are no longer pushovers. Depth and experience are the two keys that head coach Jerry Slocum is hoping will carry the Penguins this season. He can go nine or 10 players deep on the bench and he used 12 players against Hiram and the three on the roster who didn’t play are all being redshirted this season. “We are a totally different team from a year ago at this time,” Slocum said. “Everything now has been a lot more constructive, just because they’ve been around for a year.” These teams have met in each of the last four years and Youngstown St. has covered all four of those meetings. Those lines were all double-digits so this short number really shows how the gap has closed and the linesmakers are well aware. That has made the public once again ride Kent St. and fade the Penguins and that is a mistake here. Play on teams that won between 20 and 40 percent of their games from last season where the line is +3 to -3 and are coming off a home win, playing a team that had a winning record last year. This situation is 43-16 ATS (72.9 percent) since 1997. 3* Youngstown St. Penguins