Iāll play and cast an early vote for getting Jacob Wilkins after he asks for a release from Georgia in the spring following a shitty campaign from Mike āHot Seatā White and the Bulldogs.
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Thing of beauty by @Hooandtrue but his early post will give us all nightmares through Halloween
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Have we gotten an athletic wing in the portal?
Maybe Trey / but shooting was his mo and his athleticism really didnāt translate defensively his one year.
Also he was before the actual portal.
Braxton also before the current state ā¦
Also still wish Trey would have redshirted as planned.
Also glad that Key didnāt as planned.
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Evan Miyaās preseason ratings are out: EvanMiya CBB Analytics - College Basketball Team, Player, and Lineup Metrics
Basically sees 4-5ish tiers:
Tier 1: Duke, UNC
Tier 2: Wake, Clemson, Pittsburgh, Louisville
Tier 3 (more like Tier 2.5): NC State, Miami, Virginia, SMU, Syracuse, Notre Dame
Tier 4: GT, VT, FSU, Stanford, California
Tier 5: BC
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Yes.
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How accurate does the preseason version of this usually end up being to the actual results? Genuine question because I donāt know and donāt see anything saying in the descriptions.
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Dunno. Some folks used to track various preseason projection systemsā accuracy in terms of relating to KenPomās final ratings, but I donāt think anyone does this anymore.
I guess the specialist was helping with time zone adjustments, but I was hoping Cal was exploring the possibility of low-orbit flight to get to the East Coast:
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All I know is for like the last 10 years Duke has been picked 1st in the preseason ACC predictions.I donāt believe they won the conference outright any year they were picked 1st. I hate to say it but I believe that string gets broken this year
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The clouds and the font in this definitely gave me a different first impression of what this announcement was for:
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This is way better than the typical ācondolencesā notes when someone passes. Give me a straightforward message in medieval font.
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This made my morning, thank you.
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Oddly enough, out of all the people in the world, Danny Neckel has an answer for us.
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My oddball theory is that nobody is actually predicting ACC regular season finish when they do those predictions. Itās vague power rankings stuff.
Like - how did we finish in the ACC regular season last year yields a different answer than how we did we finish the season last year generally as compared to other ACC teams?
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Thatās right Haney. Duke will have the highest power ranking practically every yearr
What? No, they are voting on which team they believe will win the ACC, not which team has the longest journey in March.
Itās an oddball theory because voters ā ACC beat writers ā are literate . . . and literal. (Iāve known all the T-D guys, and many of the Daily Progress guys with votes for the past 25 years.)
Frankly I love that they pick Duke every year, because itās hilarious watching them repeatedly fail to live up to that pick, oftentimes extra sweet when the Hoos are the ones that claim it. Never gets old.
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Whenever Iāve looked (and I have spent time looking), I see something like āACC preseason poll.ā
If youāve seen something that says : āplease predict the order of regular season finishā Iād be genuinely curious to see it.
And every preseason poll is to predict what they think will happen in the ACC based on teamsā rosters, coaching, etc. X will be the best team, Y the second best, and so forth. That includes predictions for POY, ROY, and others, too.
If someone votes for your boy Kon (whoās no Reed Sheppard), he or she believes Kon will be the best player in the ACC over the year. And he or she would be stupid, but whatever.
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Since you know all those journos, please ask them for their votes in my first annual āHaney and Lodger 96 Wins Above Bubble ACC prediction contest.ā Please ask for three votes: (1) regular season, (2) ACC regular season, (3) Regular season + conference tourney
Hmm, but that leaves out the tourney. Maybe we should make it KPI? Elo-Chess?
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