Elite 8 poll - 23-24 preseason

Men's Basketball
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Other for me is Louisville.

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Does Chris Beard take over midseason? :joy:

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Just wait until the Payne train goes 0-20 in conference play but wins the ACCT. He’s playing the long game.

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Other = Virginia. My mind’s telling me no, but my body…my body’s telling me yes!

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Can you tell us how we did last year? That would be very interesting.

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I did something small at the end of the year:

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Hoos. I’m a homer

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I like UVA’s chances come tourney time to fill that last slot.

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Hoos for my “other.”

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Other = St. John’s

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Other - TCU

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Other = the Hoos

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This closes at noon today if anyone else wants to vote

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Official LRA Elite 8 Preseason Poll Results:

  1. Kansas
  2. Duke
  3. Purdue
  4. Other**
  5. UConn (#4)
  6. Tenn. (#5)
  7. Zags (#6)
  8. Houston (#7)
  9. Zona (#8) **

** I don’t think any other teams got more votes than Zona’s 23, so technically Zona is #8, I think.

Compared to AP, we are low on MSU (AP#4 / LRA #11) and Marquette (AP#5, LRA#10) and high on Tenn. (AP#9, LRA#5), Zags (AP#11, LRA#6), and Zona (AP#12, LRA#8). I’m with LRA on the first two (MSU and Marquette). I’m not with LRA on the Zags (I think even #11 is too high) and I’m not sure about Zona and Tenn.

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We are not the foremost Elite 8 based poll for nothing.

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We are better than Michigan State. Moreso because They are not a top 20 team.

No 3pt shooters. Too heavily dependent on their pg. Put Reece on him and its Louisville with a better coach

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Yep. JMU is also probably in the 70-80 KenPom range. Michigan State looked straight up rough though

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And yet, MSU will still likely win two games in the tournament.

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Pfff. Who cares? Two games? So what. Take it to the Sweet 16 poll thread. :joy:

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