[b]Charlotte:[/b] Chris Braswell might be the best big man in the league, and the 49ers have a good recruiting class entering the fold. Which frosh steps up?
Meanwhile, Mike Huguenin of Yahoo! sees the A-10 as #8 out of the top 12 conferences (BTW, C-USA #10). [NOTE: written prior to VCU announcing it would join A-10 in 2012-13]
And in an early top 25, Mike Decourcy picks VCU #25, with Saint Louis among “What teams just missed the preseason top 25?”. Chaz Williams (UMass) among the top 10 PGs, while Khalif Wyatt (Temple) in the top 10 SGs list.
[quote=“Run49er, post:15, topic:26787”]As 2k noted on the Niners hoops forum, Clayton made this Rothstein list, which also includes Jordan Hare (URI) and Qeuvyn Winters (Duquesne).
Rothstein calls Charlotte a “sleeper”. Gives us a positive write-up, and still puts us 9th. Not sure who I’d put below though, maybe Richmond? I have a feeling the league is going to be pretty tough this year, though without many clear top teams.
[quote=“9erken, post:17, topic:26787”]Rothstein calls Charlotte a “sleeper”. Gives us a positive write-up, and still puts us 9th. Not sure who I’d put below though, maybe Richmond? I have a feeling the league is going to be pretty tough this year, though without many clear top teams.
Would fans be ok with this finish, particularly if the top 5 make the NCAAs?[/quote]
I think it really would depend on the record and play. Hypothetically, if 5-11 gets you 9th place I can’t see too many being happy, and rightfully so. I think we need to be bare minimum 7-9 as it would show a two win conference increase, but the heat would be on Major, big time, again rightfully so. 8-8 combined with some good wins would probably put people in a more positive mood.
[quote=“ImfromClayton, post:16, topic:26787”][quote=“Run49er, post:15, topic:26787”]As 2k noted on the Niners hoops forum, Clayton made this Rothstein list, which also includes Jordan Hare (URI) and Qeuvyn Winters (Duquesne).
You know we are irrelevant when they can’t spell the coach’s name correctly. [/quote]When Lutz was winning and we were relevant, his name was butchered all the time. It happens.
[quote=“CharSFNiners, post:18, topic:26787”]I think it really would depend on the record and play. Hypothetically, if 5-11 gets you 9th place I can’t see too many being happy, and rightfully so. I think we need to be bare minimum 7-9 as it would show a two win conference increase, but the heat would be on Major, big time, again rightfully so. 8-8 combined with some good wins would probably put people in a more positive mood.[/quote]That sounds about right I suppose. Before Xavier imploded, I would’ve said about 7 or 8 teams had realistic shots at NCAA’s. But even without Xavier, conference play is going to be brutal. It doesn’t help that we drop last year’s extra games with GW and Richmond, and replace them with Butler (away) and VCU (home), both of which are getting top25 predictions from various people. If we do get to 8-8, I think that would almost have to include some wins against bubble teams or better.
I just want to see Charlotte exceed expectations for the first time in a while and before leaving the A10. I think we’ve done that once in the A10, when Goldwire won several games with hot shooting. Since then, it’s been underachieving every year it seems.