Arizona Wildcats Season Preview – CBB Handicapping
Last year was a great season but Creighton actually finished second in the Valley to Wichita State.
Last year was a great season but Creighton actually finished second in the Valley to Wichita State.
Last year was a pretty good start to the Stan Haith era at Mizzou – even if it ended with a thud due to a first round exit against Norfolk State.
Last year’s North Carolina team was typically good sending 4 players to the NBA. In typical Roy Williams fashion they led the conference in scoring on the way to a stellar 14-2 conference record.
With the PAC 12 Conference down overall on the hardwood many are expecting the Arizona Wildcats to rise again in the desert.
This is Syracuse’s swansong in the in the Big East Conference before joining the ACC (booh). That is a lot of history on the way out which is kind of what happened to the Orange at the end of last season too.
The Kansas State Wildcats were able to leapfrog the Oregon Ducks for the No. 3 spot in the BCS this week, and following a dominant performance against the once highly touted West Virginia Mountaineers, you have to assume this is one of the best teams in the NCAA on both sides of the ball.
The Florida State Seminoles may have fallen with their week-six loss to North Carolina State, but they are as dangerous as any team outside the top 10, and the Duke Blue Devils are going to find that out this weekend.
The USC Trojans seemingly lost their BCS title hopes when they lost to Stanford in their third matchup of the season, but in college football, it’s better to lose early than to lose late, and they’re making a push for national attention in the second half of the year.
Everbank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. plays host to the annual battle between the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs, and this season it will be the site of one of the best contests in all of week nine. The No. 2 Gators and the No. 10 Bulldogs square off this Saturday, and with a win, Florida can clinch the SEC East.
The Texas Longhorns opened the season with three convincing wins against three teams they were supposed to beat. They then went on to struggle against tougher opponents, losing two of those four matchups.
The South Carolina Gamecocks were national title contenders just two weeks ago, but after losing two straight matchups against top-10 opponents, they find themselves trying to bounce back with their SEC title hopes essentially down the drain.
The Pittsburgh Steelers came up with a much-needed win last weekend in Cincinnati. Washington’s last-minute loss at New York was a particularly tough one to take.
The Stanford Cardinal are currently ranked 17th in the BCS, and they are looking to stay in the hunt for a Pac-12 title this week against the Washington State Cougars. The team from Pullman, Wash. has just one road victory this season, and it won’t be easy to get No. 2 against a Cardinal team that has yet to lose at home.
The Oregon State Beavers are 6-0 for the first time in more than a century, and as a result, they’ve climbed the BCS rankings to the No. 7 spot heading into week nine of the college football season. The Beavers have exceeded expectations all year long, while the Washington Huskies have underperformed with a 3-4 record.
The Oregon Ducks fell one spot in the BCS this week to No. 4, but their play on their field has given many around the country reason to believe that they are one of the best two teams in all of college football.
The NBA has become one of the most star-driven leagues in all of sports, and as a result, there are more than a handful of candidates when it comes to the 2012-13 MVP award.
Superstars are scattered all over the league, but only the top of the top-tier players earn legitimate MVP consideration heading into the year.