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Post by aztecswinagain on Jul 25, 2014 8:33:18 GMT -8
Jon Rothstein posted his early MWC projections on his twitter page of twitter.com/JonRothstein So I thought I would share for those not on twitter. Thoughts? (besides how annoying it was that he calls us "SDS") MWC Preseason Power Rankings 1. San Diego State 2. Boise State 3. Wyoming 4. UNLV 5. Colorado State 6. New Mexico 7. Fresno State 8. Nevada 9. Air Force 10. Utah State 11. San Jose State. 14-15 MWC Preseason Player of the Year: Anthony Drmic, Boise State 14-15 MWC Preseason Sleeper: Colorado State 14-15 MWC Preseason First Team Anthony Drmic (BSU) Derrick Marks (BSU) Winston Shepard (SDS) Larry Nance Jr. (Wyoming) J.J. Avila (CSU) 10 Impact MWC Freshman for 14-15: Rashad Vaughn (UNLV) Dwayne Morgan (UNLV) Goodluck Okonoboh (UNLV) Kevin Zabo (SDS) Trey Kell (SDS) Malik Pope (SDS) Zylan Cheatham (SDS) Chandler Hutchison (BSU) Matt Mooney (AF) David Wacker (BSU) 10 Impact MWC Transfers for 14-15: Cody Doolin (UNLV) Angelo Chol (SDS) Stanton Kidd (CSU) Dantiel Daniels (CSU) John Gillon (CSU) Fred Richardson (CSU) Julien Lewis (FSU) Jordan Goodman (NM) J.J. Nganga (NM) Tyron Criswell (Nev) 5 Breakout MWC Players for 14-15: Dwayne Polee (SDS) Christian Wood (UNLV) Cullen Neal (NM) Michael Perez (Nevada) Nick Duncan (BSU) |
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Post by Gundo on Jul 25, 2014 8:51:11 GMT -8
I am not drinking the Boise State Kool-Aid this year. Drmic is a Manu Ginobili type player, but I don't think he is the best in the MWC. I believe incoming freshman and transfers will have more impact than his first team players. Shepard has the most talent, but needs to sort out his head. Larry Nance is coming off an ACL tear.
The Aztecs and Rebels have by far the most talent and then their is everyone else. I see Fresno State as the surprise team.
Wyoming #3, come on? and CSU will have some fighters as usual but losing Sr. John Octeus is gonna hurt them. Even so, the Rams may move up to #3 in my book. |
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Post by AztecBill on Jul 25, 2014 9:07:59 GMT -8
I am not drinking the Boise State Kool-Aid this year. Drmic is a Manu Ginobili type player, but I don't think he is the best in the MWC. I believe incoming freshman and transfers will have more impact than his first team players. Shepard has the most talent, but needs to sort out his head. Larry Nance is coming off an ACL tear.
The Aztecs and Rebels have by far the most talent and then their is everyone else. I see Fresno State as the surprise team.
Wyoming #3, come on? and CSU will have some fighters as usual but losing Sr. John Octeus is gonna hurt them. Even so, the Rams may move up to #3 in my book. I can see BSU in the #2 spot. Marks had a great 2012-2013 but really regressed last year. If he returns to his 2012-2013 level, BSU could be very tough. They lost a lot of close games last year. The type of games that they won the previous year. They add Chandler Hutchison a 4 star 6'6" SG. They could have Drmic, Marks, and Hutchison playing together. That would be a tough trio for most MWC teams to defend. They add a lot of new big guys and a couple need to step up to average for the guards to succeed. If they do, BSU could be tough. |
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Post by sdcoug on Jul 25, 2014 9:33:30 GMT -8
I am not drinking the Boise State Kool-Aid this year. Drmic is a Manu Ginobili type player, but I don't think he is the best in the MWC. I believe incoming freshman and transfers will have more impact than his first team players. Shepard has the most talent, but needs to sort out his head. Larry Nance is coming off an ACL tear.
The Aztecs and Rebels have by far the most talent and then their is everyone else. I see Fresno State as the surprise team.
Wyoming #3, come on? and CSU will have some fighters as usual but losing Sr. John Octeus is gonna hurt them. Even so, the Rams may move up to #3 in my book. I can see BSU in the #2 spot. Marks had a great 2012-2013 but really regressed last year. If he returns to his 2012-2013 level, BSU could be very tough. They lost a lot of close games last year. The type of games that they won the previous year. They add Chandler Hutchison a 4 star 6'6" SG. They could have Drmic, Marks, and Hutchison playing together. That would be a tough trio for most MWC teams to defend. They add a lot of new big guys and a couple need to step up to average for the guards to succeed. If they do, BSU could be tough. I think Hutchinson is the key for them. If he's as advertised he helps both Drmic & Marks get better shots & lifts them a level. I know Rice thought this would be his best team (one of the (many) reasons he didn't take WSU job when offered). I had SDSU, UNLV, BSU, NM & then CSU personally, but hadn't really considered Wyoming. Not sure what else they have, but if Nance is 90%+ (which he should be) he's a very good talent. Not enough to carry a team though IMO. |
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Post by AztecBill on Jul 25, 2014 12:42:35 GMT -8
I can see BSU in the #2 spot. Marks had a great 2012-2013 but really regressed last year. If he returns to his 2012-2013 level, BSU could be very tough. They lost a lot of close games last year. The type of games that they won the previous year. They add Chandler Hutchison a 4 star 6'6" SG. They could have Drmic, Marks, and Hutchison playing together. That would be a tough trio for most MWC teams to defend. They add a lot of new big guys and a couple need to step up to average for the guards to succeed. If they do, BSU could be tough. I think Hutchinson is the key for them. If he's as advertised he helps both Drmic & Marks get better shots & lifts them a level. I know Rice thought this would be his best team (one of the (many) reasons he didn't take WSU job when offered). I had SDSU, UNLV, BSU, NM & then CSU personally, but hadn't really considered Wyoming. Not sure what else they have, but if Nance is 90%+ (which he should be) he's a very good talent. Not enough to carry a team though IMO. Wyoming has some other interesting pieces. If Nance is close to 100% they will be tough and could be in the mix of the middle of the MWC. I think the 3-7 teams will all be close to within 1 game of each other. 1. SDSU 8. Nev 9. AFA 10.USU 11.SJSU The second place team may separate themselves some but we could see #3 to #7 around 10-8 or 9-9. If that is the case, it is impossible to rank those teams in positions. |
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Post by adammclane on Jul 25, 2014 14:14:28 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years.
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Post by standiego on Jul 25, 2014 14:27:40 GMT -8
Drimc is playing for the Australian national team this summer , really helped B'Stow last year at UNM. But to me they will need a strong player down low to finish near the top .
Interesting trends UNLV and SDSU can recruit numerous quality HS players . CSU and UNM will need to bring in transfers to be able to compete
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Post by gigglyforshrigley on Jul 25, 2014 14:28:18 GMT -8
I think Drmic is really overrated. Maybe because he's guarded by our long, athletic guys but he never impresses me when I see him play
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Post by AztecBill on Jul 25, 2014 14:30:18 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years. Who will be the best player for New Mexico this coming year? |
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Post by 78aztec82 on Jul 25, 2014 14:49:07 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years. Who will be the best player for New Mexico this coming year? Snake? Sent from my SM-G900V using proboards |
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Post by dooganheimer808 on Jul 25, 2014 16:52:41 GMT -8
its us, vegas and then everyone else
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Post by adammclane on Jul 25, 2014 17:01:30 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years. Who will be the best player for New Mexico this coming year? Remember last year? We didn't have a star either. A good system will generate the wins. |
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Post by aztech on Jul 25, 2014 17:25:44 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years. Who will be the best player for New Mexico this coming year? Probably Neal's son. He'll be given every opportunity to be so, at the teams' expense. Isn't that how father-son relationship go? |
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Post by randiego on Jul 25, 2014 17:46:49 GMT -8
I'm not buying the BSU stuff, either. I have a hard time believing that New Mexico will be out of the top 3 when it's all said and done. The class of this league is SDSU, UNLV, and UNM... it's safe to say 2/3 of them with be 2/3 of the top teams most years. Who will be the best player for New Mexico this coming year? Jesse Pinkman |
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Post by rednblk on Jul 25, 2014 19:04:57 GMT -8
I guess the question is - do we go undefeated in conference play?
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Post by AztecBill on Jul 25, 2014 19:16:37 GMT -8
New Mexico will be very thin at guard and very inexperienced at the bigs. If these players we playing on another team no one would have a problem picking them 6th or worse.
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Post by Proud Aztec on Jul 25, 2014 19:17:11 GMT -8
Can someone provide a preview of lobos' players. It seems like they got many players weighing in at 220 lbs and above. Are they athletic 220 lbs or just dead weights.
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Post by Gundo on Jul 25, 2014 20:47:10 GMT -8
Can someone provide a preview of lobos' players. It seems like they got many players weighing in at 220 lbs and above. Are they athletic 220 lbs or just dead weights. UNM has 13 scholarship players that I see right now. They return these players: Greenwood 6'3 205 PG Delaney 6'5 180 SF Edwards 6'6 205 SF Agit 7'1 225 C Neal 6'4 180 SG Williams 6'7 205 SF (red shirt) Non eligible Transfers Elijah Brown - Butler 6'4 190 SG Timothy Williams - Samford 6'8 210 SF Juco Jordan Goodman 6'9 200 JJ N'Ganga 6'10 260 PF freshmen Xavier Adams 6'5 190 SF Joe Furstinger 6'9 210 PF Tohiraukura Smith-Milner 6'9 215 - New Zealand PF Recent Transfers Tim Myers Merv Linsdsay |
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Post by azteccc on Jul 26, 2014 3:25:28 GMT -8
COLLEGE BASKETBALL TALK  |
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Post by rick7g on Jul 26, 2014 6:22:54 GMT -8
Can someone provide a preview of lobos' players. It seems like they got many players weighing in at 220 lbs and above. Are they athletic 220 lbs or just dead weights. UNM has 13 scholarship players that I see right now. They return these players: Greenwood 6'3 205 PG Delaney 6'5 180 SF Edwards 6'6 205 SF Agit 7'1 225 C Neal 6'4 180 SG Williams 6'7 205 SF (red shirt) Non eligible Transfers Elijah Brown - Butler 6'4 190 SG Timothy Williams - Samford 6'8 210 SF Juco Jordan Goodman 6'9 200 - thrown off of UNLV PF JJ N'Ganga 6'10 260 PF freshmen Xavier Adams 6'5 190 SF Joe Furstinger 6'9 210 PF Tohiraukura Smith-Milner 6'9 215 - New Zealand PF Recent Transfers Tim Myers Merv Linsdsay Curious, for Jordan Goodman, what does "thrown off of UNLV PF" mean? |
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