Post by Gundo on Oct 19, 2014 0:59:18 GMT -8
San Diego State
And so here comes the promised Season of Lore for the Aztecs. For the past two years, SDSU fans have been waiting to see what this freshman class will look like combined with the vets who've turned Steve Fisher's program into the alpha dogs of the Mountain West. Fisher's team will be stellar on defense again (ninth in the nation with a 91.6 D rating last season), helped in large part because, truth be told, SDSU might wind up being deeper than even, say, Kentucky? The talent won't matchup, but the minutes probably will. There's a lot here. I'd soak up the rest of the team capsule just listing off the roster. Combo forward Winston Shepard is now the team's best player, and though he won't be asked to do/fill the shoes of Xavier Thames, he'll be capable yet bolstered by spindly teammate Dwayne Polee, who's the 1B option. Matt Shrigley will be the secondary deep threat. Two talented freshmen, Zylan Cheatham and Malik Pope, aren't going to be ready at season's start. But by mid-January? I think SDSU will have a chance at being a top-10 team again, once all are in the mix. Also in the fold is Angelo Chol, a former Arizona commit who will probably bust out big next season but work his way to meaningful minutes this year, too. Utah, BYU, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati dot the non-con slate. The Aztecs will have solid numbers -- and I don't see how the team isn't sitting with at least 24 wins heading into conference tourney play.
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24756494/-15-college-basketball-conference-preview-mountain-west
And so here comes the promised Season of Lore for the Aztecs. For the past two years, SDSU fans have been waiting to see what this freshman class will look like combined with the vets who've turned Steve Fisher's program into the alpha dogs of the Mountain West. Fisher's team will be stellar on defense again (ninth in the nation with a 91.6 D rating last season), helped in large part because, truth be told, SDSU might wind up being deeper than even, say, Kentucky? The talent won't matchup, but the minutes probably will. There's a lot here. I'd soak up the rest of the team capsule just listing off the roster. Combo forward Winston Shepard is now the team's best player, and though he won't be asked to do/fill the shoes of Xavier Thames, he'll be capable yet bolstered by spindly teammate Dwayne Polee, who's the 1B option. Matt Shrigley will be the secondary deep threat. Two talented freshmen, Zylan Cheatham and Malik Pope, aren't going to be ready at season's start. But by mid-January? I think SDSU will have a chance at being a top-10 team again, once all are in the mix. Also in the fold is Angelo Chol, a former Arizona commit who will probably bust out big next season but work his way to meaningful minutes this year, too. Utah, BYU, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati dot the non-con slate. The Aztecs will have solid numbers -- and I don't see how the team isn't sitting with at least 24 wins heading into conference tourney play.
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24756494/-15-college-basketball-conference-preview-mountain-west
