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Post by RUFresh on Oct 24, 2017 15:01:04 GMT -5
The Big South held their media day today...the league doesn't think very highly of the Highs this year. Their mistake. 2017-18 Men's Basketball Preseason PollRank | Team (First-Place Votes) | Points | 1 | UNC Asheville (23) | 278 | 2 | Winthrop (3) | 244 | 3 | Liberty (1) | 241 | 4 | Campbell (2) | 187 | 5 | Gardner-Webb | 167 | 6 | High Point | 146 | 7 | Radford | 141 | 8 | Charleston Southern | 98 | 9 | Longwood | 57 | 10 | Presbyterian | 36 |
2017-18 Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference TeamsFirst Team Chris Clemons Campbell (Junior) - Preseason player of the year Xavier Cooks Winthrop (Senior) Ahmed Thomas UNC Asheville (Senior) MaCio Teague UNC Asheville (Sophomore) Christian Keeling Char. Southern (Sophomore) Second Team Ed Polite, Jr. Radford (Junior)Ryan Kemrite Liberty (R-Senior) Danny Efianayi Gardner-Webb (R-Junior) Kevin Vannatta UNC Asheville (Senior) Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz Liberty (Sophomore)
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Post by dedmondeviant on Oct 25, 2017 2:25:03 GMT -5
I feel pretty certain that we will finish in the top half of the conference. We get everybody back and have some nice additions. A few questions I have is will Devin Cooper be back from the injury? And does anyone have any info on Leroy Butts? This may be the highest rated recruit we have had, at least as a high schooler, in the internet era. Will he be a freshman? He is 21 or 22 years old. If he is as advertised, he could be an all conference player. Tristan Owens is a JUCO transfer I dont know a lot about either, but new players are exciting. Another interesting add is John Caldwell, a transfer from Roanoke College who shot over 40 percent from behind the arc and averaged 16 points. We will have quite the assortment of sharp shooters if he is able to contribute.
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Post by ruxchighlander11 on Oct 26, 2017 13:51:08 GMT -5
I feel pretty certain that we will finish in the top half of the conference. We get everybody back and have some nice additions. A few questions I have is will Devin Cooper be back from the injury? And does anyone have any info on Leroy Butts? This may be the highest rated recruit we have had, at least as a high schooler, in the internet era. Will he be a freshman? He is 21 or 22 years old. If he is as advertised, he could be an all conference player. Tristan Owens is a JUCO transfer I dont know a lot about either, but new players are exciting. Another interesting add is John Caldwell, a transfer from Roanoke College who shot over 40 percent from behind the arc and averaged 16 points. We will have quite the assortment of sharp shooters if he is able to contribute. Yeah, I think we're a top 5 team. Agree with Winthrop, Asheville, Liberty and Campbell up top. But I think our PG situation is a bit of a mystery. Last year, we severely lacked any depth at the position and it really hurt us. If Cooper had been healthy, I think we would have been two game over .500 last year. Plus we have more returners than anyone in the conference. I'm actually glad we play Ohio State early. I think that will be really good for our guys to get experience against tough competition prior to facing some of the lighter teams in the non conference schedule.
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