5 Bold Predictions for 2010-2011 College Basketball Season
by JGD on Nov 9, 2010 9:09 AM EST
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PrintOMG OMG OMG. We are four days away from the Georgetown Fightin' Hoyas tipping off against the Old Dominion Monarchs. We are four days away from endless possibilities, sweeping highs, and disasterous lows.
College basketball kicked off last night. I watched none of it. I was too busy monitoring my fantasy football action, and honestly, I have no interest in college basketball until Georgetown plays. The college basketball season begins when Austin Freeman swishes his first three, when Chris Wright first comes crashing through the lane, and when Nate Lubick garners his first comparison to Tyler Hansbrough or some other equally white hard working player.
In the meantime, let's have some bold predictions for 2010-2011.
After The Jump, read my predictions.
5. Villanova will finish .500 or worse in the Big East.
I'm sorry to you Nova fans, but I am not buying this year's squad. Corey Fisher is a girlfriend humper. And when your leader is a girlfriend humper, that doesn't bode well. Corey Stokes and Maalik Wayns are wildly overrated. Actually, at this point, I would just call Stokes rated. He's just not very good. Jay Wright, as handsome as he is, has to start thinking about the quality of character that he is recruiting. Last year Reggie Redding was suspended for marijuana possession, Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher had a girlfriend humping contest, and Taylor King kept trying to re-create the final scene in Scarface. This year hasn't started any better, as freshman JayVaughn Pinkston is under investigation for punching out two frat bros on campus. Solid work.
4. St. Johns will finish in the top 4 in the Big East.
I am a believer in Steve Lavin, and the Johnnies are veteran laden and talented. Yes, I am still trying to find a positive in Georgetown losing two games to St. Johns within a week in the 2008-2009 season.
3. Duke will not win the National Championship.
The reality is that Duke won a forgettable NCAA title last year. Kansas, Kentucky, and Syracuse (with Arinze Onuaku) would have eaten Duke for breakfast. Fortunately for Duke, all the breaks went right for them during their run through March. The same won't happen this year.
2. Georgetown and Syracuse will play for the Big East regular season title on February 26th.
If that doesn't give Georgetown fans motivation to show up in droves for the game, I don't know what will. This game will be the biggest home game in JT3's history. Let's look at the different forces that will combine for Super Saturday. We will be playing for the Big East regular season title. We will be playing our biggest rivals. We will be playing on Saturday. ESPN's College Gameday will be there. Erin Andrews will be there. The entire Casual Hoya staff will be there. It will be senior day for Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, Julian Vaughn and Ryan Dougherty.
1. Georgetown will play into the 2nd weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007.
I'd like to see one game before I make an absurd prediction like a Final Four or a National Championship, but I have full confidence that we will make the Sweet 16. The college basketball landscape is pretty barren this year because of all the early entries into June's NBA Draft, and Georgetown returns four starters. We have one of the three best backcourts in the nation. We will play deep into the NCAA Tournament. That's my final answer.
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YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
by JGD on Nov 9, 2010 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
the schedule is already set
they will be at duke/VT that weekend
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
SHUT UP
You and your “facts”. You just don’t get it.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
by JGD on Nov 9, 2010 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
look forward to your apology
to the whole internet for spreading BLATANT LIES
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
ugh
What a dumb game for ESPN to attend on such an awesome BE weekend. Is it just because our game is at noon (I get the impression they mainly do CGD for evening tips)?
Ted – evening games please – hours of coverage all day long from within your temple…
KBE
Bold Prediction: Rutgers wont suck
Mike Rice JR, unlike Lavin, can coach. Lavin I always viewed as the Ron Zook of College Basketball. Great recruiter, but he uses Xs and Os for tic-tac-toe.
Nationally, Duke will not repeat and PAC 10 will be better than expected – mainly because expectations are so low for them right now.
Bold Predictions:
Georgetown will lose to @ Rutgers or @ Seton Hall after beating Pitt at home.
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
If every team is sloppy like that
and there are no dominators in the conference, JGD’s prediction about our game vs. Syracuse could be correct. I mean why not? We have an incredible back court and an experienced team. WHY NOT I SAY!?
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Nov 9, 2010 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
Related-But-Not-So-Bold Prediction:
All three NYC-area schools will be pretty mediocre, finishing somewhere between 5-11 in the BE. In mid-February, ESPN will release an “[insert tired NYC reference] is Back!” article or three on the “dramatic turnaround/rebirth” of all three programs. At least one, but more likely two, of these teams will subsequently shoot themselves in the foot, hard, on the road to the Tournament.
Bold Predictions:
1) Georgetown will win the big east
2) Georgetown will lose only 1 OOC game
3) Marquette will finish tied for 5th in the big east history demands it
4) so with Georgetown and marquette locked in the teams in between will be cuse, nova, pitt.
5) St. John’s and Seton Hall will make the NCAAs( at least one of them will be in the play in game)
6) The big east will get that elusive 9th team into the tournament. and it won’t be Uconn or Louisville. it’ll be WV and ND rounding out the top 9 tournament teams, ND and St. john’s last 2 in from the BE.
7) Harrison Barnes will not be a first team all American and UNC will not make the sweet 16.
8) Duke will not make the final 4 but a big east team will
9) Georgetown will use and expanded bench this season and Henry Sims will make noticeable contributions
10) Austin Freeman Will be a first team all american
Go Bold or Go Home!
i was going to make the same sims prediction
something feels right about hank this year. i can’t put my finger on it though.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
he's the next PE jr.
Watch.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Nov 9, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
How about bold BLOG predictions?
> wadetandy will find a way to rig the AP Poll
> HireEsherick will hand a headband to Patrick Ewing, Sr.
> lordnick will take the train to New York for the BET.
> SirHoya will meet his idol, Sharktopus
> JGD’s raucousness will take a step up, as he’ll get banned from the Old Ebbitt and will pass out in the hallway of the Four Seasons
> Casual will document any lunch JGD loses.
> MoreLikeAwesomeFreeman will add c**twrench to the vocabulary of every 5-year-old in section 118
>hoyasincebirth will reveal his true identity, Ken Pomeroy
And I will have a co-worker walk in on me in the 4th floor restroom while I paint up for an evening game.
Let’s hear some more. I missed a ton of people!
Why so Syracuse?
by HoyaJoker07 on Nov 9, 2010 11:11 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
tremendous
eatthatbox will think my new jacket is cute
MWS and jahidilikespie will bond over mutual dislike of JGD
YellofalltheYells will lose his voice in a tragic yelling contest
HoyaSuxa will eat 3 jars of baby food, one for each cuse loss to gtown this year
Someone else will use their NetID as a username, so aja32 won’t be alone
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
JGD and MWS will be exposed to be the same person
…or lovers
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Nov 9, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
AS BEING
difficult to do this while on the phone.
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Nov 9, 2010 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Remember when we had beers together?
We like one another, we really do.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
we did get along
is this your version of an olive branch?
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Nov 9, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
It is.
Next on my list of amends is Merlin Wilson’s Sister.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
others
1)takinthepoints will be forced to leave at an obnoxious hour on a saturday morning to drive to the game with me.
2)RepublicansWearNikes will go 2-0 in the stands this year
3)CasualHoya will continue to be infatuated with FOODPORN and will show this by posting more awful pictures of Chix Fingers and Fries!
4) CasualHoya will have the same suite for BET this year!
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Nov 9, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
you mean the way you did after georgetown crushed cuse in the BET last season?
THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
Casually.
I blame Greg Monroe's felonious leg.
It broke Onuaku and, indirectly, my decades long streak of not eating baby food.
dude
i still gag whenever i watch that thing.
usually it’s right around when you decided to eat the spoonful of mayo.
Casually.
My prediction for myself
I will have sore hands from high fiving on so many three pointers.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Nov 9, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
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>"The Smoking Musket" will refuse to comply with a request for ’Sleeping With the Enemy" again, prompting a 8,500 word “Things I Hate Column” from JGD focused solely on WVU. Someone gets knocked unconscious at the Irish Channel that night.
I forgot about those motherfuckers
Fucking idiot hick dipshits.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
I propose as revenge Casual hoya steals their idea of humpday. It’s the only good thing on their blog.
by hoyasincebirth on Nov 9, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
What is it?
I refuse to look at their bullshit broken english blog
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
pictures of chicks
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
in direct violation of sbn's picture use policy
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, we don't need that
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
Bold Prediction
Seton Hall makes the NCAA Tournament. I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Pirates this year.
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"- Dirty Harry
As long as Hazell is there
I’m not buying
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
WHERE IS MERLIN WILSON'S SISTER
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
JGD is swiftly signing out of this account signing into MWS
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
Don't listen to him Me
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
The Brothers Rivers are at it again
http://crimsoncast.com/2010/11/when-social-media-attacks-austin-rivers-and-the-mystery-tweet/
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
Man, that's gotta be a fun Thanksgiving
Neither your father nor your brother thinks you made a good decision.
Why so Syracuse?
Kid just can't shoot
Would have been valuable last year to spell Freeman, Wright and Clark. Definitely could have used his defense on Ohio, but his mind writes checks his body can’t cash.
My handle used to be Jeff Green's Dad, but it was confusing and creepy, namely because I am not his dad. My new handle is JGD. I am trim and in charge.
by JGD on Nov 9, 2010 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
Feb 26 is my birthday...
…and my family went and decided for the big annual ski trip to be that weekend. In Utah. Instead of spending my birthday in the middle of a gray-out, I’ll be spending it in the middle of a white out, surrounded my Utes.
I may have to disown my family.
agree with that conclusion
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on Nov 9, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
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