I'm Back, and I got a few things to say...
March 11th 2010 22:23
Sorry, I have been gone for quite some time guys, but I'm back. I want to touch on one thing before March Madness begins next week. I'm a huge college basketball fan, and march madness might be my favorite time of year. There are two things I have realized over the last 2 weeks or so.
First of,(All John Wall lovers please skip the next paragraph. You won't be pleased.) Evan Turner has my vote for National Player of the Year(I know I know I don't get one, but it makes my argument a little stronger if u believe I do, so just stay with me.) He literally does it all for his Ohio State team. He ranks first in points(19.5) and rebounds(9.4), and second in assists(5.8) and steals(1.8) in the BIG TEN. I'm talking about his team rankings I'm talking about his whole conference. This is the 5 team in the country we are talking about. I understand some people think the Big Ten is bad conference, but they still have to play teams like Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue. All of those teams are solid rank teams that could make some noise come Tourney Time(love that phrase.) He literally put his team on his back all year so that they would be successful and win the Big Ten regular season title(tied with Mich State, and Purdue.) Bringing up Turner's back, on Dec. 5 Turner went up for a dunk against Eastern Michigan, and came down very awkwardly, landing on his back and sustaining two fractured vertebras in his back. Ohio State came out with a statement and said he was going to likely miss 12 games. Turner came back after six and has literally tossed his team on his back and carried them to a 2 seed in the Big Dance. Listen, I get that John Wall is gonna be a once in a lifetime player when he gets in the NBA next year, but to overlook what Evan Turner has done at Ohio State this year would be just wrong. He could singlehandedly play them into the Sweet 16 and beyond.
Second, The Big East is, and for the foreseeable future will be, the beast of college basketball. The Big East once again is easily the best conference basketball again, putting the likes of the ACC, SEC, Big 12, and Big Ten back in their place. Understand this was a down year for the Big East compared to last year, when the conference grabbed three out of four #1 seeds in the Big Dance. When the top eight teams in your conference are almost locked into the NCAA tourney, there shouldn't even be a discussion on whether another conference is even close to their level. Going out on a limb, I'm gonna say that a team from the Big East will win the NCAA tourney this year. I can't tell you which team is it going to be because of the parody that is present in this conference(citing Louisville accounting for 66% of Syracuse's regular season loses, and Georgetown's loss to USF, as major examples of this parody.) With how tough it is for teams just to get through the regular season, I don't see how the top tier teams from this conference aren't prepared for the big stage of the Big Dance. I think depending on the brackets, the Big East could sneak 3 teams into the Final Four. I understand that Kentucky and Kansas are great teams, but after them I don't see anyone that wouldn't get beat by a top five Big East team besides ,maybe, Duke. With Kentucky, because they are so young, might be susceptible to losing if they run into a hot Big East school like Georgetown, Monroe might be able to hold his own against cousins, and the Hoya's senior leadership could shrink the talent gap between the two teams.(Not saying that this is gonna happen, but just a little disclaimer for you to think about before you finish filling out that bracket.)
First of,(All John Wall lovers please skip the next paragraph. You won't be pleased.) Evan Turner has my vote for National Player of the Year(I know I know I don't get one, but it makes my argument a little stronger if u believe I do, so just stay with me.) He literally does it all for his Ohio State team. He ranks first in points(19.5) and rebounds(9.4), and second in assists(5.8) and steals(1.8) in the BIG TEN. I'm talking about his team rankings I'm talking about his whole conference. This is the 5 team in the country we are talking about. I understand some people think the Big Ten is bad conference, but they still have to play teams like Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Purdue. All of those teams are solid rank teams that could make some noise come Tourney Time(love that phrase.) He literally put his team on his back all year so that they would be successful and win the Big Ten regular season title(tied with Mich State, and Purdue.) Bringing up Turner's back, on Dec. 5 Turner went up for a dunk against Eastern Michigan, and came down very awkwardly, landing on his back and sustaining two fractured vertebras in his back. Ohio State came out with a statement and said he was going to likely miss 12 games. Turner came back after six and has literally tossed his team on his back and carried them to a 2 seed in the Big Dance. Listen, I get that John Wall is gonna be a once in a lifetime player when he gets in the NBA next year, but to overlook what Evan Turner has done at Ohio State this year would be just wrong. He could singlehandedly play them into the Sweet 16 and beyond.
Second, The Big East is, and for the foreseeable future will be, the beast of college basketball. The Big East once again is easily the best conference basketball again, putting the likes of the ACC, SEC, Big 12, and Big Ten back in their place. Understand this was a down year for the Big East compared to last year, when the conference grabbed three out of four #1 seeds in the Big Dance. When the top eight teams in your conference are almost locked into the NCAA tourney, there shouldn't even be a discussion on whether another conference is even close to their level. Going out on a limb, I'm gonna say that a team from the Big East will win the NCAA tourney this year. I can't tell you which team is it going to be because of the parody that is present in this conference(citing Louisville accounting for 66% of Syracuse's regular season loses, and Georgetown's loss to USF, as major examples of this parody.) With how tough it is for teams just to get through the regular season, I don't see how the top tier teams from this conference aren't prepared for the big stage of the Big Dance. I think depending on the brackets, the Big East could sneak 3 teams into the Final Four. I understand that Kentucky and Kansas are great teams, but after them I don't see anyone that wouldn't get beat by a top five Big East team besides ,maybe, Duke. With Kentucky, because they are so young, might be susceptible to losing if they run into a hot Big East school like Georgetown, Monroe might be able to hold his own against cousins, and the Hoya's senior leadership could shrink the talent gap between the two teams.(Not saying that this is gonna happen, but just a little disclaimer for you to think about before you finish filling out that bracket.)
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