2007-08 NCAA Basketball Predictions

I'm not interested in who's going to win it all. It's a handful of teams that makes it every year. How surprised are people when a team from the SEC, Big East, or ACC win it? Come on really. The last 9 out of 10 champions have come from one of these 3 conferences. So we know it's most likely going to be more of the same.

However, who's going to suck next season?

Winthrop - okay, other than the people that know Rock Hill, SC, no one really cares. But to true basketball enthusiasts and Winthrop alumni, we all know that last season's #22 Winthrop is going to suck next year. Not only did coach Gregg Marshall leave for Wichita State, the school also graduated Craig Bradshaw, Torrell Martin, and Phillip Williams. And let's not forget to mention the off-season death of De'Andre Adams. That'll bring you down every time.

Kentucky - next to Duke, Kentucky has to be the greediest college basketball team in the country. The difference between the two schools is people love to hate Duke and Duke has won a championship within the past 10 years. Which is exactly why Kentucky fired coach Tubby Smith. Sure, he's run one of the most successful basketball programs in the country over the past 10 seasons. But the problem is he hasn't won a national championship. And Kentucky has never gone this long without winning one.

Come one, Kentucky was 22-12 last year. Most colleges would call this a great year. Now new head coach Billy Gillispie, the former coach of the successful Texas A&M team, will need to find a way to win a title. I predict Kentucky will give him 3 years, then fire him for sucking.

Florida - Florida? Haven't they won the last 2 national titles? Sure. But the team just got gutted. The Orlando Magic just announced that they have signed Billy Donovan to a contract for $20-some million. And many players, including Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Lee Humphrey, Chris Richard, and Brett Swanson are all leaving. If memory serves me correct, basketball teams only have about 14 players, so they lost half of the team. Yeah, they're going to suck and you know it.

MD Eastern Shore - Okay, this is a no-brainer. They always suck. They always have. I don't think UMES has ever won 10 games in a season. But can you hold it against them? They play in the powerful MEAC against such thugs as Bethune-Cookman, Norfolk State, and N.C. A & T.

Biggest Turnaround?
My prediction for the biggest turnaround next season in Iona. I predict they will get 5 wins, 150% more than they had last year. Go Gaels!!!