10-04-2022, 05:26 PM
(10-04-2022, 04:09 PM)joemontes Wrote:(10-04-2022, 02:58 PM)BobK Wrote: ThanKs for posting. I count 8 Pac 12 schools or is Washington State not in ?PAC 12 teams in Pre-Season Bracketology:
Dazed and confused lol
1-seed : Stanford
5-seed : Arizona
5-seed : Oregon
6-seed : Utah
7-seed : UCLA
11-seed: Oregon State
11-seed: Washington State
12-seed: Colorado
Projected Overall Seedings based on Pre-Season Bracketology:
01 - South Carolina
02 - Stanford
03 - Tennessee
04 - Texas
05 - UConn
06 - Iowa
07 - Iowa State
08 - Notre Dame
09 - Indiana
10 - Maryland
11 - Louisville
12 - North Carolina
13 - LSU
14 - NC State
15 - Virginia Tech
16 - Oklahoma
Regional Top 4 Seeds:
1 - South Carolina
2 - Notre Dame
3 - Indiana
4 - Oklahoma
1 - Stanford
2 - Iowa State
3 - Maryland
4 - Virginia Tech
1 - Tennessee
2 - Iowa
3 - Louisville
4 - NC State
1 - Texas
2 - UConn
3 - North Carolina
4 - LSU
Well, this is a great Pre-Season Bracketology, really taking into account
the transfers that have affected the strength of certain teams.
notably:
Tennessee:
Rickea JACKSON (transfer from Mississippi St, three-time All-SEC, former #5 overall recruit)
Jasmine FRANKLIN (transfer from Missouri St, two-time All-MVC)
Jilian HOLLINGSHEAD (transfer from Georgia, former HS McD AA)
Texas:
Shaylee GONZALES (transfer from BYU, two-time WCC POY)
Taylor JONES (transfer from Oregon State, former All-PAC 12)
Notre Dame:
Lauren Ebo (6'4 center transfer from Texas, led Texas in Rebounds and Blocks last season)
Kylee WATSON (6'4 PF transfer from Oregon, former #17 overall recruit and HS McD AA)
Jenna BROWN (transfer from Stanford, former #18 overall recruit and HS McD AA)
LSU:
Angel REESE (transfer from Maryland, 2nd Team All-American, led Maryland in Points and Rebounds, former #2 overall recruit)
Ladazhia WILLIAMS (6'4 center from Missouri, averaged 12.4 ppg last season)
Virginia Tech:
Ashley OWUSU (transfer from Maryland, former #7 overall recruit)
Not to take anything away from Tennessee (who certainly enhanced their roster), but Texas and Vic Shafer have benefited the most from the portal, addressing two missing pieces from their Elite 8 run last season. Taylor Jones is a far better post than Lauren Ebo - better positioning, better footwork, better shot selection and better bb IQ; and Shaylee Gonzales gives the Longhorns a #2 guard who can score at all three levels.
Also, by the end of the regular conference season, LSU will be ranked higher than at least seven of the teams ahead of them in Creme's rankings.
The team I am most intrigued with is Virginia Tech. Cheering hard for Head Coach Kenny Brooks, a very underrated coach.