The 2008-2009 NCAA basketball season starts this month with teams hoping they’ll be playing in March, and possibly make the Final Four.
Everyone has a chance, as Davidson showed last season, by making it to the Elite 8 before being defeated by Kansas 59-57. Davidson, a small school in North Carolina, plays in the Southern Conference, and became a Cinderella story last season, with its deep run in the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas then continued its great season and became national champs after completing an unbelievable comeback, overcoming a nine point deficit with only 2:12 remaining in the game.
This season, numerous teams believe that this could be their year. There are also many questions due to how wide open college basketball is, which will be decided in the coming months.
Can the Kansas Jayhawks repeat as National champs? Will there be any Cinderella stories come March? Who will make it to the Final Four? Finally, who will be able to call themselves champions of the 2008-2009 season?
College basketball is very difficult to predict, with the parity that has become normal in sports. This has been caused mostly by the smaller schools, such as Davidson possibly recruiting overseas, to make up for some of the talent they might lack compared to a major school, such as a North Carolina or Duke.
Players have also decided to go professional, which seems to have caused some team chemistry issues since the players haven’t played with each other for very long. In mid-major type schools, this normally doesn’t happen because they are normally players who just use the fundamentals or maybe just was a hidden-gem and will make fans think again as to why this player is playing for a mid-major school.
As there is every season, there will probably be a few early surprises because preseason rankings don’t mean anything, especially in NCAA Basketball, with a 65 team NCAA Tourney.
It doesn't matter if a team underachieves during the regular season, if they get hot at the right time, they can still be the last team standing.
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about 1 month ago
It will be an interesting year. Injuries and academic problems could take some teams down unless they have depth. Louisville has had the injury bug at the worst times the last couple of years. Yet as Florida showed on their back to backs, experience and depth mean a lot when competing for an NC. Interesting pick on Purdue though. Love the logic. Good luck this season with your team. GO HEELS!!!!
about 1 month ago
Thanks man, and another thing I pointed out, that might go unnoticed, is how truly amazing it is that Davidson had the success they had last season. I mean recruiting definitely isn't easy, especially with the Likes of North Carolina and Duke in your state.
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