08-14-2017, 02:27 PM | #31 | |
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Every preseason publication I've seen has WSU ranked as a Top 10 team. |
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08-14-2017, 03:47 PM | #32 | |
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Beat good teams. I watched WSU barely beat Dayton And then lose every other high profile game they played. They will be adapting to a new league. We won’t Last edited by justinhub2003; 08-14-2017 at 03:49 PM. |
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Over the past 4 years, we've averaged 14 conference wins a season in the AAC, second only to SMU by 1 win (57 to 56). Wichita does have all the pieces this year to make a Final 4 run but I think our track record against this level of competition along with everyone we return/add should make us the team to beat, even if it's not by a great margin. |
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As for the # 1 in conference I think we will fall short Last edited by Bearcatboy; 08-14-2017 at 07:08 PM. |
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08-15-2017, 07:39 AM | #35 |
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If UC isn’t preseason picked to win the league this year it won’t matter, I’m not sure the preseason pick has ever won the AAC.
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08-15-2017, 08:50 AM | #36 | |
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Our question marks could very well be upgrades. We have added depth to the bench and upgraded our starters from a team that won 30 games. I'm not sure all the pundits are that in tune with Cumberland and Broome to know what to expect from them. Heck even us fans don't really know for sure. WSU is a safe bet but it doesn't mean it's the right bet. |
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We will only be a few spots away from Wichita State overall in the preseason stuff. Out of 351 teams, that's a close margin. It's not that strange to prefer one team over the other.
As for the actual voting, seems like a follow the leader game. No one strays too far from each other on this stuff. The Top 10 teams may be shuffled around a bit, but if one publication has Wichita State over us, they all will. They made news by getting screwed on their seed last year, playing Kentucky, and making the move to a new conference. Add that with a coach and roster returning, and it's easy to make them the pick for most pollsters. It'll play itself out. We need to make sure we don't drop any silly games this year inside the conference. We were really good about that last year. But if the rest of the conference improves some, those games become harder, especially on the road. And it could be the difference between winning the conference or not. The people picking/voting may have Wichita State over us in the AAC, but even for those people, it's likely by a game. |
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I'm just glad to have a team of WSU's caliber in the conference moving forward. |
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08-15-2017, 02:03 PM | #39 |
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It will be interesting seeing how wsu does in conference play the Missouri valley isn't even close to the aac in terms of competition, if Uconn is finishing in the lower half of your conference; then your conference is pretty good. They are going from 12 cup cake games in conference play too, ecu USf and Tulane. Being the only teams that should be sure wins. It will be a big change for them but I don't think it will come down to ether us or them for the league title.
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