greasywheels121 Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 AP Top 25 1 Connecticut 2 Duke 3 Memphis 4 Villanova 5 Gonzaga 6 Texas 7 George Washington 8 Tennessee 9 Pittsburgh 10 Florida 11 West Virginia 12 Ohio State 13 Boston College 14 Illinois 15 UCLA 16 Michigan State 17 Georgetown 18 Iowa 19 Oklahoma 20 Washington 21 North Carolina State 22 Kansas 23 North Carolina 24 Bucknell 25 LSU Others Receiving Votes: California 67, N. Iowa 61, Nevada 41, Wichita St. 27, Wisconsin 23, George Mason 19, Michigan 18, Colorado 13, S. Illinois 11, UAB 10, Indiana 9, Akron 8, Creighton 7, Louisville 4, Stanford 4, Wis.-Milwaukee 4, Air Force 2, UTEP 2, W. Kentucky 2, Marquette 1, N. Arizona 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) Most people don't say Oden is the best HS center prospect since Shaq.....they say he's the best HS center prospect since Lew Alcindor. If there was ever a can't miss prospect, he is it. He's 7'/260, in great shape, has every post move in the book, strong like an ox, great defender, great rebounder, very good athlete.....I was in awe Saturday night watching him. Edited February 13, 2006 by whitesoxfan101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) Most people don't say Oden is the best HS center prospect since Shaq.....they say he's the best HS center prospect since Lew Alcindor. If there was ever a can't miss prospect, he is it. He's 7'/260, in great shape, has every post move in the book, strong like an ox, great defender, great rebounder, very good athlete.....I was in awe Saturday night watching him. alcinder is unquestionably a better comparison when you are comparing their skill sets. o'neal's a little better when you are comparing the eras. either way, dude is a beast and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Rock Chalk RANKED Hawks. Funny how KU and Bucknell enter the top 25 the same week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 01:25 PM) Rock Chalk RANKED Hawks. Funny how KU and Bucknell enter the top 25 the same week. Congrats to both teams, even though being ranked doesn't mean anything. Oh, and fwiw, I saw Eddy Curry several times in HS and predicted he'd be a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Uconn a 3 pt favorite at Nova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) Uconn a 3 pt favorite at Nova I'm interested to see this game since I think Villanova might be the only team in the country UConn couldn't beat by 25 if they cared. Should be a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I have been lucky enough to see plenty of future NBAers at the High School level. Greg Oden is so far and away better than anyone else I have seen at 18 it isn't even funny. I did get to see guys like Jarred Jeffires, Bryce Drew, Zach Randolph, Lee Nailon, and some other guys who ended up being as highly rated, but huge busts such as Charles Macon. Greg Oden is going to be a star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchtower41 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 01:35 PM) Uconn a 3 pt favorite at Nova I'll take Nova with points at home any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) I have been lucky enough to see plenty of future NBAers at the High School level. Greg Oden is so far and away better than anyone else I have seen at 18 it isn't even funny. I did get to see guys like Jarred Jeffires, Bryce Drew, Zach Randolph, Lee Nailon, and some other guys who ended up being as highly rated, but huge busts such as Charles Macon. Greg Oden is going to be a star. Same here, I've seen a lot of these HS studs, and Oden is definitely the best. I'd probably put Quentin Richardson 2nd, I actually thought he'd have a better NBA career than he has. Interestingly I also saw Dwyane Wade in HS, but didn't think he had a prayer of ever seeing an NBA floor, so what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 take uconn, their bigs are too much for a smaller nova team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) take uconn, their bigs are too much for a smaller nova team. Agreed, although I think Villanova has a great shot if they get hot from 3, and Lord knows it doesn't take much for them to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 i've seen two players comparable to oden: kevin garnett and lebron james. i saw garnett his senior year, and james during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. i've seen o.j. mayo and he is also comparable, but it's harder to notice since he's a point guard and does so many little things that can go unnoticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) i've seen two players comparable to oden: kevin garnett and lebron james. i saw garnett his senior year, and james during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. i've seen o.j. mayo and he is also comparable, but it's harder to notice since he's a point guard and does so many little things that can go unnoticed. I saw Garnett too, but I was like 9 at the time and all I remember was he was the really tall fast guy that kept dunking, so I couldn't count that as a good evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) I saw Garnett too, but I was like 9 at the time and all I remember was he was the really tall fast guy that kept dunking, so I couldn't count that as a good evaluation. LOL. garnett was just so skilled. at that point and time i had never seen anyone his size do the things he did. he was actually not the most physically impressive kid on his team (that was ronnie fields), but he clearly had a great understanding of what was going on on the floor. michael wright, later of arizona, was also on that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 02:37 PM) LOL. garnett was just so skilled. at that point and time i had never seen anyone his size do the things he did. he was actually not the most physically impressive kid on his team (that was ronnie fields), but he clearly had a great understanding of what was going on on the floor. michael wright, later of arizona, was also on that team. Yeah I remember Fields throwing it down a few times too. Everybody thought he was going to be even better than Garnett, but instead he now holds just about every record for the Rockford Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Fields was injured in a car accident, had to wear a halo I believe. Also Garnett was going to UNC I believe but couldnt get his ACT scores up even after trying a bunch of times. Would of been interesting with the new rule what he would of done, would a top team find a way to get him academically in, or would he have gone to a team with lesser academic standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 08:54 PM) Fields was injured in a car accident, had to wear a halo I believe. Also Garnett was going to UNC I believe but couldnt get his ACT scores up even after trying a bunch of times. Would of been interesting with the new rule what he would of done, would a top team find a way to get him academically in, or would he have gone to a team with lesser academic standards. fields was something to see. up until i saw bill walker a few months back he was far and away the best leaper i'd ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 02:56 PM) fields was something to see. up until i saw bill walker a few months back he was far and away the best leaper i'd ever seen. Both Fields and KG dunked on me in HS. Fields was head and shoulders above KG in HS, he was the star on the team. His test scores were terrible and he wrecked his car, and now is abust. I also played again Maggette and I thought he would be in the NBA too. Oden is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 New bracketology is out http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology . Joe has SIU as a 7. He still has the mvc with 4 and mo state out. Illinois as a 4 in here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo's Drinker Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 KU is a 5 now, wow. That is so cool, what's not cool...UCONN would be a matchup in sweet 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 It's easy to look for Indiana, I just look for the blue arrow pointing down now. However, we've been moving down in his bracketologies but have stayed a 7 seed for the last 3 brackets he's put out. I wish we were able to view the weekly archives of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 03:33 PM) It's easy to look for Indiana, I just look for the blue arrow pointing down now. However, we've been moving down in his bracketologies but have stayed a 7 seed for the last 3 brackets he's put out. I wish we were able to view the weekly archives of this. We're going to pass you soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 04:35 PM) We're going to pass you soon. I honestly don't care. Making the tournament doesn't do much good. We have higher expectations than that. Making the tournament is not a goal, it should be expected with our history. Hence, Mike Davis is sitting on a seat of fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 02:54 PM) Fields was injured in a car accident, had to wear a halo I believe. Also Garnett was going to UNC I believe but couldnt get his ACT scores up even after trying a bunch of times. Would of been interesting with the new rule what he would of done, would a top team find a way to get him academically in, or would he have gone to a team with lesser academic standards. Yeah I know the Fields story, darn shame. As for Garnett, he'd have went to prep school for a year and tuned up his game, then gone pro. That's the route your going to see more and more kids take as time goes on since the 1 year outta HS rule is pretty lame, needs to be at least 2 if they want it to really mean something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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