The Washington Post has upgraded its’ college basketball coverage significantly in recent years. This week they have a five part series on this upcoming season in the printed version and, this morning, they had articles by Eric Preisbell and John Feinstein. The first of their college basketball series had several snapshots into the season. Off the top of my head, the points that I recall are that the ACC is the most overrated conference and Singler is the 5th most likely freshmen to be one-and-done (after Gordon, Mayo, Rose and Beasley). Based on the gushy statements by Coach K, the play of Singler in scrimmages and exhibitions, and the quality of this year’s senior class, I suspect that Singler may be under pressure to jump.

The Preisbell article is about the Washington State basketball team. For those who live and die with high school player rankings, the Cougars don’t compute. None of their players were even close to being highly rated by the recruiting gurus. They play team basketball at both ends of the floor and are expected to be a highly ranked team in the best basketball conference this year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...110401679.html

If you can stomach Feinstein, he has a typical article on the big boys playing cupcakes in the early season. He mentions Billy Tubbs, who would not only play cupcakes but would press and fast break to the end of the game, often running up the score. And like, Belechek, he didn't feel bad.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...110401387.html

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