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.

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, 200620 yr by whitesoxfan101

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.

Rock Chalk RANKED Hawks.

 

Funny how KU and Bucknell enter the top 25 the same week.

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.

Uconn a 3 pt favorite at Nova

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.

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.

Uconn a 3 pt favorite at Nova

 

 

I'll take Nova with points at home any day of the week.

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?

take uconn, their bigs are too much for a smaller nova team.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

KU is a 5 now, wow.

 

That is so cool, what's not cool...UCONN would be a matchup in sweet 16

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.

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.

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.

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.