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Phillip Barnett's
College Notebook
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It's never too early to start talking college basketball and our College Hoops expert, Phillip Barnett, is bringing back his College Notebook for this pre-season of the 2008-2009 NCAA season. In the third installment, he ranks the top 5 teams in Men's Division I Basketball that will stay relevant after key losses during the season and goes over the big question with each team.
Phillip Barnett's College Notebook

Top 5 SEC Point Guards for 2008

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Every year, new players highlight the SEC. A few years ago, it was the Florida five. Last year, Marcus Thornton was the star in the SEC. Some of the greatest point guards of all time of come out of the SEC. Which rising stars should you look out for this year?
James Watson has the answers.

College Coaching Carousel
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Just like in the NBA, college basketball coaches seem to go through the same carousel and recycle through the same amount of coaches. Some are fired for violating rules, some are fired because of poor performance, and some are fired because someone better is available. Whatever the reason is, there are always winners and losers in the process.
James Watson breaks down the carousel.

College Basketball Postseason Awards
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Talkhoops.net contributor, James Watson, has been watching the college basketball season closely and has decided on some of his NCAA awards. He also is disappointed by an ACC school and impressed by a Big East squad.
Check out his decisions.

Kentucky's Misfortunes
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Has Billy Gillispie taken on a big problem?
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Who is to blame for UK’s current misfortunes?  The coaching staff?  The players?  Or did everything just go bad at the wrong time for new Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie?  The last time Kentucky had a losing record heading into conference play was in 1990, Rick Pitino’s first year.  The only difference is that when Billy Gillispie became head coach, UK was not on probation.
James Watson has the reason for the Wildcat downfall.

Bitter Sweet Symphony
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Why didn't this happen this year? Photo Courtesy of hoopedia.nba.com

There are many things that Phillip Barnett loves but one of the main things happens to be North Carolina basketball. When you're a North Carolina fan, you expect a certain level of competitiveness, determination, and success. When you don't get those things, it can often leave a terrible taste in your mouth? When UNC failed to hoist the title after this year's tournament despite being the #1 team in the nation, it left Phillip with feeling a certain way. Bitter

March Madness 2008
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Can these legendary coaches move on to the final game?
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We've gone through the first 4 rounds of the NCAA tournament and whittled the field down to just 4 teams? The great part about those 4 teams is that it is the same 4 teams that the Selection Committee deemed the 4 best teams entering the tournament. In a historic Final Four, any outcome is possible and nothing should surprise you.
Zach Harper breaks down the match-ups and predicts the winners.
Phillip Barnett gives his Final Four analysis and predictions.
James Watson's Final Four predictions.
From the Round of Sweet Sixteen:
Zach Harper gives us the Sweet Sixteen predictions.
From FantasyInsiderOnline.com:
Zach Harper gives the guys that are helping their draft status in this tournament
Also from the opening weekend:
Zach Harper's Live Blog for Day 1
Here are the predicitions for the first round from Phillip "Bighouse" Barnett and Zach "Nuke" Harper.
James Watson gives his Tournament Power Rankings.
Cory Elfrink's March Blog

Phillip Barnett's College Notebook
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These teams are already in the tournament after winning their conference tournaments.

Championship Week is upon us and many teams are winning their way into the tournaments. Who are the bubble teams still around in each conference? Who's going to win the conference tournaments? By surprisingly winning their conference tournaments, which colleges are screwing over teams hoping for at-large bids? We've had our expert break down the rest of Championship Week.
Phillip Barnett gives us his weekly College Notebook.
Phillip Barnett gives his Top 10 teams in this week's College Notebook.
Phillip Barnett's College Notebook- February 5th

Possible #1 Seeds

Will John Calipari be able to wrap up a #1 seed soon? Photo Courtesy of commercialappeal.com

With Selection Sunday one month away, the NCAA tournament and its seeding is beginning to shape up. The problem is that there are too many good teams contending for the #1 seeds and somebody is going to get left out from earning the prestigious #1 ranking. Six teams fighting for four spots. Memphis, Duke, Kansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and UCLA are all fighting for number one seeds. Who will get them? James Watson has the answers.

Look Towards a Big SEC Weekend

Will this be the site of UNC's first loss of the season? Photo Courtesy of ukfan.net

With the college basketball season in full swing, weekends like this one for the SEC can be huge in how the conference's average teams establish themselves throughout the nation. Kentucky is taking on #2 North Carolina. South Carolina will try for the upset at #18 Clemson. And both Mississippi State and Ole Miss University will get to test themselves against solid out of conference opponents in Murray State and University of New Mexico, respectively. How will the weekend shake out?
James Watson has the answers for SEC fans.

Glimpse into the ACC
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The ACC is the power conference in the college basketball world. One of the teams if not more will most likely end up in the Final Four this season. Colleges like NC State, Clemson, and Duke are ready to challenge for the top spot in the conference, while teams like Virginia, Boston College and Virginia Tech are on the verge of falling to the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Phillip Barnett gives his outlook on how the conference shapes up.

Rank and File

Can Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon, or Kevin Love push their colleges to the top of the Top 25?
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Midnight Madness has come and gone as the college season has officially begun. About 80 to 90 teams have a legit shot at having a good enough season to make the tournament, but none of that matters until Selection Sunday. For the next 4 months, all that matters are the Top 25 teams in the country and their attempts to move up the ranks by knocking off higher ranked colleges. This year, the teams are being fueled by one of the most talented freshman classes of the past 10 years. Top recruits like Kevin Love (UCLA), Derrick Rose (Memphis), Eric Gordon (Indiana), Michael Beasley (Kansas State), and O.J. Mayo (USC and California Penal League) have made fans all over the country believe that this is their year.
Cory Elfrink breaks down his rankings of the Top 25.

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