Quote Originally Posted by lil skeeter View Post
M-hall said it best when he said" preseason rankings are as useless as @@@@ on a boar hog. They are for hype and the novice fans". 11-25-2010 in the wow mills thread

Also, I think the experience theory was kind of put to bed last season when UK finished the season #1 in everyone's poll.

Besides, isn't it still football season in Louisville?
It is football season at Louisville, but since this is the bye week, we can talk about basketball for a week.

While I agree preseason ranking are fairly useless because they are based on projections, I disagree that UK put the "theory" to bed last season. One time in the history of basketball doesn't actually end all those other years and it also doesn't negate the fact that Anthony Davis-type players come along about once every 30 years or so.

Also, when Vitale says he is basing it on returning experienced players, he means all the key players in a Final Four run, not a bunch of players from last year on a team that sucked.