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Preseason Primer: Prediction Time

3. John Wall, Kentucky - Yet an additional terrific player who'll need to figure out John Calipari's dribble-drive offense some-more fast than Derrick Rose as well as Tyreke Evans did as freshmen to perform a silly expectations of him.

9. Purdue
10. Washington
Raymar Morgan, Michigan State
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Evan Turner, Ohio State

Three Breakout Teams
1. Tulsa - After years of watching Memphis fool around a purpose of playground bully in Conference USA, Tulsa is about to order a sandbox during a back of seniors Jerome Jordan as well as Ben Uzoh.
2. Portland - Like Tulsa looking up during Memphis, Portland as well as its WCC brethren have been dominated by Gonzaga for close to a decade. Nik Raivio as well as a Pilots will demeanour to fly past a Zags this deteriorate -- an infinite notion given a Clinton administration.
3. La Salle - The Explorers haven't dealt with anything imitative preseason expectations given Lionel Simmons was upon campus. Senior Rodney Green as well as freshman Aaric Murray could pull La Salle into postseason fool around for a initial time given 1989.

Three Breakout Players
1. Larry Sanders, VCU - Sitting next to an NBA scout during a VCU-Drexel diversion final season, we asked, "So you're gripping an eye upon Eric Maynor?" He responded, "Nope. Larry Sanders. And I'm not a usually one." The child has limitless potential.
2. Damian Saunders, Duquesne - The Dukes have been primed to take a vital step this deteriorate in a relatively open Atlantic 10 as well as Saunders is a reason why.
3. Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas - Like long bombers? Clarke creates 3-pointers demeanour similar to layups as well as with a full deteriorate underneath his belt, he's ready to drop daggers all over a SEC.

Three Over-Rated Teams
1. Siena - This isn't as most a slight to a Saints, as it is a wakeup call to those who have been han! ding a M AAC pretension to Fran McCafferty's team. Look for Niagra, led by senior Tyrone Lewis, to finally overcome Siena this season.
2. Seton Hall - A smart pick via a preseason as America's dermatitis team, Seton Hall has burst back to inflection with a impending entrance of transfers Herb Pope as well as Keon Lawrence. Not so fast, folks. The Pirates haven't accomplished higher than 11th in a Big East underneath coach Bobby Gonzalez as well as a non-conference report consisting of St. Peter's, Monmouth, Cornell, Long Island, N.J.I.T., Hartford, UMass, VMI, Temple as well as Navy won't hope for this young group for joining play.
3. North Carolina - With all do respect to Roy Williams, even he contingency confess which a preseason ranking of No. 4 in a coaches' poll is flattering highly evolved for a group which has to replace Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington as well as Danny Green (a total 66.2 ppg). The fortifying champs will rest heavily upon freshmen as well as sophomores in 2009-10. A top-five finish is asking a lot.

Three Over-Rated Players
1. Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State - The bent is unquestionable, though so is a abundance of question marks. Work ethic? Attitude? Weight? Shot selection? It's a list which needs to be answered before Sidney can be considered as great as a little people make him out to be.
2. Samardo Samuels, Louisville - Similarly to Georgetown's Greg Monroe, Samuels is a great large male which contingency improve his rebounding. The 6-8 sophomore pulled down only 4.9 rpg in 25.1 mpg final season.
3. Greivis Vasquez, Maryland - Yes, he forsaken his turnovers from 4.4 per diversion to 2.8 final year, though Vasquez is still good for a handful of mind-numbing, head-scratching plays each game. Often times, they directly start a game's outcome. He has all a bent in a world, though needs to purify things up.

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