Updated 1/17/2016 - Nicholas McCarty's Top 25 NCAAM Basketball
NOTE: There will not be a new post for each of my top 25 posts. This post will just be updated every week. It won't always be on a certain day, It just depends when I want to talk Basketball.
1. Oklahoma
2. North Carolina
3. Iowa
4. Villanova
5. Xavier
6. Iowa State
7. Kansas
8. Texas A&M
9. Maryland
10. Virginia
11. West Virginia
12. Baylor
13. Michigan State
14. Miami
15. Louisville
16. Purdue
17. SMU
18. Notre Dame
19. Providence
20. Kentucky
21. Dayton
22. Oregon
23. St. Mary's
24. Butler
25. Arizona
Reasons for picks that can be questioned: St.Marys (23) - St. Mary's has had a very successful season. They have to losses and in both loses they have lost by a combined total of Seven Points. They also have outstanding wins over Gonzaga and BYU.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Duke at Wake Forest (1/6/2015)
This is going to be a very interesting matchup. I would like to see Duke go down because I always like the underdogs to shine.
Why Kentucky Won't be dancing this year, and why South Carolina will run away with the SEC
Now before you guys jump out of your seats and criticize my picks, which you can but I would prefer email (nicholas.mcc@hotmail.com) please listen to me.
Rup Arena is known for its great home court advantage. No doubt about it then Kentucky is a great team and all but this might not be there season. At 11-3, the Kentucky Wildcats are not a top ten team, no question needed.
Look at how there season how unfolded so far,
they won there first 7 Non-Conference games, which yes one was Duke, and they won at a neutral court but that's one good win for this team, they lost at UCLA who are 9-6, you might say that's a good loss , then they lost at home to Ohio State who are 10-5, then they lose at LSU who is 9-6, believe me I think LSU is better then 9-6, probably 11-4 or 12-3 good. Now again, you might say this was another good loss, but every single game they lose can you say it's a good loss? At some point you have to face the fact, You can't be 5th in the SEC and still be ranked. Kentucky shouldn't be ranked because the SEC is a football conference. Yes the SEC has its years, well basically normally Kentucky has it's years, there normally the power of the SEC. This season, I am predicting South Carolina will come away with that division. And that South Carolina will finish at No. 14th in the Nation because at 14-0 they look like the best team in the SEC. Maybe the best team SC has ever had in history. They have 5 players averaging 10 points PPG or more. They've got players. They've got the rebounders. They've got the passers. They've got it all. They are one of the top 15 rebounding schools this season, they are averaging 42.4 RPG. Look at the facts, they've won at Memphis and the team Josh Pastner has built is great. It seems like he always has a good team, which is hard to keep up with unless your getting the best recruiting ever. They've always won @ Auburn, @ Clemson, and beat a good Big East Shotblocking St. Johns team. South Carolina hasn't lost yet, and they've played good teams. There isn't a bad loss like there was with Kentucky.
South Carolina will win the SEC and they are better then Kentucky because,
they outscore Kentucky with 81 PPG compared to Kentucky 78 PPG
They outrebound Kentucky with 42 compared to Kentucky's 39
They shoot free throws better.
They shoot threes better.
This isn't Kentucky's year. All of the talk should stop about Kentucky winning it all.
Compared to Kentucky, there are a better team.
Please feel free to comment and suggest things, because your hearing my opinion, I want to hear yours.
Rup Arena is known for its great home court advantage. No doubt about it then Kentucky is a great team and all but this might not be there season. At 11-3, the Kentucky Wildcats are not a top ten team, no question needed.
Look at how there season how unfolded so far,
they won there first 7 Non-Conference games, which yes one was Duke, and they won at a neutral court but that's one good win for this team, they lost at UCLA who are 9-6, you might say that's a good loss , then they lost at home to Ohio State who are 10-5, then they lose at LSU who is 9-6, believe me I think LSU is better then 9-6, probably 11-4 or 12-3 good. Now again, you might say this was another good loss, but every single game they lose can you say it's a good loss? At some point you have to face the fact, You can't be 5th in the SEC and still be ranked. Kentucky shouldn't be ranked because the SEC is a football conference. Yes the SEC has its years, well basically normally Kentucky has it's years, there normally the power of the SEC. This season, I am predicting South Carolina will come away with that division. And that South Carolina will finish at No. 14th in the Nation because at 14-0 they look like the best team in the SEC. Maybe the best team SC has ever had in history. They have 5 players averaging 10 points PPG or more. They've got players. They've got the rebounders. They've got the passers. They've got it all. They are one of the top 15 rebounding schools this season, they are averaging 42.4 RPG. Look at the facts, they've won at Memphis and the team Josh Pastner has built is great. It seems like he always has a good team, which is hard to keep up with unless your getting the best recruiting ever. They've always won @ Auburn, @ Clemson, and beat a good Big East Shotblocking St. Johns team. South Carolina hasn't lost yet, and they've played good teams. There isn't a bad loss like there was with Kentucky.
South Carolina will win the SEC and they are better then Kentucky because,
they outscore Kentucky with 81 PPG compared to Kentucky 78 PPG
They outrebound Kentucky with 42 compared to Kentucky's 39
They shoot free throws better.
They shoot threes better.
This isn't Kentucky's year. All of the talk should stop about Kentucky winning it all.
Compared to Kentucky, there are a better team.
Please feel free to comment and suggest things, because your hearing my opinion, I want to hear yours.
Lots of things have happened
Yesterday, (1/6/2015) there were some major upsets.
Temple who is 7-6, defeated no.23 Connecticut (10-4) the final score was 55-53.
South Carolina advanced to 14-0 by beating Auburn 81-69.
No. 8 Providence falls to 2-1 in Big East Play by losing to Marquette in a major upset. Providences Chris Dunn got blocked on the last possession.
Ben Simmons and LSU defeat the Kentucky Wildcats at home 85-67. Ben Simmons scored 14 points and went a perfect 5-5 from the field to help his team beat the 9th ranked team in the nation.
The rate I am going to post these at is going to vary, it depends when I feel like it and if theres enough to do one of these.
Temple who is 7-6, defeated no.23 Connecticut (10-4) the final score was 55-53.
South Carolina advanced to 14-0 by beating Auburn 81-69.
No. 8 Providence falls to 2-1 in Big East Play by losing to Marquette in a major upset. Providences Chris Dunn got blocked on the last possession.
Ben Simmons and LSU defeat the Kentucky Wildcats at home 85-67. Ben Simmons scored 14 points and went a perfect 5-5 from the field to help his team beat the 9th ranked team in the nation.
The rate I am going to post these at is going to vary, it depends when I feel like it and if theres enough to do one of these.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Bracket Predictions
Last Updated: 1/7/2016 7:29PM
Please free feel to contact me for any reason (nicholas.mcc@hotmail.com) to criticize and suggest changes within my predictions. You can also view my predictions in a bigger screen here.
Please free feel to contact me for any reason (nicholas.mcc@hotmail.com) to criticize and suggest changes within my predictions. You can also view my predictions in a bigger screen here.
Season Predictions (as of 1/5/2016)
Here are my season predictions of 1/5/2016.
- Wisconsin and Wichita State will not be dancing this year
- Michigan and Ohio State will not be higher then a 9 seed
- Kansas will have packed there bags by or the week of the Sweet 16
- Kentucky will not be higher then the 4 seed
- The 12 seed will beat the 5 seed 3/4 times
- The 16 seed will beat the 1 seed this year for the first time ever
- Duke and North Carolina will not be in the Final four
- Michigan State will be in the final four
- Oklahoma will win the National Championship
Halfway through the season, these are my thoughts on what are going to happen. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
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- Rankings updated atleast once a week
- Bracket predictions updated atleast every 10 days
Please feel free to email me (nicholas.mcc@hotmail.com) because I appreciate the feed back so I can become better at this. My picks are free to use, but its Madness, if you decide to spend alot of money and you don't win the bet, don't get mad, nobody get's all the games right.
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