From: dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David J.)
Subject: NCAA Magazine predictions
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:59:07 GMT

On October 13, the 1992-93 edition of NCAA Preview Magazine will hit the
newsstands.  The IDS received a complimentary copy of this through the mail
Friday, and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with it's thorough
coverage of not only the Division I men, but also the Div II & III men and
all the women's divisions.

The Top 40 in this mag is compiled by tabulating NCAA Division I coaches'
ballots and has nothing to do with their conference previews.  It looks
something like this:

 1. Michigan				21. Cincinnati
 2. Duke    :)				22. UConn
 3. Indiana :)				23. Wake Forest
 4. Kentucky				24. Iowa
 5. Kansas				25. Michigan State
 6. North Carolina			26. Alabama
 7. Seton Hall				27. Tulane
 8. Florida				28. Arizona State
 9. Arizona				29. Georgia
10. Memphis State			30. Oklahoma State
11. Ohio State				31. Nebraska
12. Syracuse				32. BYU
13. UNLV				33. Texas
14. Georgetown				34. Iowa State
15. Arkansas				35. Purdue
16. Louisville				36. St. John's
17. Georgia Tech			37. Virginia
18. UCLA				38. Tennessee
19. Oklahoma				39. Florida
20. UMASS!!! (tm)			40. Temple

I suppose 293 coaches can't be wrong, but I still question the idea of
Michigan being a preseason No.^1.  I'd like to see Fisher's ballot.

The magazine also lists the top 15 collegiate players at each position.
I won't waste time with all of them, but here's the top five:

Center:
1. Chris Webber, So., Michigan
2. Acie Earl, Sr., Iowa
3. Ervin Johnson, Sr., New Orleans
4. Vin Baker, Sr., Hartford
5. Harper Williams, Sr. UMASS!!! (tm)

Power Forward:
1. Jamal Mashburn, Jr., Kentucky
2. Rodney Rogers, Jr., Wake Forest
3. Douglas Edwards, Sr., Florida St.
4. Kendrick Warren, Jr., Va. Commonwealth
5. Glenn Robinson, So., Purdue

Small Forward:
1. Grant Hill, Jr., Duke
2. Anfernee Hardaway, Jr., Memphis St.
3. Calbert Cheaney, Sr., Indiana
4. Lawrence Moten, So., Syracuse
5. Darrin Hancock, Jr., Kansas

Shooting Guards:
1. Allan Houston, Sr., Tennessee
2. James Robinson, Jr., Alabama
3. Terry Dehere, Sr., Seton Hall
4. J.R. Rider, Sr., UNLV
5. Dwayne Morton, Jr., Louisville

Point Guards:
1. Bobby Hurley, Sr., Duke
2. Sam Crawford, Sr., New Mexico State
3. Adonis Jordan, Sr., Kansas
4. Chuck Evans, Sr., Mississippi
5. Jalen Rose, So., Michigan

A few of these selections surprised me - like Chris Webber at center, since I
pictured him as more of a power forward.  Also, what is Glenn Robinson doing
5th when he hasn't played yet?  Alan Henderson is 15th, and IMHO he's under-
rated.  Also, where are some of the West Coast players here?  They do seem
underrepresented here.

Now for the conferences.  Listed below are the conferences, the preview
writers, and who they predict will finish where.

ACC (Eddy Landreth, Durham Herald-Sun):
1. Duke
2. Florida St.
3. UNC
4. Georgia Tech
5. Wake Forest
6. Virginia
7. N.C. State
8. Maryland
9. Clemson

Big East (Mike DeCourcy, Pittsburgh Press):
1. Seton Hall
2. Syracure
3. Georgetown
4. Boston College
5. Pittsburgh
6. Connecticut
7. Villanova
8. St. John's
9. Providence
10. Miami

Big Eight (Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star):
1. Kansas
2. Iowa St.
3. Oklahoma
4. Nebraska
5. Missouri
6. Oklahoma St.
7. Kansas St.
8. Colorado

Big Ten (Terry Boers, Chicago Sun-Times):
1. Indiana
2. Michigan
3. Michigan St.
4. Iowa
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. Ohio St.
8. Minnesota
9. Wisconsin
10. Northwestern
11. Penn St.

Great Midwest (Lynn Zinser, Memphis Commerical Appeal):
1. Memphis St.
2. Cincinnati
3. Marquette
4. DePaul
5. UAB
6. St. Louis

Metro (Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier-Journal):
1. Tulane
2. Louisville
3. UNC-Charlotte
4. Va. Commonwealth
5. Southern Miss.
6. South Florida
7. Virginia Tech

Pac-10 (Ron Kroichick, Sacramento Bee):
1. Arizona
2. UCLA
3. California
4. Arizona St.
5. Oregon St.
6. Stanford
7. Washington
8. Southern Cal
9. Washington St.
10. Oregon

SEC (Jerry Tipton, Lexington Herald-Leader):
East			West
1. Kentucky		1. Auburn
2. Georgia		2. Mississippi St.
3. Florida		3. Arkansas
4. Tennessee		4. LSU
5. Vanderbilt		5. Alabama
6. South Carolina	6. Mississippi

That's enough for now.  If anyone is interested in the women's rankings, let
me know via e-mail.  Or go buy the magazine.  Your choice.

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