I Dislike Your Favorite Team

HELL NO.

Hoops Addict agrees. They have their Top 10 out this week. On the other hand, they call Tyler Hansborough NBA talent, which is laughable. He's next year's draft's Josh McRoberts (another dominant undersized whitey from a premier program in the ACC). But the idea that UNC is the definition of a Preseason #1? Hard to argue with. Let's look at the rest of their Top 10.

They have Louisville at #2, which I have to say, doesn't smell right. I love the history of smooth dressin' Dorian Gray like coach Rick Pitino. But he's not done what you would expect Rick Pitino to do--specifically--take 3 or 4 years to restore Louisville to dominance. Pitino has gotten them to respectability. But they always have some big losses that keep them from a #1 or #2 seed. Maybe their new recruits will change that; but I think at the end of the year, Louisville will be in the top 25, but not the top 5.

UConn at #3 sounds right. Notre Dame at #4 is stupid and laughable. No way. No way in hell. You can move every other team mentioned in the Top 10 past Notre Dame.

Duke, UCLA (who should be in the top 3, really. Success begets success, after all. And that team knows how to recruit--you can safely assume that if their freshman don't blow you away, it is because they were looking for below the radar players.) Gonzaga at #7 is overrated.

Hoopsaddict, in general, seems slow to respond to trends. I'd put Davidson ahead of Gonzaga.

Hell, the more I look at this list, the sillier it becomes. HoopsAddict has put together a Top 10 team that has Zero Big Ten Teams (really? The entire Big 10 is that bad? No Wisconsin, No Indiana, No Illinois, No sneaky Minnesota pick?); only One Big-12 team in Texas? 2 Big East teams, and neither one Georgetown? That's a mistake, too. UCLA is the only PAC-10 team the year after their scary dominance? Hmpf. It's a bad a list, ya'll.

The idea of a Preseason Top Ten is admirable. The execution, however, is awful.