Prediction Time

[tower912]

May I be proven as wrong as he was. 

[Jay Bee]

Iowa is very good and has lots of experience at the top of their lineup

Don't sleep on Dale Jones either (Jimmy & Joe's JUCO).

Uthoff, Woodbury, Gesell, Clemmons all seniors with experience...

Jok and Uhl have gotten a good taste.

My boi Andrew Fleming comes into the fold this year as a frosh..

...oh yeah, and Brady.

Tough team. If they stay healthy they can impress in the Big Ten.

[PGsHeroes32]

Iowa is very good and has lots of experience at the top of their lineup

Don't sleep on Dale Jones either (Jimmy & Joe's JUCO).

Uthoff, Woodbury, Gesell, Clemmons all seniors with experience...

Jok and Uhl have gotten a good taste.

My boi Andrew Fleming comes into the fold this year as a frosh..

...oh yeah, and Brady.

Tough team. If they stay healthy they can impress in the Big Ten.

Jok and Uthoff are good. Woodbury has value but is a dbag.

Gesell sucks. Pretty sure most Iowa fans are looking forward to him being gone. And Clemens is streaky.

If we can guard uthoff wen are a ok.

It's just weird that I'm seeing a lot of overall positive season predictions on here(us getting 22-24 wins) and doing well in the BE. But a Iowa home loss is being heavily picked.

I feel if we lose the Iowa game it's because we end up being worse than a lot of us optimists are believing and more of a NIT team.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

It's just weird that I'm seeing a lot of overall positive season predictions on here(us getting 22-24 wins) and doing well in the BE. But a Iowa home loss is being heavily picked.

I feel if we lose the Iowa game it's because we end up being worse than a lot of us optimists are believing and more of a NIT team.

Literally two people have picked Iowa to win.  Two. That's not heavy at all

[PGsHeroes32]

Literally two people have picked Iowa to win.  Two. That's not heavy at all

You eating paint chips?

The first 4 people all picked Iowa lol.

I stopped there to avoid pouring salt on the wounds.

[hdog1017]

Chose 19-12 or worse. 

I think Wojo is a good recruiter but not a good coach.  I hope he proves me wrong on my second point. 

[MUfan12]

I think Wojo is a good recruiter but not a good coach.

So the key to proving you're a good coach is winning with 8 scholarship guys, 7 of which you didn't recruit?



You might end up being right, but last season proves nothing in that regard.

[MU82]

I'm going to hold off on my predictions until I see how healthy we are -- and how un-transferred from we are! -- a few days before our first game.

I mean, two years ago at this time, we thought McKay was gonna be a stud for us.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

You eating paint chips?

The first 4 people all picked Iowa lol.

I stopped there to avoid pouring salt on the wounds.

I did miss one. It was three not four. Brewcity, dgies, and litehouse. Everyone since has picked Iowa to lose.

Please don't resort to insults to make a point. It takes away from your argument

[g0lden3agle]

I did miss one. It was three not four. Brewcity, dgies, and litehouse. Everyone since has picked Iowa to lose.

Please don't resort to insults to make a point. It takes away from your argument

Tower's was slipped in there as a quote as well.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Tower's was slipped in there as a quote as well.

You are right, I was wrong. I thought tower was just quoting brews post. That is my mistake. Still, a majority have picked us to win and those who have picked us to lose have given sound reasoning why they think that

[jsglow]

For the easy answer, just go ahead with the poll question. If you want more detail, here's the full schedule to either quote or copy and paste:

Nov 13 - v Belmont W
Nov 16 - v IUPUI W
Nov 19 - v Iowa W
Nov 23 - LSU L
Nov 24 - NC State/Arizona St W
Nov 29 - v Jackson State W
Dec 2 - v Grambling W
Dec 5 - v Maine W
Dec 8 - v San Jose State W
Dec 12 - @ Wisconsin L
Dec 21 - v Chicago State W
Dec 27 - v Presbyterian W
Dec 30 - v Seton Hall W
Jan 2 - @ Georgetown L
Jan 5 - @ Providence L
Jan 9 - v St. John's W
Jan 13 - @ Villanova L
Jan 16 - v Xavier L
Jan 20 - v DePaul W
Jan 23 - @ St. John's L
Jan 27 - v Stetson W
Jan 30 - v Butler W
Feb 3 - @ Seton Hall W
Feb 6 - @ Xavier L
Feb 10 - v Providence W
Feb 13 - v Creighton W
Feb 20 - @ DePaul W
Feb 24 - @ Creighton W
Feb 27 - v Villanova L
Mar 1 - v Georgetown W
Mar 5 - @ Butler L

Non-conference Record: 11-2
Conference Record: 10-8
Total Record: 21-10

I think we will be a much better team this year but I personally believe that there's still much growth necessary.  Last year's team lost almost 20 times.  I'll say we'll reverse that to get 21 wins prior to the Big East Tournament.  I'll speculate that we go 1-1 in NYC and get into the NCAA as about a #10 seed.  I'm predicting 2 Freshman driven 'mistake games'; a home loss to Xavier and a road loss to the Johnnies.  I'm also predicting two 'quality' wins including both Butler and GTown at home.

[PGsHeroes32]

I did miss one. It was three not four. Brewcity, dgies, and litehouse. Everyone since has picked Iowa to lose.

Please don't resort to insults to make a point. It takes away from your argument

It was less of an insult and more of an inquiry on how you found your conclusion.

Plus, my initial post on why so many people were picking Iowa...was back on the 1st page when just about everyone was in fact picking Iowa.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

It was less of an insult and more of an inquiry on how you found your conclusion.

Plus, my initial post on why so many people were picking Iowa...was back on the 1st page when just about everyone was in fact picking Iowa.

Ah the old I didnt call you an idiot, I just implied that you do things only an idiot would do argument. It's a classic.

I'm sorry hh, I did miss two posts that make your initial comment make more sense. When I made my comment later I was looking at the whole thread

[tower912]

I may have the most negative prediction going.   I said Iowa was going to be a loss for the same reason I was pessimistic about the rest.    4 returning players off of a bad team.   5 freshmen being counted on for major contributions.   10 scholarship players.    May I be completely wrong.   May I have to eat crow tartare, crow a la mode, buffalo crow wings etc.    I simply cannot trust that everything is going to be OK and that this is a 20 win team.   I HOPE it will be.   Nothing would make be happier than being proven so wrong that I am shamed for life.      But until I see it on the court against other high-level D1 schools, I'm not buying.

Bump.   

[WarriorPride68]

Bump.   

Thanks for bumping. This thread is glorious.

[MUFlutieEffect]

Thanks for bumping. This thread is glorious.

Looks like there wasn't a single Scooper predicting a 1-2 start...

[MerrittsMustache]

Looks like there wasn't a single Scooper predicting a 1-2 start...

Tower did.

Why do you think he bumped this thread? 

[tower912]

 

[MUFlutieEffect]

My apologies, Sire - well done.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

12-1 OOC record sounds pretty damn good right now.

[dgies9156]

Just burn this thread

[mubb3434]

I still think we go 11-3 in non-conference and 9-9 in conference play. Puts us at 20-12 going into the Big East Tournament.