Predictions for the Season

I like playing this game, because you get to look back on yourself and laugh.  Like last year; when I predicted that it would have been New Hampshire’s year.  Wow, was I way off on that!  Anyway, while it’s still the preseason, as college kids are donning their costumes for Halloween, and coaches are doing their interviews trying to drum up interest, fans and media around the country are making random predictions on how their team is going to run the table and go to the Final Four.  My predictions are after the jump.

This Year Won’t Be As Bad As Last
Seriously, how can this squad have less than four wins this year?  There was a ton of talent on the squad last year, but something wasn’t clicking.  In fact, it’s probably safe to say that there was more talent on last year’s squad than in the 2007-2008 championship year, but again, something wasn’t clicking.  This year’s squad has three seniors, and although two are new, well, recent history shows that wasn’t too bad.  Just ask Mike Lonergan.  Ever since Laurence Joliceour joined the squad as a graduate student from Manhattan, there has been a decidedly growing feeling that UMBC will be climbing out of the cellar.  Add in grad transfer Travis King from George Washington, and the return of Justin Fry, the last remaining player from the championship season, clearly, five wins is achievable.

Boston University Will Finally Not Disappoint
For five seasons, Boston was predicted to finish first, but for five years, Boston disappointed.  It could be said that it was due to one common factor: coach Dennis Wolff.  Wolff, who was fired following the 2009 AE Quarterfinal loss to UMBC, was known as a good recruiter who couldn’t coach and would lose good players.  Last year, the Terriers hired Villanova assistant Pat Chambers to be their head coach.  While I thought insisting that he would lead the Terriers to a championship last season was too much, it was obvious from the start that he would revive that program, and it couldn’t have been clearer after Boston’s upset over regular season champions Stony Brook in the AE Semifinals.  This year, with preseason All Conference picks John Holland and Jake O’Brien, along with some high-profile recruits out of Chambers’s native Philadelphia, BU will most likely win its sixth AE title, and finally stop disappointing in the coaches poll.

De La Rosa and Satchell Will Win Multiple Players of the Week Awards
Last year, Chris De La Rosa scored 11.7 points per game, and Adrien Satchell grabbed and average of 5.1 rebounds.  Simply put, there is no reason why these two players cannot improve on these stats.  Though neither players garnered POW awards last season, Satchell landed on the All-Rookie Team.  Chris De La Rosa, however, was controversially left off of any All-Conference Team.

I Will Make Money Off This Blog
Stay tuned for changes to this blog.  The season starts in two weeks, but before then, I will be moving to a new domain where I can have ads.  Some software issues need to be taken care of first, but within the next two weeks, be prepared to change your bookmarks.

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