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The unofficial start to the college hoop season came in the last few days when the pre-season magazines hit the newsstands. I love these books (because they send me $$ when I send them words) because they signal hoops is on the horizon and for any big fan this is a very good thing.
Lindy's beat Athlon out by a few days but make sure to pick them both up. They are informative and well-written.
Both mags pick the Field of 64 and your Providence College Friars make the cut on both fronts. The Friars are even tabbed as a 2-and-done team by Athlon, meaning they would win an NCAA tourney game (for the first time since Coach Gillen, Shammgod, AC, D-Flight and the Boyzs) before losing in round 2.
Athlon picks the Friars to finish seventh in the Big East, one of 9 teams from the league go to The Dance. This is outright fantasy, of course. No way is the NCAA ever putting 9 Big East teams in the tourney, whether the Big East deserves it or not.
Lindy's also picks PC as an NCAA team and slotted at 7th place but 39th in the nation.
The consensus top Big East picks are Georgetown & Louisville (both get Final 4 love) with Marquette and Pittsburgh securely at the next level. UConn, Syracuse, PC, Notre Dame and Villanova are scrambling from 5-10.
URI gets its share of props, too, as a borderline NCAA team. Athlon picks the Rams to finish second in the A-10 behind consensus #1 pick Xavier. Lindy's tabs the Rams as the 4th best A-10 squad behind X, St. Joe and St. Louis.
Athlon named PC's Geoff McDermott a 1st team all-Big East player and honorable mention All-American. It also (correctly) singles out Rhody's Jimmy Baron as the 6th best shooter in the nation.
PC's Sharaud Curry is a candidate for the Bob Cousy award as the nation's top point guard.
Kevin McNamara
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