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John Rothstein's Offseason SEC Basketball Power Rankings

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I think this team will really shock a ton of people. I mean 12th out of 14th is just absurd and makes me think he did little to no actual research. We've finished top 4 in the SEC 3 out of the last 4 years, have a potential lottery pick and top player in the SEC leading the way, and one of the best X's and O's coaches in the country. Would love for some of these guys to actually go in depth on why they think SC will be exponentially worse than last year.

 
FeatheredCock said:
I think this team will really shock a ton of people. I mean 12th out of 14th is just absurd and makes me think he did little to no actual research. We've finished top 4 in the SEC 3 out of the last 4 years, have a potential lottery pick and top player in the SEC leading the way, and one of the best X's and O's coaches in the country. Would love for some of these guys to actually go in depth on why they think SC will be exponentially worse than last year.
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To most of the prognosticators, it's about the Gamecock's "question marks".  i.e. - since we only have four guys with any significant time playing together, who knows how the team will gel.  Almost everyone will admit that the 'Cocks have lots of talent on the roster, but to them (and to me in large part), it's mostly unproven talent.  There is virtually no guarantee of cohesion in the squad in the early portion of the schedule. 

So why picked so low?  Because the names at the top of the list are proven commodities who are adding top 50 talents to their teams.  As you move to the middle of the list, these are teams with new(ish) coaches but returning and experienced teammates.  At the bottom of the list are teams that are rebuilding with both coaches and talent.  AND THEN THERE'S US.  Just too many question marks for most of the critics to pick us higher, though if you ask them, they'll agree that we SHOULD place a great deal higher.

Given these circumstances, I believe that Frank Martin has a pretty high percentage chance of SEC Coach of the Year this year if he puts the Gamecocks inside of the top 4 again.  If he gets inside the top 3, he should hands down win the accolade.  That is, of course, barring some strange circumstances that put Kentucky, Florida, or LSU in one of the top 2 national rankings for the entirety of the season.

 
We finished 4th last year.

Must have escaped Mr. Rothstein's radar.

 
Sometimes these guys do a "power" ranking, and no one truly knows what that means. It may not even mean a prediction of final standings in the conference, but rather by "Power" it may simply mean a team ranking based on rated talent on a team, or the projections of players to the NBA or something like that. So, the factors of coaching and development of a team may not play much into their ranking....

 
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