Campus Chaos

It is that time of the year..

I can practically hear Dick Vitale yelling as I type away. Welcome to the 2008-2009 NCAA Men's College Basketball season. Last year ended with the Kansas Jayhawks raising the championship trophy, but don't expect a repeat this year..

As with my NBA predictions post, I will hopefully shed some light on who is going to win it all, as well as players and teams we should look out for in 08-09.

First, of all, the national championship will make its way back to Chapel Hill, NC this year (shout out to ADS and HyPE LG) . UNC returns the national player of the year in Tyler Hansborough, as well as outstanding guards Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington. And a Roy Williams coached team will always be ready come Tournament time..

But there are a few teams to watch for. Namely UConn, UCLA, Pitt, Oklahoma, Texas, and of course Duke. All these teams have the players and coaching staff to make that 6 game run in March.

Now to the individual honors..

I think this years POY will be Blake Griffin from Oklahoma. Although I love Stephen Curry and Tyler Hansborough's game equally, Blake Griffin is a man amongst boys. He already has a 35 point 21 rebound performance, as well as a 25 point 21 rebound performance under his belt this season and he is poised for many more. Check him out..




Also, besides the obvious choices in the 2009 draft, keep an eye on these players throughout the season..

B.J. Mullens, Ohio St.
Hasheem Thabeet, UConn
Patrick Mills, St. Mary's (also plays for the Austrailian National Team and had a great showing against Team USA)
Chase Budinger, Arizona
Sam Young, Pittsburgh
Jeff Allen, Virginia Tech

Let's see how this all plays out,

Peace.