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2009 Texas Longhorns Basketball Schedule

11/15/09      vs. UC Irvine     Austin, Texas      1:00 pm CT
11/18/09     vs. Western Carolina     Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic (Championship Rds)
11/23/09     vs. Iowa    Kansas City, Mo.     9:00 pm CT
11/24/09     Championship     Kansas City, Mo.     TBA
11/29/09     at Rice     Houston, Texas     3:00 pm CT
Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series
12/03/09     vs. USC     Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
12/07/09     vs. Long Beach State     Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
12/12/09     vs. Texas State    Austin, Texas     3:00 pm CT
12/15/09     vs. Texas-Pan American      Austin, Texas     7:00 pm CT
12/19/09     vs. North Carolina Arlington, Texas     1:00 pm CT
12/22/09     vs. Michigan State Austin, Texas     6:00 pm CT
12/29/09     vs. Gardner-Webb     Austin, Texas     5:00 pm CT

2010 Texas Longhorns Basketball Schedule

01/02/10     vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi TV     Austin, Texas     3:30 pm CT
01/05/10     at Arkansas      Fayetteville, Ark.     6:00 pm CT
01/09/10     vs. Colorado      Austin, Texas     12:45 pm CT
01/13/10     at Iowa State      Ames, Iowa     7:00 pm CT
01/16/10     vs. Texas A&M      Austin, Texas     5:00 pm CT
01/18/10     at Kansas State      Manhattan, Kan.     8:00 pm CT
01/23/10     at Connecticut     Storrs, Conn.     3:00 pm CT
01/27/10     vs. Texas Tech      Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
01/30/10     vs. Baylor     Austin, Texas     3:00 pm CT
02/01/10     at Oklahoma State     Stillwater, Okla.     8:00 pm CT
02/06/10     at Oklahoma     Norman, Okla.     3:00 pm CT
02/08/10     vs. Kansas Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
02/13/10     vs. Nebraska     Austin, Texas     3:00 pm CT
02/17/10     at Missouri     Columbia, Mo.     8:00 pm CT
02/20/10     at Texas Tech     Lubbock, Texas     1:00 pm CT
02/24/10     vs. Oklahoma State     Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
02/27/10     at Texas A&M      College Station, Texas     1:00 pm CT
03/01/10     vs. Oklahoma     Austin, Texas     8:00 pm CT
03/06/10     at Baylor     Waco, Texas     3:00 pm CT

2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
03/10/10     First round     Kansas City, Mo.     TBA
03/11/10     Quarterfinal round     Kansas City, Mo.     TBA
03/12/10     Semifinal round     Kansas City, Mo.     TBA
03/13/10     Championship     Kansas City, Mo.     5:00 pm CT

The Kansas Jayhawks enter the 2009-10 NCAA basketball season as the clear-cut number 1 team in the country as rated by ESPN and other major news services.  Returning just about their entire team from last season along with a top 5 NCAA recruiting class, everyone expects to see the Jayhawks in the Final Four this year. They will have some stiff competition in the Big 12 this season in Texas, Oklahoma, K-State, Missouri, and A+M though before getting to the NCAA tournament. Its hard to tell at this point how many teams will get to the tourney, but expect to see at least 5-6 Big 12 teams get the nod.

2009 Big 12 Preseason Basketball Rankings

#1 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Kansas Jayhawks
Coach Self brings star shooting guard, Xavier Henry in to compliment the starters returning from last season. If anything, his hardest problem may be getting enough PT for all of his stars during the regular season.

#2 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Texas Longhorns
The Longhorns bring back a deep team from last season, but the main question for this season appears to be if they can stay focused through Big 12 play. If they can, we could very well see Kansas get upset for the league title. Texas has a strong strength of schedule, so they should be ranked high for the majority of the season baring any sustained mental lapses. Look for big years out of Dexter Pittman, Damion James, and Avery Bradley.

#3 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma won’t be as strong as season with the Griffin’s and Austin Johnson gone. Willie Warren and Toney Crocker give them a strong base to go with the highly rated incoming recruiting class though, and the Sooners will see the NCAA tournament again this year.

#4 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Missouri Tigers

Ok, I know a little bit of a stretch here. The Tigers have lost three of their big contributors from last season in Leo Lyons, Demarrie Carrol, and Matt Lawrence, but they have JT Tiller back with the young backcourt which showed some promise last season. I’ll take Mike Anderson’s battle tested youngsters at this point of the predictions and let them prove me wrong.

#5 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Kansas State

A lot of people have K-State ranked over Missouri…a few even over Oklahoma. The Wildcats managed to squeak above .500 in Big 12 play last season, and with Jake Pullen and Denis Clemente getting it done by the end of the season, they should vie for a post season bid this year. Several transfers and other recruits coming in to K-State, that if they jell quick, the Wildcats will knock off some teams.

#6 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Oklahoma State Cowboys
Travis Ford has James Anderson and Obi Monuelo back along with Keaton Paige in the backcourt. OSU has a great recruiting class coming in as well, so Travis Ford should have them competing for a NCAA tournament bid again.

#7 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Texas A+M
A+M is led by Bryan Davis and Donald Sloan this season. They will need some work from star 6-6 guard recruit, Naji Hibbert in order to get it done this year though since he is the only 4 star prospect signed by the Aggies in their 2009 NCAA recruiting class. The other 3 star prospects will help, but its just too early to tell if A+M’s squad will have the depth to back up Davis and Sloan to go deep in the Big 12 this season.

#8 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Baylor
Baylor was able to get to the Big 12 championship game and the NIT finals. Coach Drew has lost a lot of players from last year, but he will try to leverage star recruits Nolan Dennis and Mark McGlaughin to try and get past the NIT this year. I don’t know if they’re going to have enough juice to do that though and they may be NIT bound again.

#9 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Iowa State
Iowa Sate has a lot of potential this season, however, they probably will not be deep enough to do a ton of damage in Big 12 play. Chris Colvin is expected to bring the Cylones some depth in the back court this season and star player, Craig Brackens is returning as well. They will likely pull an upset or two along the way, but it will take a lot for them to make the NCAA tournament.

#10 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Texas Tech
Pat Knight’s team will do better this year, but they are probably a year or two away from making any serious noise in the Big 12.

#11 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Nebraska Corn Huskers
Nebraska’s going to have a tough time getting anywhere near last seasons .500 mark in Big 12 play. Lots of key players gone with a not-so-deep recruiting class coming in….they may do well to stay out of last place.

#12 2009 Big 12 Preseason Team – Colorado
Just think about football season for Colorado. Basketball is not going to be their sport this season.

So, if there’s anything that is more conjecture than pre-season NCAA basketball rankings, it has to be pre-season Bracketology! Anyway, it wouldn’t be any fun not to project the 2010 NCAA tournament brackets at this point of the summer, so why not!? Kentucky has probably had the most press since North Carolina won the 2009 NCAA tournament with Coach John Calipari taking over from Billy G. Coach Cal has brought the number 1 ranked recruiting class to Lexington, and with it some high expectations from Wildcat fans and a top 5 pre-season ranking! Other big off-season news has been Duke Guard Elliot Williams leaving school to be closer to his Mom in Memphis, and Lance Stephenson finally signing with Cincy! If you have any comments please leave them, and I’ll update this monthly in the third week of the month until its tourney time again!

 

Midwest (St. Louis) Region

Oklahoma City

1   Kentucky

16 Play-In Game

 

8 Michigan

9 Dayton

 

New Orleans

5  Butler

12 Maryland

 

4  Louisville

13 ODU  (CAA)

 

Buffalo

6  Boston College

11 Kansas State

 

3   West Virginia

14  Oakland (Summit)

 

Milwaukee

7   Siena

10 Notre Dame

 

2   Purdue

15 Binghampton (Amer East)

  

West (Salt Lake City) Region

 

Oklahoma City

1   Villanova

16 Long Beach (Big West)

 

8   Georgetown

9    Mississippi St

 

San Jose

5   Minnesota

12 Marquette

 

4  Washington

13 N. Iowa (MVC)

 

Buffalo

6  Pittsburgh

11 Illinois

 

3   Memphis

14 Jacksonville (Atl Sun)

 

Jacksonville

7   Georgia Tech

10 Cincy

 

2  North Carolina

15 Morgan St (MEAC)

 

East (Syracuse) Region

Milwaukee

1   Michigan St

16 Montana (Big Sky)

 

8  Missouri

9  Florida

 

Spokane

5  UCLA

12 Akron (MAC)

 

4   Connecticut

13 Cornell (Ivy)

 

Spokane

6  Wake Forest

11 Gonzaga (WCC)

 

3  Oklahoma

14 Sam Houston (Southland)

 

Providence

7   BYU

10 Wisconsin

 

2  Texas

15 Mt. St. Mary’s (Northeast)

 

 

South (Houston) Region

 

New Orleans

1   Kansas

16 Navy (Patriot)

 

8  Syracuse

9  Florida State

 

San Jose

5   Texas A+M

12 Utah St. (WAC)

 

4   Duke

13 Western Kentucky University (Sun)

 

Providence

6  Ohio State

11 Xavier

 

3  California

14 Charleston (Southern)

 

Jacksonville

7   Oklahoma State

10 LSU

 

2   Tennessee

15 Murray State (OVC)