ESPN The Magazine

[Censored by Laurie]

North Texas - 268.

Mind you...this isn't a basketball guy...

The Mag enlisted economist and

RealGM.com contributor Dan Hanner. He rated teams based on the tempo-free stats of

returning/departed players, the development of returning players, the loss and/or return of

injured players, the talent level of transfers and/or recruits, and coaching. He used these

ratings to project each school’s conference finish and its winning percentage against an

average D1 opponent. Hey, we didn’t say you’d like where we mentioned your tea

Conference Opponents -

148. Denver

159. Middle Tennessee

171. Florida Atlantic

187. Arkansas State

225. UL - Lafayette

234. UA - Little Rock

246. Western Kentucky

265. Troy

276. South Alabama

303. FIU

330. UL - Monroe

Non-Conference Opponents -

28. Texas

62. Mississippi State

119. Texas Tech

127. LSU

193. UT - Arlington

196. Loyola Marymount

226. Sam Houston State

230. Columbia

324. Jackson State

334. Grambling

[untwillrise]

Waste of time

[MCMLXXX]

Waste of time

Motivation.

[Green Jackal]

I wonder how accurate his predictions were last year.

[Green Mean]

Keep on winning

[KRAM1]

Who cares. The Mean Green will take care of business on the court and not in some prediction article in a magazine.

[TIgreen01]

Wow....going strictly by the numbers, that would equate to 5 wins for the season. A return to the Vic Trilli days??

[Travis]

Wow. So in one publication there is talk about a bid for the sweet 16. And, in another we aren't even in the top 50%?!

[forevereagle]

Wow. So in one publication there is talk about a bid for the sweet 16. And, in another we aren't even in the top 50%?!

And both are purely speculative and will have no impact on the season.

[NT1978]

Wow. So in one publication there is talk about a bid for the sweet 16. And, in another we aren't even in the top 50% 75%?!