Prognostication

WEST BLOOMFIELD (MI) — Any words written about the 2017-18 college hoops season between now and November 10th when the ref tosses the ball up for real are pure prognostication. Throwing a wrench into the works is the ongoing saga of the shoe company recruiting scandal, as it remains to be seen what punishment the NCAA will mete out to the offending programs and when. Question marks abound, nowhere more so than on Edwin Moses Boulevard. Here are a few of the experts and their SWAG:

10 possible Cinderella teams you may be talking about during March Madness

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/10-possible-cinderella-teams-you-may-be-talking-about-during-march-madness/

UD foes Ball State and St. BonaventureST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
Established: 1858
Location: Olean, NY
Enrollment: 1,858
Type: Private
Affiliation: Catholic (Franciscan)
Nickname: Bonnies
Colors: Brown and White are listed.

Atlantic 10 Preview

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/10/19/atlantic-10-projections-preview-team-rankings-standings

The Top 50 Freshman scorers of the 2017-18 season

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/10/11/top-freshmen-rankings-michael-porter-marvin-bagley

Kostas is listed at #44.

The toughest job among college basketball’s new coaches

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/patrick-ewing-has-the-toughest-job-among-college-basketballs-new-coaches/

Archie is thought to have the easiest job of the newcomers; Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing the hardest; AG is in the middle at #9.

Elsewhere in Hoop Nation:

— If you enjoy tracking the exploits of former Flyers in their professional hoops careers, you gotta follow this Twitter site called Professionally LOWD:

https://twitter.com/ProLOWD

— Monday October 23rd is D-Day for Anthony Nelson, AG’s prime PG recruiting target out of NYC:

https://twitter.com/NYPost_Brazille/status/921410194390777856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdayton.forums.rivals.com%2Fthreads%2Fnelson-discusses-dayton-visit-pl.5006%2Fpage-3

— Looking further down the recruiting funnel, here is a video of 2020 prospect Zeb Jackson out of Toledo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=jnkFvt3kAjA

— Interviews with Flyers present and past:

Josh Cunningham

http://hoopshd.com/2017/10/15/season-preview-hoopshd-interviews-dayton-f-josh-cunningham/

Charles Cooke

http://www.wingam.com/uds-charles-cooke-discusses-upcoming-nba-regular-season-debut-wkeith-byars-justin-kinner/

Anthony GrantUniversity of Dayton Head Coach Anthony Grant is at the helm of his alma mater’s men’s basketball program after head coaching stops at VCU and Alabama. UD announced Anthony Grant as the 20th head coach in UD Basketball history on March 30, 2017.