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2014-2015 College Basketball Predictions: It's All About Kentucky

By Jason McIntyre

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We did our College Basketball Top 25 teams in the Spring, and we rolled out our Top 50 players in the summer. Here are our predictions for the season.

JASON McINTYRE

All-American Team
G – Marcus Paige (UNC), Ron Baker (Wichita State)
F – Stanley Johnson (Arizona), Karl Towns (Kentucky)
C – Jahlil Okafor (Duke)

College basketball Player of the Year: Marcus Paige, North Carolina
College basketball Freshman of the Year: Jahlil Okafor, Duke

Sweet 16 team from 2014 that will disappoint in 2014-2015: UCLA, which lost four starters, narrowly edges out Baylor.
Non-tournament team from 2014 that will make the tourney in 2015: Maryland Terrapins.

Will Gonzaga set a school-record with 33 wins? Yes.
After another strong season at Harvard, Tommy Amaker will be coaching where in 2015? Indiana Hoosiers.
Will Tom Crean lose his job after this season? Yes.
Besides Tom Crean, which coach needs to be worried about job security? Travis Ford, Oklahoma State.

2015 NCAA Tournament #1 seeds: Duke, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona.
2015 Final Four: North Carolina, Kentucky, Gonzaga, Arizona.
2015 NCAA Champion: Kentucky. I picked the Wildcats last year too, and for awhile that looked really, really bad. Then it looked smart. But UConn won.

JASON LISK

All-American Team
G – Marcus Paige (UNC), Juwan Staten (West Virginia)
F – Georges Niang (Iowa State), Karl Towns (Kentucky)
C – Jahlil Okafor (Duke)

College basketball Player of the Year: Jahlil Okafor, Duke
College basketball Freshman of the Year: Jahlil Okafor, Duke

Sweet 16 team from 2014 that will disappoint in 2014-2015: Tennessee
Non-tournament team from 2014 that will make the tourney in 2015: Indiana Hoosiers.

Will Gonzaga set a school-record with 33 wins? No
After another strong season at Harvard, Tommy Amaker will be coaching where in 2015? Harvard.
Will Tom Crean lose his job after this season? Yes
Besides Tom Crean, which coach needs to be worried about job security? Brian Gregory

2015 NCAA Tournament #1 seeds: Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona.
2015 Final Four: Louisville, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona.
2015 NCAA Champion: Kentucky

 

RYAN GLASSPIEGEL

Not gonna make a whole lot of predictions other than to say Frank Kaminsky will be the national player of the year, and that the Wisconsin Badgers are going all the way.