When summer rankings get creative
Posted: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:06 AM
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Blogging during college basketball’s summer months requires a little creativity, which always leads to some sweet projects and posts during July and August.
People toss out “prestige” rankings, improve on those “prestige” rankings or an attempt to rank programs by historical success.
But those are the serious attempts at summer blogging. Others can be a little more creative.
Take this post from A Sea of Blue: Kentucky’s returning scholarship players as movie characters. Now that’s perfect fodder for random discussion among ‘Cat fans.
I especially like Perry Stevenson as Kurt Sloane from Kickboxer. Tons of players enter a program as raw talents, but not everyone develops into a tough-as-nails bad-ass fighter. Yes, I made up that last part.
The one drawback? Not everyone is familiar with every player on the Kentucky roster. This is when you localize the idea for your team. Maybe I’ll throw together a version for Kansas’ returning players later on this week.
The fine folks over at Storming the Floor have started their own summer ranking project, the State Project – ranking each state by their college hoops win percentage. (Three-team minimum required for entry, thus the reason for starting at 36.)
Coming at 36 was New Jersey (blame NJIT’s 0-fer season), while Colorado was No. 35. Good stuff on both, but is Stew Morrill really the Centennial State’s favorite coach?
This Wyoming native likes questioning all things Colorado. Can’t help it.
