I KNOW I'M RISKING IT...
What with the Mariners streaking and all...but let's turn to college basketball for a moment, shall we? The FOX Sports pre-season ratings are out and let's see - who's that at number 9?
9. Creighton: The Bluejays lost their leading scorer, Johnny Mathies, but Dana Altman's team will be much better with the return of Nate Funk — who missed all but six games with a shoulder injury and was granted a medical hardship to play this season. Funk averaged 17.8 points two years ago and is arguably the best player in the Missouri Valley Conference. Creighton was also without the services of guard Josh Dotzler, who made the Missouri Valley Conference all-freshman team, for the final seven games of the season. Altman will also have seniors Anthony Toliver (13.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and Nick Porter (9.5 ppg) back in the fold as well as 6-8 junior forward Dane Watts (7.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg).
Congrats to the Missouri Valley conference for placing 4 (4!) teams in the FOX Sports top 35....looks like it's going to be another breakout season!