Charleston Classic: Not an easy road

[Halldan1]

Matchups set for 2015 Charleston Classic
By Jon Rothstein | CBS Sports

Virginia will be led by the backcourt of Malcolm Brogdon and London Perrantes in 2015-16. (USATSI)
The matchups are set for the 2015 Charleston Classic, multiple sources told CBSSports.com.

The opening round will feature Virginia vs. Bradley, Seton Hall vs. Long Beach State, Ole Miss vs. George Mason and Oklahoma State vs. Towson on Nov. 19. Times for the first-round games have not been set.

The winner of Virgina/Bradley will play the winner of Seton Hall/Long Beach State, while the Ole Miss/George Mason and Oklahoma State/Towson winners will square off in the other semifinal matchup Nov. 20.

The championship game will be played Nov. 22.

Virginia will enter the tournament as a heavy favorite, led by one of college basketball's best backcourts in London Perrantes and Malcolm Brogdon.

Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Seton Hall are expected to compete for an NCAA Tournament bid in 2016, and will likely be picked to finish in the middle of their respective conferences.

 

[TheBluePirate]

Interesting Rothstein hype.

 

[Halldan1]

Coach clearly likes Rothstein. No doubt he'll be on campus this summer reporting what he sees at a practice.

Good guy who works for CBS and doesn't post anything negative. For that reason he gets access across the country to just about any program he wants.

 

[Pirate6711]

Interesting Rothstein hype.

He has to hype us (and everybody else) or else he loses his access. Recently, there's been a lot of "palpable buzz" in tweets from him regarding a bunch of teams. I just want to know who is going to be this year's Chandler Parsons.

 

[TrueBlue1989]

Matchups set for 2015 Charleston Classic
By Jon Rothstein | CBS Sports

Virginia will be led by the backcourt of Malcolm Brogdon and London Perrantes in 2015-16. (USATSI)
The matchups are set for the 2015 Charleston Classic, multiple sources told CBSSports.com.

The opening round will feature Virginia vs. Bradley, Seton Hall vs. Long Beach State, Ole Miss vs. George Mason and Oklahoma State vs. Towson on Nov. 19. Times for the first-round games have not been set.

The winner of Virgina/Bradley will play the winner of Seton Hall/Long Beach State, while the Ole Miss/George Mason and Oklahoma State/Towson winners will square off in the other semifinal matchup Nov. 20.

The championship game will be played Nov. 22.

Virginia will enter the tournament as a heavy favorite, led by one of college basketball's best backcourts in London Perrantes and Malcolm Brogdon.

Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Seton Hall are expected to compete for an NCAA Tournament bid in 2016, and will likely be picked to finish in the middle of their respective conferences.

I like this game. It will show our guards what it is like to play under very tough defensive pressure. WSU, Ga and this game will make our guards grow up before the BE season.

 

[mjs428]

Schedule can go from real good to bad depending on that 1st rd matchup

 

[sportsfantatic44]

Long Beach State will be no push over.

 

[Bobbie Solo]

1-2

 

[Proff Ed]

Making a prediction 4 months in advance is very impressive.

 

[Bobbie Solo]

You really think we're going to be good this year? That frontcourt isn't scaring anyone and IW/KC will have a Herculean feat to keep things going well in the backcourt. One of our supposed best new guys/bench players is still very injured a year later, and we still have our completely terrible at everything head coach running the asylum (don't forget Tiny Morton & those great motivational skills either!). You think we're beating 2015 tourney teams Ole Miss or Oklahoma State after UVA, with the best defense in the country & coach with the biggest potential in the country, limits us to 50-ish points and beats us handily?

 

[Bud Boomer]

He has to hype us (and everybody else) or else he loses his access. Recently, there's been a lot of "palpable buzz" in tweets from him regarding a bunch of teams. I just want to know who is going to be this year's Chandler Parsons.

That article is outstanding.

 

[Proff Ed]

Wow that's quite a response to a very short statement.

 

[BayonneRay]

Making a prediction 4 months in advance is very impressive.

Proff Ed - If/when SHU defeats these teams (Ole Miss or OK St et al) this same poster will come on and state that these teams lost too much from their last year's teams and are terrible teams who will be bottom dwellers in their conferences. So as I've stated before on this site " damned if you do, damned if you don't " . The best advice I can give you, Proff Ed , just ignore the post and move on.

 

[Proff Ed]

So True Ray.

 

[Shuathelete]

You guys are so delusional.

 

[sportsfantatic44]

I'll be shocked if Rothstein has the Hall ranked anything higher than 7th in Big East.