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Flyers Predict Hogs’ Basketball Season

Okay, so Hawg Ball has already started and we’re 1-0 (barely), and it’s about to get into full swing. That means that some of us at the Flyer should start predictin’ just what’s going to happen this season. It could be a rough year for Coach Pelphrey and the Razorbacks — The Stan Heath Six are gone and so is our former bad ass player, Patrick Beverly (never found out what happened there, did we). That means we have two, yes two, players returning that logged any semblance of worthwhile playing time last year. Michael Washington and Stefan Welsh. With them are a slew of new kiddos and some familiar names. Let’s find out how we think them Hogs’ll do this year.

The Fayetteville Flyer’s BOLD Predictions for the 2008/2009’s Arkansas Razorback Basketball Season

1. Overall record prediction, please (29 games scheduled).

• sg: 16-13
• Dern: 17-12
• JTrain: 17-12
• the Steve: 19-10
• Ted Dancin’: 19-10

2. SEC record prediction, please (16 games).

• sg: 7-9
• Dern: 6-10
• JTrain: 8-8
• the Steve: 9-7
• Ted Dancin’: 9-7

3. Hogs in the Post-Season? If so, where?

• sg: Maybe NIT.
• Dern: Sure, NIT.
• JTrain: I’m gonna go out on a limb and say SEC or NIT or Neither. Fingers crossed.
• the Steve: Hogs squeak into the big dance.
• Ted Dancin’: SEC Tourney

4. Hogs MVP of the season?

• sg: Cortney Fortson
• Dern: The inflatible mascot that shoots the ball out of his face.
• JTrain: Mario Credit
• the Steve: Cortney Fortson
• Ted Dancin’: Michael Washington

5. Number of technicals Pelphrey gets all season?

• sg: 13
• Dern: 6
• JTrain: If he gets less than 10, I’ll be disappointed.
• the Steve: 175. Officials are cracking down, and Pelphrey has a really young team. Yeoch.
• Ted Dancin’: 6

6. Number of times Michael Washington lives up to expectations (out of 29 games)?

• sg: 18
• Dern: 14
• JTrain: Beats expectations 3 times, meets them 17 times, does not meet them 8 times and fails miserably 1 time.
• the Steve: 20. Look out ya’ll. Michael Washington is going to have a great season.
• Ted Dancin’: Michael Washington goes 25 for 29 on expectation live-ups.

7. Will Cortney Fortson cut his dreads off before the season ends?

• sg: Hell naw.
• Dern: I hope not.
• JTrain: I can’t believe this is a real question. Let me ask you this: Would Superman go to another planet that revolved around a red sun? Of course not. The yellow sun gives Superman his superpowers, much like Fortston’s dreads give him his basketball skills. Let’s get real here, dude. There’s zero chance he’ll cut them off. I mean, maybe if he took a crazy pill and decided that basketball wasn’t his thing… but it’s really hard to get ahold of crazy pills these days and I don’t think that Forston is the type to pop pills. At least I hope not… at least not crazy pills.
• the Steve: No way. Those things are permanently glued to his head.
• Ted Dancin’: Fortson will not cut the dreads. In fact, he will be the first of many dread-dudes to come.

8. If Kentucky has a bad year and Gillespe leaves, does Pelphrey leave us?

• sg: He’d be stupid not to. But I think Gillespe is on the verge of turning Kentucky around. So maybe we get Pel for a while longer.
• Dern: If Kentucky asks, Pel will go. Book it.
• JTrain: Nope. He’ll stay.
• the Steve: Probably. But, hopefully that’s down the road at least a few more years.
• Ted Dancin’: Pelphrey does not leave this year for KY.

9. How many packs will the Hogs have this year w/o Steven Hill in the middle?

• sg: I love when dudes go up for a dunk-shot and get packed. 72, easily.
• Dern: Go f- yourself, buddy.
• JTrain: 26 stuffs.
• the Steve: 3
• Ted Dancin’: 35 (You will be surprised at how high our new dudes can jump.)

10. Dunks — Like ‘em?

• sg: Yes! Two handed dunk-shots with twists are rad.
• Dern: Love ‘em hard as my balls.
• JTrain: Yeah, I like ‘em… but nothing is as cool as a layup. Nothing.
• the Steve: We’re gonna see some awesome ones this year. Jason Henry and Montrell “Michael” McDonald are gonna dunk all over y’alls asses. Get used to it.
• Ted Dancin’: I like them. They’re neat. McDonald and Henry will have plenty.

So there you have it. The Flyer’s predictions for the upcoming season. Should be an exciting one, no matter what happens.

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