{"id":596473,"date":"2023-01-11T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/halfway-through-the-season-time-to-reflect-and-look-into-the-future\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:27:00","slug":"halfway-through-the-season-time-to-reflect-and-look-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/halfway-through-the-season-time-to-reflect-and-look-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Halfway through the season, time to reflect and look into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-feed\" data-behavior=\"author_overlay article_header_news_feed_item_meta social_tools comment article_legal_footer\">\n<article data-id=\"35421497\" data-behavior=\"story_scroll story_progress iframe\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/dickvitale\/story\/_\/id\/35421497\/dick-vitale-halfway-season-reflect-look-future\">\n<div>\n<header><\/header>\n<figure><span>Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figure>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-behavior=\"date_time\" data-date=\"2023-01-10T23:38:00Z\"><span data-dateformat=\"time1\" data-showtimezone=\"true\">6:38 PM ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/vitale_dick.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop\" alt width=\"40\" height=\"40\"><\/p>\n<p>Dick Vitale<span>College Basketball analyst <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Dick Vitale, college basketball&#8217;s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>With conference play well underway, it is time to reveal my midseason all-Rolls Royce squads.<\/p>\n<p>When I did my preseason All-America clubs, the first team was easy to select. The midseason initial team had a few possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the way is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/2509\/purdue-boilermakers\">Purdue<\/a> big man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4600663\/zach-edey\">Zach Edey<\/a>, who has had a terrific campaign as a scorer, Windex man on the glass and shot blocker.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been very impressed with Kansas forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4431714\/jalen-wilson\">Jalen Wilson<\/a>. Bill Self has been thrilled with Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>My preseason squads did not include freshmen, as I wanted to let them get on the court and see how they performed. My top diaper dandy so far is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4433287\/brandon-miller\">Brandon Miller<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/333\/alabama-crimson-tide\">Alabama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my four midseason teams:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHouston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UHouston<\/a> back to #\ufe0f\u20e3\u261d???? in latest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Top25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP_Top25<\/a> poll<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheCity?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForTheCity<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoCoogs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoCoogs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cJEYcEKqQL\">https:\/\/t.co\/cJEYcEKqQL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Kc9E4KZuu\">pic.twitter.com\/9Kc9E4KZuu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Houston Men&#8217;s Hoops ???? ???? (@UHCougarMBK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarMBK\/status\/1612495869898592265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p><b>FIRST TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Zach Edey, Purdue<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4432827\/oscar-tshiebwe\">Oscar Tshiebwe<\/a>, Kentucky<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4431695\/drew-timme\">Drew Timme<\/a>, Gonzaga<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4432107\/marcus-sasser\">Marcus Sasser<\/a>, Houston<br \/>\nJalen Wilson, Kansas<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>SECOND TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4432180\/hunter-dickinson\">Hunter Dickinson<\/a>, Michigan<br \/>\nMike Miles, TCU<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4594326\/kris-murray\">Kris Murray<\/a>, Iowa<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4431674\/armando-bacot\">Armando Bacot<\/a>, North Carolina<br \/>\nJaime Jaquez, UCLA<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>THIRD TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4702023\/adama-sanogo\">Adama Sanogo<\/a>, Connecticut<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4431684\/trayce-jackson-davis\">Trayce Jackson-Davis<\/a>, Indiana<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4433287\/brandon-miller\">Brandon Miller<\/a>, Alabama<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4702372\/azuolas-tubelis\">Azuolas Tubelis<\/a>, Arizona<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4397066\/kendric-davis\">Kendric Davis<\/a>, Memphis<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>FOURTH TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4684793\/kyle-filipowski\">Kyle Filipowski<\/a>, Duke<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4431727\/isaiah-wong\">Isaiah Wong<\/a>, Miami<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4397732\/antoine-davis\">Antoine Davis<\/a>, Detroit<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4278014\/marcus-carr\">Marcus Carr<\/a>, Texas<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5105839\/brice-sensabaugh\">Brice Sensabaugh<\/a>, Ohio State<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/dickvitale\/story\/_\/id\/35421497\/dick-vitale-halfway-season-reflect-look-future\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Tyisha Schroeder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports 6:38 PM ET Dick VitaleCollege Basketball analyst Close Dick Vitale, college basketball&#8217;s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com. With conference play well underway, it is time to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,117879,795],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-financial","category-halfway","category-season"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}