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2007 South Florida Basketball Predictions & Season
Preview
While South Florida has put itself on the
map on the gridiron, the basketball program is yet to
catapult into the national spotlight. Jimmy Boyd’s
2007 South Florida Bulls predictions and season preview
will give you the skinny on this team’s chances for
improvement.
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The first two seasons in the Big East have been disastrous for the Bulls. That
was enough to send Robert McCullum out and bring Stan Heath in. McCullum was
just 10-54 in conference play in his four seasons at South Florida. The Bulls
bring a 20-game losing streak in conference play into this season. South Florida
has now placed its program in the hands of former Arkansas head man Stan Heath.
Stan Heath will be regarded as a hero if he can get the Bulls to the Big East
Conference Tournament, let alone the NCAA Tourney.
Kentrell Gransberry proved to be as good as advertised for the Bulls in just a
half season last year. They’ll get him for a full season this year. The LSU
transfer averaged 15.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game last season and we can
expect this double double machine to continue his domination this year. But
Gransberry was all the Bulls had and teams quickly figured that out. Heath is
going to have to get Gransberry more frontcourt help so teams can no longer just
key on him. The Bulls need junior Mobolaji Ajayi and freshman Orane Chin, both
newcomers to the program, to step up right away.
Chris Howard has hopefully put his knee injury history behind him. He proved to
be a capable playmaker in the 14 games he played last season averaging just
under 6 dimes per game. Shooting guard Soloman Bozeman needs to become more
consistent. He proved he can score in non-conference games, but the sophomore
struggled in Big East play. He is a great foul shooter (15th nationally) who can
benefit from taking the ball to the hole and drawing contact.
There’s no doubt that the hire of Robert McCullum improved the Bulls. South
Florida is just 8-69 all-time against ranked opponents. McCullum was 4-12 during
his reign with the other coaches 4-57. With South Florida playing in the Big
East, they are going to see plenty of ranked teams every season and Stan Heath
is going to have to find a way to beat them to put the Bulls on the map.
South Florida hasn’t been to the NCAA Tourney since 1992 and it’s going to be
tough to reach that feat playing in this super conference. It will remain to be
seen if Heath can bring the right guys in to make the Bulls a contender.
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