Frank the Barber from Pawtucket - Top-100 Countdown

[Bill Marsh]

I want to hear more predictions from Frankie the Barber. Isn't it time for another hair cut yet?

[billyjack]

97 - Notre Dame:
ACC 9th
"Not sure about a guy with a turtleneck... seems he's up to something... knew a guy once like that... told me the best day ta robba bank was during a torrential rainstorm... you can run in with a coat draped ovah yaw head, run out the same way, and ya getaway cah can be idling out front waitin' for ya... no suspicions just dont wanna get wet... anyway his whole offense is to toss up threes and pray for offensive putbacks... 'swhat I call unsustainable... "

96 - Incarnate Word:
Southland 2nd
"I was at Lackland before they sent me to Korea... last day I founda church in San Antonio and asked that I come backin one piece... I think this mighta been the place... worked out pretty well... puttim at 96..."

95 - NC State:
ACC 8th
"I don't play with basketball much, I like the ponies... had some good places here back in the day... Narragansett Park you shoulda been there... even Lincoln was pretty good... anyway I got a tip last March on Saint Louis... Billinghams or something... NC State coach made me some money guy was in way over his head... blew a big lead late after I had turned the game off... couldnt hold a candle to Jimmy V... put them at 95..."

94 - Southern Methodist:
AAC 4th
"Great coach Larry Brown but I think he's older than me or he's gonna catch me soonah or later... I remember his first great gig with UCLA... I was out in California visiting my brother back then... he had fig trees in his backyard they melted in your mouth... Sherman Oaks... my niece back then was taking yoga we all thought she was nuts, shows what we know... anyway, Larry Brown will probably retire by New Years..."

93 - Iona:
Metro Atlantic 2nd
"My nephew went to Iona... lived down the hall from Jeff Ruland... put Iona at 93 my nephew said they're gonna be good... got that transfer..."

92 - Buffalo:
MAC 2nd
"I think Danny and his brother are both gonna break out this yeah... put the brother's team at 92 what is it again... yeah Buffalo..."

91 - Long Beach State:
Big West 2nd
"Great coach out there... Charles Manson... Monson... Bruce Monson... something like that... even if he's moved on his recruits are still playing... the guy that put Gonzaga on the map..."

[FriarJ]

Just great! keep them coming

[billyjack]

Got a haircut the other day, and forgot my reading glasses at Frank's shop. Stopped in yesterday and we talked a little while...

90 - Valparaiso:
Horizon 3rd
"Put Valparaiso at 90... we had a priest at St Anne's one summer was visiting from Chile... during the feast... town of Valparaiso... great guy... the way he talked about his town always sounded so exotic... gave us an open invitation to visit, wish I had... lotta wine out there... narrow country but open minds... anyway buncha young Valpo kids played pretty tough last year... I always remember that shot they got in the tournament..."

89 - Yale:
Ivy 2nd
"Yale almost beat the Friars last yeah... wanted to go and enjoy a blowout, and they went and made it a tough time... ayyy... those Ivy kids on the bench I sweah were using slide rules and t-squares to get the right angle on theah shots... smaht kids... put im at 89..."

88 - Missouri State:
Missouri Valley 3rd
"My nephew went to school at Drury back a few yeahs... an ott school out in Missouri... married a girl out there... met her family... they had weihd accents... 'Missourah this' and 'Miamah that' and 'Cincinnatah'... anyway, put these guys at 88..."

87 - Baylor:
Big-12 7th
"Not a big fan of the coach... but a solid team... losing some pieces... unconscious in the tourney last year... Waco kinda nutty, I think the hot weather makes the people there a little crazy... good enough for 87..."

86 - Belmont:
Ohio Valley 2nd
"86 put Belmont... that's in Nashville... the wife and I drove through Tennessee one time... there was a World's Fair there back maybe early 80's... not in Nashville though... out east in some other town... it was like lemonade stand compared to the one in New York in '39... that was amazing as a kid... first time I saw a television... thought we'd all be driving around in personal airplanes by now... anyway, not a country music fan... but I woulda wanted to meet Conway Twitty..."

[Bill Marsh]

I miss Frank the Barber. Frankie, we hardly knew ya.