Debate Class: Time to Play 20 Questions Prior to Start of 2013-14 Season

Will they be able to keep their plans? Coaches and players are optimistic at this stage, but the start of the regular season will begin to provide authentic answers to the most vital questions heading into the 2013-14 campaign. The truth won't eventually clutter any filtered message being circulated now. In the meantime, following is a preseason game of 20 Questions with links to nerd-tears analysis amplifying on the Q&A:

• How in the name of James Naismith is anyone supposed to keep track of the almost 50 schools changing conference affiliation this season?

• What are the prospects for Michigan returning to the Final Four after the Wolverines lost multiple undergraduates early in the NBA draft?

• Will any Big 12 Conference opponent keep Kansas from becoming the fourth DI school in NCAA history to capture 10 consecutive regular-season league titles?

• Will Creighton's McDermott duo continue its ascension to the top among the premier father-son, coach-player combinations in NCAA history?

• Will Doug McDermott join North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough as the only three-time first-team All-Americans since the mid-1980s?

• Will McDermott become the first MVP in two different conferences after Creighton moved from the Missouri Valley to the Big East?

• Will Kentucky's regal recruiting class live up to billing and become one of the elite crops since freshmen became eligible in the early 1970s?

• What is the historical perspective if Gonzaga returns to the top of the WCC standings under coach Mark Few?

• How will Butler, Creighton, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Xavier fare in their new power conference digs?

• Which schools are overdue to end a drought by supplying an all-conference selection?

• Which power conference members should be ashamed of themselves because of their lame non-league schedules?

• Will POTUS need to issue his brother-in-law a presidential pardon if Oregon State continues to struggle under coach Craig Robinson?

• Will Denver forward Chris Udofia become the first player to earn all-league first-team acclaim in three different DI conferences?

• Which schools such as Grambling (winless last season) should consider moving back to small-college status?

• What coaching fraternity was joined by new L.A. crosstown rivals Steve Alford (UCLA) and Andy Enfield (Southern California)?

• Which coaches have security via contracts extending into the next decade?

• What can we expect from NCAA Division I newcomers?

• How many coaches such as Butler defector Brad Stevens have reneged on long-term contracts?

• Which Wisconsin player is most likely to become the latest Badger earning status as an All-Big Ten selection after averaging fewer than three points per game as a freshman?

• What significant achievement could former small-college player Davion Berry make if he becomes Big Sky Conference MVP for Weber State?