Scholarship table
All depends on the quality of the Big East this season. I think the conference as a whole will be down next year. Villanova will be top dog. Butler, Creighton, Marquette, Seton Hall, UConn, and Xavier will be smooshed in the middle. DePaul, Providence, and St. John's will have at least a prayer of making the NCAAs. Georgetown will be BAD.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
Maybe. Without Alexander, I'm not so sure. That being said, I would put them towards the top of that middle group
They return the whole rest of their starting lineup plus Mahoney who was Sixth man of the year in the Big East . In addition , Creighton will also have a Healthy Jacob Epperson back, he did not play last year because of surgery. They also have Antwann Jones, the transfer from Memphis , eligible. He is a big ( 6-6 )physical guard who has had a year to get acclimated to the Creighton program. So they are going to have plenty of offensive firepower and increased Defensive and Rebounding capabilities.
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Don't get the Butler love, think they'll be much closer to DePaul and Providence level than Creighton, Seton Hall, or even our level. Lost three of their top 4 scorers (like us). Top returning scorer is a forward that can't really create his own shot. Incoming freshman class isn't nearly as good as ours (any of our freshman would be their highest rated recruit). And assuming that DJ gets his waiver, we also have a better immediately eligible guard. Seems like a textbook NIT team.
I'm not sure about them either. I'd put them at the bottom of the middle group. I like them a lot defensively, but I have no idea where the scoring is going to come from.
Yep, I think there's a tendency for scoopers to look at what we've lost (which is a lot) in a vacuum, and not compare it to the rest of the league. Providence lost a ton, Butler lost all of their scorers, X lost quite a bit from a team that wasn't great to begin with, Gtown is absolutely gutted (it's almost comical to compare their roster from 365 days ago to now). I know that I look at things through gold tinted glasses (injured players returning to form, Carton getting a waiver, Freshman coming in as billed), but .500 in Conference certainly seems attainable.
Meaning way above the bubble prolly 8-9 seed. Jjjjj said we will go 10-10 n be on the bubble
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.