I think you judge him after the second recruiting season. What class does he have coming in 2010. Is the program talent heading up or down. I agree that next year's team is an NCAA caliber team, but I do not think we can take this for granted. Last year 8 Big East teams made the NCAA's. The Big East is good enough this year to get 9 teams, but I do not believe that will happen. Last year Villanova got the last at large bid, so we were very close to getting only 7 bids. I think 7 bids are guaranteed with a good chance to get 8. 9 bids are possilbe, but I think that is unlikely. Last year MU finished 6th in the league and I do not see them moving up as all the teams above them have strong teams comming back. I expect Pittsburg to move ahead of us, which drops us down to 7th. I see us battling Villanova for the 7th or 8th spot. An untimely injury or bad bounce of the ball could result in this team playing in the NIT. Then everyone will be putting the blame on Buzz, but the reality is that last year's team generally was not competitive on the road against the best Big East teams. What has changed that would make you think next year's team will be any better.? How would you judge Buzz, if this team missed the NCAA tournament and won the NIT championsip?
