Poll
Question:
Which Team Is Better, This Year Or Next?
Option 1: This Year By A Wide Margin
votes: 6
Option 2: This Year By A Narrow Margin
votes: 16
Option 3: Both Are Equal
votes: 4
Option 4: Next Year By A Narrow Margin
votes: 36
Option 5: Next Year By A Wide Margin
votes: 3
I know I'm early on this poll, I should have probably posted it after we get knocked out of the dance but that disappointment could cloud the judgment. So, let's do it now while we are on a high (beating St. Johns).
My Guess ......
Pos 2009/2010 2010/2011
PG Acker Junior
G Coobie Blue/Buycks
G DJO DJO
F Butler Butler
F Lazar Fulce
Bench
Buycks Buycks/Blue
Fulce Ewill
Ewill Outle
Junior Mbao
Reggie Smith
Jamail Jones
DJ Newbill
Crowder
Next's Year Bench is a world better than this year's bench. Maybe someone (or two) upside surprises will come from this bench (calling Outle and/or Mbao)
As far as the starters go, the key is Blue. How good is he? Can he step in a-la the original DJ (Dom James) and contribute right away or will Buycks start most of the season?
I voted next year's team is marginally better as we will be taller, deeper, and wiser.
Does Marginally better mean 12 or 13 BEAST wins versus 11 this year and the double bye?
Marginally better. I know this is premature...but here's my prediction for next year
22-8 (if we play the same number of games as we did this year), (12-6) in regular season.
NCAA Second Round
Will crack the top 25, but probably won't get any higher than 15
What is the chance we are ranked pre-season?
Voted this year by a large margin. The loss of Hayward will really hurt, along with inexperience at the point guard position. No clue as to the status of our project centers.
This could change if Crowder makes up for some of Hayward's numbers.
Lets enjoy this current run and what they have achieved this year.
Quote from: nyg on March 11, 2010, 07:08:09 AM
Voted this year by a large margin. The loss of Hayward will really hurt, along with inexperience at the point guard position. No clue as to the status of our project centers.
This could change if Crowder makes up for some of Hayward's numbers.
Lets enjoy this current run and what they have achieved this year.
Agree. Too many unknowns, not enough answers for me to feel good about it. Same thing for this year really, so we could be better. Nervous about turning the ball over more without Acker and Cubillan but also not rebounding more since Lazar is the only one I trust to do it now. Also nervous about who will show some assertiveness out there when the offense goes stagnant since Lazar is usually the only one willing to take the shots. I think Buycks is the leading candidate to fill that role right now, but who knows if he can do it. As for the depth, it could help a ton, it could be that whole "idiot offering the trade in Fantasy Football" symptom: you can have two or three guys take Lazar's minutes and two or three guys take Acker's minutes, but quanitity isn't always better than quality (i.e. how we have 12 Big East wins against 12 teams with more depth).
If Chis has a good summer and comes off his injury well. Any chance he starts over Joe? I know Joe is an awesome guy and will be a senior, but it would be awesome to see MU start a 6'10" man for the first time in years. Thoughts?