next year

[goodgreatgrand]

Dont kill me because I enjoy looking ahead as much as I do focusing on this season. HOWEVER, based on all the guys that are graduating and leaving early for the NBA, who are next year's top 5 teams in the BE?

Nova, UConn, Syracuse, MU and Pitt (in any order)?

[Rocco]

L'Ville will be there too, they have another good recruiting class.  Also, I know Nova has a good class, but Scottie Reynolds is done (thank god!) and he is the heart and soul of that team.  I think it will be the usual suspects.

[MU_Iceman]

Stephenson is likely to stay at Cinci for another season, so I'd count them in the upper echelon next year as well...

[Hards Alumni]

Stephenson is likely to stay at Cinci for another season, so I'd count them in the upper echelon next year as well...

For sure... he totally crap the bed the second half of the year.

[Badgerhater]

I certainly hope that MU is in the mix next year.

However, we should temper our enthusiam until we see if the new guards can keep their mistakes to a minimum and if we can overcome the lack of toughness inside created by the loss of Hayward.  As much as I love Jimmy Butler's play, he isn't as tough inside as Hayward and we should all remember that next year.

I am, however, positively encouraged that Buzz will find a style that will fit his team and be able to mold the team to the conform with the basic elements of his overall basketball philosophy.