Pomeroy preseason projection are out

[willie warrior]

Has MU at 16-12, 8-10. Does not include final 2 games in Maui with opponents not known yet.

Hmmm... If that happens, does a Wojo get the hot seat

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Hmmm... If that happens, does a Wojo get the hot seat

If by hot,  you mean ice cold then yes.

[Eye]

Hmmm... If that happens, does a Wojo get the hot seat

I think Pomeroy's projection is a little low (thinking something like 11-7/20-10 myself, 2-1 in Maui with loss to Wichita in semi's, Purdue bad match-up early, Rodents on the road are the Rodents on the road, sweep DePaul, Gtown, St. John's, swept by nova, split with others in BE play), and it would take an abysmal failure of a season for Wojo to be anywhere close to the hot seat IMHO. They'd have to sink back to 2015 level for Wojo to get anywhere close to the hot seat IMHO.

[jsglow]

So there's been a little discussion about inside scoring. Let me give you some observations from the UWM game. First, of course we'll miss Luke. He was special inside.  No combination of Matty and Theo makes up for that. But I believe we'll be a better rebounding team, both on the offensive and defensive end and will get more paint garbage as a result. I don't yet have a handle on Aussie except to say he has a very nice outside shot leading me to believe we'll see him a lot at stretch four. Second,  we're going to need heady penetration from our wings. Guys like Hanni and Cain are going to have to break down the D dishing to our shooters.  Cain has a ways to go because the opponents he's facing aren't HS kids. And obviously we haven't seen Hanni play yet.

[jsglow]

One quick Sacar thought. I think he can be an improved Duane, better at pretty much everything except shooting.  I really expect him to see 20+ minutes.  If we can improve our D by 1/3, we won't have to score 100 a game.  Sacar's D, rebounding, and passing will be truly appreciated by fans in the know even if he only scores 4-6 a game.  Of course it's too early to completely judge him and we will certainly miss Duane's heart.  He had some incredible step up moments last year.  None bigger than that Nova stop and go drive.  We wish him well at TAMU.

[PistolBrad]

In order for Anim to be successful he will have to prove that defenses can't ignore him.  If he can make open shots and get the ball to the basket a little he will easily earn 20+ minutes.  I could see letting him lead the fast break offense so the shooters can spread out to the line.

[IrwinFletcher]

Bump

[WarriorDad]

7 Big East teams in the Top 50, and St. John's at 51. The Big East will be a slugfest again this year.

Pom has us 49th right now. RPI at 56.   Wish I knew what the Depaul loss meant to those numbers, if we won probably  42 to 44?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Pom has us 49th right now. RPI at 56.   Wish I knew what the Depaul loss meant to those numbers, if we won probably  42 to 44?

IIRC, we moved down three spots after losing to DePaul.

[nyg]

IIRC, we moved down three spots after losing to DePaul.

Believe I looked it up and it was like 58 to 66.  Close to that.

[chapman]

Pom has us 49th right now. RPI at 56.   Wish I knew what the Depaul loss meant to those numbers, if we won probably  42 to 44?

RPI Wizard shows an RPI of 42 if that game flipped.  Huge difference.

Playing with their sims, Butler would really help us out if they won tonight.  One win over the #3 might be enough, while a win on Wednesday does nothing for the resume.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Believe I looked it up and it was like 58 to 66.  Close to that.

In Pomeroy? I'm pretty sure we haven't been below 52 all season.


EDIT: I see now that WarriorDad mentioned both RPI and KP. My post was about KP