The summer rankings: MU slotted for 11th
We're still a few months away from the start of the college basketball season, but that doesn't mean people can't start throwing out some preseason rankings.
Yahoo.com's Jason King says the Big East, while not as good as last year (and that would be tough to replicate), will still be strong. In his summer rankings, King has Marquette at No. 11 in the conference.
Here's what King has to say about MU: "No team in the Big East is in more of a rebuilding mode than Marquette, which lost three of its top four scorers in Dominic James, Wesley Matthews and All-Big East, first-team selection Jerel McNeal. Making matters worse is that last year’s team wasn’t very deep, with four players averaging more than 30 minutes. That means the Golden Eagles’ 2009-10 squad is loaded with players who have little or no experience in crunch-time situations. Lazar Hayward is an NBA talent in the paint, and the Golden Eagles signed one of the country’s top recruiting classes highlighted by juco transfer Dwight Buycks and freshman Junior Cadougan, both of whom are guards."
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