Luke Winn: MU one of the off season winners

[Sir Lawrence]

3. Marquette
The anti-Dominic James bandwagon was packed at the predraft camp where the Eagles' point guard put on a sub-par performance that would have led to him being either a late-second-round pick or going undrafted altogether. Scouts harped on what he couldn't do, namely shoot from the outside or run a team smoothly. Now, James is back at Marquette for his junior season, and it's time to accentuate the positive: Namely, that with him, Jerel McNeal and Wes Matthews Jr., the Eagles have one of the nation's best backcourts. James wanted to stay in the draft, but he's capable of leading the Eagles to a Big East title and a darkhorse run at the Final Four. That's not a terrible Plan B.

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