Big East 2021-2022 Season Thread

[Herman Cain]

Last season is now over and almost every team in our league is going through a major roster change. Once the musical chairs of players stops we can further access where  all the teams are going to be.

Most team have players in the NBA process which will take some time. The only school that seems pretty solid with their roster is Butler. Although they were one of the weaker teams in the league, so that may not mean much.

Villanova looks like they are bringing in a strong recruiting class.

[Nukem2]

Nova also getting Colin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels back for their 5th season!

[MU82]

Looking forward to going 3-0 vs. Nova next season.

4-0 if we face 'em in the NCAA tournament.

[Herman Cain]

Nova also getting Colin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels back for their 5th season!

The Hall looks like it has picked up some nice pieces in the transfer portal. Kadary Richmond from Syracuse and Jamir Harris from American University.

Myles Cale, Rhoden, Obiagu all return.

https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2021/04/seton-hall-lands-syracuse-transfer-kadary-richmond-as-the-re-load-continues.html

[Uncle Rico]

The Hall looks like it has picked up some nice pieces in the transfer portal. Kadary Richmond from Syracuse and Jamir Harris from American University.

Myles Cale, Rhoden, Obiagu all return.

https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2021/04/seton-hall-lands-syracuse-transfer-kadary-richmond-as-the-re-load-continues.html

Seton Hall sucks

[Johnny B]

Seton Hall sucks

big east sucks next year

[Uncle Rico]

big east sucks next year

Thanks, Johnny

[Johnny B]

Thanks, Johnny

ty freind

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

big east sucks next year

I'm not certain that's true. A lot of teams that were going to be decimated by graduations convinced their senior stars to come back for another season.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I've been trying to keep track of which BEast seniors are back and which are gone. Anyone see any I missed?

Butler:
Aaron Thompson - Back
Jair Bolden - Back
Christian David - Back
Bryce Nze - Back

UConn:
Tyler Polley - Back
Isaiah Whaley - Back
Josh Carlton - Gone (Transferred)

Creighton:
Mitch Ballock - Gone
Alex O'Connell - Back
Damien Jefferson - Gone
Denzel Mahoney - Gone

DePaul:
Charlie Moore - Gone (Transferred)
Ray Salnave - Gone (Transferred)
Pauly Paulicap - Gone (Transferred)

Georgetown:
Jahvon Blair - ???
Jamorko Pickett - ???
Chudier Bile - ???

Marquette:
Koby McEwen - Gone (Transferred)
Jamal Cain - Gone (Transferred)
Theo John - Gone (Transferred)

Providence:
Noah Horchler - Back
Nate Watson - Back

Seton Hall:
Bryce Aiken - ???
Shavar Reynolds - Gone (Transferred)
Myles Cale - Back
Sandro Mamukelshvili - Gone

St. John's:
Rasheem Dunn - Gone (Transferred)
Arnaldo Toro - Gone

Villanova:
Collin Gillespie - Back
Jermaine Samuels Jr - Back
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree - Back

Xavier:
Paul Scruggs - Back
Nate Johnson - Back
Jason Carter - Gone (Transferred)
Bryan Griffin - ???

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

So of the 35 scholarship seniors in the Big East season:
15 (44%) are back with their team
10 (29%) are back but transferred to a new team
5 (15%) haven't announced their intentions
3 (8%) are leaving McDermott's plantation
2 (6%) are moving on from college basketball without McDermott being the reason

Remember when everyone said that very few seniors wanted to stay for another year of college? COVID obviously played a role with limiting overseas opportunities but damn, I didn't expect this many to want to play another year.

[Herman Cain]

So of the 35 scholarship seniors in the Big East season:
15 (44%) are back with their team
10 (29%) are back but transferred to a new team
5 (15%) haven't announced their intentions
3 (8%) are leaving McDermott's plantation
2 (6%) are moving on from college basketball without McDermott being the reason

Remember when everyone said that very few seniors wanted to stay for another year of college? COVID obviously played a role with limiting overseas opportunities but damn, I didn't expect this many to want to play another year.

Thanks for putting together the analysis.

Big East should be relatively strong, figuring in all the underclassmen returning.

[Johnny B]

yeah tamu i hope its better than i think

[MU82]

So of the 35 scholarship seniors in the Big East season:
15 (44%) are back with their team
10 (29%) are back but transferred to a new team
5 (15%) haven't announced their intentions
3 (8%) are leaving McDermott's plantation
2 (6%) are moving on from college basketball without McDermott being the reason

Remember when everyone said that very few seniors wanted to stay for another year of college? COVID obviously played a role with limiting overseas opportunities but damn, I didn't expect this many to want to play another year.

You and me both, TAMU. Thanks for those stats.

[Herman Cain]

Some background on the Johnnies recent activity.  The Post does a nice job following the Johnnies in detail. They go into a lot of background on the Soriano transfer.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/st-johns-adds-rutgers-transfer-montez-mathis/

https://nypost.com/2021/04/15/st-johns-fills-biggest-need-with-fordham-transfer-joel-soriano/

[JWags85]

No Mamu and no Powell is gonna really hurt SHU's hateability index.  Willard's ability to close the gap on his own will be a true test of his coaching acumen.

[Badgerhater]

No Mamu and no Powell is gonna really hurt SHU's hateability index.  Willard's ability to close the gap on his own will be a true test of his coaching acumen.

Some teams rebuild and others reload. SHU reloads

[Galway Eagle]

No Mamu and no Powell is gonna really hurt SHU's hateability index.  Willard's ability to close the gap on his own will be a true test of his coaching acumen.

Been saying it since whitehead left for the draft, then Delgado, then Powell, now Mamu. It's time to accept Willards got his system in place.

[We R Final Four]

So of the 35 scholarship seniors in the Big East season:
15 (44%) are back with their team
10 (29%) are back but transferred to a new team
5 (15%) haven't announced their intentions
3 (8%) are leaving McDermott's plantation
2 (6%) are moving on from college basketball without McDermott being the reason

Remember when everyone said that very few seniors wanted to stay for another year of college? COVID obviously played a role with limiting overseas opportunities but damn, I didn't expect this many to want to play another year.

Yes—Covid seems to have limited a lot of players of this caliber to play overseas. With their options limited....looks like another year of in college.

[Herman Cain]

Article on Providence transfer Al Durham from Indiana

http://friarbasketball.com/2021/04/14/digging-al-durham/

[Herman Cain]

In addition to the DePaul news of Charlie Moore transferring to Miami , the Blue Demons also lost Keon Edwards to Nebraska

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-basketball-Keon-Edwards-transfers-to-Nebraska-basketball-2021-recruiting-Nebraska-basketball-164305469/

The Blue Demons did pick up Tyon Foster-Grant transferring from  Kansas.

[Herman Cain]

One positive bit of news for Creighton. Per the article below, Looks like Mason Miller is going to sign his NLI.

Also Shereef Mitchell and Antawn Jones are still on the team and not in portal.   Remains to be seen if the two foreign players they signed, who both has ACL's before the season started, will be back.

https://omaha.com/sports/college/creighton/creighton-commit-mason-miller-getting-a-running-start-at-prep-for-first-season/article_2973d1b8-a0e1-11eb-8035-2ba0e8b8e128.html

[willie warrior]

Last season is now over and almost every team in our league is going through a major roster change. Once the musical chairs of players stops we can further access where  all the teams are going to be.

Most team have players in the NBA process which will take some time. The only school that seems pretty solid with their roster is Butler. Although they were one of the weaker teams in the league, so that may not mean much.

Villanova looks like they are bringing in a strong recruiting class.

Nothing new to see at Villanova.  The cream of BEast

[MarquetteMike1977]

Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Guard Montez Mathis has transferred to St. John's after three seasons at Rutgers.
Not the best shooter 38% from 2 29% from 3 and 57% from the line

[Herman Cain]

Creighton hired two assistants. This may help energize their  recruiting.

https://gocreighton.com/news/2021/4/26/mens-basketball-ryan-miller-and-jalen-courtney-williams-hired-as-mens-basketball-assistant-coaches.aspx

Also 6-9 Mason Miller signed his NLI. So the Blue Jays have three in their 2021 recruiting class

https://gocreighton.com/news/2021/4/21/mason-miller-signs-with-mens-basketball-program.aspx