It all goes in cycles. Hopefully it's the end of our bad cycle and the beginning of a new one.
WV was a great team to watch the last couple of years. I think it will be near impossible to recover from losing Gansey and Pittsnoggle. Without those guys we will beat them handily.
Uconn lost their whole team. I don't care how freshman are, you are always asking a lot when you ask them to lead, and as it stands right now, Uconn may have a great class coming, but freshman are freshman. Let's hope this is the year evil is stopped in it's tracks.
Syracuse is interesting. Paul Harris is one serious prospect, but so was Devendorf, and he's
hold and cold. Losing your captain, when it's a guy who's meant so to a program will be hard
to recover from.
GTown loses leadership, but brings in talent, and returns talent. Not sure who runs the point.
Not sure if it matters.
Nova will be very good. Jay Wright is a helluva coach. Nardi, Sheridan and Sumpter
(Provided he's healthy) should be enough to dance. Their freshman class appears to
be very strong on paper.
I honestly feel bad for Rutgers. They have been in the Big East since 96, and they have yet to dance. Just when they it seems they are turning the corner something bad happens. If Douby stayed, I'd pick them to dance. He's a terrific player. Too bad he wasn't "SJU material"
The Hall will have trouble from what I can see. Harvey isn't the kind of point guard that can excel on a team that doesn't have finishers, and they really don't a finisher. Garcia may improve, but he has to be Tayshawn Prince good for them to be a contender for anything other than the Big East Tourney. Nutter is good, and Gause had a few nice moments. But that's it.
Providence will have a couple of talented big men entering their junior seasons.
They will need to step it up and score consistantly. They had a strong freshman guard, too.
As for us, we need to find our chemistry sooner than later. I've seen a peak for Norm's teams
in January. We have talent coming in, but what will make us a winner is how soon we come together as a team. The talent is there, but it's time for our senior leaders to be senior leaders.
We have no business losing to the likes of Marist in 06-07. No more excuses.