If Shaka landed Giannis I might change my opinion about him.
Nah, who I am kidding - I already think he's a great recruiter, so nothing would change.
Around the Big East 25-26
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If Shaka landed Giannis I might change my opinion about him.
Nah, who I am kidding - I already think he's a great recruiter, so nothing would change.
To me post Kalk, Creighton will not be a solid physical team defensively to compensate for his loss hanging out in the paint. We stand out in physical play area, while UConn w Hurley’s urging is trying to recapture that aggression and physical play that helped them win two titles. Frankly, I don’t see any other program capable of defending that way beyond SJU & UConn.
Cooley seems uber confident his Gtown team will be a physical, defensive group this year. Will be interesting to see how that plays.
Also interesting to see how MQ defends losing a physical alpha dog like Stevie Mitchell and everything Joplin brought to the table there. Gold is an outside facing 5, but their PG Jones is back and I remember him as a pitbull, ball of lightning when I saw him as a freshman. And we know Ross is a pain in the neck jumping passing lanes, etc.
GT is possible, but M’Q has a young roster, talented yes, but imo vulnerable to physical play & the grown men they will encounter.
Looks like Green didn't play. They are going to try and score 90 and stay in front of you on defense without fouling. Don't know if they were over-hedging because South Dakota had great shooters, but I doubt that's who they are come January.
This might be the deepest Creighton team the big guy has ever had.
They’ve always seemed to have 1 or 2 real athletes that can hang with everyone else. Guys like Kaluma, Alexander, Mo Watson, Marcus Foster, Khyri Thomas. Neal was that guy last year. Maybe Green can be that guy from a front court perspective. But Harper and Graves did not stand out as athletes to me.
Kam Jones is gone. You might be thinking of Chase Ross.
Sean Jones. Missed last year with injury
They were #62 KenPom preseason, but after beating #188 Marist by 4 and #315 Le Moyne by 5 they've dropped to #88. The first game could be excused, but not the second. At the current rate they'll end up somewhere between DePaul and Seton Hall last year, but still a lot of time to improve obviously.
MugCostanza
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Looking through that box score now and yikes. Xavier had 12 extra possessions and shot 13-25 from 3 and only won by 5. That is very troubling
They'll give Seton Hall a run this year
44-3 now. Umass lowell been a pretty decent mid major last few years. Haven’t researched them this year but wow.