Welcome David Jones

MakingPlays said:
Off-season went as about as good as it can go.

-Lost an all league player to the draft, brought in a former preseason all-American.
-Lost a 10 PPG Big East player, brought in a 15 PPG Big East player.

Both players are considered top 25 transfers according to ESPN. To put that in comparison our highest rated transfer last year according to ESPN was Joel Soriano and he was in the 90's.

With this addition NCAA expectations become realistic again. IMO, roster as is, is a top 5 BE team. Posh, Curbelo, and Jones all have all league talent.
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Correct. But I would like another solid transfer.

But considering how disappointing last season was and what went out the door I said he needed to roll 7s well he rolled 6 1/2s which is pretty good. If he can get 1 more solid transfer than you can make argument they should be better next yesr.
 
fordham96 said:
Correct. But I would like another solid transfer.

But considering how disappointing last season was and what went out the door I said he needed to roll 7s well he rolled 6 1/2s which is pretty good. If he can get 1 more solid transfer than you can make argument they should be better next yesr.
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Even without one more, we are pretty dang deep and quite a few solid big East starters at multiple spots. There aren’t a lot of huge holes, except maybe swiping from the outside, but I think we have some that can certainly do damage.

Pinzon was only a frosh but I think will end up a good shooter, Storr is a stud who we haven’t talked about. Jones is a multi-level scorer. We even have 2-4 bigs. I expect us to make jump just by adding Curbelo and Jones to a pretty seasoned team, even without Champs. Gonna be fun. Let’s add one shooter.
 
It obviously would've been better to not have lost Wheeler, but I think that we're better than last year 'on paper' with these pickups.
I think our shooting will improve thanks to the elite passing from our 2 stud PGs.
And it's not fantasy to think that Wusu and Pinzon's downtown shooting will improve and to think Storr can be a very nice scoring addition as well.
Things are looking up imo.
 
MCNPA said:
Fwiw, this is a stud that gives us a lot of what we lost with Champagnie. Not as good from the outside but a bit better inside. Versatile forward that is a real problem and All Big East candidate kinda player. Curbelo and Jones so far is destroying it on the transfer market.
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Terrific get. Let’s not forget that Champagnie barely shot over 30 percent from deep last year.
 
I'm a believer.

 
Great job by CMA this off season, kept entire roster intact and 2 top 20 transfers coming in, now he's got to get us the tournament... let's go can't wait for November.....
 
Awesome news. Welcome aboard Mr. Jones.

Now let's add a solid 3 point shooter or maybe Awaka and bring our off-season rating from 9 to 10.
 
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This is a terrific addition. And, a reaffirmation that Mike and staff know what they are doing. Continues the long build back better plan that has been incremental and steady. Rebuilding is a hard job, and it takes time and a professional approach. Very happy.
 
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