Preseason ranking mean nothing in the era of the transfer portal.
Apparently this "expert" doesn't think much of our new guys.
Based on numbers alone, I see his point. But the secret sauce is what Tony does with these guys. And no one knows the answer to that.
Hard to predict what a transfer is going to do, especially ones transferring down:
Denzel Bowles did exactly nothing at A&M and came in and averaged 21 ppg at JMU.
Ibi Watson for Dayton also didn’t burn any barns down at Michigan and was excellent for them.
But there is also a long list of transfers who disappointed.
Personally, I really like our 1-4: Polite, Billups, Maddox, Hall. Obviously our 5 isn’t going to be Josh Oduro, but I doubt they’re going to be asked to be.
A lot of questions about what guys like Newton, Pavrette, even Kelly are going to do here. How improved will Dinkins be? Will Ball be able to contribute etc.