The loss of Marquise and Jalen will be felt. Close to .500 overall. Too many question marks. Next year, NCAA or bust. As always, I hope like heck that I am wrong.
We seem to be the only ones on the same page here. We'll win the games we should and lose the ones we aren't favored in (except Richmond who could be favored by triple digits and we'd still win).The loss of Marquise and Jalen will be felt. Close to .500 overall. Too many question marks. Next year, NCAA or bust. As always, I hope like heck that I am wrong.
The loss of Marquise and Jalen will be felt. Close to .500 overall. Too many question marks. Next year, NCAA or bust. As always, I hope like heck that I am wrong.
Did we secretly get moved to the ACC or Big Ten and nobody told me?
Nope, just a feeling based on youth and lack of a proven big. Not down on the team at all.
I'm thinking that because we have so many question marks and inexperience, we will be inconsistent. Which goes both ways: not consistently winning, but not consistently losing either based on our talent and competent staff. Therefore, around .500 in conference with 0 seniors seems reasonable and not really pessimistic. Sets us up nicely for when other teams lose pieces next year, and we just keep adding them.Other than Rhody and Bona, the rest of the A-10 has many of the same questions we have. Not sure why we don't even get benefit of the doubt from our own fans.
I think we are deeper in the front court, 3rd year/healthy Relvao, Calixte, AJ and Mar > Jalen, 2nd year/hobbled Relvao, Tamara and Danny (basically just Jalen). {QUOTE]
The success of this year's front court is the X Factor. Obviously losing Jenkins is a big blow. Jalen was a heck of a player. He even played well under Hewitt. But like you said, we have more depth this year. Each player offers a different skill, and Paulsen has proven his ability to find the right match ups.
You are only as strong as your weakest link and I have a hard time believing our weakest link is not improved from last year
I think we are deeper in the front court, 3rd year/healthy Relvao, Calixte, AJ and Mar > Jalen, 2nd year/hobbled Relvao, Tamara and Danny (basically just Jalen).
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I'm thinking that because we have so many question marks and inexperience, we will be inconsistent. Which goes both ways: not consistently winning, but not consistently losing either based on our talent and competent staff. Therefore, around .500 in conference with 0 seniors seems reasonable and not really pessimistic. Sets us up nicely for when other teams lose pieces next year, and we just keep adding them.
I also don't see our out of conference schedule as weak as you do. Yes, we certainly play some nobodies. We also play Louisville, Auburn, Penn State, two tough games in Cancun, and a couple of old CAA rivals that might be motivated to prove something.
Love it! I need people to make really good points to get me even more excited!We won 11 games in DP's first season with the best big man in the A-10 in Shevon. Along with Marko and Jalen, we were very strong up front and had games where we could just throw the ball at the rim and go get it.
We won 20 games with a 7-man rotation that included a 6-7 center playing alongside four guards.
Point is, college basketball is a guards game. Our guards are a perfect fit for how DP wants to play and will do the lion's share of the scoring, rebounding and assisting.
They're the reason we're going to be better than many people think.
We won 11 games in DP's first season with the best big man in the A-10 in Shevon. Along with Marko and Jalen, we were very strong up front and had games where we could just throw the ball at the rim and go get it.
We won 20 games with a 7-man rotation that included a 6-7 center playing alongside four guards.
Point is, college basketball is a guards game. Our guards are a perfect fit for how DP wants to play and will do the lion's share of the scoring, rebounding and assisting.
They're the reason we're going to be better than many people think.