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[QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 3374357, member: 5787"]
Butler and St. John's have been the biggest pleasant surprises so far and both teams have plenty of reason to be exciting going into next season.

Next year, Butler will take a scoring hit with Baldwin and McDermott graduating, but lots to like in 20-21 with Aaron Thompson taking the lead as a calming senior point guard presence, Nze and Golden a strong frontcourt duo, some combination of Tucker/Battle to take the next step offensively and a diverse top-20 recruiting class.

With St. John's, the Mike Anderson hire has been a good fit. Next year, Heron will be gone, but if Figueroa returns the team brings back a strong core from this year. The physical duo of freshman Julian Champagnie and sophomore Marcellus Earlington have been fun to watch while '20 recruit Posh Alexander brings NYC toughness to their long-term lead guard spot while senior Rasheem Dunn has been a great late-offseason transfer add due to his late-game ability to get to the line.

To be honest, I'll miss the Wichita State/Cincy matchups but aside from that I'm so pumped for Big East basketball next year!
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