Big East Comings and Goings - May

[BackAftaThis]

Guess who’s back?

Can Wahab and Akok play the floor together?

 

[auror]

Guess who’s back?

Georgetown's roster is now... pretty good??? Especially if Aminu comes back, but that seems somewhat unlikely.

Still have another big problem.

 

[MJ1]

Georgetown's roster is now... pretty good??? Especially if Aminu comes back, but that seems somewhat unlikely.

Still have another big problem.

Aminu signed with an agent today, staying in NBA draft.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Another backcourt addition for DePaul. Caleb Murphy was a top-100 commit for USF and their 2nd highest recruit of all-time. Not a shooter, though (61 career 3pa at a 19.7% rate):

JFL is gone, but between Jalen Terry, Umoja Gibson, Zion Cruz and Caleb Murphy, DePaul has a solid backcourt.

The loss of David Jones to St. John’s is huge. I think DePaul will struggle.

 

[BrysonDeMan]

Not a big surprise, but nice to see this confirmed.

weird looking shot
like a jump shot from the chest

 

[rollskies]

 

[karstenkibbe]

Amazing to think that many folks on the ‘yard felt McDermott was a dead man walking two seasons ago, as a result of his flippant remark. Creighton outperformed expectations with a reworked roster this season and now he is locked and loaded for next season. Impressive.

 

[bendm]

good for them we need a final four contender in the BE

 

[CallMeBruce]

Can Wahab and Akok play the floor together?

Can a 4 and a 5 play together? Why couldn't they?

 

[navery12]

 

[Storrs South]

 

[JonnyRI]

thanks for posting this

Outside of us, X, and Nova, most of the BE at least on paper had pretty poorly ranked incoming recruiting classes for 2022 (excluding transfers).

A bit surprising.

 

[bendm]

bigger bust than diggins

 

[MDHuskFan]

bigger bust than diggins

His body just betrayed him.

 

[gtcam]

Outside of us, X, and Nova, most of the BE at least on paper had pretty poorly ranked incoming recruiting classes for 2022 (excluding transfers).

A bit surprising.

I didnt think recruiting was a thing anymore. It’s all about the transfer market

 

[Chief00]

Amazing to think that many folks on the ‘yard felt McDermott was a dead man walking two seasons ago, as a result of his flippant remark. Creighton outperformed expectations with a reworked roster this season and now he is locked and loaded for next season. Impressive.

He’s a good coach.

 

[Chief00]

I didnt think recruiting was a thing anymore. It’s all about the transfer market

Or $’s.

 

[Chief00]

Radford is a rather huge step down from Nova.

 

[Chief00]

Outside of us, X, and Nova, most of the BE at least on paper had pretty poorly ranked incoming recruiting classes for 2022 (excluding transfers).

A bit surprising.

PC loaded up on transfers since they list upper classmen.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Wow. Ndefo was one of my favorite mid-major players over the last two years. Will arguably be the best defensive player in the Big East and will be an absolute menace.



Entering the offseason, Seton Hall's frontcourt was a concern, but between Yetna, Ndefo, Jackson and Samuel, they have a strong quarter of options that each bring unique elements to the game: Yetna (offensive rebounding), Ndefo (athleticism and tenacious defense), Jackson (shooting), Samuel (classic big).

 

[gtcam]

Shaheen Holloway is putting together a really nice team at the Hall. They are going to be a tough opponent

 

[navery12]

ROTHSTEIN 45: 22-23 PRESEASON EDITION

It’s never too early to start looking ahead to next season! Below please find a breakdown of the Preseason Edition of the ROTHSTEIN 45 for the 22-23 season. 1. North CarolinaProjected Starting 5:G R.J. DavisG Caleb LoveG Leaky BlackF Pete NanceC Armando BacotProjected Bench: D’Marco Dunn...

collegehoopstoday.com

I know a lot of people seem to be down on the Big East this season, at least compared to last year. But looking through this article and at team's rosters it could be another a fun year

2. Creighton
G Ryan Nembhard
G Trey Alexander
G Baylor Scheierman
F Arthur Kaluma
C Ryan Kalkbrenner

Projected Bench: Rati Andronikashvili , John Christofilis, Devin Davis, Shereef Mitchell, Jasen Green, Ben Shtolzberg, Mason Miller, Frederick King, Francisco Farabello

16. Villanova
Projected Starting 5:
G Caleb Daniels
G Jordan Longino
G Brandon Slater
F Cam Whitmore
C Eric Dixon

Projected Bench: Chris Arcidiacono, Nnanna Njoku, Angelo Brizzi, Trey Patterson, Brendan Hausen, Mark Armstrong, Justin Moore (injured)

24. UConn
Projected Starting 5:
G Tristen Newton
G Jordan Hawkins
G Nahiem Alleyne
G Andre Jackson
C Adama Sanogo

Projected Bench: Richie Springs, Donovan Clingan, Alex Karaban, Samson Johnson, Hassan Diarra

27. Seton Hall
Projected Starting 5:
G Kadary Richmond
G Al-Amir Dawes
F Tray Jackson
F Alexis Yetna
C Tyrese Samuel

Projected Bench: Jamir Harris, Femi Odukale, Jaquan Sanders, Jaquan Harris, Dre Davis, Tae Davis, KC Ndefo

37.Providence
Projected Starting 5:
G Jared Bynum
G Devin Carter
G Noah Locke
F Bryce Hopkins
C Ed Croswell

Projected Bench: Alyn Breed, Jayden Pierre, Quante Berry, Corey Floyd Jr., Clifton Moore

43. Marquette
G Tyler Kolek
G Kam Jones
F Olivier Maxence-Prosper
F Oso Ighodaro
F Justin Lewis (NBA Draft early entrant)

Projected Bench: Stevie Mitchell, Emarion Ellis, Sean Jones, Chase Ross, David Joplin, Keeyan Itejere, Cameron Brown, Zach Wrightstil, Ben Gold

44. St. John’s
G Andre Curbelo
G Posh Alexander
G Dylan Addae-Wusu
F David Jones
C Joel Soriano

Projected Bench: Rafael Pinzon, AJ Storr, Montez Mathis, O’Mar Stanley, Esahia Nyiwe, Drissa Traore, Kolby King

 

[Hey Adrien!]

To add, @navery12, Georgetown and Butler will be better while DePaul and Xavier have a good chance to be better. There are a lot of reasons why, but I always thought Aaron Thompson held back the full potential of Butler while a lot of people here think Paul Scruggs held back the potential of Xavier. Also, Freemantle is finally healthy.

Also, there's a realistic chance that all teams in the Big East will be within the KenPom top-100, which happened with this current group of teams (some years without UConn) as recently as 19-10, 17-18 and 14-15.

 

[Chief00]

PC really helped themselves in the portal as did Seton Hall.

 

[fatlucy]

We need another stud player to be a great team.