Big East Comings and Goings - May

[FriarJ]

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...

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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

Wow, nice work, although he missed 6’10” Rafael Castro for PC. He redshirted this past year but he’s going to see plenty of run this coming year.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Wow, nice work, although he missed 6’10” Rafael Castro for PC. He redshirted this past year but he’s going to see plenty of run this coming year.

Yet another example of why it's foolish to expect immediate contributions from young bigs.

Daimion Collins (#16 from Kentucky), Nathan Bittle (#28 from Oregon) and Jonas Aidoo (#40 from Tennessee) are all examples of bigs ranked higher than Samson Johnson who played less than 10 mpg last season. These kids take time.

 

[Chief00]

We need another stud player to be a great team.

I agree with that observation.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

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.

Not having Travis Steele coach is worth 3-4 wins for Xavier.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

More of a depth addition for Seton Hall.

The 6'9 200 forward from Senegal averaged 1.6p, 1.9r, 0.7b in 9.7 mpg last season for Illinois State. Two years of eligibility remaining.

 

[UconnU]

The 6'9 200 forward from Senegal averaged 1.6p, 1.9r, 0.7b in 9.7 mpg last season for Illinois State.

Wow. A total non-contributor at Illinois state. I wonder what their thinking is? Upside? He’s had already had 2 years of development.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Wow. A total non-contributor at Illinois state. I wonder what their thinking is? Upside? He’s had already had 2 years of development.

Better than a walk-on in practice and if there is a disaster with injuries. Teams are just filling roster slots at this point in the Spring, and if he is using his one free transfer, then he isn't a threat to transfer again.