Their roster from last season with Jay Wright as head coach is a Sweet 16 team, at a minimum.
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Their roster from last season with Jay Wright as head coach is a Sweet 16 team, at a minimum.
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Even with adding JJ Traynor, DePaul hasn't added enough to get out of the worst spot in the Big East.
That being said, their roster is currently two 5th years, one senior, three juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen, so I see this haul more of a "starting to build the foundation" than a quick fix.
One thing is for sure, DePaul has added a ton of shooters. Six of their transfers all shot 36 3P%+ last season. 6'8 225 NJ Benson is a capable guy in the center rotation, but they need another big.
Also, it's official, Mack to Georgetown.
This is what I have said in a few posts in the past. With all the talent that Villanova roster had, there is no way in hell they should have ever missed the NCAAT. If Jay Wright was coaching this team, Villanova would've been a big problem for everyone else. UConn would still finish on top, but Nova would've finished no worse than 4th in the Big East they would've been a 2nd round team or Sweet 16 team in the NCAAT. At best with the right draw, they could've made the Final Four.
People might rebuttal it's not fair to put that on Neptune because Jay Wright is a Hall of Famer and a legend (IMO the #1 coach in the country before he retired). Fair enough. If Shaheen Holloway, Shaka Smart, Ed Cooley, Sean Miller, or Greg McDermott was coaching that Villanova team they would've been a lot better and won some games in the NCAAT.
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And Neptune went 17-17 the year before with a roster containing Cam Whitmore, Caleb Daniels, Eric Dixon, Brandon Slater, Mark Armstrong, Jordan Longino and he got Justin Moore back for the final 13 games.
I don't understand why Nova has chosen to set fire to their program but that's what they've done.
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Recent roster moves:
Butler picked up Iowa’s Pat McCaffery and Jamie Kaiser from Maryland.
Dre Davis went from Seton Hall to OleMiss.
Providence gets Jabari Abdur-Rahim from Georgia, Xavier picks up center John Hugley from Oklahoma and Georgetown gets two good Guards in Mailk Mack from Harvard and Micah Peavy from TCU.
Butler picked up Iowa’s Pat McCaffery and Jamie Kaiser from Maryland.
Dre Davis went from Seton Hall to OleMiss.
Providence gets Jabari Abdur-Rahim from Georgia, Xavier picks up center John Hugley from Oklahoma and Georgetown gets two good Guards in Mailk Mack from Harvard and Micah Peavy from TCU.
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Xavier should be very good next season if Freemantle and Jerome Hunter stay healthy. Claude, McKnight, Swain. Maddox, Hugely, and it looks like they'll get Ryan Conwell from Indiana State in the portal.
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Like both Conwell & Maddox….
I can't speak to Maddox, but Conwell on Indiana State looked like a really solid player. That Indiana State was very good offensively and Sean Miller the last 2 years has shown he knows how to coach offense.
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Maddox really nice length for his height with unlimited range- very athletic- nice player- needs to be coached on shot selection.
I agree with Conwell- was very impressed in about the 1/2 dozen times I saw him play this year- good shooter- willing defender- decent athlete for his size & strong physically.