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caw said:
My lord SJU's roster depth right now is hard to keep track of, I think it's:

PG: Jenkins (Iona),
SG: Dingle(Penn), Conway (VMI), Davis (Iona), Wilcher (UNC)
SF: Luis (UMass), Taylor(Oregon St), Alleyne (Vtech/UConn), Ayo (Iona)
PF: Slazinski(Iona), Traore (soph), Dunlap (freshman)
C: Soriano (fifth year), Ejiofor (KU)

If they get Ledlum that puts them at 15 players. That will either be an express train, or a train wreck. I think Ledlum would slot in as the PF starter.

PG: Jenkins (Iona),
SG: Dingle(Penn), Conway (VMI), Davis (Iona), Wilcher (freshman - UNC commit)
SF: Taylor(Oregon St), Luis (UMass), Alleyne (Vtech/UConn), Ayo (Iona)
PF: Ledlum (Harvard), Slazinski(Iona), Traore (soph), Dunlap (freshman)
C: Soriano (fifth year), Ejiofor (KU)
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I would expect pitino will be pressing the whole game with all that depth and tire out opponents. Plenty of 3 pointers as well. Will be a tournament team, and do much better than most on this board expect
 
Fan1978 said:
I would expect pitino will be pressing the whole game with all that depth and tire out opponents. Plenty of 3 pointers as well. Will be a tournament team, and do much better than most on this board expect
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Similar to his 90’s Kentucky teams. As much as I’m not a fan of the Cats, those were fun teams to watch. They scored, pressed full court, shot threes, pressed after misses, shot threes, pressed. It was frantic for 40 min and it worked.
 
Fan1978 said:
I would expect pitino will be pressing the whole game with all that depth and tire out opponents. Plenty of 3 pointers as well. Will be a tournament team, and do much better than most on this board expect
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I imagine that’s what he wants to do. Not sure Soriano is really the best big for it and they don’t have a PG. all healthy their 2-4 is pretty impressive esp if they add Ledlum.
 
caw said:
I imagine that’s what he wants to do. Not sure Soriano is really the best big for it and they don’t have a PG. all healthy their 2-4 is pretty impressive esp if they add Ledlum.
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I think the 5 is gonna be tough too with Soriano and Ejiofor. Jenkins likely the starting PG but not sure whether Dingle or Wilcher will step through there as well.
 
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MCNPA said:
I think the 5 is gonna be tough too with Soriano and Ejiofor. Jenkins likely the starting PG but not sure whether Dingle or Wilcher will step through there as well.
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Don't get me wrong. Soriano is great and Ejiofor is likely a solid backup. I was more thinking how Soriano would fit with a pressing, run and gun, jack threes team as the poster mentioned. Soriano is a bit on the slow side for that. Great alternative though if the game does slow down.
 
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caw said:
Don't get me wrong. Soriano is great and Ejiofor is likely a solid backup. I was more thinking how Soriano would fit with a pressing, run and gun, jack threes team as the poster mentioned. Soriano is a bit on the slow side for that. Great alternative though if the game does slow down.
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I don’t think you’ll see Pitino play entirely run and gun like his early days. I think he’s changed a bit offensively. He does want Soriano capable of hitting threes but most likely more like UConn utilizes the bigs and allows them to take shots on perimeter.
 
I've been relegating St.John's to the middle of the heap in the Big East this year but I was basing it on last year's team, coach and name on Jersey. This year's team is completely different and can't see any reason why they can't finish top 3 in conference.

With so much fluctuation in CBB it's gonna be futile to try and set a preseason top 25 with any accuracy.
 
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This St. John’s team is going to be a frustrating headache to play. Not necessarily a great team, but a headache with their depth.
 
imno1 said:
I like Naheim but if he stayed we wouldn‘t have gotten Spencer who I believe is a better option
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Agree here and I think Alleyne was a wonderful impact piece the 2nd half of the year. I wanted to him to stay without the knowledge of a player like Spencer being available to us early on.

Spencer, based on consistency, could end up being as valuable to this team as Hawk was last year. Doesn’t make him a first round pick or even an NBA player ever. Just his game is really valuable in the college world. Can’t wait to see the chemistry on this young team.
 
mauconnfan said:
Agree here and I think Alleyne was a wonderful impact piece the 2nd half of the year. I wanted to him to stay without the knowledge of a player like Spencer being available to us early on.

Spencer, based on consistency, could end up being as valuable to this team as Hawk was last year. Doesn’t make him a first round pick or even an NBA player ever. Just his game is really valuable in the college world. Can’t wait to see the chemistry on this young team.
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I expect Cam to have as much impact in the locker room as he will on the floor.. Will provide veteran leadership for a young team.. Excellent addition..
 
Pitino will win, but he still has to wake up each day as Rick Pitino. Everything comes with a downside. If he can go through life without ruminating on how many people he has screwed over, then good for him, I guess. Of course he has guys who will stand up for him, but even they end up on the other side sometimes.
 
NJHoops said:
Pitino will win, but he still has to wake up each day as Rick Pitino. Everything comes with a downside. If he can go through life without ruminating on how many people he has screwed over, then good for him, I guess. Of course he has guys who will stand up for him, but even they end up on the other side sometimes.
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I'm sure he's just fine waking up each day as Rick Pitino. He's helped far more people than he's hurt.
 
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I guess I don't find adding 10 mid-major transfers that impressive. Soriano is till the best player on a team that hasn't won anything in years.
 
NJHoops said:
No, they got Ledlum, who transferred from Harvard to Tennessee for about a month and then to St. John’s.
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I wonder why hurley came up in the tweet though
 
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Ledlum/soriano is really an awesome frontcourt and they have a ton of dept there, the kansas kid has NBA potential (I said potential, still has long long way to go). Dingle is awesome too, if wilcher can play or they can figure out a good PG this team should compete for the big east i think
 
Pitino has put together a roster with the best guys money(NIL) can buy.. He must be getting close to running out of numbers for jerseys.. Jk
 
Wilcher should be pretty good for Pitino. Lucky pickup with him backing out from UNC late.

If there’s one thing g Pitino can do it’s coach the hell out of some guards.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
I've been relegating St.John's to the middle of the heap in the Big East this year but I was basing it on last year's team, coach and name on Jersey. This year's team is completely different and can't see any reason why they can't finish top 3 in conference.

With so much fluctuation in CBB it's gonna be futile to try and set a preseason top 25 with any accuracy.
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Pitino wasn’t brought in to maintain the status quo.
 
Umami Zen said:
Pitino has put together a roster with the best guys money(NIL) can buy.. He must be getting close to running out of numbers for jerseys.. Jk
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