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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4288200, member: 7492"] [USER=5798]@Carnac[/USER] -Georgetown did add a top 100 recruit for next year, something that 7 other Big East schools were unable to do. Their coach, James Howard just finished his 4th year and the team shows some signs of improvement so he has another 1-2 years to show more. Xavier's Melanie Moore just finished her 3rd year of a rebuild so she has two more years (5 year contract?) to see if she can improve. Yes, Butler, Georgetown and Xavier were all horrible from a NET and RPI rating, seriously lowering the league's overall ranking to just behind the American but let's not solely blame these programs who at least have made changes to get better. What about Providence College? That coach has to go. What about St. John's? Formerly a decent program but Tartamella has been there 10 years now and has done very little since taking over for Barnes-Arico. As for Seton Hall, yes Bozzella had a phenomenal run both in the Big East and WNIT but his was an underachieving season and has had two key transfers that assisted his program in unprecedented ways (both are now done). He still leaves me unimpressed and he has been there 9 years now. What does this team have next year besides Lauren Park-Lane? To me, Butler absolutely had to make a change, was it the right change, no so sure. PC and St. John's are next on the clock. Georgetown hopes to have improvement with their new class this year. Xavier should be improved next year. Seton Hall could have issues but again, the transfer portal can do wonders for any of these programs. [/QUOTE]

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