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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3690653, member: 9844"] This is largely true. Are those three players plus Amihere capable of replacing the two first round pick's contribution last year. Maybe, maybe not, but remember it is 4 against 2. Four way above average contributors may equal two draft picks. But even if that is a wash, the major plus for SC is their monster recruiting class goes from freshman to sophomores, the year most college players show the most improvement. At the other end the 2020 class is nothing special. Taking all those factors into account it looks like SC deserves the number 1 ranking at this point (from a Uconn fan). Last year the top three teams were very very good and way better than the next tier. Oregon's departures were similar to the Stewart/Jefferson/Tuck class. They clearly will not be as good. Baylor lost two players to the WNBA has several good returnees, and a couple of top 10 recruits coming in. To me they are likely worse but still top level contenders. We probably won't have three teams as dominant as last year's, and the best this year may not be as good as any of the three best from last year. SC stays near the top, Oregon slips quite a bit, Baylor slips a little, but stays near the top, and Stanford and Uconn join the top tier. That's my best guess. [/QUOTE]