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[QUOTE="Tiamat7, post: 5109024, member: 10943"]
I largely agree with this.  Same 5.

I think Xavier has a chance to be quite good, pending the health of Freemantle and Hunter.  Perhaps better than Marquette and Creighton.  St John's should be a 5 to 7 seed in the tournament under Pitino in year 2.  Creighton's ceiling depends on whether the European pro Fedor is cleared to play.

I see high variance outcomes for Seton Hall and Butler.  Butler could be a bubble team if they figure out their point guard situation.  Seton Hall will always play defense under Sha, but can they generate sufficient offense?  Losing Dre Davis was devasting in this regard.

PC and Villanova could be bubble teams, though there are serious concerns about each (Hopkins' health; Neptune's competency).

Georgetown will show some improvement, but I can't believe they didn't pay NIL for a proven big.  And they lost Supreme Cook.  Relying on a stable of unproven bigs is not going to cut it in the Big East (though Cooley and company are telling people that Sorber is the real deal).

At least DePaul has a decent coaching staff now.
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