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The Athletic Top 25 '23-24

I could see nova as back end top 25 worthy, but I think anyone having them top 15 is jumping the shark a little. Not sure I love Justin Moore at point, Dixon provides no resistance at the cup, guys like Bamba/Burton/Hart are solid vets, but they’re all learning new roles and don’t qualify as “stars.” But they’re without a doubt more talented and proven than last seasons team. I’d probably have Providence and St John’s slightly ahead.
 
I’d probably pick St John’s over Nova tbh.

Their starting 5 is up there with anyone in the conference talent wise. Big East looking to be the best conference in college hoops again for sure.
 
andy34 said:
I think we went 1-2 against them last year, no? We blew them off the court when we hosted them if I recall correctly. Still, I very much want to sweep or take the season series against them this coming season
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Yup forgot about the blowout. I guess I remember the losses more than I do the wins. :):)
 
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FriarJ said:
Since the season is over, did you win? Do you expect Ngongba to start next year or is Clingan staying at the school?
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Actually surprised PC isn’t getting more love nationally. Solid returning players and a maybe a coach not plotting his exit midway through the season.

Carter and Hopkins alone should get them some national publicity.
 
August_West said:
Texas was a bad fit for Shaka. That’s a big time school with a severely flawed hoops program and culture. Shaka can coach
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IMO his failure is as much an indictment on Texas hoops culture as Shaka. If he can't make Texas a perennial basketball powerhouse, I'm not sure anyone can.
 
caw said:
Actually surprised PC isn’t getting more love nationally. Solid returning players and a maybe a coach not plotting his exit midway through the season.

Carter and Hopkins alone should get them some national publicity.
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Young coach in a league that eats them, and more than that, 2 very good but unproven players at PG. If they are as good as advertised then PC will be a good team who can challenge again in the BE. I mean they were one game out of first when TFG quit and signed on with Georgetown. The team is more talented than that team but until we see this new offense it’s easy to see the wait and see approach by the media.
 
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ucp990411 said:
Texas fans would disagree. My son in law is a Texas grad and a big fan. They despise him and think he’s terrible
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Not sure what happened there other than it’s Texas and even though they have had some good regular seasons…..they are and always will be a football school ….and for the last 20 years or more a very mediocre football school.
 
upstater said:
Winning at Kansas is a very difficult thing to do; few teams can do it. But it will be important for UConn.

Why? Because some of these conferences are so top heavy. In fact, Kansas has only Baylor at around #20 to contend with. Meanwhile UConn has not only a tough OOC slate, but 6 games against BE teams ranked in the top 11. And you add St. John's, and you have a dogfight.

I can see a similar year to last year with a good conference record, 3rd place finish, and meanwhile the committee will make the same mistake again and give the 8th ranked team a 4 or 5 seed.
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If we go undefeated OOC again with our schedule we better be a top two seed somewhere. If we do not have a better conference regular season it will be tough to be better than 4-5 seed. With our OOC SOS we have to be a 14+ conference win team and break even on the tough OOC games to get a high seed. Would love to see it but Kansas is a tough ask in Allen FH.
 
SilentDog said:
If we go undefeated OOC again with our schedule we better be a top two seed somewhere. If we do not have a better conference regular season it will be tough to be better than 4-5 seed. With our OOC SOS we have to be a 14+ conference win team and break even on the tough OOC games to get a high seed. Would love to see it but Kansas is a tough ask in Allen FH.
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We are most likely not going undefeated in our OOC schedule. It’s not the norm. We had a magic run-enjoy it.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Moore, Bamba, Burton, Hart and Dixon are a heck of a top-five, while Armstrong/Ware/Arcidiacono provide depth.

Not sold on Neptune, but huge shoes to fill.
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And that impressive depth also includes Jordan Longino (let's see if he makes the jump after an injury-riddled year) and a capable 3 point shooter in Hausen.

Nova has the talent; but as others suggest Neptune needs to demonstrate his coaching chops.
 
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Tiamat7 said:
And that impressive depth also includes Jordan Longino (let's see if he makes the jump after an injury-riddled year) and a capable 3 point shooter in Hausen.

Nova has the talent; but as others suggest Neptune needs to demonstrate his coaching chops.
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Hausen is the best shooter Nova has ever had.
 
SilentDog said:
Not sure what happened there other than it’s Texas and even though they have had some good regular seasons…..they are and always will be a football school ….and for the last 20 years or more a very mediocre football school.
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A very rich mediocre football school.
 
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husky429 said:
No
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This is what we are told. Wright (who recruited him), Neptune and others have have said it. Will he turn out that way? Who knows but His Freshman numbers from deep were very good.

Hey-a month or so ago he did have that viral video where he hit 70 3 pointers in a row (twitter video upload limit only had time for the first 48 in a row) .

Now, his PT as a soph will depend on his physical devilopmrnt and ability to defend larger players in their switching defense. That is the reason most Freshmen tend to see limited time at Nova.

 
TyroneShoo said:
This is what we are told. Wright (who recruited him), Neptune and others have have said it. Will he turn out that way? Who knows but His Freshman numbers from deep were very good.

Hey-a month or so ago he did have that viral video where he hit 70 3 pointers in a row (twitter video upload limit only had time for the first 48 in a row) .

Now, his PT as a soph will depend on his physical devilopmrnt and ability to defend larger players in their switching defense. That is the reason most Freshmen tend to see limited time at Nova.

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Yes but where was the chair?
 
superjohn said:
Yep and Eric Dixon. Nova is loaded, if Jordan Longino is finally healthy and makes the leap they'll be scary.
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Especially when Neptune finally trips our player and then screams to get us the technical technical
 
TyroneShoo said:
This is what we are told. Wright (who recruited him), Neptune and others have have said it. Will he turn out that way? Who knows but His Freshman numbers from deep were very good.

Hey-a month or so ago he did have that viral video where he hit 70 3 pointers in a row (twitter video upload limit only had time for the first 48 in a row) .

Now, his PT as a soph will depend on his physical devilopmrnt and ability to defend larger players in their switching defense. That is the reason most Freshmen tend to see limited time at Nova.

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Obviously incredibly impressive in general, but you can’t say “he’s the best” until he’s done something insane in games. Y’all have had some absolute snipers that shouldn’t be taken for granted.
 
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