Baldi's early prediction

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

Wait this is for this upcoming year?
I was more interested in you saying Rutgers would be Top 5 in 12/13 and was curious where you had STJ there?

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 10:47:50 PM

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

Wait this is for this upcoming year?
I was more interested in you saying Rutgers would be Top 5 in 12/13 and was curious where you had STJ there?

A year from today you'll get that prediction, I'll keep you in suspense until then. But you can expect both SJU and Rutgers top 5

Quote from: Moose on June 28, 2011, 11:01:23 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 10:47:50 PM

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

Wait this is for this upcoming year?
I was more interested in you saying Rutgers would be Top 5 in 12/13 and was curious where you had STJ there?

A year from today you'll get that prediction, I'll keep you in suspense until then. But you can expect both SJU and Rutgers top 5

That's fine.  You made it sound like Rutgers would be 'ahead' of STJ at that point.  I just can't see that.  What you said here makes more sense to me.

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 11:03:34 PM

Quote from: Moose on June 28, 2011, 11:01:23 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 10:47:50 PM

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

Wait this is for this upcoming year?
I was more interested in you saying Rutgers would be Top 5 in 12/13 and was curious where you had STJ there?

A year from today you'll get that prediction, I'll keep you in suspense until then. But you can expect both SJU and Rutgers top 5

That's fine.  You made it sound like Rutgers would be 'ahead' of STJ at that point.  I just can't see that.  What you said here makes more sense to me.

I expect both to make a huge jump in 12/13. I think Biruta will be the best big in the conference, maybe even this year

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

I would switch us with rutgers and put us both ahead of west virginia. My other prediction is that depaul will win 5 big east games

Where is iona?

Quote from: Moose on June 28, 2011, 11:06:27 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 11:03:34 PM

Quote from: Moose on June 28, 2011, 11:01:23 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on June 28, 2011, 10:47:50 PM

1. Louisville
2. Syracuse
3. UConn
4. Marquette
5. Pitt
6. Cincy
7. Villanova
8. West Virginia
9. Rutgers
10. St Johns
11. Georgetown
12.Notre Dame
13. Seton hall
14. Providence
15. DePaul
16.South Florida

Wait this is for this upcoming year?
I was more interested in you saying Rutgers would be Top 5 in 12/13 and was curious where you had STJ there?

A year from today you'll get that prediction, I'll keep you in suspense until then. But you can expect both SJU and Rutgers top 5

That's fine.  You made it sound like Rutgers would be 'ahead' of STJ at that point.  I just can't see that.  What you said here makes more sense to me.

I expect both to make a huge jump in 12/13. I think Biruta will be the best big in the conference, maybe even this year

Oriakhi is better than Biruta now.  Quite a few others too.  Biruta is tough and real solid inside but needs a lot of work and is crazy foul prone.  He's also not really a "big" per se, more of a PF.  In addition, for him to be the best big in the conference he needs to rebound.  He wasn't among the top 20 rebounders in the conference last year.  I like the kid a lot though.  I just think that the conference has a LOT of good players up front coming in that will make it a lot tougher o. Biruta like Gilbert, Birch, Benahan, Christmas, Pelle, GG, Daniels and others.

I don't know about Biruta.  He came in with lots of accolades but hasn't really knocked me socks off.  His first game vs. us he had 2 pts and 4 boards and didn't look good at all.  That was like a rough 4-5 game stretch he had.  Then in the BET game vs. us he had 10 and 8 but I thought he was getting away with bloody murder down low.  Then again we know the refs helped us in the end.  I know its just 2 games in person and he didnt average 10 and 6 by accident as a freshman.

Don't forget that skinny freshman last year at SU Keita more than held his own. If he gets stronger, no reason why he can't somewhat replace Rick Jackson's production.

Don't forget that skinny freshman last year at SU Keita more than held his own. If he gets stronger, no reason why he can't somewhat replace Rick Jackson's production.

He held his own?

Quote from: Poison on June 29, 2011, 08:50:39 AM

Don't forget that skinny freshman last year at SU Keita more than held his own. If he gets stronger, no reason why he can't somewhat replace Rick Jackson's production.

He held his own?

Avg 2.2 pts 3.7 Rebs....

Quote from: Moose on June 29, 2011, 09:21:24 AM

Quote from: Poison on June 29, 2011, 08:50:39 AM

Don't forget that skinny freshman last year at SU Keita more than held his own. If he gets stronger, no reason why he can't somewhat replace Rick Jackson's production.

He held his own?

Avg 2.2 pts 3.7 Rebs....

Went scoreless in 8 BE games

Am I correct in having Nova in the  middle of the pack? Should they be higher or lower? I think their season depends on what kind of player Wayns becomes

Am I correct in having Nova in the  middle of the pack? Should they be higher or lower? I think their season depends on what kind of player Wayns becomes

IMO, nova could be in for a difficult season per their normal standard. 

Villanova will be interesting next year, they need one of their bigger kids to have a break out season.

Is Pinkston even on the team anymore..?

Am I correct in having Nova in the  middle of the pack? Should they be higher or lower? I think their season depends on what kind of player Wayns becomes

If they are depending on Wayns I think they will be in trouble.  I think Cheek and Bell are the ones who need to step up.  But watch out in 12/13 and 13/14.  They have no seniors and bring in that loaded class in 2012.

You had to have watched Keita to see his impact.
First of all, he was a freshman, so forget the numbers.

Like Polee there were games where he didnt play well or much,
but he's very athletic, and he'll make a big jump in 11-12.

Wait for it. You heard it here.

You had to have watched Keita to see his impact.
First of all, he was a freshman, so forget the numbers.

Like Polee there were games where he didnt play well or much,
but he's very athletic, and he'll make a big jump in 11-12.

Wait for it. You heard it here.

I like your bullish predictions.  I watched plenty of games and I never saw an impact.  Numbers don't lie.  I actually recall watching a game vs. Nova where he was whistled for back to back lane violations.  That was quite funny.  That being said they might need him with Melo a question mark.

You had to have watched Keita to see his impact.
First of all, he was a freshman, so forget the numbers.

Like Polee there were games where he didnt play well or much,
but he's very athletic, and he'll make a big jump in 11-12.

Wait for it. You heard it here.

I agree very strongly with you. He needs to make a little more impact in the scoring column, but everything else indicates that he'll be a real factor - at least on defense. And the Orange have so much scoring talent otherwise... it would be nice for them if one of Melo/ Keita/ Christmas could generate some offense inside, of course.

Keita's a player. Inconsistent, but a player.