They are going to the Bahamas, so they get the extra practice period. HUUUUUGE advantage. If there was ever a year to do an early international tour for St. John's it would have been this year.
Intersting that Louisville is also waiting on some freshmen--Blackshear and Ware-- to finish up academically. Perhaps this is more widespread than many of us realized--we've been out of the top talent market for a while!