As an optimist, I would like to believe that having had over a week to prepare, that they will be more than ready for this game. Last year the defense continued to get better as the team continued to become more familiar with it. It was also around this time last year when the offense started to become a little more structured. I am hopeful that losing the bad seed with cause the team to focus more on the task at hand.
As a pessimist, I think that the offense is really lacking. Lots of guys who can't create their own shot (especially with the quitter gone) and not a true PG to get them the ball in the right places. I also believe that being so short on the bench causes the team to play too careful and that leads to too many easy scores for the bad guys.
Overall I am hoping that the season starts to turn the corner with this game. They owe Fordham a good beating.