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SHUHoopsFan said:

What's a real expectation for this team. So many new pieces and how it will work. I can't imagine us realistically being better than UConn and Creighton for example, but is 4th realistic, 5th?

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In this era of college basketball, with so much turnover, I think conference-wide results are unpredictable as ever. So I see no reason why we cannot land in the top 5 of the league if things break right. We have a good coach, and we brought in lots of talented (if unproven) kids.

Rick Pitino announced that PC is retiring Billy Donovan's number this season. I'm sure that PC is thrilled to have the St. John's coach break the news LOL

What's a real expectation for this team. So many new pieces and how it will work. I can't imagine us realistically being better than UConn and Creighton for example, but is 4th realistic, 5th?

Right On

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Why wouldn’t Jews vote fir Trump Harris hates Bibi and leans hard Palestine.If you care about Isabel survival you have to vote for Trumpl

pirate AI said:

Heard pitino voted us last place.

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Heard this too.

He also apparently is diverting money from Autism causes. At least there was a rumor to that effect….

SHU AL 84 said:

I’m confused by Kalkbrenner being Preseason POY and not being 1st team. Am I missing something

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The POY is always essentially the “6th” member of the first team.

I think it’s hard to argue with the 6 preseason first team players.

silkcitypirate said:

If that doesn't motivate Sha and the team nothing will !!

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I would think they already are sufficiently motivated. They are all getting paid, substantial amounts in some cases. If that plus being a competitor and golden opportunity they have isn’t enough to motivate….

It’s all a crapshoot. What teams are proven at this point? Some look better on paper but chemistry is definitely a factor. I like our chances to finish in the top 5 mainly due the Sha.

And all of those top teams will decline an invite

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HALL85 said:

Was surprised by this voter registration trend in PA.

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehi...le_aa8578ac-90d8-11ef-b9ae-c728cc0447d2.html?

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Caught a few minutes of CNN last night and Dana Bash did a segment on Jewish voters in PA. So many who do not like Trump but believe he's better to stop antisemitism and better for Israel. That's a demographic that is traditionally democratic that CNN was talking like they expect it to change this time around in such an important state.

SPK145 said:

Wow, the same number as those who don’t pay any income taxes.

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there's a duality in those words, as in the linked Gutfeld monlogue (love the bongos)

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Hall91 said:

I’ve heard that the RU NIL coffers are pretty good. Are they as high as Ohio St, USC, Michigan and maybe Penn St? Probably not, But no reason he can’t rise above the rest of the mediocre teams that make up the B1G IMO.

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If you are answering the question of whether their football NIL is as high as tOSU, USC, Michigan and Penn St with probably not, I think you're misguided. The answer is definitely not and it's not even close. 5 stars would be visiting RU if they were possibly on par with those schools. I think what we're seeing is a reflection of money and a new coach isn't going to solve that at RU. I'd like to see what Schiano would do with the talent and depth of those schools. No recruit is saying oh man I want to go to Penn State to play for Franklin or I want to play for Ryan Day instead of Schiano. They're saying Ohio State has a budget of $20 million, I'll take that offer.

To put it in Seton Hall terms, Willard got the results when he had Whitehead running the point instead of Maayan. You need big time players to win. And in a much more physical game like football, you need a good number of them.