Prospects for non-conference play:
- This is trending towards a 4-7 record
- When the competition steps up a level the Hall could be the underdog in all 5 of those games. In the MTE only Drake is ranked lower in Ken Pom by 3 spots.
Prospects for BE play:
- This could be a 4-16 type season. So far feels like the bottom tier could be Nova / Butler / DePaul / Gtown / SHU. Our play easily puts at the bottom of that list. So splitting with those 4 teams seems generous.
Roster Construction:
- You get what you pay for.
Sha is trying to compete with major power house programs like UConn, Marquette, and Creighton. Finishing 4th wasn’t even good enough last year.
So he is trying to catch lightning in a bottle with high upside guys based on measurables and potential.
Guess what is most likely to happen…you are going to end up missing on many of them. People wanted the Romaro Gill / Jaden Bediako stories to be the norm. They are the exception. Wusu tested the portal and no one wanted him. Dual was still available after the NBA combine invite…hmm. Middleton shot under 35% from two point range last year and it’s a shock he can’t score beyond spotting up for 3? Aligbe was an inefficient bench player for a team that finished 11th in the ACC. Are we surprised he is shooting 25% when asked to play a larger role? Toumi is struggling to stay out of foul trouble now, what happens in the BE.
I can go on and on.
So maybe Sha could have recruited more well rounded ball players that would have won these first three games, but they would have been ill equipped to compete in the rigors of a 20 game BE season.
The combination of NIL and the Portal rule changes are a death blow for Seton Hall.
Take a deep breath and realize this could be the norm unless the landscape of college athletics greatly changes. But you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. So I don’t know what is next for the program.
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