Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Short answer: YES, we are criminally underrated. Can’t wait to run Indiana’s poser a$$ out of the gym.So I will preface this by saying I don’t really care about preseason rankings much as water tends to find its level during the course of the season. That being said, aren’t we criminally under rated this year?
So I think biggest strike against us is we have 7 newcomers. But from what I can see just about every top 10 program in CBS’ top 25 and 1 has at least 5 newcomers. The one I can’t figure out is Duke who has 10(!) newcomers next year, with Jeremy Roach as their only returning rotation piece. I understand they have 3 of the top 4 freshman coming in, but I think we’ve seen with the exception of a Zion like talent, for a single season or game, a 4th/5th year borderline NBA kid > and 18 year old lottery pick. And we picked up 2 of those guys in addition to what we have on our roster + our current freshmen.
Just saying, when you factor in both talent and experience, I actually like our roster better than Duke’s. Not saying we should be ranked in the top 5, but I do think we are a top 25 team for sure.
I can’t wait to see what the team looks like this season and BU looks giddy. Think we will surprise a lot of people but we shouldn’t if they are paying attention.