Originally Posted by T-Bone 84
The Hawks could be the favorite to finish 1st in the conference next year. Mason should be up there, too, with a 5th place finish this year and all that experience returning. If our guys develop as hoped/expected, we could at least be top 4 again next year (but anything below @ 6/7 won’t be “progress” as far as I’m concerned).
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It seems like to me that
Rhode Island (assuming they hold onto their core if Hurley goes and hire a competent coach who brings some help in), VCU, Mason, St. Joes, Davidson and St. Louis are the top teams in the league with us next year.
Everyone save Mason loses some pieces. I'd agree that with no one in my opinion looking like a clear front runner, I think if St Joes is healthy with no front runner I'd give the nod to them. Charlie Brown who missed this year had a really good freshman year for them and Taylor Funk seems like he's on his way to being an all conference player.
St. Louis loses Roby but I think they'll have a really good frontline with French, Foreman & Jalen Johnson.
They bring in Carte'Are Gordon, a 6-foot-9, 255-pound power forward who's the highest ranked recruit in the A10. He had a legit offer from Kansas so I would think this guys pretty legit. He's the highest ranked recruit anyone in the A10 has brought in since Shaka signed Terry Larrier I believe.
