In the pure interest of self-promotion, I have the first installment of an article called “In and Out: Big East Conference 2008-09 Summer Preview” up at Johnny Jungle. The article is a look at each Big East basketball team and how their recruiting classes will help them in the coming year. I’ll be posting links as they go up on the Jungle; there will be 4 teams covered every other day.
The first 4 teams covered: West Virginia, Villanova, Syracuse, and South Florida. A summary: West Virginia’s recruiting class will definitely affect their year, Villanova’s will not, and their players need to improve, Syracuse really could surprise folks, and South Florida is coming closer to having a roster full of Big East talent.
Again: check it out.
Comments? Suggestions? Beefs? Comment and let me know what you think.
you’re a syndicated johnnies columnist!
lol ;-)
Nice article. For whatever reason, I didn’t realize Leo Rautins was Andy Rautins’ dad until I watched the USA-Canada game this afternoon. The younger Rautins did not look very confident. It’s too bad him and Devendorf weren’t up to snuff for Boeheim last year.
To his credit, I guess that’s what playing against waves of Chris Paul and Deron Williams will do to you.
Nice article placement by the way. Couldn’t figure out how to comment over there so here you go…
@FITP: Andy Rautins, I think, will take a little time to come back – he’s not at Devendorf’s talent level, and they both had ACL injuries. Rautins is a solid player, and maybe more of a glue guy/ designated shooter… that’s why I think one of the ‘Cuse rookies might start. The injuries allowed the younger players to get some run.
The Johnny Jungle guys and I have been crosslinking at times, they have a really good StJ fan site, especially considering the team doesn’t get a lot of time in the papers… because they’re not very good at winning!
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