(10-17-2017 07:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 06:37 AM)BrooklynRocket Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 08:39 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 08:11 PM)BrooklynRocket Wrote:  Surprised Temple didn't get a little more love in the poll.

They have skill, size, depth, and one of the league's more promising recruiting classes.

They seem more of a sure thing to me than UConn and Houston at least.

UCONN finished 2 games ahead of Temple last season despite 2 of our 3 most talented players being out for the season. We had 7 non-walk-on players available the entire season due to injuries.

Didn't Uconn lose 7 scholarship players to graduation/transfer? I think Temple only.lost 3.

Temple lost 3 guys from an awful team, but they'll be better? UCONN lost 6 guys from an awful team, but they'll be worse? Do tell.

The difference in the situations are that Temple gets a proven pg back from injury and got valuable minutes/experience for players last year that will see significant time this year again because of injuries last year. With Brown/Lowe hurt, Moore, Alston, and Rose got a ton of minutes and two will start this season.

UConn lost 3 from a great recruiting class that set back their progression another year as they got no playing time/experience.

UConn has better "talent" but that talent is still inexperienced...I'd call this fairly even...