Brett: Big East could have NINE OR TEN Top 25 Teams next year

[Jim Johnson]

Marquette, Pitt, ND, WVU, U Conn, 'Cuse, G'town, L'ville, Nova, & Providence are mentioned...

Now, that would be more than 1/3rd of the Top 25 from one conference... and it would mean more than half of the conference is Top 25.

And we hope to do well against this?

Fom Brett's Blog:

Based on the four major online preseason polls, USF will be competing in the rigorous Big East that could feature nine Top 25-ranked teams. That’s just sick.

Here’s a look at the Big East teams projected in next year’s Top 25 rankings:

ESPN.com’s Andy Katz: 3. Pittsburgh, 5. Notre Dame, 6. West Virginia, 7. UConn, 18. Syracuse, 19. Georgetown, 21. Louisville. Just missing his Top 25: Villanova, Providence.

CNN/SI.com’s Luke Winn: 2. UConn, 7. West Virginia, 8. Georgetown, 11. Notre Dame, 13. Pittsburgh, 16. Syracuse, 22. Marquette, 23. Villanova.

CBSSportsline.com’s Gary Parrish: 6. Georgetown, 7. Notre Dame, 9. Pittsburgh, 11. Louisville, 14. UConn, 17. Marquette, 19. Villanova. Just missing his Top 25: Syracuse, WVU

Fox Sports.com’s Jeff Goodman: 3. Notre Dame, 5. Georgetown, 11. UConn, 15. Villanova, 16. Pittsburgh, 17. Marquette, 2

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[Bullpride08]

He's right on the mark.  If Uconn keeps Thabeet, with what they've got coming in freshmen wise, and Robinson and AJ Price they'll be a TOUGH team.  It's easy to discount Georgetown but bringing in Greg Monroe who for the past two years was widely considered the #1 player and they signed a top 3 national class.  Oh and UL, they just signed the #5 class.  Yeah and Pitt, Quette, and ND didn't lose much either and Nova lost nothing!  Oh let's not forget about Syracuse, who will still have Flynn, and a host of top notch athletes like Devendorf.  It all depends who will be great on who ends up going to the NBA, if Joe Alexander, Earl Clark, Charater, Donte Greene, Thabeet, and Harris have all or are all deciding whether to stay or go.  From most draft expectatons on Donte Greene is guaranteed to crack the top 20.  If the rest stay, oh my look out.

I think BE will have another Final Four team next year, maybe a slim shot at two.  I honestly believe the best BE teams next year are Uconn if Thabeet stays and if he goes they'll sign this top center, UL especially if Earl Clark stays, and Georgetown- they lose three big ones in Hibbert, Ewing, and Wallace but could be a better team with Monroe and the other two five stars they have coming in to go with Wright, Freeman, Summers, and Macklin.

BTW, the BE is only getting stronger, of the top 100 for 2009 the BE already has 9 commits, the next closest conference right now is the ACC with 6 and that's on the back of 4 NC recruits.  Yeah, it's not getting any easier for Heath.

[Bruce Blingstein]

Wish we would have gotten Huggins a few years back.  Could've built our program in one year and left and we would have all thanked him.  Heath is a good coach but I don't believe has the star power to take a complete 180 with this program.  Not to mention his competition in recruiting and coaching in this conferece. 

[gurlybull]

Definetly didn't see the little basketball and I was like what kinda hell projections are these for football...and where is USF?  lmao

Im going to bed..

GO BULLS!!

[Guest]

Definetly didn't see the little basketball and I was like what kinda hell projections are these for football...and where is USF?  lmao

Im going to bed..

GO BULLS!!

I would have thought the "NINE or TEN" could have been part of the clue, too... since there are only eight football teams in the conference...

LOL

[smazza]

Wish we would have gotten Huggins a few years back.  Could've built our program in one year and left and we would have all thanked him.  Heath is a good coach but I don't believe has the star power to take a complete 180 with this program.   Not to mention his competition in recruiting and coaching in this conferece. 

nothing like star power

him or bobby knight would have been nice

heath will turn usf fortunes around

[smazza]

Marquette, Pitt, ND, WVU, U Conn, 'Cuse, G'town, L'ville, Nova, & Providence are mentioned...

Now, that would be more than 1/3rd of the Top 25 from one conference... and it would mean more than half of the conference is Top 25.

And we hope to do well against this?

Fom Brett's Blog:

Based on the four major online preseason polls, USF will be competing in the rigorous Big East that could feature nine Top 25-ranked teams. That’s just sick.

Here’s a look at the Big East teams projected in next year’s Top 25 rankings:

ESPN.com’s Andy Katz: 3. Pittsburgh, 5. Notre Dame, 6. West Virginia, 7. UConn, 18. Syracuse, 19. Georgetown, 21. Louisville. Just missing his Top 25: Villanova, Providence.

CNN/SI.com’s Luke Winn: 2. UConn, 7. West Virginia, 8. Georgetown, 11. Notre Dame, 13. Pittsburgh, 16. Syracuse, 22. Marquette, 23. Villanova.

CBSSportsline.com’s Gary Parrish: 6. Georgetown, 7. Notre Dame, 9. Pittsburgh, 11. Louisville, 14. UConn, 17. Marquette, 19. Villanova. Just missing his Top 25: Syracuse, WVU

Fox Sports.com’s Jeff Goodman: 3. Notre Dame, 5. Georgetown, 11. UConn, 15. Villanova, 16. Pittsburgh, 17. Marquette, 2

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could be but it would never be if  big east playe a balanced schedule like pac ten

with a balanced schedule too many teams would be beat up to have so many in top 25

[Joe]

It's going to be a very rough year for us next year

[80mins]

Definetly didn't see the little basketball and I was like what kinda hell projections are these for football...and where is USF?   lmao

Im going to bed..

GO BULLS!!

lol, I thought the same thing, and thought the author was just given to hyperbole.

[___ Eats It]

Wish we would have gotten Huggins a few years back.  Could've built our program in one year and left and we would have all thanked him.  Heath is a good coach but I don't believe has the star power to take a complete 180 with this program.  Not to mention his competition in recruiting and coaching in this conferece. 

Ari, Thuggins would have bolted after one year and would have done very little to turn around the program in the state it was in.

This is a multi-year rebuilding effort, and we need (and have) a coach who is willing to take on the challenge.