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Lindy's pre-season guide, previewing all 350+ D-1 men's hoop teams, is now on the newsstands. They just rank the top 40 teams. They put 3 BEASTs in their top 20 (Nova, the Hall, and X), 2 more in the top 30 (Jays and Friars), and the Hoyas at #40. Marquette and Butler not far behind. Only St. John's and Depaul don't get much love from Lindy's.

Bottom Line: Another forecast for a BIG improvement from last year for the league. FWIW, both X and Providence have 4 starters back from good teams, plus quality adds, so the national pundits may be underrating both teams. However it all plays out, the BEAST is baaaaack!

Bottom Line:
Another forecast for a BIG improvement from last year for the league.
FWIW, X, Providence, & Cr8n have 4 starters back from good teams, plus quality adds, so the national pundits may be underrating these 3 teams. However it all plays out, the BEAST is baaaaack!

Georgetown also returns 4 starters at least from the starting lineup that ended big east play.

May as well add another:

FWIW, X, Providence, Cr8n, & Seton Hall have 4 starters back from good teams, plus quality adds, so the national pundits may be underrating these 3 teams. However it all plays out, the BEAST is baaaaack!

11 Nova
14 Seton Hall
19 Xavier
26 Marquette
28 Creighton
40 Georgetown

Anyone know how we were rated last year?

Bart Torvik does a KenPom type site, using a ton of data. This for upcoming year.

http://www.barttorvik.com/conf.php?conf=BE&year=2020

Where do I sign up for Andy Katz' early bracketology:

2 East: Seton Hall
5 East: Georgetown
4 South: Xavier
7 South: Providence
4 Midwest: Villanova
7 Midwest: Marquette

I really love that East region which would obviously give us a sweet 16 of Seton Hall vs Duke and Georgetown vs Kentucky at the Garden. And then of course Seton Hall over Georgetown to go to the Final Four

I said this on the other board. if we have the seventh best backcourt in the league, then good lord is the league loaded with good guards