SMC 5th?

Sep 21, 2020
7:11:54am

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

SMC 5th?

WCC Preseason Power Rankings:

1. Gonzaga
2. BYU
3. San Francisco
4. Pepperdine
5. Saint Mary's
6. Santa Clara
7. Pacific
8. Loyola Marymount
9. San Diego
10. Portland
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SMC 5th?

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9/21/20 7:11am

USF and UP return a lot of talent, right?

rggee

9/21/20 7:16am

Whereas SMC will have.....Fotu? Anyone else that contributed a lot last year?

rggee

9/21/20 7:20am

Tommy Kuhse is back for them as well. Matthias Tass was looking really good

jreid191

9/21/20 7:44am

Problem is they have no scorers

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 7:56am

I could see them ending up with 4 or 5 players each averaging 10-15 PPG.

jreid191

9/21/20 8:47am

They’ll evolve some

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 9:30am

you also have to consider that maybe those guys benefited from all the ...

icecougar

9/21/20 11:11am

They will probably rely on slowing the pace down even more than normal

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 11:28am

I was just going to say this. Randy Bennett is a master of having his teams play at a pace that benefits them. I hate

RoaroftheCougartails

9/21/20 11:58am

Fotu doesn’t scare me. A healthy Gav Baxter shuts Fotu down.

Zastava

9/21/20 11:52am

They have a 4* freshman guard coming in

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 12:05pm

the kid from Washington state that finished behind Tanner Toolson for...

icecougar

9/21/20 4:12pm

But was more highly rated

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 4:52pm

I could certainly be wrong, but I don’t see Jabe as an immediate impact guy.

Zastava

9/21/20 5:26pm

TJ Haws is possibly the most unathletic

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 5:34pm

TJ always had a craftiness with the ball that Jabe doesn’t...

Zastava

9/21/20 5:55pm

I’m not expecting him to be as good as Haws, First team WCC is a high bar

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 8:37pm

TJ had a certain type of athleticism. Not the most unathletic by any stretch.

Gentleman Stan

9/21/20 6:59pm

Unathletic is the wrong word

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 8:35pm

Minlend grad transferred to Louisville.

Dakota Cougar

9/21/20 7:26am

That's right, forgot about that. SMC loses so much though.

rggee

9/21/20 7:28am

Pepperdine returns virtually their whole team from last year. If anyone were to

jreid191

9/21/20 7:50am

Pepperdine has a good transfer or two

puntersarepeople

9/21/20 7:57am

Defense is a big question for them. 3rd best team in conference offensively but

jreid191

9/21/20 9:02am

Only 1 senior on the team and no Jordan Ford

astroman

9/21/20 7:20am

No more Ford, Perry?, Fitts, Krebs

rggee

9/21/20 7:23am

I think Fitts declared for the nba? Otherwise he is back

BYU '80

9/21/20 7:32am

Fitts signed with an agent I think he is stuck in the draft at this point.

Dakota Cougar

9/21/20 7:33am

Fitts declared for the draft. I suppose he could still come back

rggee

9/21/20 7:34am

Perry tranferred to UC Riverside

Charles Darwin

9/21/20 7:45am

Krebs Graduated

Charles Darwin

9/21/20 7:45am

Did Australia run out of basketball players?

DirtyWater

9/21/20 7:20am

They have Alex Ducas who I think will be a good player

Charles Darwin

9/21/20 7:49am

No, but wasn't part of their probation that coaches couldn't travel internationally to recruit?

SpiffCoug

9/21/20 8:41am

I'd go Pepperdine #3, SM #4, SF #5, Loyola #6

mokelembembe

9/21/20 7:45am

I have SMC #3, Pepp #4, SF #5, SCU #6, Pacific #7, USD #8, LMU #9

jreid191

9/21/20 9:16am

Yes on Portland at 10, obviously. IMO anyone of USF, Pacific, USD or Santa Clara

Gentleman Stan

9/21/20 11:07am

I think it’s spot on

Callmepope

9/21/20 8:06am

So is there any unofficial word that basketball season is on?

byukarl

9/21/20 8:08am

RE: So is there any unofficial word that basketball season is on?

rggee

9/21/20 8:13am

November 25th is the first day. Schedule is still TBD

Indy Coug

9/21/20 8:30am

Maybe. Pepperdine should be really tough. But SMC does have one of their best

Gentleman Stan

9/21/20 9:17am

Hmm, seems like voters are banking this is the first year ever that Bennett

Mitty

9/21/20 9:33am

Bennett had too good of a recruiting class for things to shake out that way.

SinkingQuffa

9/21/20 9:35am

When you lose your top 3 players who were practically everything for the team

Callmepope

9/21/20 10:28am

I don't disagree w the preseason listing. They've been kind to us, prob.

SinkingQuffa

9/21/20 11:44am

2nd best XO guy IMO. 20 years ago, Few built GU on local 2-star kids. He did it

Gentleman Stan

9/21/20 10:58am

That's certainly a valid pt.

SinkingQuffa

9/21/20 11:45am

It's also interesting how much they respect BYU's transfers. Normally I

Mitty

9/21/20 9:36am

I think they understand how solid guys like Alex Barcello, Connor Harding...

Zastava

9/21/20 10:24am

That's how much Ford and Fitts meant to that team. They had nobody else but ...

icecougar

9/21/20 10:54am

My guess: BYU wins it all in 2021.

roseyscenario

9/22/20 11:57am

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