Big East Offseason Thread

[warriorfan4life]

Can you clarify? Are you implying that Obekpa might not play for SJU this season? If so, that is a huge blow. There is no other front court experience, unless Duran Johnson, the transfer from Pitt, plays small forward.

By the way, curious what board you are referring to. The Scout board is pretty much extinct. Do you have a link?

This is from redmen.com, which I slightly prefer to Johnny Jungle. I would not worry too much about St. John's for this season, but am very optimistic towards their future once Mullin's clean up the mess Lavin left behind (and the program will be better off long-term with Obepka and Jordan not around to influence the rest of the young players).

[Phantom Warrior]

Thanks. A week or so ago, I went to the various Scout boards for each Big East school and found only two others - Providence and DePaul - whose public boards were functioning.

[Goose85]

Here is some info on Rowan from Zags blog. Seems he was very impressed with Louisville as well.
Wants to play right away, and St. John's can sure offer that opportunity. Seems like a perfect fit with Rowan's dad playing with Mullin. I'd also like to see Mullin get a great start on the recruiting trail.

http://zagsblog.com/recruiting/maver...hns-on-monday/

[MUBasketball]

“I’m not going to go to a place where I’m not going to play right away,” he recently told SNY.tv, “and that’s just the bottom line.”

Pump the brakes a little bit kid.

Aaaaaaand that's the bottom line....cuz Ice Cold Rowan said so!!!!

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I actually think in some ways St John's may be a more uphill battle than DePaul. They were a tourney team, but lost most of that team and there seemed to be a lot of negatives even with the returning players. Neither school seems to have great support from administration, and at least at DePaul the expectations are low so any progress will be a positive. Mullin has clearly done better recruiting wise, but with Garrett, Henry, and Hamilton in place, Leitao has something to work with.

It will be very interesting to watch those two programs over the next 2-3 years.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

Thanks. A week or so ago, I went to the various Scout boards for each Big East school and found only two others - Providence and DePaul - whose public boards were functioning.

Sometimes you have to look around some, for example if you just went to the MU scout board you wouldnt find this site... Different schools use different sites.

[Nukem2]

Sometimes you have to look around some, for example if you just went to the MU scout board you wouldnt find this site... Different schools use different sites.

MU is unusual for BB with 3 active boards.

[warriorfan4life]

I actually think in some ways St John's may be a more uphill battle than DePaul. They were a tourney team, but lost most of that team and there seemed to be a lot of negatives even with the returning players. Neither school seems to have great support from administration, and at least at DePaul the expectations are low so any progress will be a positive. Mullin has clearly done better recruiting wise, but with Garrett, Henry, and Hamilton in place, Leitao has something to work with.

It will be very interesting to watch those two programs over the next 2-3 years.

That used to be true for St. John's, but they have heavily invested with this current staff (Slice reportedly making around 500K himself) and will give Mullin whatever support he needs. It will not be long before Johnnies run by the mom and pop shop on Belden and a lot of other conference mates (in 2-3 years, I envision regular top four being Nova, Georgetown, Marquette, and Johnnies).

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

We'll see if that support at SJU requires immediate results. Not sure they'll be patient if it's a rocky first two years.

[warriorfan4life]

We'll see if that support at SJU requires immediate results. Not sure they'll be patient if it's a rocky first two years.

Seeing that they decided to get rid of Lavin in the first place, I think they will understand that it will take some time to get St. John's towards the top of the conference. Slice's contract is also reportedly for the same six years as Mullin, so they have essentially tied long-term to their two most important coaches.