Cmon.
Virginia Tech went 19-13 (10-8) and had an RPI of 84.
Marquette went 20-13 (8-10) and had an RPI of about 100.
So let's not act like Buzz weaved some sort of magic this year. Virginia Tech had a marginally better season than Marquette did. And sure, Buzz is a better coach than Wojo. He should be. He has more experience.
As I've said before, next year we will have an experienced team, so we won't be able to use the inexperience tag with the group.
Seniors in Luke and JJ
4th year juniors in Wilson and Rowsey
5th year senior in Wally
Junior with experience in Sandy
Sophs Carter, Cheatham who have been starters
Only one frosh at this point in Hauser.
Did he really? Remember we are talking about turning around a program not one year.
Virginia Tech
Zach LeDay 15.1ppg - Junior - transferred in, sat out last year.
Seth Allen 14.6 ppg - Junior - transferred in, sat out last year.
Justin Bibbs 12.1 ppg - Sophomore
Chris Clarke 8.5 ppg - Freshman
Jalen Hudson 7.9 ppg - Sophomore
Justin Robinson 7.6 ppg - Freshman
Kerry Blackshear 6.1 ppg - Freshman
And two of his best in Hill and Outlaw were out all year.
Marquette
Henry Ellenson 17 ppg - Freshman
Luke Fischer 12.1 ppg - Junior
Haanif Cheatham 11.8 ppg - Freshman
Duane Wilson 11.6 ppg - RS Sophomore
Jujuan Johnson 10.2 ppg - Junior
Sandy Cohen 5.9 ppg - Sophomore
Tracy Carter 5.4 ppg - Freshman
Now you guys are telling me Buzz's players had more experience?
Viginia Tech - None of their top 7 players were there when Buzz arrived and none were top 100.
2 Juniors, 2 Sophomores, 3 Freshmen
Marquette - Two of their top 7 players were here when Wojo arrived, another was committed. One McDonald's AA and all others are top 100 players.
2 Juniors, 2 sophomores, 3 Freshmen
Last night they showed the graphic with Marquette as the 8th youngest team in nation, where was Va Tech on that list? Don't tell me Buzz had a "vastly more experienced team".
Also finishing 10-8 and in the top half of the ACC is more than 'marginally better' than finishing 8-10 in the bottom half of the Big East.
Last edited by Marquette; 03-11-2016 at 10:58 AM.
The ACC argument is meaningless because the schedule is unbalanced. They beat only 2 of the ranked teams in conference - VA and Miami both at home. Their wins were against some really average teams at best. Given that, could they have done well in a BE with a balanced schedule. I'd argue that they'd do no better than we did.
Fine we'll mark those two as seniors and bump Duane up to a junior.
Marquette still has 1 McD and 6 top 100 while Virginia Tech has zero and zero.