2022-23 West Coast Conference (WCC) Preview-Coast To Coast Hoops

Published Sep 4, 2022, 7:00 AM

Greg previews the West Coast Conference for the upcoming 2022-23 season by looking at the conference from a stylistic and betting standpoint, chats with Connor Hope of Heat Check CBB to do a deep dive on every roster in the conference, & Greg gives his projected order of finish for each team in the conference.

Podcast Highlights

3:10-Styles & Betting Trends of the West Coast Conference

18:04-Interview with Connor Hope to look at every roster in the WCC

54:15-Greg's projected order of conference finish in the WCC

A warmer from the low Welcome to love Me Las Vegas for Coast Coast Hoops with myself Guy Hoop Spears and now part of the Vista family of podcasts, and we've got a tremendous podcast for us. We've got another conference preview podcast today. We're looking at the w c C the West Coast Conference. So when we stay out in my neck of the woods out here on the West Coast and join me in the second segment to break down all these rosters, we have got one of our good friends, count Up. He does a great job over there and he checks CBB. He's also going to be a contributor for the College Basketball Almanac that's gonna be coming out. That's gonna be six hundred thousand words previewing the upcoming season. I know that he's looking a lot at mid majors that are out here on the West Coast for that. He's also a Gonzager guide what so we're gonna be running through all these rosters, getting his sauce on some of the player movement that we want up seeing this off season. So Connor is gonna be able to Paul shout up for us in the final segment, I'm gonna give you guys my projector or finish for the West Coast conference. This one, it's pretty much like the free space and picking who's going to be number one, because if you've got someone other than Gonzaga, that is going to be quite shocking. But that said, we're gonna be taking a look at who's gonna be two through ten with regards the conference as well. And then you're in the first segment, we're gonna be taking a look at styles of play, em betting, trends from the conference. And if you've got a question, comment, segment, idea, whatever you for this podcast. You do have one of two ways we all far those in. First one is my Twitter timeline at June underscore eighty one. Keep in mind letters maybe does not matter, so as per usual, please you send these into the timeline. And the other way it is fine an Apple podcast review. If you're read this podcast, fight Serves it is very much appreciated. From there, you're able find whatever you like here on this podcast. By that by serview says we're going back to back days of conference previews. We're gonna be polishing up the last seventy two hours of college basketball news and notes on the podcast tomorrow. So that's I've got the great Peter Said experience. I have no fear there is not going to be three straight conference previews in three straight days. I'm sure that there would not be a lot of people I'll be complaining, but it is going to be a case in which we're gonna be polishing up pretty much what we wanted seeing over the weekend on the podcast tomorrow. But now that the formalities are done, let's get down to it. Let's take a look at the West Coast Conference. Who want opposing the worst team it gets the spread at all of college basketball. We'll notice this as well. We'll get this out of the way. First. Bookmakers have been able to do a good job would be a gagis Gonzaga team. They were fifteen fifteen and two against the spread last season. There have been a few seasons of which they have been slightly profitable. There have been a few seasons in which they have not been profitable. I'll talk about the way to be able to extract money from them in a minute, but that's it. Pacific with for two and two against the spread last season, that's the worst mark I've ever seen for it against the spread team. Now, I've been doing this really since I wanted moving out to Las Vegas in two thousands seventeen. But I've went through the database and of teams to play at least ten games, because he used to have a case which like the Patriot League would get like three games up on the board, saying for like the Celtlan So we're throwing out a team that one like oh and three oh four against the spread, you need at least a ten game sample size. But of any team that played at least ten games against this freaday season, Pacific is the worst I've ever seen a Right, this was just cataclysmic. Now, many of you made know that Damon Sodobayer wanted leaving very much late in the off season to wind up taking a job as you want to go into the Boston Celtics. Boom boy. That was a complete nutter dump trunking. And if you take a look at Pacific over the last two seasons, because they were just wanted having such a mass vote lire, they're also the least profitable team in college basketball since the twenty season. I mean, there was no one even close to Pacific in terms of their lack of profitability last season, it was just a calamity. So yeah, that going on, and I did mention that there is a way to be able to extract a little bit of value from Gonzaga, and that way is take a look at their over since the two seasons. So this is a three year sample size. Gonzeg has been one of the best teams of the overaull of college basketball, and honestly, your best over teams at all of college basketball have not necessarily been teams that have been more out there in the wilderness smaller teams. A lot of big schools out there in the SEC do wind up cracking the top twenty five in terms of over right as South Carolina, Georgia, Vanderbilt, they're all in there, along to Alabama, who we all know. New Orleans is actually the top team in terms of overs over the last three seasons, playing sixty five percent their games that you over. But Gonzega last three season fifty seven overs to forty unders, So fifty eight point eight percent of Gonzegga games over the last three seasons have went over in Pacific because they probably no defense hoes. However, forty four over, thirty unders and two pushes in that time span. They have been one of your arrest seemously over in all of college basketball. And then you've also got Oregon State Duke who have been very profitable in terms of overs in Oregon actually has played sixty five percent there games to be over since we give of the two tousk of night teen season as well. But if you take a look at just last year and lions here alone, because as we know the WCC, it is full of a wide variety of styles, gonzegga year and a year out there gonna be at the top twenty five with the guards possessions per game shockshock, surprise, survise. They were in the top five last season in terms of two point shooting percentage in terms of points scored on a purpossession basis, they were able to do a tremendous job there. And I want a lot of people forget about Conzega is that because they do play so fast, they're actually typically in the top twenty terms points a lot on a per possession basis. Last year was a little bit of an outlier for Gonzega. They wanted playing eighteen hundreds of fourteen overs. Their numbers wanted getting skewed because they wind up having those first three games the conference in which they wanted putting up like north of under five and every one of them, so bookmakers had to wind up just putting those totals up. But Santa Clara was actually your best team in terms of the over in the WCC. Now they do wind up losing quite a few pieces from last year, but twenty one overs the twelve hundreds, this team was a machine when he came to the over, and you had four teams that wanted up having between fifty one and f and fifty one seven percent of their games go over. The turtle. San Francisco b y U. St. Mary's sefteen overs the sixteen unders a little bit uncharacteristic for St. Mary's. They were relatively solid on offense. San Diego. I wish this is gonna be a new look team. Fifteen overs through fourteen unders. Loyal and Merrimount. They want to play quite a few overs as well. For the longest time, they were a little bit more low and slow. Now that we've seen a little bit of a coaching regime change for them over the last few seasons they've been scoring a little bit more. They also not necessarily been playing a lot of defense either, And your best seem to be under was Pepper nine. They played fast, but they were just so inefficient with having a freshman backcourt, and they wanted playing thirteen overs to seventeen unders. So we did wind up seeing some interesting results there. And if you're looking at conference play and conference play only, you did wind up seeing Gonzaga play nine overs to seven overs in conference play. Santa Clair Loyal and Merrimount they both played twelve overse of five. Understand it was really a overconference, says when we want up having two teams Gonzaga and then also b Y, you play more understand overs in conference. You also did wind up having me point out a team a minute ago that was really good against the spread for you, and that would be the Pilots of Portland. They were one of the most interesting teams at all of college basketball, and that this was a squad that was really really bad a few years ago under Terry Porter. We're gonna be diving into that a little bit more in the second segment with our good friend Connor Hope. But this is a Portland's team that they want eleven and five against the spread in conference, Saint Clair twelve four and one against the spread in conference, and you just had that one outlier that wanted jacking up everyone else's record. Pacific they want one eleven and two against the spread in conference. That was the worst conference market all off college basketball. And I can't remember a team that wanted playing at least fourteen conference games only wind up getting one cover like this. I mean, it was just that deplorable for Pacific. They couldn't set the numbers high enough on them because they just kept stinking it up and stinking it up and stinking it up. B y U they were not too great towards back half of the season as well. They went six and eleven against the spread. Now they're just a team that they want a cratering towards back half of the season. Because you'll notice b y U was relatively saw it towards the front half of the season. They want nine and seven against the spread out a conference. Sometimes you'll just have it where you wind up having teams go straight down the toilet. Pol after a relatively saw it start to the season, and for the w C C in general, they didn't wind up struggling quite a bit out of conference. Your best team with St. Mary's ten and six against the spread out of conference. Portland also was nine and seven against the spread out of conference, but Pacific San Francisco, along San Diego, they all covered thirty seven a percent or less of their games out of conference. In Gonzega six and ten against the spread out of conference themselves, numbers were set a little bit too I and then a lot that was within their n C Double A tournament run which was not so stellar as well. So you don't wind up seeing the West Coast Conference because you did wind up having a couple of really good teams, and then there rest of the WCC not be so great, wind up getting a little bit overvalued as a result. I know the Connor is gonna be talking about that a little bit more in the second segment. And if you do take a look at all the conference wind up shaking out. You did wind up getting three teams into the n C Double A Tournament, which is a little bit rare for the WCC. Gonzega wind up losing a game, but I mean, here's something that we see every single year Gonzega winning the conference and one thirteen and one straight up in conference play. Same Mary, they were number two from there at twelve and three. At ten and five. You had sant Clair really put together an ice run towards back half the season. San Francisco they go ten and six straight up in Conference b YU they winded going nine and six in conference. Portland was your surprise. They went seven and seven in conference play under I believe it was four years of Terry Porter. They won seven conference games in his entire tenure. This was a massive light leap up for them, as nobody expected Portland to be there, and credit where credit is due. Shante Legans is gonna get its flowence in the second segment, but you wind up seeing San Diego go seven and nine within the conference. They underwent a little bit of a coaching change. Specific they went three and eleven in conference Leo Merrimont three and twelve, and shocker, Lorenzo Romart did wind up getting the job done. Pepper nine one and fifteen in conference seven and twenty five against the seven and twenty five. Overall, Martian could have coached as well as Lorenzo Romart did last season. It was not necessarily so great. And if you just take a look at the conference as a whole, I mentioned it, you've got or outliers when it comes to both offensive and defensive play. Because with gon Sega, they're a team that they really crank up the tempo. We all know what to expect their St. Mary's, they're a team that they're gonna play relatively slow. You know what to expect them. The surprize and this is just not going to continue the next season. Santa Clara and their efficiency in terms of points scored on a per possession basis, they were number forty four and all of college basketball. That was relatively impressive to see from them. St. Mary's was a team that over the right around seventy fifth last season. It's gonna be a little bit interesting to see what we winded getting out of San Francisco this season, because they do wind up losing Todd Golden in the all season. But they were fifty first in the country in terms of points scored on a per possession basis, and they were neither really a Blazer, and they weren't necessarily too slow either, typically by us a little bit more up tempo as well. And they wanted up being a very fascinating team just in terms of the temple that they wanted playing at because with b YU could tell that it wanted becoming Alex Barcel. I'm really not a whole lot else in terms of that. At court, they were a hundred and eleventh in terms of total possessions per game. San Diego was one of these lower teams and all of college basketball as while they were looking at as Zig while a lot of other teams were zagging at two hundred fifty first in the country in terms of possessions per game didn't work out. San Clair they were number fifty five in terms of total possessions per game. Mentioned with Gonzaga always a team as a relative Blazer, they were eleventh in the country in terms of total possessions per game, and they were able to do it. Just a terrific job in so many aspects of basketball. So shall be fascinating to see what happens they're in Portland. They were a team that, I mean, we're not going to call them the absolute speedis of speedy teams, but silk sixty sevens in terms of possessions per games. So you've got a lot of exciting basketball being played in this conference, and not just by Gonzaga as well. We're gonna be talking about that with their good friend Connor. In the second segment, we're gonna be taking a look at all these rosters. We're gonna take a look at what's all coming into the conference and what to expect now these teams a little bit more and do a little bit of a deep dive onto some of these coaches. That is up next right here ONCTAPS with my Selfep Spears and now part of the decent family of podcast. They don't seem premusic. Remember gets is now part of the Visa family of podcast. It is great to be joined bar. I guess that's counter Rope is doing a great job over there at He Checks CBB. I know that he used to do the Hope and Rolf podcast. They have now rebranded that into the Heat Checks CBB Hangout. They do a great job of just being able to give you some great college basketball insight there. He's gonna be doing some great work with sort of the collaboration that we're saying between Eat Check CBB. The gentleman over there at the three Man, we've a field of six eight in terms of the almanac as well, and I know that he's doing a lot of work when it comes to a lot of the West Coast teams in terms of that one end. This is a man that is a graduate of Gonzagas, so he knows a lot about the w c C. He has joined me for the West Coast Conference preview a few times, so always great to have him aboard as it is counter Hope we're about follow at hoops Hope, CBB all the gather and Connor. Always a pleasure, my friend. Thank you. Yeah, always a pleasure to come on talk some w c C hoops, especially since I am not covering the w c C for the Almon. Nice to get the juices flowing. I'm looking forward at the w c C. Yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun, as I know that you're doing a lot more when it comes to Big West as well, which is another great conference out here on the West Coast. But I feel like we wind up asking this every single time we wind up doing the w c C preview. It's not whether or not Gonzega is going to wind up winning the conference. And if you've got someone else winning the conference. You just let me know, and I am more than happy to pivot. But I feel like it terms of your conference champions, Bingo, the free space is always Gonzega. The question with Gonzega is where are they going to be in the national landscape, whether they're going to be one, two or three. With them going up against North Carolina at Houston for the top three spots, with quite a bit returning, including Drew Timmy, they wind up being able to bring back Julie straw Th, They pick up Afton Read in the transfer portal. Malik I. Smith, this just looks like a loaded team once again. Absolutely, it's not about whether or not Gonzaga wins the w c C. It's about whether they go undefeated and whether they win the auto bit. I mean, those have been the two questions, with a few exceptions here and there for some strong St. Mary's teams for the better part of the last what decade and a half two decades, looks very strong. I have a handful of kind of breakout potential players, but just a really strong core returning for this team that I think propels them into that. You know, I wouldn't go as far as to say that they're the most talented or the favorite to win the national championship, but there's certainly second or third. Yep, no question about it. Is a case of which I do think that Gonzega is going to be one of the top teams. But it's all said it down in terms of right things. Right now, I've got Conzega number two nationally and no doubt I've got them number one in terms of the w c C. But another team that is generating a lot of buzz right now the wcc AD that finished shorts about him the conference last season, that'd be San Diego. It was not a great year for them, but in the off season they wanted up priering on Steve Lavan, obviously a big name, and now they've got Jaden layer Wise coming in. He was a double figure score when he was at Stanford, and and it's a San Diego team that in general, they've been able to do a good job and be able to build up some buzz this offseason. They brought in some nice pieces. Many forget that many years ago, I believe it was as a thirteen seat they were able to win a game in the n C Double A tournament against Yukon. I don't know if they're gonna be doing quite that eight year number one, but would you wind up having Jilair when you wind up bringing in something like an Eric Williams Jr. Very good place to be able to rebuild. Yeah. I mean I've been on your show a couple of times over the off season. You started, I feel like to see my development from Lavin was a pure marketing move to Lavin's actually building something down there. You mentioned Williams and de Laire, but they also bring in sco Jara from Weeper State, who I think could be a potential starter and really be a good three point shooting option for them. They bring back Jason Townsend, who was a double digit score. Between him and Jawara, they have a really good tandem to play, you know, the two guard spots. They also have Marcellis Arlington, who didn't get a lot of buzz last year, but he was a thirteen point per game guy seven rebounds. Again, another not great but solid three point shooter. This San Diego team, you know, might not even be a team that I would put in my top four in the w c C, but they're a team I feel like that could certainly play spoiler um and one of those teams that when you're looking at a team that can shoot its way out of a game against a Gonzago or St. Mary's, San Diego is one of those rosters that I feel I can do it. Yeah, it's gonna be so interesting to take a look at this new book San Diego team, as we don't see what liv and slice here at St. John's. Was it necessarily a three point oriented team, but the way they have built themselves up, I do think that this is gonna be a team that's gonna be able to hurt you from the outside. It's shown to be on the podcast we do have Connor Rope does a great job over there at Heat Chick CBB, and I do think that it's gonna be interesting to take a look at Santa Clarir for this upcoming season because with Santa Clara, it is a little bit of a different roster than we wound up seeing last season because the last season they were very shall we say hi actane offense, left a little bit of something to be desired on defense, but it was all about Jalen Williams last season in fact that he put up eighteen points for that forwards for us says he is out the fold for the team. So it's a little bit of a passing of the torch for the seam. Now, Carlos Stewart actually wanted showing some nice flashes as a freshman. I do like when he was able to bring to the table. But while I do think that San Diego winds up being able to ascend and Carglos Marshall Jr. It's gonna be able to keep Santa Clair irrelevant, I do think that this is a team that they might have taken a step back from this past season. Yeah. Absolutely, I mean people are going to talk about Jalen Williams until their faces turned blue. Don't forget Yasaph Frank came into the season presumed to be the top option for Santa Clara last year, didn't play the full season, only played twenty five of I think thirty one games that they played, but fifteen and a half points per game, you know, six rebounds, three assists at the four or five spot. DJ Pipes another guy. They also lose twelve points per game three assists, so they're losing a very strong core. That doesn't mean that the coverage are bare, though they still got Keyshon Justice, who you know, after last year, I'm comfortable putting him in the conversation for first team All w c C and pretty strongly there. So you know, he played thirty four minutes a game last year, thirteen points per game behind, you know, second leading scorer behind Williams and three point shooter, really good rebounder, can play a bit of that point forward role, very good defender. You know, when you're building around him, you can afford for guys like Parker Brown and Jadame Betty Aco, Carlos Marshall, Jordan Williams, Carlos Stewart, some of the other guys to to maybe not live up to what you're expecting from them and still be a team that can compete in the middle of the w c C. I'd probably put them in the bottom half, but they've certainly got talent at a couple of spots where they might just win enough games to finish in that top five. I just don't think that this team it was gonna be able to do quite what they were able to last season. I still think that Saint Mary's top half of the conference team and we see it every single year from Randy Bennett. He pulls a bunch of guys that they did not wind up playing a lot the past season. They stay in the system, they wind up being able to develop, but you wind up losing Matheists a long time, a coouzy from last season, your top two scores. That is going to wind up putting this team buying the eight ball quite a bit. Now they do return Logan Johnson. I think that that's big for them. They bring in Mason Forbes, who's gonna be coming in from Harvard n six ft nine frames so could be able to give this team some solid minutes At Alex dou Sauce, He's someone that is relatively worse of all that I think is gonna be solid as well. But you lose your top two scores or ts in the top twenty five LAS season. There are a couple of blue guys as well, like a Dan Photo that they have to move on from as Bo and I do think that while Saint Mary's such a great job, just with the yuards of the system in general, I still think that this is a TENA is greing to be very solid out you're in the WCC. I just don't think that they're gonna have the same success that they wanted having by a season. Yeah, I mean i'd still because they have Randy Bennett at the home probably put them number two and you're probably pretty safe in the w c C. Logan Johnson can play either guard spot. It will be interesting to see who Randy Bennett plays at the point guard spot, whether they put the ball in Logan Johnson's hands more now that Tommy Couzy is gone, or whether they lean a little bit more on their freshman Aid and Haney, who comes in with a lot of hype behind him. You mentioned Alex ducause. I think he's that second guy in St. Mary's who can be a first team All w c C caliber player, very great shooter um and made some really tough shots for them last year. Where they might seem weaker is in the front court. You bring in Mason Forbes from Harvard, you return Kyle Bowen, Mitchell Saxon. Not a trio that jumps off the page at you. But if there's one thing I've learned from Randy Bennett, you know he's gonna put his bigs in a good spot to succeed. Right He's gonna lean on that backcourt and that those wings. But he's going to put his bigs in a spot where they could just be eight to ten point per game guys. But as long as they're rebounding and contesting shots, that's all Bennett's gonna be asking of them. Yep. It is such a great system with St. Mary's. They always play slow, they always play solid defense. This is a team that, no question, even though I don't think that they're gonna be quite the top twenty five team that they were last season, I still think that there is going to be some very solid ball being played down there. As you're going to be on the podcast. We do have our good friend counter Ope does a great job over there at e check CBB and I take a look at the San Francisco team. They might be the most fascinating team not named Gonzaga in the conference. Because they do wind up losing TOG Golden in the off season, they do wind up losing their top score Gabari POI. But I mean, ever since Saw Golden left, I think all the moves that have been made by this program, I've actually been very good. I'm feeling very good about this coaching regime in general Chris girl Fulson. Hopefully I said that correctly. I'm sure that I did not, so I do apologize, but he's had a great job. I'll be able to assemble this roster. They bring in Marcus Williams, who was a little bit of bust Rooney by a season at Trik says A and M. But you take a look at what he did at Wyoming two years ago. He was absolutely tremendous. You wind up bringing in Tyrone Ghost Roberts, a former detO oh American Tony Rosach. He winds coming in from UC San Diego. He's a very good score for the team as well. Julianne Roushwayne he is gonna be coming back for this bunch. And they got Khalil Sheheffaz to be able to commit for another year after he wanted being the number two score for this team last season. Now you saw with you on Missalski on the fold they wanted struggling when he was out a little bit, and he's not gonna be coming back by do take a look at the San Francisco team, and I think they have done an absolutely amazing job. I'll be able to piece mail things together from what is very tough situation of losing Tod Golden. Yeah, I mean you lose Booya, Massolsky, Stefanini and then you can throw Cape in there. That is a very tough group to lose. You lose two very good guards in Stefanini and Boyer, two very good bigs in Massolsky and Tape. But you know what they bring in to, you know, backfill that, right, You still got Shabaz and rish Wayne in that backcourt trio, but you bring in Tyrold Roberts out of Washington State, solid three point shooter, doesn't necessarily fill everything that Booyer did, but a very good, if under size, very experienced guard um along with Marcus Williams. I think that backcourt core is going to be pretty good. It's that front court though, that I think is might even be taking a step forward, even though Missolski is gone. Right, Tony Rochak fantastic for you see San Diego last year, and you see San Diego is very good at putting their players into positions where they can succeed. But so so has over the last five to ten years. Sanford's Disco has been very good at putting players in positions where they can succeed. Um you return Josh Chunan, who I think could take another step forward this year. Zane Meeks, if he can deliver on the promise he showed when he was a younger player with Nevada, I think Zane Meeks could break out. I think that there is something in Meeks that could just make that statement. But what really intrigues me with the San Francisco roster is that they've got Sava Digibaria and they returned Markovitski. Both of them stand over seven foot, so you're talking about you know, at any point in time, this team could have a seven foot or manning the paint. Digit Area obviously came from Georgia Tech, so he's practiced in an A C C roster. I love this team. I think if Girl of Sink can continue and maintain that success that Kyle Smith and Todd Golden had before him, San Francisco I'd Chinleague put four, but they're a team that could definitely challenge for three or two given the roster that they have, and when it comes to this team, I do feel like they might need to wind up picking up a little bit of a new identity, and I'm talking about B y U because with B y U, Alex Barcel was, I mean, perhaps the greatest just pure shooter that we've ever seen in the w c C, a guy that in his WCC career shot over forty five percent for three point range. He and t John Lucas, they're both gonna be out the full from last season. Seneca Night is out out there in the Missouri Valley Conference that Caleb owners out the fold. Now they do replace them with a guy in six ft eleven, Noah Waterman that's able to shoot three, so that is great to be big for them. Jackson Robinson is going to be coming in from Arkansas. They do wind up bringing it back guys like Fusani Tramp Company, But I do feel like this is a backward as a little bit weak, and I do think that a versatile guy that I really liked. Hopefully they wind up giving him a couple of minutes because he's someone that last year I felt like he had some flashes of brilliance. And this is an interesting name, a Tiki Ali Tiki. I think that he could be able to develop a little bit For B y U. I think that there's some good things in the post. Whenever Giddey and George was out there, he was able to do a solid job as well. But I do think look this b y U backcourt, and that is a big question mark for me. Yeah, I mean the one thing that and this might be a little bit of a bold take, I think Rudy Williams is going to do fantastic things for b y U. Comes in from Coastal Carolina, can play the primary point, really likes to distribute the ball, solid rebounder, finishes at the rim at a high rate, shoots the three at nearly forty cent. He's not Alex Barcello, no one is. But what I think he can do is I think he can manage the offense, perhaps even a little bit better, given that the ball doesn't have to stick in his hands at all times. Spencer Johnson is a solid three point shooter that I think they're going to lean on as another Both of both him and Williams are redshirt seniors. That's probably you're starting backcourt. Trevin Nell another thirty seven thirty six percent from three a senior the backcourt, and you mentioned Jackson Robinson. The backcourt doesn't jump off the paper, But it's very experienced and it is solid enough that I feel like if they utilize spacing and ball movement to their advantage, it could be very good front court. You know you've got getting George. I think HUSSAINI treor A is going to be one of those players again that breaks out. He's probably the best bet on b y U to be an All Conference first team type player. But you mentioned a tiki. You mentioned Noah Waterman Hunter Ericson. I think it could get some more minutes uh than he had last year. You know, a very solid kind of group of experienced guys. I say experienced, I also mean old. You know, even their freshman and sophomores to tend to be older. So just body types and everything like that. It's it's a tough team to beat, but I feel like they won't get off to the same kind of rough middle of the season that B y you did last year. Yep, I don't think that we're staring at the b y U team that a few years ago they were contending in the top twenty five and going to the n C Double A Tournament. But to your point, I do think that the post play is relatively solid, and I do agree that Rudy Williams. I think it's gonna be able to do a tremendous job. I questioned the guys around Rudy Williams, but I think that Rudy Williams is going to be in for a very good year and well. A man that I have always questioned, whether it be at this current school or back when he was at Washington, that'd be Lorenzo Romars Pepperdine. They wanted winning one game in conference last season. Now you expected it to be a little bit of a rough run. And I will say one of the more under rated recruits in the country is Javon Porter. Yes, he comes from that Porter family tree, all those gentlemen that come from the great state of Missouri. As right now, he's got his brother over there on the Denver Nuggets. But javan Porter, I think you'd come in he could be able to have some relatively solid production right away. I take a look at Hunter Mallet, and as the season wanted going along, he was doing a better job out there in the back court as well. So I do think that peppered eye has a way to go up. I don't think that this is going to be another one win team out there in the conference. But with that said, I do want to taking a look at this team, and I do think that this seam winds blacking a little bit of firepower. And on top of that, I think that we're both in agreement. This seam was preaty deplorable on defense, ranking three and thirty six of the country and opponent's stup white shooting percentage. Yeah, I mean, Houston Millette is probably my guilty pleasure pick to be a breakout as much as a thirteen point per game guy can be a breakout player. He just seems to have that killer instinct and he showed it towards the end of last year. Remember last year was a heavily, heavily heavily freshman late in roster. You know you're likely to see four sophomore starting again this for sophomores now starting this year, Carson Basham, Maxwell Lewis, Mike Mitchell's Houston Millette. If they can take that step that freshmen, the sophomore step that you tend to associate with that off season where you get the full off season with a D one roster, I think I think it will pay dividends. Do I think they're a top half team in the WCC. No. Do I think that their defense is going to take strides like it needs to to be competitive with romart Has head coach. Probably not. But this is a team I think is going to put up, especially against the middle of the WCC and the bottom of the WCC, a lot of points, especially from that backcourt trio of Mitchell, Millette and Lewis. I do think that we're gonna see a lot of scoring for Pepperdine. Give my boint a little bit earlier. I think that they're gonna be giving up a lot of points as well. So for those of you guys are looking for some excitement as by scoring games Pepperdine, that might be right up your alley, especially when they playing against Gonzega. That might be a game which both teams wind up exceeding seventy five, and Gonzega they might be able to get up to a hundred all by themselves. That this is a school in the WCC that the last few years we've been thinking, Man, this team might wanted Daggin since rides forward and come up snake guys recently. But then I mean Loyal Merrimouth. This team has been a little bit of a disappointment, but I still think a look at the roster and I like the pieces. Kelly layou Pape is a six and six good combo player and I think he has some upside. They're bringing Michael Grahamy double figures score right elon last season. Cam Shelton was a statye stuffer at Northern Arizona that got better as a season one going along Coawayne Marble and someone is able to shoot the three. But speaking of being able to shoot the three, losing Joe Ketana was legitimately one of the best sharp shooters in all of college basketball. Lines parting them, I got an alert that Eli Scott has finally run out of his like twenty seven years of college eligibility as well. He was at Loyal Merrimount for forever. They bring in Justin Errands from Ohio State Health. A little bit of a question mark there, and I do take a look at Loyal and Merriman once again, I think that they've got some solid talent, they just have not been able put it together to this point. Under the regime of San Johnson. You need to throw last year away a little bit for Loyal and their amount um obviously not to the degree of the year before, but last year they just had a lot of bad luck in terms of Hell's, in terms of COVID, in terms of scheduling, in terms of everything, like, it was just tough for Loyal and their Amount. The year before obviously was the infamous Loyal and Mayor Amount finishing i think third in the conference standings and win lost percentage, but then getting the fifth or succeeed in the tournament because of how the WCC was managing their seeding that season, specifically because of COVID and the games that were missed. I like Loyal and Mayor Amount to take a pretty sizeable step forward, especially after finishing nine last season. Eli Scott. I'm never going to say losing Elie Scott is an addition by subtraction, because that's just not true. But there were times, especially last year, where the ball sort of stuck in Scott's hands and prevented them from running true offenses around him. Jalen Anderson I love I love him as a player. I think he can be a very good point guard for them, work alongside you know, Demean Douglas and La Pepe. You know, it's a pretty solid core. They bring in some some pretty good pieces though they bring it. You mentioned justin Arians. I know health is an issue, but if he can stay healthy, having his experience as a not insignificant contributor to Ohio State, Noah tates A is a not insignificant contributor to Stanford. And then Rick Sanza, who again was a very very very deep death piece for Oklahoma but has experienced practicing on a big twelve roster as a seven ft one center. You know, all three of those guys likely to come off the bench. That gives them a very strong second unit that you don't find a lot of places in the WCC, especially if they can stay healthy. Yep, and health was something that wanted pupping out this team, as we wanted seeing them completely surge up the standings last season. As you're to me on the podcast, we do have counter hope of he check CBB. How about what Portland was able to do. And this was a team that they were in the middle of the conference last season after I and they just wanted doing absolutely nothing whatsoever under the regime of Terry Porter. I remember being in Portland. When Terry Porter was announced that he was getting hired, a lot of people were very very excited about it, and they wounded up just going straight down the toilet place. They had one winning conference the previous three seasons combined, and they got seven. Last year they got seven times more the conference wins. Then they had the previous three seasons combined under Terry Porter, which I still think is wild. Terry Porter, by the way, won seven conference games in his entire tenure at Portland. I think the question is whether or not they can duplicate the sex success, and I take a look at it. They bring back Tyler Robertson. He wanted putting up four and apacist six after boards fifteen points per contest. Moses Wood is six ft eight that's able to shoot threes. They wanted to bring in something like a boucase and message he was at made. He's a guy that is able to put in there some nice production as well. The team has done an absolutely amazing job of bable with the transfer Portld. They retain a lot of the pieces from last here a relatively balanced team. Joy St Pierre is gonna be able to help them out a little bit downlow as well, and old in the apple White is someone that's a little bit of an upside guy as well, coming in from Mississippi State. I absolutely love what John J. Blegans has done over here in Portland. And well, I don't think Portland is gonna be necessarily like an NC Double A tournament team this season. I don't think whys here by any means was a fluke. Now Portland is my pit to be this year's Santa Clara. They don't lose anybody significant. They bring back like Meadows, they bring back Robertson and Duca Wood Sojoland, like they bring back their starting core, Jack Perry at Shooter. You mentioned St. Pierre really really efficient. Score in the paint is a good ad, you know, Aldan apple White. I like the transfers when even if they didn't play a ton of minutes at the high major level, you see a lot of the guys who transferred down and granted the SEC where Alden apple White played from Mississippi State and the w CC isn't a huge step down as compared to you know, if he had gone to Bryant the way that Peter Kiss did. But so step down enough where I feel like it could open up a lot of space for him to be a little bit better and get a few more minutes. And then they bring in Wyatt Lowell, and again health plays a huge factor in this. But he was whack Freshman of the year, got a got a lot of love when he went to b y U. Health was not his friend at b y U. But you know, after some time at Snow College, you know, I think Wyatt Lowell has the right skill set to be a factor in the w c C. This Sortland team can run what ten deep and I wouldn't really blink and eye. They've got talent all over, and they've got an excellent head coach who I think is setting himself up well to be kind of one of those coaches that stays at Portland for two to three years, maybe four, and then jumps to a bigger job because Portland's never going to be competing for n ci A tournament appearances. But it is a good place to kind of grind your gears, get the experience, get the notoriety as a head coach, and I think Legans is doing a perfect job of just that. And I have saved this team for last and I totally agree with you. I think in Portland and for another good year, I think that Chante Legans is doing amazing work. But if I'm able to give you any piece of gambling of ice here, hopefully it didn't wind up making Pacific in any game last season. They went four twenty two and two against the spread. That, as far as I can see, is like the worst cover right we have seen in college basketball over the last decade. It was a bad situation. Leonard Perry had to wind up picking up the pieces midsummer because David saddle Meyer he wanted getting a job over there with the Boston Celtics, so he wanted to having to leave midstream. He sort of had a roster of guys at some of them it didn't feel like they nest really wanted to be there, so that want to parting them, and now they do wind up having to start over. A new Donovan Williams, I think is really gonna be able to help this team about. He was a pretty stylid player over there at Oklahoma State. Jordan Ivy curious a double figure score coming in from U T s A no doubt you don't wind up bringing back a ton of guys from last season. But you can tell that obviously the Oklahoma state ties are very high with this team. They bring in Judson Martindale who is able to put up some relatively solid numbers that holy Cross, and I mean, I take a look at the overall transfers and there's some talent here. I think the big question is the chemistry, just because things last season were so jumbled, and I think that that's still gonna be that way this season because there was still a lot of movement this offseason with the team as well. Yeah, I mean it was tough. It It didn't look like Perry was quite able to get his hands on, you know, just what type of identity he wanted this team to run with, right under Statomy or Pacific was just that hard nosed, try hard team. Again last year they veered a little bit away from, but not terribly far away from kind of everybody plays that everybody plays mantra that stott a Meyer had where the players that were playing well, the players that were trying the hardest in any giving game were the ones that were given the minutes and it worked out for stot a Meyer. And I think that Perry is trying to to find his coaching mantra as well. I have them finishing last in the w c C. I think when you lose guys like Jeremiah Bailey, Pierre croc Roll, Alfonso Anderson, it's just tough. Like croc Roll wasn't gonna light up the scoreboard, but he was one of the better assist guys in the conference last year. But they bring in some solid pieces. They bring in Ivy Curry, Jordan Ivy Curry out of ut UH San Antonio, Kaitlin Boone from Oklahoma State, Tyler Beard from Georgetown, Donovan Williams from Oklahoma State, so they have some pretty solid players. I questioned this team's ability to put it together cohesively on offense, which was a huge issue from them last year. I questioned this teams that hility to shoot consistently from three, which has really always been an issue for Pacific the last couple of years. This isn't a team. I feel like it's gonna get pushed over as a last place team in the way that you traditionally think of last place teams because it's still has some of that flavor in Perry of that Statomeyer era, but none of the players are still there. You're looking at the first real season in which Perry is coaching his team as opposed to a team that's a combination of both, which I feel like just wasn't working for anybody last year. Yeah, but I think there were locks up there. We do have some talent here with Pacific end I would say in terms of the sheer talent and talent alone, Pacific is far from the worst team in the conference. But being able to have that messed together, just the whole situation General's run. David Sotomayer leaving was pretty much mid stream last offseason. That winds up putting your program behind the April. But a man that always puts his podcast above the eight ball whatever he joins us. W Connor, you do absolutely amazing work over with our d check CBB. I mentioned it before. You're gonna be doing some great work with a lot of college basketball previews of your own over there at the Almanac, which I know that you're very hard at work at. 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Nowadays that time the podcast they do give you my projector or finish for the WCC once again. Because I'm doing a conference preview today and I did one yesterday. We're gonna do the past seventy two hours of college basketball news and notes on the podcast tomorrow and let's dive in with Dead Last. And this should not come as much of a surprise. We're gonna be going Pepperdine. They wanted going one and fifteen within the conference last season. I will say they probably played a little bit better than their record would indicate, but you didn't take a look at it. This is still a relatively young team. They didn't wind up losing a whole plot for my last season. They've still got he said, a lot who was able to give the team thirteen and ap points per contest, and he was able to come on towards back half of the season. For him, it was a case of which he wanted up being just a very inefficient shooter towards beginning part of the season, and take a look at what he was able to do and more towards a month of February. In the month of February he shot forty two percent three in January was more around a thirty some percent three point shooters, So he was able to do a little bit more towards back half of the season. Credit where credit is due on that front. He was a w C C all freshman. You're gonna need to get a little bit more out low on on this team, as they wanted having one guy and Keith Fisher that wanted giving them more than five point one rebounds per game. That is not necessarily too tremendous, and he is now the Folds and someone who's six ft nine, he's got a little bit of versatility thirteen and air points per contest. They do wind up being able to return him, but this is not a team that they really added a lot via the transfer portal either, so that wine is up hurting them quite a bit. Someone like um leak more some on that I think they're going to be relying upon. It was a relatively good prospect that Wind's coming into the school, but I did take a look at unless if you wind up getting someone like a Bubba car a lobby who winds coming in from USC has a good frame, but not really someone who had a lot of production. I do think that it's gonna be a relatively blong season for them, dead last of my projective finish. I'm going with the Waves of Pepper Dye and number nine I'm gonna be going with Pacific. Now with Pacific, they've done a great job, will be able to add some nice pieces via the transfer portals. So I do think that things are gonna be looking upward for them a little bit, just because last year they wind up having Murphy's Law wind up hitting them. There's just nothing that you could do when you wind up having David Sidomyer wind up leaving the program one he did wind up doing so, and they do wind up returning book and Dolvich, someone who wanted coming in from Northern Arizona a couple of years ago, a six ft five gentlemen. That first career has always been right around about three point shooters, so it does a great job on that front. They do wind up losing Alfonso Anderson along with Jeremiah Bailey. These were the top two scores from the Team I season, but Jordan and Ivy Curry, you wanted averaging right around four team points per contest, a guy that sometimes he winds up shooting a little bit too much. They're gonna need a little bit more facilitation because Peter Cockerell is out the full but someone that you're able to build around. Tyler Beard is someone that did not wind up playing a lot last season. He comes in from George shown relatively highly touted guys, so that should be able to help out a little bit more with the facilitation. You've got someone in Donovan Williams who winds coming in from Oklahoma State as well. You really didn't wind up playing a ton last season over there at Oklahoma State, but a relatively highly touted guy, a four star recruit by ESPN Rivals. I know that seven sports head Umbrella will be highly rated as well, so he's got a lot of talent. Six or five little bit of a combo player that should be able to help this team out. Culan Boone is someone that wanted up having some nice production over there at Oklahoma State as well. He's gonna be able to add something download During the two thousand and twenty one season when the team didn't wind making the n C Double A tournament. He was able to do a relatively saw a job, as he was able to put up a little bit over four rebounds per games. So I do think that this is a bunch that they've got a little bit of upside, A clean bill of help for Greg Outlaw, who wanted missing right around half the season last year. That'll be able to help them out as well. Specific needs to find a little bit of identity. But that's that they do want to bringing in some nice talent via the transfer portals. So I'm going to buy in on them not being dead last in the conference. I've got them number nine in terms of my projector of fish at number eight, I'm gonna be going with the Mount. I'm gonna be going for Loyola Marymount. I do think that to the point of Conrope, it is very true that because you do wind up having Mr Doo at all, wind up having the ball so much in Elia Scott, it did turn into a case in which it just wanted to be coming all about him. And now that guys like a Cameron Shelton, Kelly Leu Pape and company are gonna be able to flourish a little bit more. It's gonna be able to help them out. No question, you do wind up losing a lot. With Eli Scott seventeen and a half points, six half boards, three assists for contest, Guy shut eighteen percent from three last season. Now, I think, honestly the bigger losses yoke Kana was one of the best sharp tutors sent off college basketball. Shot forty three percent for three and I need to an a percent to free the line. Third team points three boards per contest. He would solve a Kelly Leo pays a six of six combo player shot thirty seven a per separate distance. We'll give you five board sign points per contest. Tomain Douglas also was limited to thirteen games last season. I do think that that was part of the reason why this is a bunch I wanted struggling as well. So this is a guy that he does a very solid job of being able to help out this team. In general, the team wanted going seven and six when Douglas was in the fold, and without Douglas in the fold, the team wanted winning four games in lost twelve. So that shows you right there just what sort of an impact he winds up having with Loyal or Merrimount. It's not a team that is necessarily bringing in the world's greatest transfers. Of what Michael Graham is someone that wanted putting in their double figures values that Elon justin Aaron's is a nice little by low guy, as he wanted shooting right around three nine percent for three throughout his career at Ohio State. Problem is he could just never wind up saying out there on the floor. He could just never wind up finding that set role for from someone that you can expect to be a relatively solid score here at the WCC level. I don't know if he's quite going to be a replacement for Joe Ketana, but if he's able to say healthy, he's a guy that can average right on tim points per contest. I also do think that bringing back come on Marble is gonna be able to help them out as well as Marble season, he had a disciplining season, he only wanted putting up five points per contest. If he can recapture that form they add at Wyoming, where he was able to give the team right around nine and a half points, four boards and a steel per game. That is really gonna be all help them out. I do think that there are some self pieces that this team as added the transfer portal, including Cameron Shelton for two years ago. Shelton can sort of be the Eli Scott sort of player, because anyone in there in Arizona two years ago nineteen points per contest, shot thirty five percent from three big question is what sort of an identity does this seem going to have, understand Johnson, they just have not been able to find their footing. They probably aren't gonna be dominant downloads, so they're gonna need to rely upon three point shooting in reliance upon the health of Justin Aaron. So I've got this loyal Merrimount team number eight in terms of my projector or finished and number seven. Now things wind up getting a little bit more murky, but I'm gonna find up going with Santa Clara. Santa Clara, it's just gutted from last season. They are going to be able to return something like a Parker Brown, who was able to give the team seven points five rebounds per contest from three point range. You can expect a little bit of something out of him. He was able to shoot right around thirty four from three point range. Boat. Let's call it what it is. They do wind up losing from last year. Jayleen Williams, who was Mr doing all eighteen points four and a half boards for us at one point to seals per contest. You shot nearly forty percent from three. This is the Santa Clarir team that I do think. It's well Coach Herb Sandeck. It took him a little bit of a while to be able to get things going for the team, but now they've been able to cook with a little bit of gas, so this is gonna be able to up them out quite a bit moving forward. But you do wind up losing yourself. But Kitchen as well and Mr Van Kitchen was able to get the team fifteen and half points per contest. He was able to pour in their five and a half boards. Keyshawn Justice was very good Dalmill for the team as well. So they do wind up having to replace quite a fit from last season. I believe that p J. Pipe should be back in the fuld after he wanted giving them twelve points per contest. Carl those Steward as a freshman that you're able to work around right around five and a half points per contests, and with Stewart he said to shoot right around thirty six percent for three. This was a team that really, outside of Keyshaw on Justice last here, nobody really shot above thirty nine percent for three part range. But nobody really shot although thirty four percent for three. It was just very steady Eddie for this team. So I do like that about Saint Clara. But with Santa Clara, this is not a team that's necessarily bringing in a bunch of five Starkers. This is not a team that's necessarily brought in a lot by the transfer portal. Other than Carlos Marshall Jr. They bring in Brandon Pulls a messky. He is a little bit of an upside guy. He wins coming in from Illinois. I just don't really expect a lot out of him, because I know that there were quite a few people that were high on him a few seasons ago, but it's never really been able to paying out Carlos Marshall Jr. I do think that he's gonna be able to do a relatively solid job with the team. A double figure score at Tennessee State, a guy that had six foot six is able to bury some threes. Has always had a couple of free throw shooting es. But with that said, I do think that Saint Clair they're gonna wind up taking a little bit of a step back from last season, just because they do whine up losing the heart and soul of the team from last season. So I've got them number seven in terms of my projector or finished, and number six I'm gonna be going with Sun Diago as you've got Steve Laviano. I just am a little bit put off by the fact that you did wind up canning a lot of the gentlemen that were holdovers from the old regime that helped him get the roster and get a lot of the scheduling done that they did. But you do take a look at this roster and there is a lot to be able to build around. They do wind up losing a few big pieces from last season, but they do wind up being able to retain Jay's Townsend, and then they wind up adding in there a pair of double figure scores from the pack twelve from last season, as you wind up having towns of last year and be able to give you right around eleven and hal points for contest from three point range, Shan the neighbored about thirty. Marselius Arlington it's just it's headsheet suffered thirteen points six half boards shot right around thirty from three prit range. Now, last season, Arle Brown was really the guy that was able to do it down low for this team. He is now the full But when you wind up bringing in a pair of guys that they wind of having the production that they do at the pack twelve level, that is absolutely massivest. They bring in Jaden to layer, someone who's able to give you a right around ten points per contest two seasons ago, that is absolutely massive for them. I know I was sucking up quite a bit. Eric Williams Jr. As well. He had a little bit of a downer last season as he was only averaging right around eight app points per contest, but a little bit of a six and six combo player had a relatively solid career while it was that Ducane and I didn't think that he's gonna be able to come in and he's gonna be able to do some very good things for the scene. But a guy that was mentioned by a count rope and a guy that I really like, that mean we were safe transfer sequel Seeshoe Arra line series wanted Avening right around twelve points per contest. He's familiar with the conference because he actually began his career at the Mount with Loyal or Marrimount Live season shop forty two and a percent from three point range chipped in there one point two sales per contest. Six foot three, relatively good size for a guard. Two time All Big Sky performer that is big and don't sleep on Nick Lynch who comes him from the Patriot Like this guy stands six fointal eleven. He's capable of being able to bury some threes, as you took about two threes for t a City shot forty five point nine per cent from three point range, nine and a points four and aft boards. You can use a little bit more rebounding out of them because they are gonna be without many of their post pieces from last season. But this is a San Diego team that they've got some upside. I gotta take a little bit of time for them. Gell Steve Liavan has not been on the sidelines in quite a while, so probably gonna take him a little bit to be able to get down exactly what college basketball and the twenty three season is like, but that said, you've got some talent on this roster. I do think that San Diego gonna be a team that contends for twenty plus wins. So I do have San Diego in my projector or finished here and number six and number five, I'm gonna be going with b y U with me y U. I think that losing Alex Barcel along t John Lucas is just absolutely massive. These two guys want to command for twenty seven points per contents Parcels that b y U shot right around forty five pp for three point range. Now they bring back Fusani Traier eight and half reebounds per game. That is big kill Loner Winds going to the Big twelve after he was a relatively versatile guy with seven points six afreebounds per game. I do like Giddy and George fact that he's able to give you eight points five boards. He's a little bit of capable three point shooter as well. He was able to bury right in the neighbor about thirty five of his threes. And to the point that contra op Wanda bringing up Rudy Williams coming into this program that is absolutely massive for this team. As Rudy Williams last season for Coast Carolina, as he actually began his career at Kansas State, he was able to do a good job pumping in their fourteen and ap points per game, three point two assists, four and a half rebounds, shot forty four point seven percepro three point range. So you certainly do have quite a bit of something to work on. And with regards to this B y U team, this is a bunch that they just do a great job, will be able to bring in. These guys are out of sight, out of mind. I don't know if they've got any guys that were on mission trips, but you always find out where there's like one guy that's been away from the country for like three years. He comes in and all of a sudden he's lighting it up with double figures. I don't know how that winds it working, but they always do a great job there. And then Noah Waterman is gonna be one of the most stretchable players in the conferences. Last season when was that Detroit, he wanted to give him the team eight points per contest, shot thirty seven per cent from three at six ft eleven and two seasons ago. I believe that you let all college basketball players that qualified in three point jointing percente fifty two point per cent for three twelve points per contest. This is the guy that had six ft eleven is gonna be able to lend some very good versatility. Now I do have my question marks when it comes to Jackson Robinson. He wants coming in for marketsas a former top owner cruit that was also at Texas A and M. Really couldn't find his footing at either school. Wanted aging right around three and a points per conscious shot three tons from raz six foot seven, a little bit of an awkward combo player. So I do have my questions with b Y you on that front. I do think that Rudy Williams going to do a solid job at the point guard spot. Nan be one transfer trade in Christensen should be able to lend a little bit as well. But I take a look at the rest of the conference and I do think that it's going to be a bearer to get any higher for this b YU team that just losing that guy that is able to put the ball in the basket that you know is going to be there and Alex parcel that stuff. So I do have them number five in my projector finish. I've got Portland and number four my projector or finish was Portland. They returned darn near everyone, including a guy that I just love him most, as would most of the would. Fourteen points per contest, shot forty four point per center. Three is right around the six foot seven six ft eight combo player. They put in their six rebounds per game. Tyler Robertson is back fifteen points, six point three rebounds, four and a half assist, one point three seals, shot thirty five and a half percent from three point range. That's massive. Michael Beatos who want to give the deep dem points and three assists per game. He's back in the fold as well. Portland has done a great job. I'll be able to stack count. Many of these guys came over from Eastern Washington where Sean day Legans was. They were in the n C Double A Tournament a few seasons going. They have just been able to take off from here. The case a message is someone that winds coming in from Maine. He last season was people do a relatively solid job for a main team that let's call it what it is. They were pretty deplorable. But and what that said with mat Sich he wanted beginning his career at Hofster last season, he wanted putting in nine and a half points right on four boards, three assist per contests. You can tell a that Portland's just absolutely love these guys. That they don't necessarily do one thing great, but they do like five things relatively solidly. And for message, if you go look at his final thirteen games of the season last year, he was putting in their more round eleven and ap points for contest, shooting thirty seven percent from three point ranches to six five. A little bit of a combo player Joey st. Pierre is gonna be able to help out Portland with something that they like. Last season, low post player was able to get a little bit over a block and right around five and after six rebounds per game? What was that u W Milwaukee last season? So I do take a look at this bunch in Portland bringing back darn here everyone having a really good backcourt and being a team that they wind up pulling out close games because they made their free throws. They were in the top ten in the country and free throw shooting percentage seventy nine point one percent. Anyone that you wind up fellowing on the floor because they've got so many interchangeable parts, they're about burying them each other. Top four scorer shot at least seventy six point six percent from the Charity strip last season. I like this seam Portland number four in my protector or finish and number three I'm gonna be going on St. Mary's. I do think that for St. Mary's is relatively brutal. The fact that you wind up losing your top two scores from last season in Matheis sas among Tommy Cuzy. Now they do wind a bringing back Alex Dousas, who I like. He was able to of the team right around tendant ap points for contest, shot nearly verty nine percent for three point range, and this was a very efficient offense that we wanted seeing last season from this bunch. As well as Logan Johnson turns back up of the season in conference play, you want to give him the team four points two point three steals per contest in WCC play four boards. He only wanted shooting right around thirty and after so percent from three point range, But certainly he was able to do a very good job for this team. Now with St Mary's, this is not a team that they really wanted scouring the transfer port or anything like that. This is not a team that they wanted bringing in any blue chip prospects. They've brought in a few gentlemen internationally because St Mary's always has a pipeline in which they bring a gentleman from Australia. Harry Weasels is going to be that guy. He comes up from Australia. He's seven pounds. Got to figure that right from the get go. He is going to be seeing some minutes for the team. But I absolutely love the gentleman with the mustache and Kyle Bowen. He is right around six foot eight and last season he was able to do a very nice job for the team. Not a guy that's gonna go out there is necessarily going to score a bunch of points, says he have for triveing ap points per contest, but chipped in their five point five rebounds. He was able to shoot right around thirty nine and a percept for three point range. If you're able to get out there. Matt Van Coleman as well, he is seven foot four whid up beginning his career at Utah, So any production that you could get whatsoever out of him as he's back and fulled after he read shorted last season, that's gonna be big mains Forbes. And someone that winds up coming in from Harvard was that Harvard last season. He really did not wind up being able to do a whole like flot because he was injured. He only was limited to eleven games that season. But someone that is going to be able to contribute down mood for the team. I just think that losing so many of their back court pieces that is gonna be hurting this team. Even with guys like du Saus and company stepping into bigger roles, that I could see someone like Chris Hole really being able to play a little bit bigger role in this backcourt. Augustus Marsa Lounas is someone that wanted coming in from Lithuania. He's a very good ball hawk as well, So I do think that there's quite a bit of talent when it comes to the scene. But that said, I do think that because they do have a lot of moving parts in the back court, it is gonna wind up costing him a little bit in my projector or finish at number three, I do have St. Mary's and number two I'm gonna be going to San Francisco. You would expect that San Francisco to be a little bit lower because you wind up losing Todd Golden, you wind up losing your top scorer from last season as well. But the way that San Francisco has been a little piecemeal things together here on the transfer portal has been nothing shorter terrific. They wind up being able to bring back Khalil Shabaz, who was scouring and wondering whether or not he was gonna be transferring or not. He had thirteen points to assists, three boards, one point eight steals per contest. He returns to the fold, and then you had him with Tyrone Ghost Roberts, who why season he was worth Washington State was one of the best free throw shooters in all of college basketball, and on top of that, a guy that was a D two All American. Well last time he was playing in the state of California for U see San Diego before they wanted stepping up to the D one level sal given era. He is someone that winds coming in from Georgia Tech. He's seven foot one. He should be able to bring a little bit of size. And then Tony had a little cotch. How about this gentleman. He was reolutely tremendous last season while he was over there at once again his former teammates school in Tyrolle Roberts. You see San Diego. This guy wanted being able to pump in their fifteen point six a freebounds. Not a guy that's gonna go out there and two threes or anything like that, but very efficient in the post. A guy that's able to pass well, to assist for contest. He's able to give you a seal per game. He's able to guard multiple positions. This guy, I think is really gonna be able to break out in this conference. And then Marcus Williams is one of the guys that you want to be taking note of in the transfer portal because this guy last season at Texas A and M, he wanted stepping away due to some personal issues. You can tell that it wasn't the greatest fit for him. If he's able to get back to what he was able to do during the two twenty one season, he was all Mountain was Freshman of the Year with fourteen point eight points, nearly a seal and a f four point three assists for contest shot right around thirty three PC for three. You've really got some pick here with the San Francisco team. And then I doubt that you still have quite a few of the players from last year, like Julian Rushwayne back in the fold. Isaiah Hawthorne is someone able to to perhaps be able to break out as well as he wanted up only being able to play in seven games last season, so that wanted putting them. But I do think that if he winds up being able to get some minutes, he's got some upside. Josh Kunen and someone that has six foot eight, he's able to pop a couple of three, saying Meeks has good versatility as well. You're able to just go down the list. This is a very good team. And Vladimi r Markovsky, he is back, he is seven ft two. He should be able to do a good job in the post as well. So even though you do wind up losing someone that was just so critical for the seam and you tell that whenever he was out out there in the fold, and you want Missulski that I think that they're gonna be able to do a good job. I'll be able to fill in the post. And I do think that this is still gonna be a San Francisco team that is gonna be contending for an NC Double A tournament. Bit when it's all said and done, san Francisco has been able to do a good job, I'll be able to pass the torch down. Because you may recall there are a lot of people that were wondering, oh, how that is this Todd Golden guy going to be able to replace such a great coach that we wound up seeing Kyle Smith. Well, he did so pretty well. So number two by protector finish, I'm gonna be going with San Francisco and number one, I mean, can it be anyone else? It's gonna be Gonzaga. You bring back Drew Timmy. Timmy eighteen and a half points seven boards for contest. And I mean there are a lot of people that were saying that Drew Timmy is a little bit soft. I was started questioning him towards the beginning of the n C Double A tournament. He really showed out in that Memphis game. You wanted bringing back Julian Strawther Strawthor is able to give you a right around twelve points per contest. This guy is gonna be absolutely tremendous. They've done a great job. We'll be able to bring in a great freshman class. And now they bring in a seven footer or enough to read this sable pops and threes for the team. You've got the ultimate Swiss army knife as well. As he wind up getting from Chattanooga, a team that wanted making the n C Double a tournament. Malakai Smith and Malakai Smith did it all as he wanted, being able to register a writer on three in Aphasis. He pulled in their six plus rebounds. He was averaging twenty points per game. He's able pop threes. That's absolutely tremendous. Nolan Hickman, I think it's gonna be able to take a step forward for the team. Anti On Watson, he was able to do a very solid job last year. You gotta figure that he's gonna have a little bit of a bigger role as well. But he does a great job of being able to go after seals as well as last season he was a little bit more of a sixth man for the team with right round seven half points per contest. He's going to take on a little bit more of a primary role, and I think that he's gonna be able to do a tremendous job with that on her salves the still guy with a whole bunch of talent as well, and you're able to go down the list. I even think that Kate and Perry, if they need to throw him out there, he's gonna be able to give you some good minutes. This is a team that is just completely blocked and loaded, and they bring baggers year Bolton four seemingly his fifty seventh year of college basketball, after he was one of the best three point shooting threats and all of college basketball, making forty six percent of his streets. The only question is whereas gonzagg gonna be Naturally, I think that they're just I have a step back of UNC right now. I've got conzegg and number two nationally and obviously in my projector of finish, they are number one the w CC and that where I have things up for the WCC preview edition right here on with myself gaps years so now part of the Visa family, podcast that Big thinks of Connor Rope. If you check CV for joining me. And last, if you do like pretaring from this fine podcasts, you're able to subscribe wherever your podcast Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher in June and if you've got a question, comment, segmentedy, whate be for this podcast. You do have one of two ways we all find those in. First one is my Twitter timeline at June and underscore eighty one keep a vining letters yamp. Maybe it doesn't matter as per usual, please just send these into the timeline. And the other way it is find an Apple podcast review. If you're in this podcast bright starts, it is very much appreciated. From there, you're able firing whatever you like to here on this podcast. 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