By Richard Kent
1. Villanova: They are so deep at guard that it is scary. A Final Four team last year.Corey Fisher leads.
2. WVU: Da’Sean Butler may be the best player in the Big East.
3. UConn: Also a Final Four team last year. They boast the best coach in Jim Calhoun. Stanley Robinson should have a big year.
4. Louisville: Jerry Smith and Edgar Sosa are great guards.
5. Notre Dame: Luke Harangody is back. Enough said.
6. Pittsburgh: Dante Taylor is a great frosh.
7. Syracuse: Andy Rautins anchors a great backcourt.
8. Cincinnati: They return the most of anyone in Conference.
9. Rutgers: Our surprise pick. Mike Rosario can play. They have depth for the first time in years.
10. Georgetown: Big man Greg Monroe will be the difference maker.
11. SJU: It all depends on the health of Anthony Mason Jr.
12. Seton Hall: They have so many talented transfers. Keon Lawrence is the key. Chemistry will be the problem.
13. Marquette: They lost a lot but return many key reserves from last year.
14. Providence: Keno Davis will have some problems this year with a young team.
15. South Florida: Jarrid Famous is a key transfer.
16. DePaul: Jerry Wainwright will have an entirely new staff in maybe his last season.
Veteran sports writer Richard Kent has authored a number of sports books, including Lady Vols and UConn: The Greatest Rivalry, Inside Women’s College Basketball: Anatomy of a Season, and Inside the US Open. Most recently, Kent released a novel entitled The Racket, which tells the story of a African-American tennis player in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to his prodigious writing, Kent is a matrimonial lawyer in Fairfield, Connecticut.
What an awful prognostication. If you’re as bad an attorney as you are basketball analyst, you should be disbarred.