Analysis: A Big East team (not Connecticut) tops early top 25 for next season
— be one of the Big Ten’s deepest teams, depending on whether the likes of forward Malik Hall and guard Tyson Walker decide to play a fifth college season. Regardless, A.J. Hoggard and Jaden Akins will be the foundation of one of the Big Ten’s better backcourts, and 6-foot-10 center Xavier Booker figures to be a prominent contributor from a four-man freshman class.
the last three years are second, eighth and second. Scott Drew and the Bears should figure out a way to score enough to remain relevant, though top-25 freshman Ja’Kobe Walter is likely to have plenty of responsibility immediately.Let’s just get ahead of the curve this time around with the Gaels, who will find a way to play elite defense and should be helped immensely by the likely returns of Aidan Mahaney and Mitchell Saxen.