Panther is right. These rediculously early polls are pretty much meaningless. What is exciting is to see how the Pitt basketball program is getting more respect. We return the nucleus of this team and lose Keith Benjamin, Ronald Ramon, and most likely Mike Cook.
As much of a strong player and leader Cook was, we did well this season without but it would be great if he could come back.
Ronald Ramon was the 3 point shooter of the team, but he had nagging injuries that sidelined his potential his entire career. Hopefully someone else can polish the 3 so we can have a threat from the outside.
Keith Benjamin is a high energy off the bench type player who landed in a starting role due to the Cook injury and Jamie Dixon's loyalty to seniors. Honestly I think Gil Brown will assume this role and shine bright.
The question mark I think will be who steps into the 2. Assuming Blair and Young stay at the 5 and 4 respectively, I figure Gil Brown at the 3 Levance Fields at the 1. Brad Wanamaker didn't show me enough last year, but he had a limited role so who knows. Maybe one of the several guys we have coming in as freshman could be effective enough to clock some solid minutes.
Basically unless the incoming guys can get some solid minutes, this team will be really spread thin. Biggs McGee and Wanamaker are the only ones who had at least some role last year off the bench. As we learned this past year, injuries happen, and I am not so sure next years team will do nearly as well if the same type thing happens.
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