agoo101284

I wouldn't count on Garland for much. He did nothing at a less than stellar Va-Tech program. Also, at 6'1, he can't be the fourth guard out there taking Pettis' role. I think it will be more likely that La Salle will do less of the four guard line-up.

ExplorerSteve

He will do more then he did at Va Tech. This is his home town and he will provide some scoring punch. I didn't say a 4 guard line-up. Red-shirt Rohan Brown will get some minutes this year.

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Free Quebec

No, Maurice Rice is at the top. Wilt is #2.

I wouldn't know Philly better, except that every game Maurice Rice ever played at GW, the announcers reminded everyone that he broke Wilt's record.

As for Pettis, it's not really the scoring, it's the mental toughness, defense, rebounding, and the extra dimension he brought to the offense the combination of size and skill. Going to be very tough for a 6'1" guy to make up for that after sitting out a year, but the scoring talent is certainly there.

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I'm sorry, does my political preference offend you? Don't be intolerant of other people's political ideals. That's what happens all the time in this country (specifically in congress), and because of that we're stuck in this capitalist hell that we're in, relying on other countries for all of our basic necessities. If we keep this up, we'll all be working in factories for the Chinese.

Also, what I'm posting is very valid. There isn't another team in the same stratosphere as those three teams. I honestly can't foresee any situation where one of them doesn't win the conference. I would bet A TON of money on these words.

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jpschmack

I think anyone in the conference has a CHANCE of winning the regular season or tournament title.

I think some teams are ridiculous long-shots (and we know who they are). But the strength of this league is our depth.

We need to find a way to make that work FOR US as opposed to against us.
We've had NCAA locks (Temple last year), NCAA probables (SLU, Xavier) and NCAA bubble teams (SJU, UMass, Bona, Dayton). And when the bubble teams beat other bubble teams, it keeps them both out.

We need to make it so when bubble teams beat other bubble teams, it puts them both in.

Bona Wolf for Pope

How is a picture of Kim Jong Il a political preference?

It's going to be strange reconciling myself to the fact that .500 will be a fairly admirable conference record this year. The new teams coming in could really goof things up.

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cpico

I think your off on your opinion about Garland. He will be a big part of La Salle's team next year and should be a double digit scorer. He's a talented player who will bring a lot to the team.

La Salle will arguably have the best guard rotation in the A-10 next season with Duren, Mills, Galloway, Garland, and Peterson (who will play the role of the "big guard").

z8-Minutemen

Tyrone Garland is nothing special. Here's a video of Jesse Morgan going to work on him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSnDlWIJ-2A

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cpico

Again, Garland is a talented player who will play a key role on La Salle's team next season. Looking forward to seeing his talent on the court next season.

Moliva

Neither of the new teams will win the league. I think the league schedule will wear both of them down and both will finish in the 4-8 range.

Either Saint Joe or Saint Louis will be league champ. I'm leaning Saint Joe right now.

Nomadic1

They lack fire power.
I think they'll compete, but no. Butler will not be running away with the A-10.
To be fair though, I'm not sure there is a clear cut winner of this league. That's not to imply that everybody has a shot, mind you.
It'll come down to 3-4 teams. I don't see Butler as being among them.

twisted3829

I've learned with this league that you never know what's going to happen until we get into conference play, and preseason ranking and predictions are as my best guess

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stophorseabuse

Rotnei will provide plenty of firepower alone.

LaSalleFan

Did you happen to catch the video of the rematch? Garland outplayed Morgan and led his team to a 20 pt win in the playoffs. I guess Ty was a little more special at money time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHMC...feature=relmfu

Mac539

He built North Korea into the economic powerhouse it is today. They are totally impervious to global recession.