Thats a very hard question to ask, but ill give it a crack. my final four Davenport, Grand Valley, want to say ST.Thomas but have a bad feeling about them since they lost the face of the program in costello. and my toss up team Dayton. Sleepers North Dakota State and Brriarcliffe.
I think this is the year Dayton finally brings it down. I thought they could have won last year, and if they have 50 guys who can play, they will be a force
I would love to see North Dakota State in the final four but they are still kind of young and had 11 guys graduate. They should still be in the top 10 in my opinion as they did bring in a lot of good talent and their program should be pretty consistent in the years to come... but I believe they are a year away from final four status. I think St. Thomas will still be right in the picture (not that I would like to see that). It sounds like they have a pretty good class coming in and they are a disciplined program. Don't sleep on St. Johns either, they seem to always bring a good team and seem to do well come tourney time..... can you tell which league I follow?!!
I know it is early in the season but things are starting to take shape, what are the implications for briarcliffe vs dayton this weekend. I think it will test each team and show their strenghts and weaknesses. Which might be a good thing, even in a loss because there is time to work on getting it right. Thats why you need to play top comp, early and late in your schedule, before nationals and conf championships