How Many Wins This Season?

[sbuforever]

I'm going to guess max 10 wins this season...possibly
more next year if a super effort goes into recruiting.
I don't see anything above 15 season wins anywhere in
the next 3 years.


Your guess?

[pete]

I am going to guess 14. I think we'll be well over .500 at the RC but struggle on the road.

I still firmly believe that the students should be back at floor level. I go back to Bona's once a year for a game and it brings a tear to my eye to see that the RC that made Bona's famous no longer exists. As a matter of fact, if you look back at when floor level seating was open to everyone, the program has been in decline.

[Chuck]

There are 2 reasons why the team's record should be much improved.

1. First of all the starting lineup is improved. Lineup of Paul or Ivan at center, Lee, Lottin, Ahmad and Relph is certainly better than last year's starting 5. Ahmad and Relph should be one of the best back courts in the A-10. We also should see an improved Michael Lee, who was the leading scorer in the Bonnies last 2 games and average 17 points in his last 3 games. I think it is reasonable to expect at least 12 points a game from Michael.

2. Another factor is Solomon has a schedule that would make Tom Chapman envious, with 11 games against teams with RPI's above 200. Give you an idea how weak this schedule is, Cornell was probably the weakest team I saw play in Reilly Center last year, well the Bonnies play 10 teams with worse RPI's than Cornell.

At a minimum the Bonnies should win at least 8 games (6 non-conference and 2 A-10). Hopefully it is 12 or more, but I'll be modest with a prediction of 9 wins.

[kcSBU03]

I think that 10 wins is a reasonable goal for the team. There are alot of new faces on the team so it could take longer for the players to gel than in past years. Regardless i look forward to making the trip to the RC to see an improved squad. The ceiling for wins is definitely 12 or 13 but after 2 wins last year 12 sounds really nice to me.

[Chuck]

kcsbu03 said:

There are alot of new faces on the team so it could take longer for the players to gel than in past years.

There are 5 new players on the team, but I only see Ivan challenging for a starting position. Likely starters of Paul, Lee, Lottin, Ahmad and Relph were with the team last year. Could be disastrous if it takes the team a while to gel, because the easy part of the schedule is the non-conference games, where I pick most of the Bonnie's wins.

[bababooey]

Put me down for 12 wins. If Andre Smith had stuck around, I would say .500 would be a realistic goal, but I think we'll fall just short this year. But we'll be much more competitive this year, and more reason for optimism. Go Bonas!

[coljsSBU]

I think the Bonnies will win at least 11 games this year. The Bonnies will have a decent record in their non-conferece schedule due to weak teams and a lot of home games. The A-10 is going to have stiff competition this year though. Rhode Island will be healthy this year, Fordham, Temple, UMASS, and St. Joe's have all improved. GW and Charlotte can be top 25 teams. The Bonnies might surprise some teams due to the fact they won't be taken seriously (they only won 2 games last year). It should be interesting to see how things turn out.