Seth Davis - Pre-Season Top 25

[ColonelRutgers]

4. Wisconsin
8. Iowa
13. Michigan State
23. Indiana
24. Ohio State

22. Rutgers
Key departures: Akwasi Yeboah, 6-6 Sr.; Shaq Carter, 6-9 Sr.
Top returnees: Ron Harper, 6-6 Jr.; Geo Baker, 6-4 Sr.; Jacob Young, 6-2 Sr.; Myles Johnson, 6-11 Jr.
Incoming: Cliff Omoruyi, 6-10 Fr.

The Scarlet Knights return eight of their top nine players from the team that appeared to be headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991. Now they add Omoruyi, a four-star center from Roselle, N.J., whom 247Sports ranks No. 41 in the senior class. He will form a quality 1-2 punch at center with Johnson.

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[MV9000]

Love it. No knock on carter he played valuable minutes and had some really good games but a rotation of cliff and myles and an occasional defensive lineup with both will be invaluable. Going to be a game changer, especially with the step I feel our sophmore core will make. We will be dancing.

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Find it weird that every single writer says that we return "8 of our top 9 nine players" when both Yeboah and Carter were the actual starters and were playing a lot of minutes. Shaq Carter getting the Shaq Doorson treatment from the writers after his departure.

 

[RUChoppin]

Find it weird that every single writer says that we return "8 of our top 9 nine players" when both Yeboah and Carter were the actual starters and were playing a lot of minutes. Shaq Carter getting the Shaq Doorson treatment from the writers after his departure.

Seriously.... we're returning 7 of our top 9 players. Carter was 9th in minutes played, points, and rebounds.